At bit of a long one, but I'd appreciate some input!
I thought I'd ask on here as I'm after some comparisons of these particular cars to a modified MK3 Supra.
Basically I've been a long time MKIII Supra fan. I fell in love with them when I was about 8 playing the first Gran Turismo game and Since about 13 my dream was to buy one, rip it apart and rebuild it with a JZ and all of the trimmings. I had a few busted NAs with hopes of building up but I never got around to doing them, not enough time, space or money was always my issue. As time went on I drifted away from the scene and ended up with a Soarer (1JZGTE SC for you guys who don't know your JDM Toyotas). I absolutely loved that car but I went through a rough patched and had to sell it before I could slap on the manual gearbox and single turbo I desperately wanted on it.
Well, long story short I started looking for another car again and rushed into buying another MK3 Supra. NA, manual 'drift car' stripped out with cage, coilovers, rough bodywork, etc but I had intended on just buying it and using on road racing track days. Unfortunately I had what I suspect to be a BHG on the way home which threw my plans off majorly. Now I'm facing the old dilemma. Stick with this Supra and try my absolute hardest to build the car that I have always wanted or take the 'easy' way out and buy something else before the blood, sweat, tears and $$$ get poured in by the bucket load.
Jaguar XJRs (4ltr V8 Supercharged with around 370BHP from the factory) and Toyota Aristos (GS300s with VVTI 2JZGTE) are what are catching my eye the most. The old model (99MYish) S4s are also something I'm thinking about considering cars running twin K04 (a common swap) will make as much as 500whp with bolt ons! I'm Obviously the exchange rates and car markets are different, but circa $5000 will get me a half decent example of either the XJR or the Aristo and circa $9000 for a S4 with the K04 turbos. As for building my dream Supra, well, you'll probably be able to tell me what I'm likely to spend better than I could! I'm thinking $8k would get me 2J NA-T'd, with the suspension and brakes thoroughly upgraded?
The main attraction to the other cars is that I don't have to do anything! They are fantastic cars with brilliantly comfortable interior out of the box and can be improved massively with just bolt on parts. A further $5k on all of them would net 500bhp odd (with the exception of the Audi which would already be that powerful!) The Supra on the other hand needs a lot more than just bolt ons. It's going to be a near enough makes no difference a full rebuild. And I have no garage space to do it all in!
I love Supras, but the main reason I stayed away from them was precisely the sort of hassle that buying the one that I have now is going to cause me.
Cliffs:
Likes Supras, bought a broken one, needs money spending, can get fast sedans for same/less $$$$, should I give up.
Perhaps a wild card is importing a JZA70 from Japan myself... Then I could have my "dream" supra with not much more effort than mere bolt ons...
Thoughts?
I thought I'd ask on here as I'm after some comparisons of these particular cars to a modified MK3 Supra.
Basically I've been a long time MKIII Supra fan. I fell in love with them when I was about 8 playing the first Gran Turismo game and Since about 13 my dream was to buy one, rip it apart and rebuild it with a JZ and all of the trimmings. I had a few busted NAs with hopes of building up but I never got around to doing them, not enough time, space or money was always my issue. As time went on I drifted away from the scene and ended up with a Soarer (1JZGTE SC for you guys who don't know your JDM Toyotas). I absolutely loved that car but I went through a rough patched and had to sell it before I could slap on the manual gearbox and single turbo I desperately wanted on it.
Well, long story short I started looking for another car again and rushed into buying another MK3 Supra. NA, manual 'drift car' stripped out with cage, coilovers, rough bodywork, etc but I had intended on just buying it and using on road racing track days. Unfortunately I had what I suspect to be a BHG on the way home which threw my plans off majorly. Now I'm facing the old dilemma. Stick with this Supra and try my absolute hardest to build the car that I have always wanted or take the 'easy' way out and buy something else before the blood, sweat, tears and $$$ get poured in by the bucket load.
Jaguar XJRs (4ltr V8 Supercharged with around 370BHP from the factory) and Toyota Aristos (GS300s with VVTI 2JZGTE) are what are catching my eye the most. The old model (99MYish) S4s are also something I'm thinking about considering cars running twin K04 (a common swap) will make as much as 500whp with bolt ons! I'm Obviously the exchange rates and car markets are different, but circa $5000 will get me a half decent example of either the XJR or the Aristo and circa $9000 for a S4 with the K04 turbos. As for building my dream Supra, well, you'll probably be able to tell me what I'm likely to spend better than I could! I'm thinking $8k would get me 2J NA-T'd, with the suspension and brakes thoroughly upgraded?
The main attraction to the other cars is that I don't have to do anything! They are fantastic cars with brilliantly comfortable interior out of the box and can be improved massively with just bolt on parts. A further $5k on all of them would net 500bhp odd (with the exception of the Audi which would already be that powerful!) The Supra on the other hand needs a lot more than just bolt ons. It's going to be a near enough makes no difference a full rebuild. And I have no garage space to do it all in!
I love Supras, but the main reason I stayed away from them was precisely the sort of hassle that buying the one that I have now is going to cause me.
Cliffs:
Likes Supras, bought a broken one, needs money spending, can get fast sedans for same/less $$$$, should I give up.
Perhaps a wild card is importing a JZA70 from Japan myself... Then I could have my "dream" supra with not much more effort than mere bolt ons...
Thoughts?
but the supra came first and was only 500 big ones haha