Toyota supra mkiv opinions

Yea it would be a proper windows out spray job, i was thinking about doing it myself but haven't got a clean room i can use at the moment. My cars in perfect working order mechanically apart from the ariel being stuck up so the reason i was thinking about a total change of colour was that it would be like getting a totally new car.

Anyone seen matt black on a Supra? im not sure how hard matt paint is to look after
 
Kimi said:
Yea it would be a proper windows out spray job, i was thinking about doing it myself but haven't got a clean room i can use at the moment. My cars in perfect working order mechanically apart from the ariel being stuck up so the reason i was thinking about a total change of colour was that it would be like getting a totally new car.

Anyone seen matt black on a Supra? im not sure how hard matt paint is to look after
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I have seen the matt black V8 supra, dont do it, matt black only suits angular cars. The supra is nice and swooping.
 
NathWraith said:
:p

Yeah the 1UZ V8 swap is popular with non turbo supras. Just under 300BHP aren't they?
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It was either 260 or 280. fantastic engines though, probably one of the best v8’s I know of (its just a shame they are all autos!). Reasonably economical for what they are too, I had a fairly consistent 25mpg+ without ever touching a motorway.

I remember there was a supercharger for sale on ebay for £1000 which supposedly took it up to the 400bhp mark, that in a supra would be something very special!
 
Mines in the garage for a full respray and wheel refurb, kept the body black and changed the wheels from gold to satin black.
 
I really respect the Supra. Wanted one since I was 16 BUT I would need at least £50k to buy and modify it to the spec I wanted.

And for £50k you are talking about a hell of a lot of more modern car for the money. Considering you can buy an R35 for £40k or less that leaves £10k to tune it, I think the Supra is now just too old and past it to be worth it anymore. Buy a supra for £15k and spend £35k on mods and it is still worth £15k. Do the same with a GTR and it is still worth £40k.

I would do it with a lottery win but not with money I have worked hard for.
 
Hxc said:
According to your profile you're 27.

When I turn 21 in october a UK TT is £850 with 3 years NCB and a not at all insurance friendly TS10.

With 6 extra years it can't be that bad, lest you live in baghdad
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I am also 27 with 3 points (I think they expire this year) and 1 total loss claim, and a standard supra is £2k, a modified single turbo etc is £3.5k.
 
86JR said:
I really respect the Supra. Wanted one since I was 16 BUT I would need at least £50k to buy and modify it to the spec I wanted.

And for £50k you are talking about a hell of a lot of more modern car for the money. Considering you can buy an R35 for £40k or less that leaves £10k to tune it, I think the Supra is now just too old and past it to be worth it anymore. Buy a supra for £15k and spend £35k on mods and it is still worth £15k. Do the same with a GTR and it is still worth £40k.

I would do it with a lottery win but not with money I have worked hard for.
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What spec do you want JGTC?
 
LizardKing said:
I believe they just weren't British enough and far to flashy and carried no prestige for the time, also it came about when Cosworth was king. Not forgetting Japanese cars carried a stigma of being the old man's choice.
Personally i think they look great but there's no escaping that interior! just what were the Japs thinking!?
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I think it's more the case that they were £40,000 when new in the early 90's.

An Escort Cosworth was £25,000.

You could also buy a brand new Porsche for less than 30k, in 1993, so it's no surprise it didn't sell.

It's a big ungainly car as well.
 
atpbx said:
I think it's more the case that they were £40,000 when new in the early 90's.

An Escort Cosworth was £25,000.

You could also buy a brand new Porsche for less than 30k, in 1993, so it's no surprise it didn't sell.

It's a big ungainly car as well.
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Think the celica didn't sell that well either compared to the escort but was arguably better in some ways. It's dem Essex Barry boys.
 
atpbx said:
Celica was a nice car.
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It's such a shame. Toyota had such a bountiful portfolio. Now they have.. the..gt86..
Celica gt4
mr2 turbo
supra rz
caldina

3sgte, 2jz, 3sge beams.

now what do they have a subaru boxer engine:/ and a 2gr-fe that doesn't go into anything sporty in the uk...


if only 2gr gt86...

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86JR said:
I really respect the Supra. Wanted one since I was 16 BUT I would need at least £50k to buy and modify it to the spec I wanted.

And for £50k you are talking about a hell of a lot of more modern car for the money. Considering you can buy an R35 for £40k or less that leaves £10k to tune it, I think the Supra is now just too old and past it to be worth it anymore. Buy a supra for £15k and spend £35k on mods and it is still worth £15k. Do the same with a GTR and it is still worth £40k.

I would do it with a lottery win but not with money I have worked hard for.
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50K

really. Are you building a drag car?
 
86JR said:
No. But I would want something that would anhiallate most cars on the road.

At least an T51R.
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Man you wouldn't need anything near 50K.

Half the problem with the Supra is gettign that power to the road and then making it handle.

JamieP had an insane 1000BHP road spec supra which he inevitably sold and bought a R35 GTR with less power, as it could utilise it more.

So there is no such thing as a Supra which would destroy most cars on the road, even with 50K inside it.
 
This is why a GTR is a better idea if you can afford it.

Things add up. Wheels, brakes, coilovers, other suspension, tyres, exhaust, engine, mapping etc.

Looking at the above list of what is required to run big power I don't even think I could be bothered to do it anymore!
 
Supras are a modern day classic and only going up in value at the moment, well for decent ones anyway as most have been wrapped around trees
 
86JR said:
This is why a GTR is a better idea if you can afford it.

Things add up. Wheels, brakes, coilovers, other suspension, tyres, exhaust, engine, mapping etc.

Looking at the above list of what is required to run big power I don't even think I could be bothered to do it anymore!
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Clutch wear, 4wd booo, weighs like 17ton. Digital with less involvement.
 
Kimi said:
Supras are a modern day classic and only going up in value at the moment, well for decent ones anyway as most have been wrapped around trees
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*littlechefs

The Running Man said:
Clutch wear, 4wd booo, weighs like 17ton. Digital with less involvement.
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Well ofcoruse the supra is a far more old school feeling car, however it was advanced for it's time.

A R35 GTR is going to leaps and bounds ahead in that department but that should really come as no surprise.
 
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