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Posted: 9/10/2004 10:09:31 PM EDT
[#1]
I would take a new supra over a new vette if toyota was still making them, and if it was between a 98 supra and a 98 vette. If it was between 98 supra and a new vette then it'd be the vette no question though.
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Posted: 9/10/2004 10:32:14 PM EDT
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I'd take a stock C6 over a stock ZO6. I would take a stock ZO6 over a low milage, stock or not, Supra.
Even with 5 stated hp less than the ZO6, the C6 gets to the end of the 1/4 mile faster, in 12.2secs, and holds up better on the skid pad. Thoses statistics don't realy mean shit to me. If I spent the money on a car like the Vette or Supra, I want it to perform and be reliable. I want to be able to keep the RPMs high in the twisties and not worry about lessining my engines life. I want the clutch to last, quick responding short throw shifter, and most of all, I want a feel for the road. Stock for stock, the Vette gets it done the way I want it done. Not at all a slam on "engineers" or mechanics who have spent their hard earned money and time developing the Supra or the RX7. Edited for spelling |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 10:47:52 PM EDT
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I voted for the Z06 'cause it's the better all-around car. The new '05 C6 and upcoming '06-07 C6 Z06 will sweeten the deal even further. Not to mention the twin-turbo Supra (with its excellent forged internals) hasn't been imported to the US market since '97-98.
Someone else mentioned a stock-for-stock comparison (Z06 wins) versus mod-for-mod (TT Supra wins). Good point, but only in terms of drag racing. |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 10:50:03 PM EDT
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I saw a supra the other night with a few mods done to it with a bumper sticker that read:
Out to go kill a v8 powered domestic "Sports" car, back in 12.34 seconds needless to say I'm partial to the supra, |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 11:21:53 PM EDT
[#5]
Uhm, I've seen 400HP Supras run 12 second 1/4's and more powerful Supras run much faster. The Z06 is an incredible beast though. My friend just picked up a 2002 and it's awesome. However, I can actually drive a Supra. I can't even fit behind the wheel of a C5 vette. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 2:00:36 AM EDT
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Those guys with the Titan Supra were running in the high 7's IIRC. Granted it had slicks on it and was a drag car, but wasn't far from streetable.
The Supra is in a different class then the Vette. The Vette is the best the US has to offer. The Supra is on the low end of Supercars. And to the guys knocking jap car owners, I'll start buying American again when the Fat lazy auto workers in this country start putting out a decent product and quit whining about not getting paid enough. Do an honest days work and earn your pay. (and to the ones that don't whine and do work, sorry you got to work with so many slackers) |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 2:05:01 AM EDT
[#7]
Id go with the Vette, but neither one would be my first choice.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 2:47:45 AM EDT
[#8]
Most expensive Supra here is 50?k. Most expensive Corvette is 120?k. Prices are in AUD.
There are so many Supras that they are starting to annoy me. Same with Nissan Skylines. The size of the exhaust can on most of them is positively HUGE! Most people who drive them are really annoying as well. Ricers such as Supras and Skylines etc are nicknamed "fully sick" cars because the people who own them usually dont have a good grasp of the friggin english lanuage and they always call their car associated things "fully sick". Eg fully sick subwoofer, fully sick rims, fully sick sound system, etc. The international students here all bloody drive Supras or Skylines. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 2:51:54 AM EDT
[#9]
I hear the same terms here, a Vette is nearly half that here, after $ conversion I could have picked up an all oringal one 79 vette for $3500. Alot of people here think the Skyline is the most powerful one. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:05:08 AM EDT
[#10]
I reckon Skylines and Supras are ugly bastards, especially because I see em all the damn time. Ive heard some bad things about the stock turbos on the Supras. Heard stuff about them fucking up/breaking/whatever so alot of people go out and buy a single large turbo for it rather than fuck around with 2 small turbos. Vettes look damn sexy to me. I dont think ive seen any Vettes on the road which are newer than a 1980? model. Ive seen about 3 on the road total. I see more Rolls Royce's and Bentley's than Vettes! |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:06:38 AM EDT
[#11]
Neither one can haul many guns and ammo to the range so I will opt out.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:09:59 AM EDT
[#12]
Well I know someone whos brother has one. His Supra has alot of problems, turbo has went out several times.
I like having something you dont see everyday, I see a few Impalas that are the same model as mine, I rarely see a Trans Am in my body style, |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:13:12 AM EDT
[#13]
I dont hear many problems about the Supra besides its turbo, of which I hear alot of problems |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:47:05 AM EDT
[#14]
Buy American..............................Corvette hands down!
