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I vaguely remember hearing about that back in the day now that I think about it
We must've been posting at the same time. Lol
Ps- I'm sure lots of techs are cussing the BMW V8.
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I saw your post about the Mitsubishi above and that explains why I am seeing a their engine in a Dodge.
I vaguely remember hearing about that back in the day now that I think about it
We must've been posting at the same time. Lol
Ps- I'm sure lots of techs are cussing the BMW V8.
I vaguely remember hearing about that back in the day now that I think about it
We must've been posting at the same time. Lol
Ps- I'm sure lots of techs are cussing the BMW V8.
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#7733
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hell yea that's awesome! well maybe not for you as the one fixing it but from hundreds of miles away i love those pics haha
whenever you see a turbocharged 90s japanese car making "276 hp" it's time to break out the big wide grin![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
whenever you see a turbocharged 90s japanese car making "276 hp" it's time to break out the big wide grin
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#7734
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the early 90s galant even had an "AMG model" for the fastest version
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#7735
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I loved it! It's very nice to be able to experience cars like this and yes, those HP numbers were such lies
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#7737
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The "gentleman's agreement" was probably the worst-kept secret in performance cars back in the day. It was particularly hilarious when the Supra went from a 2.5L parallel TT in the Mark III to a 3.0L sequential TT in the Mark IV, and picked up zero horsepower, but 50 lbft of torque, at lower rpm to boot. ![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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by that time i already had the E55 for a few months and i still remember being shocked at how that 2JZ just fires you down the road... then i shed a tear knowing toyota won't make something like this again
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i'm fortunate enough to have driven a stock 1994 supra turbo several years ago, and my first impression once that 2nd turbo kicked in at ≈4500 was there's no way this thing is even making only "320 hp"! the ez pass literally shot out of the dash and hit the shifter lmao
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It was funny when I had my 1994 GS300 that a young service writer almost crapped himself with excitement when he saw the car has a 2J in it. I told him they all do and none of the ones in the US have the factory TT setup like some of the Aristos have.
Consider the source though. I was driving back to work from lunch and the stereo started distorting badly when I stepped on the brake. Not good. I knew I had an alternator issue right away so I put the windows down and turned everything off. The only place I knew I could make it to driving on just the battery was a Sears auto center. They would never have been my first choice but they installed a new alternator and I only missed an hour of work (ok, I won’t really say I was missing it).
But anyway, the young service writer asked if I did the engine swap myself. I said nope but got tired of talking to him so I didn’t explain further.
Consider the source though. I was driving back to work from lunch and the stereo started distorting badly when I stepped on the brake. Not good. I knew I had an alternator issue right away so I put the windows down and turned everything off. The only place I knew I could make it to driving on just the battery was a Sears auto center. They would never have been my first choice but they installed a new alternator and I only missed an hour of work (ok, I won’t really say I was missing it).
But anyway, the young service writer asked if I did the engine swap myself. I said nope but got tired of talking to him so I didn’t explain further.
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i'm fortunate enough to have driven a stock 1994 supra turbo several years ago, and my first impression once that 2nd turbo kicked in at ≈4500 was there's no way this thing is even making only "320 hp"! the ez pass literally shot out of the dash and hit the shifter lmao
by that time i already had the E55 for a few months and i still remember being shocked at how that 2JZ just fires you down the road... then i shed a tear knowing toyota won't make something like this again![Crying](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/Peace.gif)
by that time i already had the E55 for a few months and i still remember being shocked at how that 2JZ just fires you down the road... then i shed a tear knowing toyota won't make something like this again
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