Supra V-8 conversion

[zmzmzm]

Originally Posted by Spudboy

As soon as you put a GM motor (or any other US motor) in your Supra it is no longer a Supra but just a piece of crap.

Spend the time and money on a good MKIII and develope it for more HP if you must OR put an MKIV twin turbo motor in it. Probably less trouble and a 10 times better piece of machinery.

OR...put the GM in it, paint the car with some nice NASCAR colors and sponsers, crack yourself a budweiser, grow a mullet, and admire the nicest car in the trailer park.

First off some people dont have the means or the money to buy japanesse parts. im in the prosess of dropping a ford twin turbo 427 stroker motor in an 86 supra. mainly because i dont understand japs engines. i love the body of the supras, it is a good looking car but it will be a lot easier for me to understand how to work on an american made motor. so u have no right to be calling americans motors pieces of crap. maybe we are rednecks but we are rednecks that will walk all over your ass. so my point is that ur opinion means what to who?
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i went on to read the rest of the post and cooled myself down about what u said but if u are going to make fun of someones idea make sure people dont take it the wrong way.

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by zmzmzm

First off some people dont have the means or the money to buy japanesse parts. im in the prosess of dropping a ford twin turbo 427 stroker motor in an 86 supra. mainly because i dont understand japs engines. i love the body of the supras, it is a good looking car but it will be a lot easier for me to understand how to work on an american made motor. so u have no right to be calling americans motors pieces of crap. maybe we are rednecks but we are rednecks that will walk all over your ass. so my point is that ur opinion means what to who?
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i went on to read the rest of the post and cooled myself down about what u said but if u are going to make fun of someones idea make sure people dont take it the wrong way.

Sorry...I'll be more careful next time so as not to hurt anyones feelings.

I guess I'm just a purist. I also don't think if you put a Toyota engine in a Mustang it is a Mustang anymore.

[j3pz]

sorry for posting, i know its off-topic but... BURN!!!!
wow this really is a heated thread lol

[Supra2NR]

this may seem too late but, a toyota engine in a mustang,, are u burining yourself , mustang do that because, supras are known mustang killers thats why they try putting ening like that with american cars , im sori , american cars were leading tha pack, with the gto, chevelles, and other old pure muscle cars, but amreicans are loosing it, wait till the new supra arrives, detriot iron is gonna b panicing again to come up with another inovation to defeat toyota,, sorry dude but an american engine on a supra, thats jus betrayal, a toyota engine on a mustang= an upgrade,

le me jus put it this way: putting a american engine on a supra
is jus like martin luther king joining the kkk
it jus doesnt come together

screw KKK
POWER TO THE PEOPLE ha ha ha ha

[zmzmzm]

Originally Posted by Supra2NR

this may seem too late but, a toyota engine in a mustang,, are u burining yourself , mustang do that because, supras are known mustang killers thats why they try putting ening like that with american cars , im sori , american cars were leading tha pack, with the gto, chevelles, and other old pure muscle cars, but amreicans are loosing it, wait till the new supra arrives, detriot iron is gonna b panicing again to come up with another inovation to defeat toyota,, sorry dude but an american engine on a supra, thats jus betrayal, a toyota engine on a mustang= an upgrade,

le me jus put it this way: putting a american engine on a supra
is jus like martin luther king joining the kkk
it jus doesnt come together

screw KKK
POWER TO THE PEOPLE ha ha ha ha

who said anything about a supra motor in a mustang, u may be right if it was a turbo supra and a stock mustang. most people such as myself put american motors in foreign cars because of price to horsepower ratio. i think american motors are easier to work on.

ask yourself this: how much does a 600 horse supra motor cost over a american v-8?

Does any one know where i can find a supra hybrid forum becasue i could use useful information about how to do a supra engine swap?

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by zmzmzm

who said anything about a supra motor in a mustang, u may be right if it was a turbo supra and a stock mustang. most people such as myself put american motors in foreign cars because of price to horsepower ratio. i think american motors are easier to work on.

ask yourself this: how much does a 600 horse supra motor cost over a american v-8?

Does any one know where i can find a supra hybrid forum becasue i could use useful information about how to do a supra engine swap?

Good luck finding a supra hybrid forum. It's probably not something to many people do.

My guess is if you try a Mustang or Cobra site they will tend to be a bunch of meanies like us and use insults like 'rice burners suck' and get all pissed of 'cause Toyota is in NASCAR.

[zmzmzm]

Toyota is in NASCAR? Didn't know that. But then really don't follow it either. How are they doing against the USA big 3?

[Spudboy]

Originally Posted by zmzmzm

Toyota is in NASCAR? Didn't know that. But then really don't follow it either. How are they doing against the USA big 3?

I don't follow NASCAR either but accidentally get exposed to it on Speed channel and Autoweek mag. Toyota has been in the truck series for a few years...don't know how they do. Toyota will be in the full-on Nextel Cup NASCAR series starting next sesion. Many of the "good ol' boys' are not happy about it because they think NASCAR is an American sport that should only have American cars. One of the popular drivers (can't remember who) is switching teams next year to drive a Toyota and many of his long time fans are even pissed of about it...like he's some kind of traitor. People are very passionate about 'their' cars, as is evident from this forum.

The rules are so tight however that all NASCAR cars are pretty equal so I don't see Toyota having a huge advantage outside the amount of money they will bring to the team.

Toyota is in Formula 1 with the biggest budget but still can't compete with Renault, Ferrari, and Mercedes. They don't have the experience yet.

[TONY!]

Originally Posted by Supra2NR

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le me jus put it this way: putting a american engine on a supra
is jus like martin luther king joining the kkk
it jus doesnt come together
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Some people will see it that way indeed.
Or like--if you had the ability to do so--to take a rooster's head and put it on an eagle or vise versa.
Or like exchange the heads of a tiger and a wolf.

This one may make more sense: swapping an engine from a Harley to a super bike or vice versa.

To some people, that is how they see it and they just will not give you any support. Asking/expecting support from people that feel that way is sort of foolish because it will never happen.

On the other hand, I believe that people should do what they want as long as it is not at the expense of others. So if it is your car, do whatever you want with it.

Just one thing though, certain cars are becoming more and more rare to come by, so if you do this conversion and keep it, that is one thing.
But if someone were to go and bastardize many MKIII's and then try to sell them, that is another thing because they are screwing up the supply of these cars unnecessarily.
Sort of like the Del Sols I see on eBay - nice cars but with so many people messing them up and ricing them, the ricers really killed off the supply of Del Sols if someone wanted a decent one.


By the way, I merged this thread from the other one because this thread was made for exchanging ideas, whereas the other one was made for a request of a picture. I once made a thread that was hijacked in which I needed help, so I know how that can be.

[f00g00]

If its an import with muscle then try ara arslanian's toyota solara with the mk iv 2JZ engine at over 1600 horses.