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:47:53 AM EDT
[#15]
You Aussies speak English? I figured you spoke Australian.
Interesting.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:49:58 AM EDT
[#16]
Australian english. They speak some weird abomination |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:58:02 AM EDT
[#17]
Uh, do the same to the Corvette (ala Lingenfelter) and let's try that match up again. Geeze, I love it when somebody says "take a xxxx car and build the shit out of it and it will be Corvette". Well no fake. I can build up a Ford Escort to beat one if I spend enough $$ |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:01:35 AM EDT
[#18]
I was, uh, just kidding btw.
So! How your 'roo?
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:09:43 AM EDT
[#19]
Firgured that, but our English is closer to the real English cos we only became independent of England about 100 years ago and we are still their bitch. My roo? Which one? Ive got a few dozen in my backyard. Strap a turbo onto a roo, give it some steroids, feed it some beer, and you will beat any vette on the face of the earth! |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:09:50 AM EDT
[#20]
Read his post again...it says RWD, not RWHP... |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:11:57 AM EDT
[#21]
Yup...I've got an Evo myself...modded up to about 350 HP...it's no Vette, but it's pretty fucking quick for a four-banger...and it will outhandle just about anything on the road...  |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 9:18:14 AM EDT
[#22]
You must be either 7 foot tall or 500lbs |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 11:22:08 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/11/2004 11:40:07 AM EDT
[#24]
With the Corvette vs. Supra thread going I thought I would share a story about my run in with the ricer fleet.
I was driving into work to meet a client Saturday afternoon. I have a 2002 Viper as discussed in antoher thread here. As I slow to the light by the freeway onramp I hear the fartpipe mufflers. All of a sudden I am surrounded by cheap ass CRX's and CIVIC's Prelude's, Supras. You get the idea. Big ugly wraparound stickers, fart paipes, Type R badges everywhere. I just roll my eyes. The ricer clan proceeded to hit their nitrous purge doing the steam in the air in front of the windsheild thing. Like taunting me and shit. I roll my eyes and laugh. Now thay are pissed. What happens next is just too stupid for words. I wish I had a video for you guys. The ricers in the Supra next to me actually put on helmets and start smoking their tires. I couldn't tell if they were mad or just wanting to run. Now I am visibly laughing out loud. So we pull up onto the freeway. They proceed to get on both sides of my car and behind. They keep doing the popping the clutch thing lurching in front and back of my car. Then the ricers in the Supra with the helmets on give me the forward finger like "let's go!" and they hit their button and haul ass... I look over to the Prelude on my right. I hold up my hand and count 1,2,3,4,5 then floor it. I caught and passed the Supra in no time. I wave bye bye out the window and head into work with a great story for my client. Now this may not reflect all Supra owners. But it is indiciative of just how utterly stupid the ricer community is. I don't care how much shit you bolt on your Supra, your not gonna beat me. Not even on a good day buddy...Sprinkle glitter on a turd...it's still a turd. 
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Posted: 9/11/2004 11:45:54 AM EDT
[#25]
NICE dude! I didn't catch everything, I only saw the show where you guys got the block in, and didn't have much done to it yet. Mad props man, that Supra must have turned out to be a sweet ride! |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 1:36:57 PM EDT
[#26]
thanx for the compliment..it is sitting here in the shop next to me..cant wait to drive it again..
