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No. We've got some ex-JDM TTRs, imported from Japan when they became more than 15 years old, and could be registered here.

Seriously, if you're looking to us for reasons to keep the Supra, I figure it's probably not the right car for you. I keep mine because I love it. What it can do, and what I can do with it are ancillary reasons only. Every time I look at it, I'm happy that it's MY car. Should the day ever come...

Black cars look better in the shade. :p Black cars also look better when they're kept absolutely, perfectly clean. I don't think that there's any other colour which is as affected by even the slightest amount of dust.

I'll keep that in mind, Like I said, I'll yank 'em if I don't like 'em. Goofing around in the snow with the kids.

Yeah, I have the Koyo racing radiator. It's all aluminum, and works witht he stock mounts, though it's thicker. It does need a plug for the 1JZ temp sensor, but that's a simple plug to get, 16mm but I keep forgetting if it's 1.5mm or 1.25mm thread. (I brought the radiator into a parts store and...

I have the thicker Koyo on the standard fans, never had a problem. Wasn't able to fit the stock shroud though.

Things like this make me shake my head. If the e-brake is "making the difference" then the problem was you getting into the situation in the first place. ABS was definitely NOT causing you to stop slower, it was only making it so that it would have been your bumper taking the hit instead of your...

Of the things that have made me raise an eyebrow in this thread, that's actually not one, as 89jdm7m has a self-proclaimed Asperger's condition, and this is one thing that does follow with the lack of an immediate emotional response. That said, no matter how well you've kept control of the car...

People like ABS, sure. They also like cheap. Can cars without brake safely? Sure. In all of the same conditions? No. Car manufacturers don't really care if it's safer, they care if it helps them sell more cars. As a safety feature which ISN'T mandated by law, they don't include it everywhere...

I've driven a Mk3 with a broken mounting tab for the rear sway bar. That was nasty body roll, and sounds like what you're talking about. Don't know how much time you spent under your car, so I'm just sayin. My '89 has a really tired suspension. The rear struts are now basically completely...

A w58 will last longer in a car that weighs less. It's really the amount of torque applied to the transmission that breaks stuff. The easier it is to actually move the car, the less stress there is on the driveline. Weld the rear brakes to the brake callipers, and you could break all kinds of...

That old video just before the 7 minute mark looked pretty much exactly as my memory says. The stop on the gravel shoulder was as I remember. Maybe ABS hasn't saved your car. Maybe you'll be lucky and it never will. I know though that my car wouldn't have had a second chance at making that stop...

It is true that the A70's ABS is 3 channel. A sensor on each front wheel, and one in the transmission tail housing, so it treats both rear tires as 1 set. This is not as good as the A80, where it's 4 channel, but I still say that it's saved my car. The situation, by the way was in late summer...

No amount of skill will allow you to brake differently with the left front wheel than the right front wheel. Ever. ABS can do it, and that's what made the difference between road shoulder and concrete wall. I stopped. The other guy's car yawed and put the back bumper into the wall. Proof enough...

I still think that the only possible reason for ABS delete is weight savings, and even then, I figure that there are a lot of places that I'd be removing weight before I got there. Personally, I credit ABS with saving my car on at least 2 occasions where I would have been unable to control the...

Either stage 2 will work well, but really, if you're staying stock, or even near stock, then that will be the least expensive, and plenty strong enough. I like the ACT clutches, but I was looking for a stage 3/3+ since I'd burned a stage 2 out.

Be careful of the distributor and alternator, but engine degreaser can be found at almost any parts store. Paint will cost whatever you can get it done for. Anything from a couple hundred for paint and a case of beer for a buddy's time to a couple grand for a nice job.

I followed a more normal break-in procedure, ending in a couple of hard launches, but yeah, it's better after that.

I have that clutch. I like it. I don't notice extra pedal effort anymore, and it's not that bad anyway (My 14 year old daughter can manage it.) I can handle stop and go traffic with it, and have let it in at idle without chatter. Until you develop a feel for it, it's somewhat abrupt, but I...

First gear produces more torque at the wheels, yes, but this actually means LESS torque at the flywheel. The engine has to produce LESS torque in order to accelerate the flywheel, since the lower gears give the engine a greater mechanical advantage over the driveshaft. In higher gears, the...