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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Don't get too excited lol I'm looking for a old Japanese sports car, any recommendations?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Does your budget stretch to an NSX or an R34 GTR?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0X3CLJVMJU

Kirsten Dunst - Turning Japanese (HD) - YouTube

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Toyota Sprint Trueno AE86.

If your a fan of Japanese Cars you will know the film that car is the star of

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Does your budget stretch to an NSX or an R34 GTR?"

I do love the sound of a GTR or a S2000..how much are we talking?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Toyota Sprint Trueno AE86.

If your a fan of Japanese Cars you will know the film that car is the star of

Toyota Supra?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Toyota Sprint Trueno AE86.

If your a fan of Japanese Cars you will know the film that car is the star of

Toyota Supra?"

Not a Supra.

Google Initial D. Fuck your Fast and Furious, that film is the shizz

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0X3CLJVMJU

Kirsten Dunst - Turning Japanese (HD) - YouTube

A much sexier video than The Vapours!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i got a 260z in my lock up ... make us an offer

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"i got a 260z in my lock up ... make us an offer

2 seater?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Honda S2000 and it’ll only go up in price so it’s an investment you can really enjoy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?"

Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary

that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary

that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is "

The old unfortunately named rankle engine. You’d have to look for one that’s had the engine rebuild tho, it it hasn’t it’s basically scrap waiting to happen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i got a 260z in my lock up ... make us an offer

2 seater?"

coupe of course ... with su's not hitachi's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary

that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is

The old unfortunately named rankle engine. You’d have to look for one that’s had the engine rebuild tho, it it hasn’t it’s basically scrap waiting to happen. "

Wankle even, stupid auto carot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s not old but my FN2 will be up for sale soon

Switching to the FK2 type R

Maybe the FK8 if they drop in price enough by the summer

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Had a quick look at the new GT86 not too expensive and 4 seats

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By *aptain VMan
over a year ago

Birstall, Leicester

Nissan Micra?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve owned an old Impreza gc8 which was completely awesome and usable every day, lots of low down torque for bumbling around town and then all that power when the road allows, also owned 2 gen 5 celicas, pop up headlights version, if you can find a jap import of one of those it will last forever and they did a turbo 4 wheel drive version (gt-four) and a front wheel drive non turbo which for real world is plenty quick enough (look for a gtr manual import) as it comes with all the kit

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Did you watch Top Gear tonight? They went over to Japan to a car auction looking for 90's super cars.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nissan Micra?"

Yes please.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Did you watch Top Gear tonight? They went over to Japan to a car auction looking for 90's super cars."

Yes and I've been looking for one but today it got to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nissan Micra?

Yes please."

bomb proof

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

hereandthere

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?"

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v "

Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v

Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight

altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

There's always the 300ZX Twin Turbo or the 200SX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All depends on budget really and what sort of era do you prefer? I've got a 1986 Nissan Leopard, believed to be the only Zenki (pre face-lift) example in the UK lol. I'm very much a Japanese classic enthusiast

if money was no issue for me I think I'd be looking at an R31 Skyline RS2000

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

hereandthere

But rotary are cult engines. There is nothing else like them.nothing sounds like them

I wouldn't have a rx8 with a v8 given to me. Rotary needs to be rotary

If the budget is tight look else where. No point buying something cheap .

Buy them for the classic not the speed. I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v

Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight

altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value"

You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k

Most are under £2000

The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do

I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v "

Completely agree with this! Thing is the Rotaries are only really unreliable because people don't maintain them how they're spose to! I'd absolutely love a 20B Eunos Cosmos but with a manual conversion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v

Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight

altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value

You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k

Most are under £2000

The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do

I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too "

The Lexus's have their own bombproof 1UZ V8 no need for an LS swap in those. You have to prey the starter motor never needs replacing though haha!

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over a year ago

"£40k plus for the gtr

50k plus for the nsx

Both Japanese legends.

But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.

The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!

It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000

Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch

Mazda RX7 or RX8

The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.

Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price

You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000

Fuck, I love Japanese cars

Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?

Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.

Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?

Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then

Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v

Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight

altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value

You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k

Most are under £2000

The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do

I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too "

ha! i didn't have my specs on ... the 8 looked like a 3

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it. "

Which Impreza, I’m presuming not even a WRX?

You’d need at least a 300bhp diesel to keep up with a WRX, never mind have it not stand a chance

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By *eus n EuropaCouple
over a year ago

louth

Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo clasic old Jap car with ever bell and whistle

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By *ccasionalfunCouple
over a year ago

hereandthere

"I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it.

Which Impreza, I’m presuming not even a WRX?

You’d need at least a 300bhp diesel to keep up with a WRX, never mind have it not stand a chance

280hp 3 litre Merc 600 nm

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By *heMightyPhwoarMan
over a year ago

Asgard

A Mitsubishi Starion would be rare and unique find to encounter or perhaps a Honda CRX which I can proudly say I'm an owner of, Standard and pre Del Sol ofc.

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over a year ago

"A Mitsubishi Starion would be rare and unique find to encounter or perhaps a Honda CRX which I can proudly say I'm an owner of, Standard and pre Del Sol ofc. "

Nice! Is your CRX the 1.5 or 1.6? I always fancied the idea of a CRX ESI turbo with an EG hatch front end conversion

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

240z is a beautiful car,

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By *m3232Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

The best by a mile is any Evo Mitshi.

Rx8 great car let down by its engine.

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By *heMightyPhwoarMan
over a year ago

Asgard

"A Mitsubishi Starion would be rare and unique find to encounter or perhaps a Honda CRX which I can proudly say I'm an owner of, Standard and pre Del Sol ofc.

Nice! Is your CRX the 1.5 or 1.6? I always fancied the idea of a CRX ESI turbo with an EG hatch front end conversion"

It's a 1992 1.6 vtec, not half bad for the age of the car, a few little minor touch ups and it will be looking spectacular

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you considered going full on hoonigan and get a boosted EP3 civic

Do a turbo conversion on the K20 engine and things get very serious very quickly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1977 Nissan skyline gt 2000, the chances of pulling up at the lights next to another one are remote

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

And here I was expecting a serious discussion about the horrendous sex noises in Japanese porn!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got a Toyota Aygo, she's super fast for about 2 seconds

But over the years Superman and I have favoured Japanese cars over many others.

Can't beat them other than that I'm a woman I know nothing of cars

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