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TRD Widebody aerotop! Oh the shame! I own a pizza delivery wagon Anyone wanna buy a white TRD TT6 aerotop unfinished pizza wagon project?

Ok, cheers Jamie See you all later then. I'll be in the Ginger 350Z or gunmetal MG ZS incase anyone wonders who the interloper is. Looking forward to doing DragonBall eventually once my Sup is done, looks like great fun

Cool, I'll make a stop in at both lol. What time roughly is everyone planning on arriving in Ashford?

May come down tonight to see you guys off and have a look round the Sups, as I live in Ashford. Are you staying at the travel lodge again, same as last year?

Car sounds absolutely amazing in that video mate!

What about a Toyota Starlet Turbo? They're only a 1.3, but can be made quite nippy if you play about with them. My mate at work had one and it was a great laugh.

Sh*t! Very sorry to hear this. Just glad driver and passenger are ok. That car was iconic and one of my favourite Sup builds of all time. It was the inspiration for some of the changes I'm making to mine. Glad I got to see it in the flesh when I did at SRD a couple of weeks back. Sad loss for the owner and the UK Supra community

Congrats mate!

Good point Chris, guess I should just stop worrying about it then and enjoy the noise

True indeed....... so in short I ramble too much

Exactly that Scott....... I wish I could just have explained what I was trying to say that easily lol

I'm not so sure that is true. I may be wrong, but from what I understand any BOV has a limit to the amount of charge air it can flow to atmosphere in a given time period. If the turbo being used can overcome the BOVs maximum flow capacity to atmosphere, then a certain amount of charge air will still back up (all be it less) and could cause compressor stall. Hence why a lot of high HP builds go with a twin BOV setup to increase BOV flow capacity. For example the supra in this video is running one HKS SSQV BOV, but you can still clearly hear the chattering noise of compressor stall. Surely this is because the turbo is overcoming the BOVs ability to flow enough charge air to atmosphere, resulting in it backing up and causing compressor stall? Please correct me if I'm wrong though, because I don't claim to be any Chris Wilson expert on the subject, just someone trying to learn and understand. Interesting what you say about Chris's choice not to run a BOV on his Skyline. I doubt he'd do this if he thought it was detrimental to the turbo, so cheers for that info

Thanks for the responses guys. I do already understand the differences between compressor surge and stall. My question here is not aimed at the effectiveness of a BOV in protecting against compressor stall (I know they can help prevent compressor stall along with anti surge compressor housings), but at how much harm compressor stall can actually do to the life of the turbo. I know I can probably prevent compressor stall altogether on my car if I want to, as I have 2 large, high flowing 50mm TS Raceport BOVs fitted currently, but I'm wondering if I actually NEED / HAVE to if the effects of compressor stall aren't actually that detrimental to the life of the turbo, as I actually like the chattering noise it creates. I just don't want to end up sacrificing reliability for a noise I like. A recent ride in John Baileys car has not helped with this dilemma either. The noise in his car sounded awesome!

Good call! Always liked the Viper GTS coupes ever since watching the team Oreca Vipers race at LeMans as a kid. Much prefer the GTS's to the R/T10's too. The GTS-R in white with blue stripes is the ultimate, but very rare and mega money.

I'd love a go in an Ultima GTR, but I think it would be hard to live with / appreciate one on British roads. This Ultima from Romania looks insane! Essentially a 1750bhp featherweight ice cream tub!

I'm sure this has probably been asked many times before, but here goes....... How damaging is compressor stall (referred to incorrectly as waste gate chatter, BOV chatter or compressor surge by many) to a modern large BB turbo from a reputable manufacturer? I ask because I love the 'chattering' noise created when you let off the throttle, but when you think about what's actually causing the noise - charge air 'bouncing' back off of the closed throttle butterfly plate, if the BOV can't then flow enough charge air to atomsphere quick enough, it then backs up, stalling the compressor wheel before reverse flowing out of the intake. That surely can't be good for a turbo, as there must be large levels of mechanical stress involved (to bearings, shaft and compressor wheel / blades)? Question is, are newer aftermarket turbos strong enough now to cope easily with these stresses and thus make their consideration irrelevant?

R35 gtr

Good meet, good to see everyone again and finally meet Chris6t9 for the first time. Big thanks to the Baileys for the ride in the silver bullet ..... unfortunately it made the drive home in the 350 massively disappointing (I had to make fluttering waste gate noises myself every time I changed gear and it's so much easier if the car is making the noises for you ), but it's made me very excited about my build and I'm still grinning from the experience Good luck at the Pod today guys..... I'll be watching on here for vids and times.

Looks amazing!

I experienced this when I ordered my new facelift headlights from Keiron...... one came from Belgium and the other was out of stock there and had to come from Japan. Worrying for the future for sure Hopefully the cult follwing the Supra has worldwide will keep them producing new OEM parts in Japan, as there should still be plenty of demand for years to come. The Sup needs some classic car mag features to start being recognised as a true classic. I think this would probably help the parts situation.

In short...... no lol The aerotops have extra bracing underneath to try and strengthen the 'floppy' roofless shell. A hardtop would lack this and would soon start doing a good impression of a banana if you cut the roof off.

Chaz's is lush! I love the red interior with the white. One of my favourites.

Cheers Will hopefully come back even better once SRD have worked their magic

I'll be buying it in the Eggbox

Can't wait for this! Looks awesome! Release date has been put back a few times already now, so hopefully it's worth the wait.