What my friend is planning to do....

[CDailey]

My friend Andrew is planning on buying an 88 Supra($400, no engine) and putting a 2JZ single turbo engine in it and then once he gets the money, a T66 turbo($4,000 ). Then he plans on getting a nice exhaust system for it. Then a nice wheel/tire combo.

Sounds like a good idea, eh?

 

[Roo]

Sounds better than one of my friend's pipedream ideas: putting an aeroplane engine in a Vauxhall Cavilier (well, on, more precisly). Oh, how we laughed

 

[CDailey]

HAHA

 

[askia47]

sounds good

 

[B Campbell]

As long as the body and other mechanicals are all sound. It would really suck to have:

a) a car you put that much money into rust to bits

b) the engine destroy the transmission and require a few more thousands of dollars worth of work

c) some other aged structural component fail while driving and cause an accident

It's cool to fantasize about project cars, but if you're actually looking for one it pays to be picky.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

Juicy.

 

[cuefilez]

Tis juicy.

MazKid

 

[12sec. Civic]

I saw a '91 Supra with a 2JZ for sale for $25,000CDN. Way too much if you ask me.



Last week an old friend called me asking if I was interested in a 1993 Miata with a Mustang 5.0 motor in it. Apparently it had over 300hp and a complete eibach and tokico suspension setup that cost more than he was selling the car for. he wanted $7,000CDN which seems really cheap but the car has alot of things waiting to go wrong on it. The big one that stood out to me, was the fact that the only radiator they could fit in their, was 1/5th the size of the stock Mustang 5.0L's radiator.


Do you guys think it is a good buy. I have about that much money saved from working.

 

[slip2rock]

As the owner of a kit car (a car made up from other cars to look like something else) all i can say is... DON'T DO IT!

Specials are hard enough to keep on the road, multi donor cars are a nightmare. Matching bit's and pieces up, welding bits on to places that weren't designed for the stress. No mate, tell him to save his money and buy a Supra twin turbo. At least it can be dealer maintained if needs be.

 

[Hooligan]

Originally posted by 12sec. Civic
Last week an old friend called me asking if I was interested in a 1993 Miata with a Mustang 5.0 motor in it. Apparently it had over 300hp and a complete eibach and tokico suspension setup that cost more than he was selling the car for. he wanted $7,000CDN which seems really cheap but the car has alot of things waiting to go wrong on it. The big one that stood out to me, was the fact that the only radiator they could fit in their, was 1/5th the size of the stock Mustang 5.0L's radiator.

Do you guys think it is a good buy. I have about that much money saved from working.

I wouldn't go for it. A large V8 like that in the front of a Miata will throw off the entire handling of the car: it will be way too nose heavy. If you plan on drag racing it, however, this probably is more of an advantage, keeping it from losing front traction. The lack of radiator space isn't good, either. I feel that the best transplant for the Miata is either a turbo-four (4G63, from an AWD setup, minus the front diff.) or a rotary (as difficult as that is).

Otherwise, buy the thing, keep the suspension, ditch the 5.0 engine, get a regular 1.8L Miata engine and use a Jackson supercharger on it. Works for most....