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"Toyota Sprint Trueno AE86.
If your a fan of Japanese Cars you will know the film that car is the star of 
Toyota Supra?"
Not a Supra.
Google Initial D. Fuck your Fast and Furious, that film is the shizz |
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£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars  |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars "
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?"
Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary  that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is "
The old unfortunately named rankle engine. You’d have to look for one that’s had the engine rebuild tho, it it hasn’t it’s basically scrap waiting to happen. |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Please do not consider LS swapping a rotary that’s taking the soul out of what an RX8 is
The old unfortunately named rankle engine. You’d have to look for one that’s had the engine rebuild tho, it it hasn’t it’s basically scrap waiting to happen. "
Wankle even, stupid auto carot |
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I’ve owned an old Impreza gc8 which was completely awesome and usable every day, lots of low down torque for bumbling around town and then all that power when the road allows, also owned 2 gen 5 celicas, pop up headlights version, if you can find a jap import of one of those it will last forever and they did a turbo 4 wheel drive version (gt-four) and a front wheel drive non turbo which for real world is plenty quick enough (look for a gtr manual import) as it comes with all the kit |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Did you watch Top Gear tonight? They went over to Japan to a car auction looking for 90's super cars."
Yes and I've been looking for one but today it got to me  |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?"
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ? 
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v "
Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v
Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight "
altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value |
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All depends on budget really and what sort of era do you prefer? I've got a 1986 Nissan Leopard, believed to be the only Zenki (pre face-lift) example in the UK lol. I'm very much a Japanese classic enthusiast if money was no issue for me I think I'd be looking at an R31 Skyline RS2000 |
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But rotary are cult engines. There is nothing else like them.nothing sounds like them
I wouldn't have a rx8 with a v8 given to me. Rotary needs to be rotary
If the budget is tight look else where. No point buying something cheap .
Buy them for the classic not the speed. I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it. |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v
Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight
altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value"
You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k
Most are under £2000
The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do
I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too |
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Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v "
Completely agree with this! Thing is the Rotaries are only really unreliable because people don't maintain them how they're spose to! I'd absolutely love a 20B Eunos Cosmos but with a manual conversion |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v
Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight
altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value
You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k
Most are under £2000
The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do
I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too "
The Lexus's have their own bombproof 1UZ V8 no need for an LS swap in those. You have to prey the starter motor never needs replacing though haha! |
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"£40k plus for the gtr
50k plus for the nsx
Both Japanese legends.
But with the old jap cars, their hot hatches were ahead of their time.
The Honda Civic EK-9 was getting over 180bhp out of a 1.6 N/A!!
It took a Ferrari to beat the power per litre output for a N/A car....Honda held that record with the S2000
Nissan pulsar, another mental hot hatch
Mazda RX7 or RX8
The older Subaru WRXs are still faster than most cars on the road today.
Or if you want to go Godzilla mode, a R33 gtst which can be picked up for a reasonable price
You could even import a very nice R34 skyline for less than £15,000
Fuck, I love Japanese cars
Wow great choice! Love the RX8 and within my budget.. Don't like the rotary engine.. do you know if engine can be swapped for a V8? If so which V8?
Never in my years as a car enthusiast have I ever read such a thing.
Change a rotary for a v8 . How can you love something that is known for the engine bit not like the engine ?
Guess the budget is a couple of grand then as the rx8 is about the cheapest of the jap cars. Even a classic uk2000 Subaru will be out of your budget then
Should be putting in a triple rotary not a v
Rotary engine are famous for their unrelaibilty.. budget is tight
altering the spec of a classic car decimates it's value
You can’t decimate the value of an RX8 much more, even a stupidly low mileage one is not going to cost much more than £6k
Most are under £2000
The LS swap is actually a pretty popular thing to do
I think the LS swap is quite popular in Lexus’s too "
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"I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it. "
Which Impreza, I’m presuming not even a WRX?
You’d need at least a 300bhp diesel to keep up with a WRX, never mind have it not stand a chance 
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"I had a impreza once, now got a diesel and the Subaru would not stand a chance against it.
Which Impreza, I’m presuming not even a WRX?
You’d need at least a 300bhp diesel to keep up with a WRX, never mind have it not stand a chance
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"A Mitsubishi Starion would be rare and unique find to encounter or perhaps a Honda CRX which I can proudly say I'm an owner of, Standard and pre Del Sol ofc. "
Nice! Is your CRX the 1.5 or 1.6? I always fancied the idea of a CRX ESI turbo with an EG hatch front end conversion |
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"A Mitsubishi Starion would be rare and unique find to encounter or perhaps a Honda CRX which I can proudly say I'm an owner of, Standard and pre Del Sol ofc.
Nice! Is your CRX the 1.5 or 1.6? I always fancied the idea of a CRX ESI turbo with an EG hatch front end conversion"
It's a 1992 1.6 vtec, not half bad for the age of the car, a few little minor touch ups and it will be looking spectacular  |
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I've got a Toyota Aygo, she's super fast for about 2 seconds
But over the years Superman and I have favoured Japanese cars over many others.
Can't beat them other than that I'm a woman I know nothing of cars |
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