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Adelaide, SA
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Mon, 21 June 2004 06:47
 
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What I was trying to say is once you have a decent car, it'll start off with enough power, then you become used to it and want more, and more and more  .
I used to think my supra was getting slow and actually wasn't really quick until I started to drive the BA Falcon every day. Then getting back into the Supra it felt like a rocket, and was just so much quicker than the Falcon.
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Adelaide
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April 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Mon, 21 June 2004 13:24
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VN V8 over rated ? put it in a 82 929 coupe, it fits in that monster engine bay....
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Melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Mon, 21 June 2004 14:06
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| Goose wrote on Mon, 21 June 2004 23:24 |
VN V8 over rated ? put it in a 82 929 coupe, it fits in that monster engine bay....
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Why??? WHY?!?!? OH GOD WHY!?
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Tue, 22 June 2004 04:17
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I'm with him on this . . . why would you even bother? if you're gonna do a retrotech conversion, you don't do it to cars like that, you put generation three LS1's into VL commodores, toranas and other old holdens, you put the 3.8 5 speeds into TA22/23 celicas and torana, you put 4.9 EB V8's into cortinas and old 60 to 70's falcons, you don't just waste you're time on a mazda conversion, or at least pick i good looking car.
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Location:
Adelaide
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April 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Tue, 22 June 2004 11:33
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why ? coz i had a 929 coupe sittin in the drive way and a vn v8 sittin at my mates place.
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Tue, 22 June 2004 13:39
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LOL, i can't believe you even went through the trouble of doing that. . . just taking the time to build up that car. but, if ya bored and ya got stuff around, i don't see why not.
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Tue, 22 June 2004 13:47
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Has any one else got any whacky stories about custom jobs done to cars that you wouldn't suspect? Everyone know's stories about putting 351's into mini's so something different would be interesting. the best engine conversion i know of is in australia! in Victoria, a guy built a chev 55 sports coupe. he then put a 27L rolls royce merlin V12 supercharged P51 Mustange fighter engine from world war two into it. the car takes 30 minutes to start up but makes up for it in power . . . 2267Kw or something, or 3000HP to the wheels! and better yet . . . it's road registered. the car's name is Final Objective and it was in one of my old street machine mags. anyone else got anything interesting?
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Melbourne
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November 2003
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Tue, 22 June 2004 15:29
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*sigh* You sure it was a P51 engine? 'cuz the Merlin was in the Spitfire FIRST! Bloody Yanks.
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December 2003
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Tue, 22 June 2004 16:50
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There have been more common examples of the gemini's with a 351 under the hood...
Or Vin Spartic *spelling?* in melb who has a 13b in his citroen.
I know 13b's have been put in everything these days from rx2's to sigma's but a citroen i think that's pushing it.
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Wed, 23 June 2004 00:09
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yes im sure. . . that's what i read and i don't know shit about planes . . . all i know is that the aircraft it came out of was known for crashing on takeoff by inexperienced pilots . . . the engine was that powerful that the plane rotated around the engine. and this guys got the engine is a street legal car!
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Wed, 23 June 2004 00:12
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i knew of a V8 sigma once . . . it took out a burn out comp and no one saw that comming . . .
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Wed, 23 June 2004 00:14
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oh yeah, i'm entering the supernats next year with a 302 cortina. . . so bye bye celica. (even though the 302 would fit in the celica). that'll be fun, apparently all i have to do is upgrade the brakes.
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Glenmore park, Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Wed, 23 June 2004 13:13
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just thinking about badly over rated cars and the main one comes up being a toyota sprinter . . . that right, i have a shovel and i may b digging my own hole right here because of this but i think that they are just a rear wheel drive corolla. as i was having a romantic stroll through pick and payless i found a stripped one. after playing around in it for a few minutes and looking for small bits i could pull off and shove in my pockets, shoes and underwear (as you do) i realised just how badly these things are talked up . . . anyone else feel the same way?
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Location:
Melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Wed, 23 June 2004 14:56
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The thread is dead dude, let it rest in peace.
But yeah, everyone knows AE86s are over rated. It's Initial Ds fault. Still a good car, and I would love one if they where cheaper.
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Location:
toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Re: SUPRA'S ARE OVER RATED
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Thu, 24 June 2004 10:23
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sprinters are over rated! there toyotas "Commonwhore" they way people go on about them 
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