Nothings gone 'wrong' as such.
I've had the Aux belt replaced and had the car serviced etc, but as for faults the only thing I've had fixed as such was a small slow leak from the rear diff cooler in the drivers side rear vent.
The reliability of the car is famous, the stock block can take 7/800 bhp if you want it too... its not gonna struggle at 326 is it!
The Fast and The Furious is probably the biggest fault! hehe.
These cars are incredible performance for the money, they were even when brand new at 50k never mind in the last few years of cheap prices!
326 BHP as standard on the UK model and with the uprated fueling setup (larger pump and injectors) compared to the import models - upping the power is child's play.
I fitted IK24 plugs for £70 and a boost cut chip (about £60 from japan) together with a Blitz ID3 Boost controller for £300 (also shipped from Japan)
This gave me around 100bhp up on the Dynapack! That's still with the stock cat's and exhaust on, which are coming off in a few days for a Blitz Nur Spec R and decat (£600 approx).
This should take me to around 460bhp easily if not slightly more, now that's cheap power which can't be denied!
Couldn't be more happy with the car if I tried, but then it is in a different world altogether to a 230bhp car like I had before!
Some people have a thing against Japanese cars, but when they show me a none japanese car for similar money that I can spend that kind of money on for those gains, then I'll be surprised.
They only made just over 600 UK models so if you see one for sale snap it up, you won't regret it. In fact buy any Supra because there all Supra's and that's what counts at the end of the day. You'll just have to spend a little more for the initial mods, but after that its all good :)
I test drove a C5 Corvette and V8 Trans Am before buying the Supra above. They were nice enough, but driving the Supra made my mind up. Plus you don't get 100bhp on an NA engine for a few hundred notes. As for Torque lol, well I'm sitting at 354 lb/ft at the Hubs (442 lb/ft approx at the crank) with the above mods.
Respect to the V8's, but the Supra TT got my vote.
There are many cars that have over 100 bhp on naturally aspirated cars = no lag!
Honda s2000 (2 lire, 240 bhp)
Bmw m3 evo (3.2 litre, 321 bhp standard)
Bmw m3 csl (3.2 litre 360 bhp) - will whop your supra silly! ultra fast throttle response, => no lag.
Ferrari 360 modena stradale (3.6 litre, 425 bhp standard)
The higher the state of tune on the supra, the greater the lag, only worth it, if you own an petrol station or drive on boost most of the time! even then turbo charged cars loose topend power earlier then n/a cars are laggy as a snail of boost, do'nt sound anywher near as good as good naturally aspirated cars, drone a lot, drink like a camel! want instant response? stick to a car like the m3 with individual throttle butterflies for each cylinder, you cannot get faster response then this! a turbo charged engine will never match a car such as an m3's response! saying that the supra is an awesome car, but let it go over your head!
The person 2 posts ago was referring to the fact that it is quite expensive to achieve a 100+ bhp increase on an N/A car, which is true. An example would be any Type R Honda, the engines are so tuned already in standard form that to achieve big bhp gains requires a lot of engine modifications. Whereas a turbo'd car can see big power gains from just using boost controllers and other relatively inexpensive tuning parts.
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In response to the person comparing the n/a cars to the turbo cars, its worth noting that the supra has twin turbo's which are specifically there to avoid lag.
The smaller turbo cuts in very early and provides boost for the lower rev ranges and once the revs rise to the point that the small turbo can no longer provide adequate boost the larger turbo spins up and can provide boost all the way to the redline.
As great as the M3 is the huge torque from the turbo car would decimate it as the M3 requires high revs to achieve its top power. The Supra can make the same power 2000rpm sooner.
Of course the S2000 is not in the same league here with nearly 100bhp less and average torque.
Some Supra tuners do however swap the twin turbo set-up for a large single turbo which will hurt low rev ability, but these are normally for 500bhp + engines and with that power available some lag won't prevent it from catching up once the boost comes on song.
With regard to fuel consumption, it is relative to the power made, turbo cars do not burn more fuel than a similarly powerful n/a engine. In fact they can be more economical if driven appropriately.
Having driven turbo charged cars (including the Supra, Impreza, Leon Cupra R, Sunny Gti-R), large capacity n/a cars (American Muscle, BMW's) and High revving (Civic Type-R, bikes) I have to side with the turbo camp simply because the torque is normally more than 50% higher at any revs than a n/a car and this makes all the difference in the real world.
Haven't you teens heard of the "world street nationals"? Those races will teach you that the only car worth its salt is the AMC Javelin with $50K in mods.
I'm kidding, I'm not that guy who cuts and pastes his V8 rant into every supra thread on the site.
The NA vs. Turbo thread was actually informative, not just posturing, particularly because the Supra was offered without the twin turbo in the early 90s. I wanted to add my thanks. I'll try to look for the turbo versions that haven't been fouled by tuners.
I'm considering a Supra, not because I want to pour money into it to try to beat vipers, nor do I want to put awful fiberglass on it and pretend I'm vin diesel (though my hairline is starting to look like his). I just want a fun car that will be mostly a driver, and maybe one to do driver education on for autocross. I'm looking at the real contemporaries of the Supra as well-- the 300ZX, the twin turbo RX-7 of the 90s, and the mitsubishi 3000. Not a top fuel funny car or a camaro with a ton of money put into it, or the 2005 corvette. something that is both fun and that you know will turn over every time you twist the key.
So this review, and the comments that followed it, were quite helpful, and I'd like to offer thanks.