MrMattyMc

Thanks I’ve got that saved for future reference!

I never thought about that, that would be amazing if someone could I live in Newcastle but understand it’s a big ask I would prefer going to buy a car fully prepared, again appreciate the lengthy post but seeing and someone pointing out issues would be a lifesaver and a real help as you have said. I’ve been looking at a load of jap auction houses and seen what looked like perfect matches but l wouldn’t feel confident importing especially after reading the post you put up previous and seen a couple of people on here have cars damaged when picking up from port. I’m trying not to look at cars too much yet, as per first post feb is looking like the date when I can start properly looking but anything can happen in property trying not to think about it too much.

I can’t find that off site link on your profile feed regarding buyers guide would you mind posting link here please.

I’ve never had a supra I’ve mainly had German cars last 10 years, last few a couple of e63’s but I’ve had an evo 8 about 10 years ago and I think that may of been one of my favourite just for how asbo it was. I’m literally spending every spare hour I have whilst I’m off work trying to get as knowledgeable as possible before taking the dive. This really isn’t about making money I’ve lost 10’s thousands in the past from cars (lost that from just leasing an f type never mind modding cars) so know it’s dangerous territory going into this thinking I’ll be making money I’ll be happy to break even hopefully for once. I’ll have a look now for the buyers guide. Thanks again. Thanks for the lengthly reply. Yes I’ve gotten that impression from just reading in this forum, seen a couple of recent restorations where they have spent 30k easily so I would of hoped a less than 40000 miles import would be clean but if Its been in this country 10/15 years then more than likely it will need a lot of work underneath to be mint as well as you have more than pointed out. I’m speaking to Jurgen at the minute from jm imports about importing a gte auto so we’ll see what’s available! I’m getting one of my guys to board my loft next week and start clearing out the garage so I can get it looking more like a mini workshop so I can get things underway.

Thanks for the in-depth response rider it’s greatly appreciated. 40k was going to be max budget for an absolute minter to be honest that would be the stretch for the car for now unless I waited till summer and might be able to stretch to 50. I was just going to do the mods over several months as I say I’ll barely be doing any miles. I’ve just got a feeling the market is going to go even more crazy this year so wanted to get something next month or two and I think a tt auto would be my best bet with my budget but you’re right for investment purposes a tt6 would make sense just honestly don’t think I could stretch to one in current times. The reason I wanted a standard one to modify, my thoughts were I could put my own stamp on it and again when it came to sell in years to come put back to standard and sell bits? If I was going to change gearbox I would get 160/161 tbh to try keep oem as possible again for above paragraph reasons otherwise would possibly get dct from whifbitz or t56 from Joel. Would most people (apart from on supra forums and people in the know) really know a factory tt auto isn’t a tt6 when I came to sell if I converted to a V160? Would it just be on the v5 and or vin plate as an automatic? (I’ve never looked) Not trying to con anyone here by the way just wondering

Hi guys hope you all are well, new member here from Newcastle I’m looking at buying a Supra in February just in middle of moving some properties into a limited company first and pay the dreaded tax. I’m looking at getting a low as possible mileage import gte for between 30-40k hopefully under 40000 miles obviously an auto. I’m thinking of it as a long term project/investment as I’m hoping unlike most project cars the money I put into it I will get back (or put back to standard and sell the bits) as the values are obviously going up. My plans are to take it to around 700bhp with borg warner 66mm twin scroll single turbo and syvecs s7plus ecu along with a load of goodies within first few months, I was a mechanic for 10 years so wanting to do all myself except the mapping part (I have jm-imports on my doorstep so I’ll get them to do the mapping) Hoping to leave internals for now, I know the auto box won’t take that power so was wanting to keep it at 500-550bhp and if the box goes I’ll just change to a v160/161 (if I can source one) but was hoping that won’t happen too quick, I will be doing barely a couple hundred miles a month as I work crazy hours and have a couple of other cars to play with. Main question being am I doing things back to front modifying the engine then changing the gearbox? Will import factory engine twin turbos autos keep going up in value? Do you guys think getting the car mint with all above will add what Im going to put in if I come to sell in 2/3 years? Im guessing I’ll put about 30k into mods (including manual gearbox) and around 35k into buying car. Any other input is welcome thanks.

Car looks amazing and whole thread is a great read