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Yeah, good friend has an '89 Turbo. He picked it up for $1000 and we replaced the motor. Unfortunately I couldn't talk him into an engine swap, so we stuck to the stock 7MGTE. Crappy motor, total underachiever. 3.0l DOHC V6 TURBO that makes 230hp? Gimme a break! A Saab B234 made 225hp with two less cylinders and one less litre... my Alfa makes 240 without a turbo. A freakin' Taurus made 220 the same year! Yeah, you can pump 'em up a bit, but as someone else pointed out the head is very prone to warping, and 350-400 is about the most you'll ever see out of one without serious reliability problems. At those hp levels, you're still looking at maybe a 12 second car... Mikael's 99T does that. In terms of handling, I'll take a 900 any day - the Supra is massively overweight for its size (3300lbs or something like that) and the rear suspension is iffy at best.
If you want a Supra, get the Mark IV... *that's* a well-designed car. The Mark III is an '80s also ran - overshadowed by the 300Z of the day and out-cheaped by the FC RX7.
-Justin
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Posts in this Thread:
- ever driven a Toyota Supra Turbo???, Andrew
, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 12:03:05- Re: ever driven a Toyota Supra Turbo???, Jared, Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:52:46
- Re: ever driven a Toyota Supra Turbo???, Lalo, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:54:26
- Re: ever driven a Toyota Supra Turbo???, Justin VanAbrahams
, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:11:51 <-- Viewing This Message- picking nits..., Vince T, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:27:05
- Oops!, Justin VanAbrahams
, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:51:06
- Re: ever driven a Toyota Supra Turbo???, michael
, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 17:05:11 - My roomate had one..., Andy E, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:43:13
- Have you tried getting parts for them> .., StanleyB, Sat, 30 Nov 2002 14:13:52
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