Toyota Supra advice

MNuTz

MNuTz

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Hi all,

Got a friend that wants to buy his wife a new car and she loves the Toyota Supra from around 1994. (MK4?)

Now he is looking at the 3.0 turbo as he is going to have to drive it as well and wants one with some poke.

Anyone any experience with them? Running costs? Do they have certain things that go wrong? and what sort of price should he be looking at for a decent one?

Preferably wants a manual over all the autos that seem to be for sale.

And whats 'liftback'?
 
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Stonedofmoo said:
Hope she is a good driver!
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she is!

Before she had kids she used to have quite powerful cars, an older porsche 911 was one of them, think she had an early Evo as well. She has had family hatchbacks since she had her 2 kids but now they are older she has decided that she wants something with some poke, that can be made to look really nice and something she can do some track days with.
 
ruffneck said:
sounds like an awesome wife!
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Nope, an awesome wife if one thats happy to run around in a £200 banger that costs 46p a week to run, whilst not complaining about you spending every last penny on the car of your dreams :p
 
MNuTz said:
Hi all,

Got a friend that wants to buy his wife a new car and she loves the Toyota Supra from around 1994. (MK4?)

Now he is looking at the 3.0 turbo as he is going to have to drive it as well and wants one with some poke.

Anyone any experience with them? Running costs? Do they have certain things that go wrong? and what sort of price should he be looking at for a decent one?

Preferably wants a manual over all the autos that seem to be for sale.

And whats 'liftback'?
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HI there

The Supra has loads of poke so no worries there!

AUTO's are very popular and manuals are rare. The AUTO can easily catch you out though as when you boot it not only do you get a whollop of boost but the AUTO kickdowns too for double whammy effect and before you know it that rear-end can be snaking around. So yeah manual is better and more controllable.

Remember they do drink fuel, apart from that if you get a good one they are very reliable cars. :)
 
Gibbo said:
HI there

The Supra has loads of poke so no worries there!

AUTO's are very popular and manuals are rare. The AUTO can easily catch you out though as when you boot it not only do you get a whollop of boost but the AUTO kickdowns too for double whammy effect and before you know it that rear-end can be snaking around. So yeah manual is better and more controllable.

Remember they do drink fuel, apart from that if you get a good one they are very reliable cars. :)
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Spot on tbh, whenever I've seen a Supra around, its been auto. Is the 3.0 a twin turbo? :)
 
Gibbo said:
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AUTO's are very popular and manuals are rare. The AUTO can easily catch you out though as when you boot it not only do you get a whollop of boost but the AUTO kickdowns too for double whammy effect and before you know it that rear-end can be snaking around. So yeah manual is better and more controllable.
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My bro-in-law ran a G-plate twin turbo auto (like Lopez's) for a company car. Did >100K before trading it in. (Dodgy dealer wound the clock back and sold it on to a copper who then contacted us.... ;) )

The auto-kickdown turbo boost caught my bro-in-law out once and he was a gentle driver. He was trying to make a right turn across a four lane single carraigeway in light rain. It spat him out of the junction across the four lanes of traffic, spun 450 degrees and trashed the two offside wheels as it slammed sideways into the kerb.

I only drove it the once and the turbo boost was nice, but not as nice as the continuous surge from my Jag V12 I had at the time. :D

Nice cars though and I would certainly consider one at a bargain price.
 
WotDa said:
Spot on tbh, whenever I've seen a Supra around, its been auto. Is the 3.0 a twin turbo? :)
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from what ive read on wiki:

two new engines:

naturally aspirated 2JZ-GE 220 hp (164 kW) and 210 ft·lbf (285 N·m) of torque
twin turbocharged 2JZ-GTE 276 bhp (239 kW), 260 ft·lbf (427 N·m) of torque.

The Turbo was actually quoted to have 320 bhp, as the cars in the Japan market can only declare up to 276. The turbocharged variant could achieve 0–60 mph in as low as 4.6 seconds and 1/4 mile (402 m) in 13.1 seconds at 109 mph [2]. The engine is capable of producing around 400hp with the stock twin turbos and mild bolt-on upgrades such as a boost controller and high-flow exhaust. The turbo version was tested to reach over 289 kph (180 mph) all-stock, but the cars are restricted to just 180 kph in Japan and 250 elsewhere.
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both 3.0

after reading up on them it seems they can be turned into real monsters.

Think i may sell my 3 rados and buy me one :D

still cant find an explanation for 'liftback' in the autotrader adverts.
 
Nice cars, the non turbos aren't all that quick though cause they're so heavy. The turbo model is very fast indeed though. You'll probably get about 20 - 25 on the motorway (roughly what I was getting in my soarer TT which is pretty similar engine / spec.)

Bulletproof engines. Autos are pretty good as autos go - if you get a manual try and get the 6 speed as IIRC the gearbox is a Getrag.
 
ive found a lovely 1993 UK Spec Manual TT, black with 118000 miles, fsh, cambelt change at 116000, rps sport/street clutch fitted at 116000, volks gt-7 alloys only around 2/3 months old fitted with eagle f1's on the rear and nankang's on the front, good tread all round.
it has a greddy profec b spec 2 boost controller, hks racing suction thing intake and intake pipe, hks BOV, hks super dragger exhaust with megan racing full de-cat pipe.

300bhp for £8,000!

if only i could find a decent loan :(
 
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