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As have I Jurgen, I'm not out to pi$$ on your chips, but it's all too easy to blur the lines between trade and public. For a normal Joe blogs consumer the GT-R will cost more to maintain and run than a Supra, no matter what way you want to butter the bread. Comparable parts, be it OEM or aftermarket, are pricier than a Supra's - this will of course come down with time. Now yes, an owner can self maintain, or take it to any number of generic performance shops for basic fluids etc (which they use more of, and I'm not talking about Fuel) but how many garages have invested in a ConsultIII so they can update firmware or clutch relearn, not to mention warranty work (which many owners want to keep)? Sorry Jurgen, I love both cars but the GT-R makes a 997 Turbo cheap to run, never mind a Supra. But like I say, time will bring more vendors and garages to the party which will drive prices down.

You still got it then I bumped into the guy that bought mine the other day and it's still going like a champ. He put a nice pipe on it now and it sounded devilish as he tore off.

Great thread. Nice to see the Supra v GT-R debate is just as fierce on here as it is on other forums. Shame about the weather really, it would have been nice to see Darett let rip. FWIW Jurgen, you're on glue if you think the Supra is similar in costs to run in stock form, let alone 1000HP. The GTR is very much still in its honeymoon period with limited specialists and high prices (even on aftermarket parts). The Supra has the benefit of time behind it now with parts prices not being anywhere near what they were when the Supra was 4 years old. Same applies to maintenance, a Supra is pretty simple to maintain meaning its not necessary to bring it to a specialist, unlike a GT-R (for now). Ultimately they are both fantastic cars which I have been lucky enough to own.

I'm sure the hair must've gown back by now lol

Not making candidates drink a drum of C16 anymore then?

Should be a fun job for someone.

That's great news CJ, real happy to hear it. Makes the future a little bit more positive for you.

Jog my memory, you're not on about one of those moody farm pictures you keep sending me are you

Hate to be the harbinger of doom, but I would get a professional to check that diff out if you're contemplating rebuilding it. There's a fair amount of damage to that diff and no doubt a fair bit of swarf has been mooning around inside it meaning it may require more parts than would make financial sense. You may also find you have swarf in the coolant pump and cooler which will either require flushing, or even better, replacing.

Start to finish is like night and day! Top work.

Litchfield's car is one I would've liked to take a gander at if I had been attending, as well as present company's rides of course.

I believe so. It would certainly be interesting to see how it goes.

Well I reckon I'm better at it than the person that did the one for a certain someone lol.

AWHP= All Wheel Horsepower. WHP = Wheel Horsepower. BHP= Brake Horsepower. HHP= Hub Horsepower. FWHP= Flywheel Horsepower. AHP= Arse Horsepower. PHP= Pub Horsepower. Essentially the top two are the same name for the same thing. So come on Jurgen, what's the hold up. I've got the photoshop warmed up ready so we can adjust your plot and irritate a certain marvel comic car.

So that's a 'possibly in the future' then. ;-) Fair play.

You not temped Jamie? I can see you in a black GT-R

NIISAN GT-R, Is that a new Chinese copy? Hell of a car the GT-R, and although it was a slightly loaded article/video, Mr Suttcliffe wasn't exactly defamatory on the M5.

It's a real shame that, but it's good you guys still have some options. Hopefully the Helmuts will come to their senses at some point and return Nutts to a practical facility for all.

I nearly choked laughing. Sorry, but that's like my noisy neighbour moving from one side of me and into the other! It's always one melt that spoils it for everyone isn't it. So I take it the track days are still a no go there? What other alternatives are there for you guys?

Send some boys round to explain the situation, they knew the track was there before they moved in lol

Wait, what!?! So Stock cars and Hot rods are fine because they are silent laughable.

1. CJ 2. Dude 3. Budz 4. Kayla (dyno) 5. Mellonman (dyno) 6. SupraDan24 7. Pbee (MR2OC) (dyno) 8. Abz (Dyno) 9. Fitz 10. Grahamc (dyno) 11. Dreamscape36 12. Justin Bieber (dyno) 13. Clay (dyno) 14. Clays brother 15. Caesard (dyno) 16. sdistc 17. Les (MR2OC) (dyno) 18. tooquicktostop 19. DamanC (dyno) 20. Ricky49 21. Supra Kong (Dyno) 22. JamieP 23. SilentAgro 24. Ben SZ-R - in a BMW (dyno) 25. Jim_jimmy1 26. steve.m 27. Lbm (Dyno) 28. mark newman 29. Markymagic (dyno) 30. Lee P 31. Jimojameso 32. Chucky@waR 33. Mitchell9006 34. MrAngry` 35. Olly.Dent (MR2OC) 36. Topgun (MR2OC) 37. Heckler 38. Soopra 39. Alan (GTROC) (Work dependant) 40. Anders_35 (GTROC) (Dyno) 41. Grimblin Gibbon (GTROC) (Dyno) 42. suprasize (dyno) 43. Bradleyh_15 44. Slippery (dyno) 45. Ellis 46. Jamesy 47. jcbtt (dyno) 48. oddshoes - MR2OC (dyno) 49. Peter P (dyno) 50. Adzmr2 in a mondeo (dyno) 51. nik - TwoBrutal (dyno) 52. mattdavies (dyno) 53. letmeshowyou 54. Black Light (MR2OC) (Dyno) - Providing my car has a working engine in time 55. MarkM3 (GTROC) (Dyno if his car survives 30-130)

Scandalous isn't it. And it's only going to get more expensive. Still, could be worse. There's a few people in Italy cacking their pants: Tax dodging

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Fantastic news!