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Old 11-20-11, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Scweet14
? really but the v8's a bigger engine? hmm oh well
i wanted a 300 because of the 2jz)
ima hopefully get a 2jzgte twin turboed)

but what would be the 1uzge turboed engine??





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Old 11-20-11, 11:28 AM
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i got a 400 cause it was cheaper and clean as fak
Old 11-20-11, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 97-SC300
Actually, I don't believe the gas consumption of an SC400 is even worse than an SC300, not by much if any. I know the later model 98+ actually got better gas mileage from what I have been hearing.
Idk about that dude my friend's 93 sc300 gives him around 350 miles per full tank when drivin around highway and city (mostly city) and he got bad alignment (really bad alignment). My 95 SC400 gives me about 300 taking the same routes (and my alignment is recently done)

I expect his sc300 to give him 375 - 400 miles per tank when he does alignment.

Back to topic, well lets just say the 400 came to me I didnt look for it. Plus m a V8 fanatic (never had anything else in my life from fords to GMC's to chevies to BMW's to lexuses to Cadillacs)

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Old 11-20-11, 07:04 PM
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I used to own a turbo 4 cylinder which was tons of fun but only above 5k rpms, found a manual sc300 but turn it down once I drove the sc400. I was not used to the low end torque and immediately loved it that and it sounds awesome. In the 90's gas was cheap and nobody cared about mpg's.
Old 11-20-11, 07:30 PM
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∧∧∧So true! People would literally laugh at you if you bought a hybrid back then.
Old 11-20-11, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by kingphilip
∧∧∧So true! People would literally laugh at you if you bought a hybrid back then.
i still do...
Old 11-20-11, 08:13 PM
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For me hybrid's are for daily's. Although I've seen good looking Prius and Lexus hybrids set upped.
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Turbo 5speed 1uz ftw!
Old 11-21-11, 12:51 AM
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Oh...and I get 400 miles to a tank on my sc400, and it has like 210k on it and cambered. The key is to do proper maintenance, and not try to out run every car off the line.
Old 11-21-11, 01:24 AM
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∧∧∧Yup! People who drive sports cars always have that urge to outrun everyone on the road just because... But me, I'm like 'who cares', the slower I am the better you see me. LOL
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I've had 3 SC400's and 2 IS300's and I don't care for the rubber band effect of the 2jz. I like the low end torque, it feels like the car knows what it's doing and is getting it done instead of running redline to get to speed. Since I don't have to keep my foot to the floor in the SC400 like I did my IS300's I got better mileage in the SC4.
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Originally Posted by 97-SC300
You are gonna have a hard time believing this but I get 28+ mpg on my 03 GS430 which I do 70% highway driving 30% city driving normally, not fast and not slow. An automatic SC300 can't even dream of getting that no matter how slow you drive it. A 5spd SC300 can get that easily (I know mine does).
Holy hell you're getting 28+ mpg?! I'm doing about the same and barely hitting 18mpg on my 430.

To stay on topic.

If you don't plan on modifying the engine at all go for the sc400. If your planning to turbo/swap get the sc300.
Old 11-21-11, 04:03 AM
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i kinda wish i would have got a sc300 instead of a sc400 because when i bought the SC i had a turbo and a piggyback already and i couldve went na-t within a few months but oh well. the sc400 is a smooth driving car shifts like butter and thats what i thought i was looking for coming from my 240sx, i was tired of shifting in traffic and tired of having to check on the engine to make sure the thing wasnt gonna blow up. but in the end i found i missed those things and shouldve went the SC300 route and went NA-T. because i missed spinning tires =( it was my favorite activity!
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