Guest jon348 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I have a 93 import mk4 non turbo supra, I was wondering before I trade her in for the tt is their any mods I can do to speed her up significanlty, as I dont want to sell it? cheers for your help jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 no. not without spending big bucks mate. may as well go for the TT. that's what i'm gonna do in a year or two (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 There are hods of threads about this now. Basically the cost of TT's now makes keeping and tuning an N/A for 300+ BHP financially pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Getting 'significant' performance gains from the NA is not really possible, unless you either fit a turbo kit, nitrous or have major internal engine tuning work done. Fitting a turbo kit on the NA is expensive and would probably work out cheaper to trade in the NA for a TT Supra. Nitrous can give good performance gains, but is expensive to run (refill bottles) if used a lot. Some performance mods that can be made which will give modest performance increases are: Stainless steel header/manifold. Aftermarket 'performance' exhaust. De-cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Hi mate - loads of NA owners here, fighting for rights ! ! Get the cats off - See Chris Wilson Get a decent Exhaust - See some traders websites (I personally feel) A decent induction kit makes a difference to the NA ?? Apexi ?? Dont be bullied - Its still "how" you drive it... Nothing in them under 60 / 70 mph Drive your NA Proudly ! !( And no-one will know ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Hi mate - loads of NA owners here, fighting for rights ! ! Get the cats off - See Chris Wilson Get a decent Exhaust - See some traders websites (I personally feel) A decent induction kit makes a difference to the NA ?? Apexi ?? Dont be bullied - Its still "how" you drive it... Nothing in them under 60 / 70 mph Drive your NA Proudly ! !( And no-one will know ) Matt, you forgot THIS vital NA performance mod :joke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Hi mate - loads of NA owners here, fighting for rights ! ! Get the cats off - See Chris Wilson Get a decent Exhaust - See some traders websites (I personally feel) A decent induction kit makes a difference to the NA ?? Apexi ?? Dont be bullied - Its still "how" you drive it... Nothing in them under 60 / 70 mph Drive your NA Proudly ! !( And no-one will know ) Hey mate no-ones having a go at the N/A He started the thread asking if it was financially viable or he would trade up so his desicion is already made lol. And basically it isn't financially viable. If I had of developed the supercharger kit I was going to then it may have costed up effective but I gave up on the idea as it didn't get enough support and I defected to a BPU +++ car instead. If you want power I'm afraid its difficult to justify not going TT if you want the looks and driveability then the N/A is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraSymz Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Mate, I'm just coming to the end of converting my NA aerotop to TT ...my experience is that it is a long and torturous path (Oh, not to mention expensive). Hope to have the car back on the road by Saturday...its a good job that I love working on the car 'cos I've bust a gut on this conversion to date. I loved the car as NA, but just saw an engine & gearbox combo I couldn't resist in a breakers yard. Fact is, I've never sat in a TT car to experience if its all going to be worth it in the end! My advice, if you really want the extra BHP, change the car not the powertrain. Symz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 NoS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 All your comment are valid - but I was taking a light hearted look at NA ownership...I wasnt getting upset about it,just offering my opinion...I love the NA, but bearing in mind a decent TT will cost double - minimum, I think theres not a whole lot around to better the NA for looks and even performance - if you drive it right. I completely agree that the best option for pure power and speed is to buy a TT, I would be mad to think otherwise, but a modded NA is still top fun at an affordable budget. nic - your not funny (besides - its for a manual not an auto) Geordiesteve - Nos would be great, still toying with the idea ??? Might ask bobbystone about the whole experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraSymz Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Matty, I know you're right, I've had wicked fun with my NA over the last 3 years, fair play, its a great car...that said, even I chuckled at the "link" on Nics post...wish it was cheaper, would buy it as a present for a bloke with a blinged up Astra at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Geordiesteve - Nos would be great, still toying with the idea ??? Might ask bobbystone about the whole experience... Forget it. As a power mod yeah it does see a stock tt cars power no worry but only for about 20 minutes and then your 10lb bottle is empty and at £6 a LB thats a lot of cash. Thats if you can actually get the gas locally. I recently at a track event had to listen to a guy in a gassed up EVO7 inform me he woulda had me if his gas was full still.... Well it wasn't and he didn't so moral of the story is that you never have gas when you need it, you always have turbo when you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I recently at a track event had to listen to a guy in a gassed up EVO7 inform me he woulda had me if his gas was full still.... . LOL, and if it had been, and you'd have been in an even faster car you would have beaten him. What a total cock comment. I hope you looked at him in disdain, content in the knowledge that not only had you beaten an evo7, you also beat an evo7 by someone who deserved to be beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I know and as someone that used to have a gassed up N/A supe I know how futile it is. The fact that he had a 350'd fq300 manual that still couldn't take my auto Supposedly laggy TT supe off the line was embarrassing enough to make him leave early. The only guy I had any repeated fun with was a guy with an immaculate E reg sierra saphire cossie. That car actually came very close to having the EVO guy and didn't bitch about being beaten and leave in a strop. If it came to a show and shine the cossie would have absoluteley caned me. He'd had his engine out the night previous to the event just to clean out around it and make sure his engine looked new. Now that kind of dedication is awesome and puts me to shame. So my final word on this is that your car doesn't matter. Its how you feel about your car that matters. And I totally respect the guys that can lavish months worth of time on cars that are nearly a century old if thats what they love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jon348 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 cheers for all the imput guys, it is how you drive them, but today for me its about more speed, I spend my free time driving around europe, thats my drug massive open roads and only speeding fines to worry about. Its great 60 quid on the ferry the fuels cheaper and a 30 euro hotel makes a great few days entertainment. Supra's are one of the greatest cars ever, affordable, comfortable and enough room to sleep in!!! Cheers for all the advice but for myself it's tt time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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