Questions before buying TT Supra...
 

Hey guys I'm new to the supra scene, so please forgive my ignorance and stupid questions...

Next year I will be getting a very large settlement from my insurance company due to an accident I was in last year. With some of that money I have decided to buy myself a nice car to drive for the summer :D. Currently I am thinking about a Nissan S14 Silvia, but if I can afford it then I would definatly take a Supra. The major issue here is obviously the cost. I know that an S14 would be much cheaper in pretty much every catagory, But that's why I'm asking for your guys oppinions.

My number one concern is gas mileage. I know that depends on many factors but I don't plan to modify beyond simple things like intake and exhaust stuff, and I plan on driving it reasonably nice (if that's possible with a Supra:rolleyes2). What do you think I could expect to get for mileage and how much do you usually pay to fill these beasts up?

The next concern is reliability. Once again I am aware this depends on certain factors but like I said above I plan to treat this car very nicely.

And the last thing is the modifications. I have heard that the stock intercooler is a pos so that would probably be the first thing to replace, followed by a radiator and possibly an oil cooler... Basically I want to build it to be as reliable and fuel efficient as possible.

Any tips or advice you guys could throw at me would be much appreciated :)

Sorry for being such a noob...

A 2jz-gte in good condition, unmodified, should get about 19mpg highway.

The stock intercooler is not a pos...it does fine for oem and bpu levels.

You'll only need an aftermarket radiator and/or oil cooler if you're doing competitive roadracing in a hot region. For regular 'track days' roadracing, at oem or bpu horsepower levels, the oem radiator and oem oil-heat-exchanger work fine. Of course, if you're not doing any roadracing at all, the stock radiator and oem oil-heat-exchanger will be more than sufficient.

2jz-gte is a 24 valve, so 4 valves per cylinder... so two intake and two exhaust. Which means poor milage, but lots of power.

silvia won't be a 1/4 the car that a supra is, i do recomened a supra.
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I think nissian is a toyota downgrade.