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Old 05-30-2007, 02:53 AM
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man i hate foreign motors in american cars. I think a turbo ecotec would be way cooler than a supra motor. who owns this thing. the kind of guy i would imagine would be driving this thing is some ricer guy who jumps on the muscle car bandwagon.
Buddy... So uncool! It's fine to not like the car, but you don't have to rag on the owner!

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Old 05-30-2007, 06:09 AM
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I really don't even like the term "ricer:...little derogatory maybe
A motor is just an air pump - who cares how the air pump makes power just that it can make power - big power. I've seen plenty of japanese engines lay waste to V8 engines at the dragstrip from little 1.6 and 1.8s all the way up to 2jz turbo motors.
About 4 years ago I bought a clean little black 1991 Si Civic hatch with a blown motor SOHC 1.6 (108 hp.) for $1100! I bought a stock JDM 1.6 DOHC ZC engine (125 hp). By the time I did the header, stainless exhaust, CAI, and custom chip I was making over 150 hp. Not a lot of power but the car only weighed in at just over 2000 lbs. I also drove this car everyday and got 36 mpg. Now this was no torquemonster by any means BUT it was quick enough to slowly pull away from a stock 87-93 Mustang GT. Imagine what it would do to a heavy mid to late 70s stock Z28?! I had only $3000 into the car including the coil over suspension and we did the work ourselves.
I now drive a 5.0 GT everyday because I miss the torque and sound of a V8 but still wish I hadn't sold the Civic - point is, it was a fun car.

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Old 05-30-2007, 12:39 PM
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i don't mean to say thats the way the guy actually is but thats just what comes to mind when i see something like that.
I think supra are awesome cars i would actually like to own one but to me putting the motor in a muscle car just grates. it doesn't seem to me to have any point at all. i mean keep a theme to the car. I am not some V8 only guy my buddy has a spirit r/t that will waste anything I ever had.

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Hahahaha, the bandwagon. I guess we aren't allowed to like domestics AND imports. Better not drive a 4 cylinder but build an 8 cylinder? Blah to you sir! Double Blah!
that isnt even what I said!!!! I like things with 1 cylinder four cylinders or 5 cylinders for that matter or even things that don't have cylinders like rx7's

and NO I DONT CONSIDER SUPRAS RICE NOT AT ALL. there is a local supra that is fast as hell that thing sounds like a freakin banshee. I have been contemplating a lexus SC 2jz swap i think it would be a good low buck alternative to a supra.

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Old 05-31-2007, 05:47 AM
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i don't mean to say thats the way the guy actually is but thats just what comes to mind when i see something like that.
I think supra are awesome cars i would actually like to own one but to me putting the motor in a muscle car just grates...

...and NO I DONT CONSIDER SUPRAS RICE NOT AT ALL. there is a local supra that is fast as hell that thing sounds like a freakin banshee. I have been contemplating a lexus SC 2jz swap i think it would be a good low buck alternative to a supra.

NOW BACK TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING....
Ok, we're cool! Let's face it, typing doesn't express all of what we mean when we say something, I thought you were downing the guy for doing it.

I don't think I would do it either, but that Supra motor in a Vega, Monza, or one of their clones would rock!

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Ok, we're cool!
Dang it, I was just starting to enjoy the show...
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