Toyota Chaser (LimoComeHooliganMachine)

[Art0ir]

I imported this in the Autumn after spying them around the web and lusting after one for some time. I'd just sold my 8 series ( Here) and had picked up a £300 snotter for work duties, so had the liberty of going a bit, well, "out there".

1997 Toyota Chaser Tourer V
1JZ-GTE Single Turbo VVTI

Aftermarket Immobiliser
TEIN Drift Spec Coilovers
TRD Member Brace
TRD ARBs
Do Luck Floor Support Bars
HKS Intake
HKS Decat & Downpipe
HKS Exhaust
HKS FMIC
Cusco RS 2 Way
Cusco Fly Off Handbrake
Racing Sparco Viper R Forged Lightweight Wheels
Momo Race Evo Steering Wheel
Sump Guard

Pictures from the ad;







When it landed (not bad for 8 weeks at sea). The transport I had organised to get it home fell through, so I had a bit of a Cannonball experience the 100 odd miles from Dublin port after insuring it on the chassis number...





Tyres didn't have much life left in them



So some £40 specials for the rear and fancy stuff on the front then it's first bath.









Got it MOT'd and registered in record time and took it to a local dyno day. They are 271bhp standard. At this age I would have been happy to make that, but it exceeded my expectations massively (my run was straight after 2 E46 M3's made 20bhp less than standard power).





Then had it detailed by PMG Autocare, super local outfit.





Not been out a whole lot since as the cold (and salty roads) hit soon after.

It's a mental, mental car. Few people have a clue what make it is never mind what's underneath and it blends in surprisingly well.

With the 1JZ, just over 1400kg, ditchfinder rears and the 2 way diff, it will try to kill you pretty much as soon as you set off. A heavy foot in the wet is just out of the question if you want to stay in a straight line. Which is just what I wanted really.

[Remagel2507]

Always been quite fond of these and yours looks very clean, what is it like to use on a day to day basis and do you have any future plans/mods for it?

[WA5EEM]

beautiful, amazing car you've got there .. ive always wanted one of these and i my self have been thinking of importing one from Japan... really like it have fun

[DanielSan]

That is all kinds of awesome. Wanted one of these for ages.

[Art0ir]

Remagel2507 said:

Always been quite fond of these and yours looks very clean, what is it like to use on a day to day basis and do you have any future plans/mods for it?

I've only done about 1000 miles in it in 4 months or so. Suspension wise, it's set up as a Japanese street drifter so it's akin to riding a brick over a cattle grid on UK roads. Not ideal for the city at all. A decent, curvy road though and it comes alive. Capably makes progress on the twisties and a little more throttle than necessary makes for some pretty elegant and controllable oversteer. They're pretty popular with the drift crowd for a reason I think!

For now I'm just waiting for spring so I can enjoy it a bit more. A Holset turbo, some injectors, a pump and a brain will see it well north of 400bhp if I take the notion.

[C.A.R.]

Gran Turismo 3!

Looks awesome, if not incredibly long!

[LouD86]

Awesome car! A friend has recently purchased on too, its a bit nuts already, and his old daily S15 was 450hp, so he isn't shy. I hate to think where this 'daily' ends up! Good car, clean buddy!

[TheAngryDog]

What an awesome car. It is huge though With 400bhp it'll scare A LOT of cars

[LaurasOtherHalf]

That looks really nice, the thing I always wonder when people import these-just how do you know the spec?

This has an impressively long list of upgrades, but is it just what's on the auction sheet or are all these extra bits identifiable when you look over the car-I'm not sure I'd have the first clue

Anyway, as I said, nice looking car

[celger7]

That is very nice, well done!

[TommoAE86]

Awesome car, I recently got my Nissan imported from Japan but shied away from doing the legal bits myself. Probably strange question but what's the space like inside? In true PH fashion if I'm going to have to have a "practical" car I'd want something like this

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

Looks great, but also bloody huge!

[Art0ir]

I had it on a lift after import and confirmed everything on the ad plus found some extras like the LSD and some support bars.

It looks huge because it's quite low. Park it next to a 2015 saloon and it shrinks!

[Aphex]

Excellent, I'd be changing the alloys and the steering wheel if it were me but impressive anyway

[TotalControl]

I love this! An excellent example.

[danjama]

I had a go of a friends one and they are nuts. Well done!

[matt132]

So fking cool.

My pal has just got an import rx-7 and I'm now after something jap. Chaser is top of the list!

[Art0ir]

I've no idea where my pictures have all disappeared to, so here's some recent ones.