Supra is dead....

lethalwithasupra · 07-09-2006, 04:48 AM

Jdm swap or rebuild. If you can find some serious cash for forged pistons, do both.

... why not supercharge it ? I have this image in my head of a n/a supra with flows, a boot mounted battery, a front mounted intercooler and a supercharger offa ...dunno. Something.

PS - A gmc pickup revs about this much |<-->| and holds enough oil for a small fishing trawler, all packed into a block cut with a gas plant from the side of the body shell of a burnt out sherman tank.
A jdm toyota revs about this much before the limiter comes into play |<--------->|
It's prolly something to do with the way they perform so well that they burn out faster.

Plus there's the type of driving they do in japan. Office-home, not talking D1 here. If you take the sump pan off of a newly imported rice v6 you'll notice a hell of a lot of sediment from short trips, long idling in traffic jams and such. Yank tanks get good runs their whole life, its a lot better for the engine.

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07-09-2006, 04:48 AM	#8
lethalwithasupra 3" Exhaust Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: south cantebury Posts: 112	Jdm swap or rebuild. If you can find some serious cash for forged pistons, do both. ... why not supercharge it ? I have this image in my head of a n/a supra with flows, a boot mounted battery, a front mounted intercooler and a supercharger offa ...dunno. Something. PS - A gmc pickup revs about this much \|<-->\| and holds enough oil for a small fishing trawler, all packed into a block cut with a gas plant from the side of the body shell of a burnt out sherman tank. A jdm toyota revs about this much before the limiter comes into play \|<--------->\| It's prolly something to do with the way they perform so well that they burn out faster. Plus there's the type of driving they do in japan. Office-home, not talking D1 here. If you take the sump pan off of a newly imported rice v6 you'll notice a hell of a lot of sediment from short trips, long idling in traffic jams and such. Yank tanks get good runs their whole life, its a lot better for the engine. __________________ So I bought this old Honda bike, an NSR250. Bit of a street racer, I guess. I'm told they're fast. Delivering it home with a friend driving the Supra for the first time. I drop gears and make a scream from the twin pipes flowing down this pony's flanks and it takes off like it's tail's on fire. I look back when the Honda gets to its tap-out and the Supra's only two lengths behind. No one I've let ride my bike has told me its slow, they've all loved the thing. That car is a good thing indeed. Last edited by lethalwithasupra; 07-09-2006 at 04:53 AM. Reason: pickup comment

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