Late 80's Jap Turbos - anyone else got one?

[Zed32]

Having been a very occasional poster on here I finally got off my a*se and took a couple of photos of my 300ZX Twin Turbo and a friend's 2.5 Twin Turbo Supra. Have been a fan of the Zeds since I was a child, finally had mine imported last year and don't regret it one bit! So, has anyone else got a bit of a thing for Jap turbo gt/sportscars in the days before traction control, stability control etc went and made everything a lot more sanitised? I personally quite like the idea of my right foot being the only thing preventing an unfortunate hedge seeking detour, although making it through the last winter has been a bit of an eye opener! So, what does everyone think? Am expecting a bit of a flaming over the exhausts but in my defence along with the decat/air filter they do make a difference!

[Dave...H]

Your 300 looks great, exhausts are fine, not keen on the wheels but each to their own.
I had a 89 Turbo Supra for a while, and a 280ZX Turbo for about a week, most of my jap turbo's were early 90's, S13 200SX, S14 200SX, Charade GTti, Starion Turbo, I've had most of them at some point, happy days,

I only crashed one of them, the S13, I was talking to a mate going round a greasy roundabout and it just got away from me, totally unexpected and I couldn't correct it in time, caught me out completely, I'd been drifting in it the week before!

They all taught me a lot about car control, I was out with someone in the snow recently and they just froze up when the car started to slide.

I just drive bargain barges these days and the modified scene has thankfully passed me by

Edited to add more.

Edited by Dave...H on Saturday 21st March 18:34

[pk500]

I`ve had an early supra non turbo, and i`ve had a 300zx with a body kit big turbos and intercoolers fuel chipped and induction kit exaust system i spent fortunes on it had 19inch wheel at one time aswell coil overs it was a great car the wife made me sell it when a got a tvr too many toys she said

[Zed32]

Bargain barges are great, my previous car before the Zed was an 850 T5 Volvo Wheels are as it was imported, probably get round to changing them but not a priority at the moment! Am not planning on doing anything more to the looks of it, prefer a reasonably standard appearance but will do stuff like bushes, anti roll bars etc to sharpen the handling up a bit. Already done the tension rod bushes and they made a huge difference!