Banger racing supra 😞

Went to my local metal recycling yard today to weight in some bits and the bloke has 5 supra's for banger racing 3 mkiii types and two Mkiv supra, plus he had just purchased a black Mkiv shell today that he going to turn into banger racer.

Was totally shocked to see supra's being used for banger racing. Shows they strong solid cars. Spoke to the owner of yard about it and they pull the 2jz out and fit a ford 2.8 engine. And they just scrap the engine weather it n/a or turbo

Not a huge surprise really. People banger race Rolls-Royces from time to time. The classic car mag world absolutely HATE banger racing because they're constantly seeing nice cars ruined and then smashed up.

I've seen cars from 2005 being raced in stock or banger racing.

I don't think age is really a consideration... if its in a scrap yard and its cheap it will be used.

You should offer them scrap price for the TT engines and sell them on

I was just very surprised as I thought the supra was such a sort after car that wouldn't find them being used as a banger and was thinking of giving him ring and saying about the engines

Makes a change from old Granada's I guess!

I thought bangers couldn't use fuel injection .

I thought bangers couldn't use fuel injection .

It says in the first post they swap the engine?

I feel sick save the supra's

They are probably past saving anyway. Too badly crashed to repair for the road. If there is anything good on them keron would have had it .

nobody is going to rescue a dented to shit shell from a scrappy. When you can get a road worthy driveable na for 2k

Where as a banger racer will take a supra that's been rolled. That nobody will repair. Have some fun and give people some entertainment. THEN send it to be crushed.

The people who do it in classics like rollers is a bit extreme. But I bet half of em are as rotten as hell and past it anyway

I feel sick save the supra's

I feel the same

Some of the badly modified ones deserve to end up as bangers

I thought bangers couldn't use fuel injection .

Yeah you have been able to for years. You have to have a fuel injection tank usually on the H frame or passenger floor, but you have to have a cut off key accessable to both the driver and marshalls that actually cuts the power.

I know someone that races Supra's. I've told him if he comes across 6spd's or TT's to call me.

My mate does bangers all over the country for the levellers, he always tells me he wants my supra to compete with, there are loads of them being used around the country, they have a reputation for being a hard as feck apparently