Best Supra to buy? What year?

[Leg0nd]

Hello, I am very new to the Supra forums and am excited to have the possibility that someone can shed some light on my question! Alright, so the background... I am a college student (freshman, am 18 years old) and am going to buy a Toyota Supra as a graduation present in 3 and a half years. I have been reading and reading all I can to figure out as much as I can on my own about supra's, but to tell you the truth, I am still a noob . So, based on experience, wisdom, or whatever you want to call it, what do you believe is the best year of a supra to buy? I heard a 1993 simply because it has less electronics (OBD 1) and is lighter than some of the later models. What do you guys think? Is the 93 the best? Has to be a manual, no automatic can outmatch an manual, but I am sure you guys know that!

thanks,
Benjamin

[FL850]

If I were you, I would go with either supra model in between the years of 1993 and 1995. More electronics is not necessarily a bad thing, but Toyota started to put governs on the supra in 1995, but the governs that they put on the later models from late 1995 to 1998 were almost impossible to remove because they were built like a chain from ECU to BCM and back to the ECU so that there was no real possible way to remove it and the car to work right, let alone run at all. If your planning on adding mods to the car i would highly recommend a 1993 or 1994, or any year before that. Its a stunning car, and I can say that if you get a turbo model, do not underestimate the power.

A little History: From 1986.5 - 1989 standard non-turbo models had its power range from 3,000rpm to anywhere in between 6,000/7,000rpm, you would also start to pull away from a car in a race almost as soon as you hit 3rd gear. But the down fall is the short ratio of 5th gear. (Turbo Models are slightly different, not much though)
From 1990 - 1992 Toyota went from the 7MGE/7MGTE to the 1JZ models. Its displacement was less than the earlier models but more HP, which was a plus for saving gas. But its power range was similar to the 7MGE models.
From 1993 on Toyota used the 2JZ model engine which the displacement went back to 3000cc and made a big stage appearance with a whopping 215-230bhp and 0-60 in 5.3sec. Twin turbo models increased the HP to 280-320bhp.
I figured If you wanted a supra you should know a little about them. =) have fun, and good luck finding one in decent shape for a decent price.

[Leg0nd]

Originally Posted by FL850

Toyota used the 2JZ model engine which the displacement went back to 3000cc and made a big stage appearance with a whopping 215-230bhp and 0-60 in 5.3sec. Twin turbo models increased the HP to 280-320bhp.
I figured If you wanted a supra you should know a little about them. =) have fun, and good luck finding one in decent shape for a decent price.

Yeah, I know a good deal about the 2jz. and i wouldn't buy a supra without moding it of course! Maybe a T-78 turbo with all the extras XD. But yeah that was some neat info, thanks man. sounds like the 93 was where it was at! and the 94