Underworld Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Guys ive just thought of this. I ONLY want a turbo supra, and never look at N/A supras. However theres a lot of mint condition NAs floating around for quite cheap. I cant afford a mint turbo atm but could afford a mint NA. Is it right that a NA-T converted supe is pretty good? Im thinking that it would maybe worthwhile to get a nice NA now, then get the conversion when i got the extra bux. Whats more is the turbos will be brand new and I wont be running the risk of buying a supe with turbos that have done ~80k miles. And hopefully ill have a lower milage car. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 About £4k for the conversion isn't it? Buy mine instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 May be a worth while option but would find out about insurance if you go down that route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underworld Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Looks like 3.5k~ ish for the conversion no? As I said i dont have a the 8k lump of cash here right now. I got 5k odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Pay 5k odd now for a tt and improve that with the 3k later on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 What ever !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underworld Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 How would you rekon it would affect the re-sellability (nice new word there for ya) of a car. With Na-turbo conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Crucify re-sale and your insurance would be double that of if you had a stock TT with the same power as a stock TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Personally I would want a car to be as close to stock engine wise as possible if I were buying, but its a personal thing, some will buy it some won't. If your going down the NA-T route you might want to think about whether the 5 speed box or the autobox will give you all that you need to support the initial and future mods beyond that. Maybe a 6speed facelift NA would be a better base (I have no idea, the techy chaps will though), but they are rarer and in theory more expensive than the prefacelift NAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Certainly a bit more than £5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 buy the n/a, run it for a year, sell it, and buy the real deal, tt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Save and buy a good nic TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 If your going down the NA-T route you might want to think about whether the 5 speed box or the autobox will give you all that you need to support the initial and future mods beyond that. Maybe a 6speed facelift NA would be a better base (I have no idea, the techy chaps will though), but they are rarer and in theory more expensive than the prefacelift NAs. Indeed the 5speed box (W58) is the weak link, six speed is the way to go but boostlogic are now doing a conversion to the R154 out of the mk3 supe which is a lot stronger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Dudes you are all goin on like a 5 speed can't cope with 400 brake??? It can easily. The N/A auto may struggle at that bhp. I've said it once and I'll say it again you N/A guys get your arses in gear and sort out a supercharger option. Then you might just show the TT guys a thing or too about on road results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Dudes you are all goin on like a 5 speed can't cope with 400 brake??? It can easily. The N/A auto may struggle at that bhp. I've said it once and I'll say it again you N/A guys get your arses in gear and sort out a supercharger option. Then you might just show the TT guys a thing or too about on road results. There is big debate about it on supraforums, quite a few have lost gearboxes but they are running very high bhp figures, there is also debate about if it is treated and driven correctly then it does last.. what with most cars being auto in the states, and as they say not knowing how to drive 'stick ' I'm just going to suck it and see but I was running around 330-340 with no problems not even with the clutch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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