My new monster

ubersonic · 10 Mar 2011 at 13:32

As a few of you are aware (due to my omfg my electric drivers seat is amazing thread) ive recently purchased a new car, well its 21 years old this year but still new to me

Its a 1990 Toyota Supra 2.5L twin turbo limited aerotop

Pix!

Now to address a few questions I anticipate ^^

Q: why the hell did you buy a 21 year old car?
A: always liked them, decided I was having one before they became so rare that minters cost Starion money.

Q: Price?
A: it cost £1500, however it needs a new water pump fitting which ive ordered from Toyota for *shudder* £590 (I knew the cost before buying the car

) so in total ~£2100 which is very good considering the condition of the car, you'd be getting a deal if you picked up the more common Type-R version for that.

Q: History?
A: sold in Japan in 1990, imported into the uk in 1998, kept in storage till 2009 when it was sold to its first UK owner, has all history since import, its covered 38k miles.

All in all im very very happy with it and anticipating a lot of fun once the pumps fitted

peterattheboro · 10 Mar 2011 at 13:33

Love the look of these. Wouldn't dream of owning one though unless I was going to pay a fortune to keep it on the road!

Siliconslave · 10 Mar 2011 at 13:34

fantastic - I love these 90s supras and that looks like a total gem

Lashout_UK · 10 Mar 2011 at 13:52

Ah, digidash. Excellent. Mine didn't have that! Some pics for those who can't be fussed to google what that era looks like

Firestar_3x · 10 Mar 2011 at 13:57

Looks alright, needs it's original wheels putting back on though.

NVP · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:22

Always loved Supras, will have to buy one someday. What made you decide on an auto over a manual?

ubersonic · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:28

NVP said:
Always loved Supras, will have to buy one someday. What made you decide on an auto over a manual?

Well firstly because the limited spec (which was the highest spec :s) version is more common in auto, and secondly because I only have one hand and only an auto licence, the second thing was prob the decider ^^

Clarkey · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:41

Howcome you didn't go for the 2JZ pump and elec fan conversion?

Disco Boy · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:45

Why on earth was it in storage for 11 years?

emetic · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:51

is the speedo horizontal ?

EddScott · 10 Mar 2011 at 14:53

Can you have a twin turbo manual version?

They are nice looking cars.

ubersonic · 10 Mar 2011 at 15:30

Clarkey said:
Howcome you didn't go for the 2JZ pump and elec fan conversion?

I ran the numbers and the 2JZ pump + pulley + elec fans and shroud + little bits were not that much lower than the cost of the 1JZ pump and it was actually more work than replacing the 1JZ pump is because the JZA70 doesn't have the CDS fans that the MA70 does making it a harder conversion, plus the car is completely stock aside from a turbo timer so wanted to keep it that way.

Disco Boy said:
Why on earth was it in storage for 11 years?

I have no idea tbh lol, I can only assume the original buyer fell through and they couldn't shift it...

emetic said:
is the speedo horizontal ?

Nope but the rev counter is, growing bar kinda like an S2000, the speedo is digital numbers

EddScott said:
Can you have a twin turbo manual version?

They are nice looking cars.

Yup

NVP · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:06

ubersonic said:
Well firstly because the limited spec (which was the highest spec :s) version is more common in auto, and secondly because I only have one hand and only an auto licence, the second thing was prob the decider ^^

How does it feel in the shifts? Is the auto box sluggish?

MeAnBoY · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:41

Real nice mate, saw the interior and recognised it straight away! Fancied one of these but heard about electrical nightmares with them!

How's the autobox?

233 · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:43

£590 for a waterpump? wtf is it gold plated?

Clarkey · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:55

It includes a hydraulic pump that drives the radiator fan, totally pointless bit of engineering really.

ubersonic · 10 Mar 2011 at 18:14

The auto box does its job fine

ive driven much newer cars with much worse ones

Clarkey said:
It includes a hydraulic pump that drives the radiator fan, totally pointless bit of engineering really.

Its not that pointless, a clutch fan wouldn't fit due to the size of the 1JZ and electric fans wouldn't have met the duty so Toyota came up with the hydrofan system, it won awards at the time.

Joshy · 10 Mar 2011 at 18:25

I want a Black, manual 1JZ powered MK3 Supra so much that it actually hurts. Lovely cars (if 90s Toyotas are your sort of thing)

You're a brave man for sticking with the hydrofan, but best of luck

Might be worth looking into 'Suprastick'. It'll add semi auto functionality to the gearbox and allow you to mess around with shift points and other transmission settings. The standard box is nearly infuriating when giving it the beans.

D-Ranged · 10 Mar 2011 at 19:20

Nice buy there mate

Any plans for power mods or keeping it stock?

ubersonic · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:33

Will try and get more pics up asap

D-Ranged said:
Nice buy there mate

Any plans for power mods or keeping it stock?

Thanks

im planning on keeping it stock as its quite rare to find a good limited spec one that hasn't been covered in glue and crashed into halfords, besides it may have gone on sale in 1989 but 276 bhp and 268 lb/ft torque aren't exactly baby figures for a daily driver even 22 years later, its enough for me