oh..and we made 908 hp to the tires at only 26 psi manafold pressure (boost) and we got about 10 more pounds to go..gonna be nice.. were working on a new show for the history channel, should start airing in nov. dec. and im unfortunatly living in soKalli and still trying to find a way to get my AR-15  any way if anyone on this board needs help with the supra..lemme know, id love to help someone from my favorite spot to "loiter" on the web www.twinsturbo.com NICE dude! I didn't catch everything, I only saw the show where you guys got the block in, and didn't have much done to it yet. Mad props man, that Supra must have turned out to be a sweet ride! |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 1:43:26 PM EDT
[#27]
I'd take the Vette, but for reasons not this hair brained. The Vette is an instant classic. You can keep this car and give it to your kids one day and its an hairloom. The Supra, althought the better of the cars as far as sports cars go, is not as special as a vette, even thought they're relatively rarer. If its a money thing, you can buy the Supra and mod it for well under what a Z06 costs. The interior will be nicer and the car will handle better, but it'll still seem like a kid's car, since its cheaper and the price to get into one is far less than a Z06. Then there's always the possibility that someone already drove the wheels off the used Supra, which is atleast 8 years old for a newer sample and you will have a headache, instead of a sweet ride. For that reason, I'd buy new and go with the Vette. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:19:18 PM EDT
[#28]
6'3 and 300lbs. I have long legs. And to correct myself, I can sit behind the wheel, I just can't drive the damn thing comfortably. My legs are bent and my knees are in the dash. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:27:17 PM EDT
[#29]
That's a nice Viper. I've always loved them because they're just an overkill car. What do you have done to it? But the 2JZ powered MKIV Supra, either in twin (factory) or single large turbo (what most people upgrade to) configuration is anything but a turd, even in stock trim. The NA Supra is pointless, and most likely what you raced. Most Supra owners I know are not ricers, because most ricers can't afford a turbo Supra. I used to hang out with a bunch of street racers in Houston, and we never saw ANYTHING like what you described. Which area of town were you in? Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:27:49 PM EDT
[#30]
I dunno.... My last 'Vette had a problem... Or rather I did....a problem digging the ricer-rods out of the exhaust all the time.... You've gotta be joking--a Supra over a Z06? Because it looks like a $12,000 car with a wing (wing is no + in IMO)? Because it sounds like a leaf blower at full revs? Because it runs like--well, okay, you can make 'em run, but... Just funnin' ya, of course. But I'll take a 'Vette over anything made in Japan. Now if you're talking some serious Euro iron, I might be persuaded to stray from my Bowling Green Baby. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:30:35 PM EDT
[#31]
Nothing other than Smooth Tubes on the intake. I am on the waiting list for the ROE supercharger, but dunno if I'm going to be able to afford it now... I still have not had the front air dam fixed. It got cracked on a parking block. You can kinda see it in the pic. 290 & Hwy.6 Real close to Hot Wells gun range. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:38:49 PM EDT
[#32]
HELLO MCFLY! Do you even KNOW how many foriegn owned car manufacturers have plants WITHIN the US? |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:41:13 PM EDT
[#33]
Hold out for the Supra Mk V. It'll be here soon.
 Should be two models, one with a V8... let me keep looking at the thread on supraforums and I';ll post more. Or you can read it all yourself www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=9d09ce9962287db03305582d13111929&threadid=216651&perpage=25&pagenumber=1 2nd edit: more info
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:51:14 PM EDT
[#34]
Actually, the Z06 Vette certainly performs in supercar territory.
I'll start buying them when they put out a car that I can get excited about. I don't have a dog in this race though. I like the Vette and the MKIV Supra both. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 3:54:10 PM EDT
[#35]
The Supra is on the low end of Supercars.
Now that is some funny shit. The Supra is not in the Supercar class by any stretch of the imagination. It's one thing to have pride in your ride. But your not fooling anyone by trying to pass the lie that a Supra is a supercar. Hell, my Viper is the low end of the Supercar class. Give me a hit of what you have been smoking little man. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:28:13 PM EDT
[#36]
Just curious, how fast have you driven your Viper?  Awesome vehicle.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 4:34:39 PM EDT
[#37]
If given my choice, I'd take an RX-7 over either.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 5:28:58 PM EDT
[#38]
Not even a close decision, Vette all the way!
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Posted: 9/11/2004 5:31:50 PM EDT
[#39]
dittos, sexy looking car. |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 6:12:26 PM EDT
[#40]
Actually the new ford GT40 is the best "we" have to offer now. Also, I may be mistaken, but the Dodge Viper is a notch above a Corvette.
I know you keep saying you see Supras all the time down there, but they are actually pretty rare here in Phoenix, AZ. Corvettes however are nothing special at all here. I see them on a regular basis on the road. The Mk V Supra sounds VERY interesting. Can't wait to see it! Anyway, I still say take the Supra! |
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Posted: 9/11/2004 6:17:07 PM EDT
[#41]
Just curious, why did you decide on the Supra to turn into your "hobby" instead of anything with more displacement (corvette, viper, etc...)
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Posted: 9/11/2004 6:17:09 PM EDT
[#42]
As long as it has a rod knocking.
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Posted: 9/11/2004 8:31:57 PM EDT
[#43]
No, most are TT. TTs would be more common than NA. Last time I checked supra prices, the cheapest TT was about 20k (1992? model) |
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