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Silverchild79

you guys eat paint...

E_SolSi

ok allow me to clarify what he was saying:

this:


looks like a 1970s (bad word choice, he should have said something along the lines of "retro") version of this:



he was not saying that it looked like this:


because even Ray Charles could see that this POS in the third pic looks NOTHING like the top 2 pics

so in the simplest of terms all he was saying is that the car in the first pic looks similar to the styling of the car in the second pic in a retro gayness kinda way

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Celerity

You're a fuckin heretic. I'll drive circles around you in that Supra.

TurboMirage

that old supra sucks

Celerity

door to door, the 79 Supra is the same physical specs as an NA Supra of any other generation.

And don't give me that "120 hp" horseshit. Gas crisis. It's more like 165 hp.

Battle Pope

If it's the same physical specs, does that mean it weighs eleventy billion pounds too?

And even if your estimated 165hp is correct... It still sucks. :\

Celerity

my Celica was like 3200 pounds, and I think it's heavier than that.

Silverchild79

holy shit balls

pissedoffsol

160hp is for the bees....

E_SolSi

the 1983 supra had a bigger engine than the 1979 (2.6 vs 2.0) and more power and even it only did 8.9 (0-60) and 16.8 (1/4 mile) a bone stock 1992 civic Si will walk all over that (8.4 0-60 / 16.4 1/4 mile)
please excuse me for not being impressed

Celerity

Sounds reasonable to me. my NA Supras got beat by dodge daytonas and fully laden work vans. The one I gave Clayton might change your mind, but it's thirst for AVGAS didn't belie it's 12.x:1ish compression either.

You are, however, wrong in displacements. 1978 had the 2.6 liter carbbed 4M, with a really poor fi system in late 1981 (4ME) (But then again, there were like 800 of those). the 5MGE in the 1982-1986 Supra was 2.8 liters with 145 claimed hp (but dynoed very close to 200 with cali emissions)(Oddly enough, the MR2 was rated at 145 and also dynoed out closer to 200). The 3.0 7MGE ran poor harmonics and focused heat on valve heads and the piston dome. Outside of that, it was like a 5 or so real hp gain. the 2JZGE was rated at 225, and dynoed at about that all day long. But that's a totally different motor than the M series.

the 22R was 2.4 liter, the 20R was 2.2.

All kidding aside, the Supra's balance, gearing and engine was a good 20 years ahead of it's time, and I will take the pepsi challenge against most cars with a second gen Supra (Enjoyed far more than my 3rd gens)

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Airjockie

$3000 would get that kit to my door, a professional shop to do the bodywork, and paint...and I might have enough left over to buy lambo tires.