TVR owner, loves skyline.......
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Took a Supra TT out a few months back and also an M3 EVO as I was looking at changing the Chimaera I had at the time.
However, neither of these cars impressed me, both examples were lazy barges in comparison to the TVR.
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Soooo I took a 5.0 Chimaera out and was gob smacked
by how much quicker it was than my current (at that time) 4.0, done deal, it's now heavily modified and I still love the car to bits.
Took out a Tusacn and a Cerbera recently to see if I would be tempted, but no, they're nice but not 30k nice! and feel no quicker than the Chimaera.
So I'm guna buy another car for when the Chimaera is tucked for the winter. Today I took out an R32GTR Skyline, uprated to about 360 BHP I was told, I'd say they were right, bloody excellent car, within a mile of driving I was confident enough to be throwing it around with ease and the power delivery is so different to the TVR but just as intoxicating with it's wastegate churping and the whistle from the turbo, excellent, loved it, but the R32 is no beauty, and I can't bring myself to pay 12k for a car that looks the way it does, so I was thinking, similar Jap turbo car with as good a handling that looks good and is a bit cheaper..... Mazda RX7 sprung to mind, but here's the question, how easy are they to get 360-400 bhp out of and how reliable would it be? cost wise for tuning I'll have about 2k set a side.
Cheers, Nik
However, neither of these cars impressed me, both examples were lazy barges in comparison to the TVR.
& Soooo I took a 5.0 Chimaera out and was gob smacked
by how much quicker it was than my current (at that time) 4.0, done deal, it's now heavily modified and I still love the car to bits. Took out a Tusacn and a Cerbera recently to see if I would be tempted, but no, they're nice but not 30k nice! and feel no quicker than the Chimaera.
So I'm guna buy another car for when the Chimaera is tucked for the winter. Today I took out an R32GTR Skyline, uprated to about 360 BHP I was told, I'd say they were right, bloody excellent car, within a mile of driving I was confident enough to be throwing it around with ease and the power delivery is so different to the TVR but just as intoxicating with it's wastegate churping and the whistle from the turbo, excellent, loved it, but the R32 is no beauty, and I can't bring myself to pay 12k for a car that looks the way it does, so I was thinking, similar Jap turbo car with as good a handling that looks good and is a bit cheaper..... Mazda RX7 sprung to mind, but here's the question, how easy are they to get 360-400 bhp out of and how reliable would it be? cost wise for tuning I'll have about 2k set a side.
Cheers, Nik
Just aswell I only use it when it's sunny then as for reliability, it's been the perfect car actualy, 2 x 3000 mile trips round europe, ten track days and counting (I must have a good one though eh) the skyline / rx7 i'm guna get is for the winter, have you any HELPFULL advice on that score?
as for reliability, it's been the perfect car actualy, 2 x 3000 mile trips round europe, ten track days and counting (I must have a good one though eh) the skyline / rx7 i'm guna get is for the winter, have you any HELPFULL advice on that score?
nismobrown said: However these sort of cars are ideal in the summer but get yourself a nice 4wd performance jap car for the winter or for when the tvr fails to start.Hope this helps.
as I said TWICE, a Skyline or RX7 will be an additional car to my TVR! FOR USE IN THE WINTER!
hope this helps!
>> Edited by pvapour on Sunday 8th June 22:31
Thanks for all your advice, took a 3rd generation out RX7 out today, loved it, better than the skyline in lots of ways, and as I find out now, quite easy to get 350 bhp out of and stay reliable, just get a goodan in the 1st place, I don't think fuel will be a shock runing along side the TVR tho.
300zx and GTO a bit to big and heavy for me I think, bit like the Supra I tested.
Can't wait to play with the new toy!
Nik
300zx and GTO a bit to big and heavy for me I think, bit like the Supra I tested.
Can't wait to play with the new toy!
Nik
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