Supra V-8 conversion

[tyler437]

I dont know why you guys dont just tune up chevrolets! Although it may be a lot cheaper to get big horsepower with a v8 instead of a turbo it just seems wrong to put a chev engine in a toyota. Especially since the inline 6 durability wise is like the best engine design ever!! Screw the extra 2 cylinders and throw a twin turbo on it.

[tyler437]

dont mutate your car!

[zmzmzm]

i need an import with muscle.

[TONY!]

Originally Posted by Supra2NR

...
le me jus put it this way: putting a american engine on a supra
is jus like martin luther king joining the kkk
it jus doesnt come together
...

Some people will see it that way indeed.
Or like--if you had the ability to do so--to take a rooster's head and put it on an eagle or vise versa.
Or like exchange the heads of a tiger and a wolf.

This one may make more sense: swapping an engine from a Harley to a super bike or vice versa.

To some people, that is how they see it and they just will not give you any support. Asking/expecting support from people that feel that way is sort of foolish because it will never happen.

On the other hand, I believe that people should do what they want as long as it is not at the expense of others. So if it is your car, do whatever you want with it.

Just one thing though, certain cars are becoming more and more rare to come by, so if you do this conversion and keep it, that is one thing.
But if someone were to go and bastardize many MKIII's and then try to sell them, that is another thing because they are screwing up the supply of these cars unnecessarily.
Sort of like the Del Sols I see on eBay - nice cars but with so many people messing them up and ricing them, the ricers really killed off the supply of Del Sols if someone wanted a decent one.


By the way, I merged this thread from the other one because this thread was made for exchanging ideas, whereas the other one was made for a request of a picture. I once made a thread that was hijacked in which I needed help, so I know how that can be.

[f00g00]

If its an import with muscle then try ara arslanian's toyota solara with the mk iv 2JZ engine at over 1600 horses.

[jfunez]

darn guys, dont hate... I think since I was one of the first ones to reply to this post and since my idea of a GM engine swap stirred a lot of controversy I decided that I was intended to keep my turbo supra REAL to its legacy..

In fact its allready running on all toyota parts......but like one of u guys posted, at the end the only thing that matters is if its at your own expense....."Whatever rocks your boat"

[KNYFE]

My 7mge is on it's way out and I'm debating a domestic swap as well. We will have to see where I end up when I am done but from pricing Chevy small blocks and everything that is an option from 7m to 1jz etc, the Chevy's are hard to beat $/hp. No to mention the availability of parts.

[Supra2NR]

once again this might b too late, but the race that i saw wasnt a stock mustang

it was a saleen mustang getting destroyed by a veilside supra,

thats sounds like and even match for me

but in the end, superior engineering jus rises on top

not calling anybody a redneck, but jus crack a bud or any beer and jus chill back and relax

plus i got personal experience with this kind of problem that i dunt want anybody betraying their cars,
if you know anything about a cadillac catera, here's a brief story
for my first car i also wanted an american car, cuz i was fascinated with american muscle but i also wanted luxury i came across the catera, it was v6 3.0 same specs as the supra, the only difrence is wieght,

a stock supra mk3 and my stock catera only had tenths of a second diffrence with the 0-60 and the 1/4 times , so dunt underestimate my other car

but later i have found out that my catera is an american betrayal, it was an american that was made by germans, in germany, with german parts, i was pissed to find this thing out , that my car wasnt as pure as i thought it was

this is how supra enthusiasts, fans, drivers feel about putting an american engine in a supra, this is why there is so much resistance with an american swap,

real supra owners will not even care about the $/hp ratio, if youre a real supra owner , you will do everything that you can to keep it real

[Isphius]

Thats cool. Well simply put, there is an obvious benefit to stuffing a v8 in there thats 5 liters or more, And thats why people would do it. Im sure if toyota, Kia, VW, Porsche, Any of them made a cheap v8 that there is lots of parts for, It would be considered for a swap. Plus, some of the coolest cars ever are cross breeds. Like the pantera race cars, italian chassi with a ford v8, And the shelby cobra, Little tiny british car with a 427 aluminum block race motor... lol. And the vector aeromotive w12 cars from the 90s, That was an all american made car with a lambo Diablo v12 in it. And that w8 from earlier which was glued together aluminum/balsa wood and had a twin turbo oldsmobile front wheel drive v8 setup in the back and 600 hp.

[dcrusupra]

The Lexus 1UZ-FE is a V8 and will fit. And everyone knows Lexus = Toyota.