Chris and Alana

When I first bought my supra in july I had toyo tyres on the front and bridgestones on the rear (standard alloys). the weather was good for a week and I drove the car pretty hard all the time (hard not to when youve just got it ) and the grip was amazing. On the first day it rained (about a week into my soop driving) I took my fiance to work, driving carefully dropped her off, on the way home turned left at a roundabout (90 degree bend) gentle on the throttle the back end bit my head off ended up doing a 180 facing a bin lorry, went sideways up a kirb and smashed my rage front bumper what an embarresment not to mention the deposit I left in my fresh clean boxers. Anyway the next week I bought a set of 18's and put goodyear eagle F1 tyres front and back with the GS-D3 tread pattern and what a transformation, handles perfect in the dry and I tryed my best putting my foot down around bends in the soking wet and although yes the back end creeped out it was completely controllable, foot off the throttle and it corrects itself bonus You may want to change tyres before you learn the hard way like me lol. Sorry for the long thread guys just thought I would share my experience with poor tyres and the difference a set of good tyres can make.

thanks for the input guys, most appriciated and thanks for sending those pics.

Is the XS Power exhaust loud enough to hear when your driving? Will it be louder if I take the second cat out? oh one last question what pressure do the standard j-spec tubbies run at if I take the 2nd cat out (keeping the first) and put a cat back system on, would i need a fcd? thanks

Yeah if you dont mind, thanks. My email address is [email protected]

Thanks for the pic, looks really nice, doesnt stick out as far as the miami gt one, I like it. can you hear it in the car? What size is the exit? on ebay it says it is made from 316 grade ss, how does this compare to the 304 grade the miami gt one is made of? sorry for all the questions and for the reply and pics

Hi there guys. Im wanting to get a nice moderatly loud exhaust with very good build quality. I want a full ss system and like the Blitz Nur Spec R however after searching the net and searching threads I found these two exhausts for under £300 (half the price of the blitz) and was very interested. Do any of you guys use these exhausts and can comment on them? Who is XS Power (ebay)

thanks very much mikey, my mind is finally at ease. It seems most people take it from close to the throttle body but i figured the pressure should be the same allong all the vac lines. I have changed my standard valve and replaced it with a HKS SSQV and T'd in off the vacume tube. So everything should be fine and accurate? Thanks for all the input guys, very helpfull

Thanks guys and thanks for the pics, they are the most usefull and detailed pics Iv seen on this issue, thanks So am I rong to leave it plumbed into my dump valve vacume hose? Will I get false readings?

Hi there, I am also a phantom plumber did you run the tap and check the waste pipes for leakes?

Thank's for the link, very usefull but I have already plumbed mine into the vac tube off my dump valve and was needing to know if this is ok or would I have to extend my vac tube and T in into the vac tube off the throttle body? whats the difference?

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Hi guys, this toppic is probably talked about alot but I done a search and couldnt find the info I was needing. I fitted a boost gauge in place of my clock and wired it into the cig wiring loom, which works fine but I 'T' in the vac tube onto the vac tube off the dump valve, is this bad/wrong? because i found a web page that says it should be 'T'd into a vac pipe near the throttle body but does it really make much if any difference?

May be, My fiance works in Wicks thats how she knows its kicking about, she thinks it is a middle age guy driving it, does that sound about right

Hi there. I Live in Newcastle and over the last month or so Ive seen 5 different supras in the area I was just wondering if any of them are you guys. so here goes. No 1. It was a white Supra kicking around Newcastle Centre along by autosounds on scotswood rd. I was in a Silver Soop behind you No 2. Was a Silver soop in ponteland seen you at a roundabout and slowly drove past on your left at a set of lights, this supra had black tinted windows and again I was in my silver soop. No 3. Another silver supra that always seems to be around Newcastle College area. It has the same boddy styling as mine ( Nice:d and good work ) No 4. I saw a standard Black supra pass me on the other side of the road in Gateshead sometime last month. No 5. My fiance tells me there is a guy with a red supra that goes into Wicks in Westerhope a couple of times. Anyway sorry for the long thread guys and sorry I havnt any specific days and times but iv just joined this site and was wondering if these cars are any of you guys.

for the comments guys. As for taking the number plate surrounds off I just unscrewed the number plate and removed it and then unscrewed the black surrounds. If I remember right there is only one screw at the top of each one and then it takes some carefull pulling because they are covered with double sided sticky pads. I then cleaned it all up and screwed the number plate back on and it all fits fine. Thank's again for the comments.

I think I managed to upload a couple of pics for you lot Some still have the old standard wheels but I have pics with my new ones. Ive also removed those horrible black number plate surrounds but one of the pics has them on. Enjoy. She's a twin turbo GZ with only 46,000 miles and drives and looks lovely ( well i think so )

Hi there, I have some pics in my garage profile, there not the best but I havn't got any brilliant ones yet. How do you place pics on this thread?

Hi everyone, just a quick hello to let myself known (hope this is the right place to post). Ive been reading threads on these forums for about a month now and find them really usfull so i decided to join. Ive only owned my supra for about 4 months now and both me and my fiance love it to bits. Anyway, great site guys and hi everyone.