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Problem is the box is made of chocolate and is auto isn't it?. Can you imagine what sort of following it would have if it could accommodate V160 power? Might even challenge the prices of the V160 due to rarity

Lynbrook Swapping my mk1 golf for an N/A aerotop was a heady £35 more for the year. Less than £300 and I don't need to consume my no claims on the policy either!!

Touché! Some of the old timers are still around then chap I expected to get a little ribbing for being interested in an N/A not p!ss taking by someone that's been around this gaff for a few weeks!! I asked a fairly simple question which was will an auto trans for a TT fit and function on an N/A easily enough and where as I doff my cap to David for the work he has done with the supercharger and auto-boxes (I've been following the supercharger thread and updates with avid interest from the start which incidentally Chris88 was over two years before you happened by) a simple yes/no or use the search button would have sufficed

Dude I'm no noob and I can wield a spanner if and when I have time or inclination. A gearbox teardown to this degree is no small job http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=129586&d=1301877666 . I've been around long enough to know it never is as simple as just bolt one bit up to another and it all works as advertised, there is always something that needs fettling or some random little part that you don't have right now which leaves a car sat on the drive looking sorry for itself for however long it takes to source said part (the sort of thing your average mad scientist hoarder gatherer has a variety of everything somewhere if they can only just locate it) I was actually referring to the supercharger aspect when I posted before. I researched getting a supercharger done some 12 years ago and realised back then that it would be a labour of love or hugely expensive or in fact both. If there was an off the shelf kit available I'd have a supercharger on an N/A any day of any week. A dropped in TT transplant is the easier option but very passe (I also considered a transplant, bought a crashed TT whole but had issues with the engine ie the alternator had been smashed off the block, mounts and all so forgot that idea rapidly when a particularly nice black TT aerotop came up for sale and bought that instead)

OK so that looks like some great info. A supercharger would also be a fantastic solution but by a brief overview it appears to be bespoke engineering by people that know what they are doing and have time in buckets on their hands which is a category I don't fit into nor one I suspect that I can afford as that sort of labour aint cheap.

So say you liked the look and condition of an auto NA supra but know you'll get bored of the lack of power very quickly. Say you were toying with the idea of getting an NA-T job done. Would an auto trans off a TT fit and function as I wouldn't expect an auto trans off an NA to cope with T61-67 level power for long would it? I'm not really crazy for a manual conversion either to be honest. A TT transplant with gearbox is an option but I'd want top end BPU power from that which would probably set me back the same sort of money as an NA-T conversion. Chances of the right colour aerotop coming up any time local enough in TT that isn't ridiculous money is fairly remote so I'm considering top end BPU hardtops or NA aerotops in good condition before I just give in and buy a black M3 convertible.

My aristo which Tom then ran had no boxes. To be fair it was running 4 pipes but there was nothing especially loud about it. It was raspy and at certain RPMs drony but with a 6 speed box you didn't ever have to sit in the drone zone. In fact it was surprisingly not loud. I've heard louder supra's with back boxes.

There'll not be many of them left by the time Daenerys makes it onto the mainland.

If you could work out where to put the additional sheet metal and spot welds you could reinforce the right places to replicate the factory strengthening. To be fair if you weren't arsed about the interior and braced the car then cutting the roof out wouldn't be an issue. Finding a cost effective and leak free fit on the aerotop roof might be entertaining. The roof insert piece is an easy whole buy but where would you get the structure side mounts and seals from? From what I remember the Veilside fortune aerotop I was looking to import before I bought the Do-Luck aristo was a chop jobbed tin top.

I had a gas system installed on my VVTi TT mk2 aristo and that ran like a peach and in fact still does to Poland and back with Konrad on this forum at the wheel. It's a very sensible install if you have easy access to a gas supply and smash some miles in. If not an utter waste of money.

Just search your area for an approved LPG installer. Simples. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lpg+installer+essex&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gfe_rd=cr&ei=5J1FU62CDaTY8gf494CADg Find out what availability there is in your area/route to work first though.

The Vred's are the same tyre pattern as the old Goodyear Eagle F1's that got discontinued were. Wouldn't surprise me if they were the same material tech that Vred had bought from Goodyear. Those when I first started driving supra's were the hands down most acclaimed tyres available. I've been through a few makes since then. I liked the Falken 452's but don't even attempt to drive on them with less than half tread in the snow as you'll be facing backwards before you know it. I had P zero Nero's that performed spectacularly but I saw them off in less than 5k miles on the back of my single aristo. I've been through some toyo T1R's which are grippy tyres and handle very well on light FWD cars but wear out like a bitch (not so much of an issue on a £35 tyre though). Uniroyal rain sports are the current cheapest would put on my car tyre. Grip's not as good as the Toyo's on dry ground but matches on wet and I'm waiting on seeing the longevity report again though light weight FWD. Winter tyre wise I recently stuck some Vred winters on the back of my beemer (275 30 19"s) and overall they are not that great in any environment (yet to be tested in snow). the kumho ice bears I had on my aristo however were very impressive in the winter and I left them on a lot later than I intended and then transferred them to an E46 beemer with pretty good results across last winter.

And likewise please don't think I am trying to be an arse. I believe that people often over-think taking a car on a track. The supra is a very capable vehicle and as long as you don't take it beyond your own abilities it will serve you more than well on the ring. I used to drive my single turbo aristo to Holland and back when I lived there at sustained high loads with no issues at all so like I alluded to previously if your car is well maintained then you shouldn't need to go to much additional effort to simply do a couple of laps of the ring. The car has been built to take that sort of thing in it's stride. In all reality most GT cars spend their entire existence neutered in various garages and nursed down various roads for fear of damaging them. What is more disappointing than seeing an advert for an exotic that has never seen high revs?? Would you really be in a relationship with a beautiful woman but respect her too much to have sex with her??? Yes these cars are now approaching 20 years of age so prudence would dictate a scan over a car you don't rag, but given the cars potential should be maintained so you can be confident that you aren't going to find a failure point when you really don't want one on any given day.

If its got the bits then it's still worth £3k

Looks like a nuclear bunker! Are those basement windows or high capacity ventilation ducts for when the Russians drop the big one? JPs old car is looking good. Been through a few hands now I believe?

See I am a bit of a stickler on this. Why would anyone drive a car on a public highway with other road users on it, children, pedestrians, your own family etc nearby in a car they wouldn't be happy to stick around a track for a few laps? If you think you need additional work to push your car hard for 15 - 20 minutes then perhaps it's time to get the list of things you'd be worried about checked now. Maintenance activities I've performed for track runs have been after I've ragged the hell out of it not before as I keep my car in an over serviced condition not "fit for purpose minimum cost". I would however do the usual levels and spare tyre pressure check prior to heading off across Europe though. As for track driving advice. Don't drive any faster than you absolutely know you can manage, don't drive at any corner you haven't learnt yet any faster than you can see you can get round it, be aware of all of the other users of the track around you and be confident and precise about where you are going-Oh wait, that's right like you should drive on a public highway.

OK so devils advocate here. Dan the f*ckwit Turner told me he had "rewired" the auto box wiring when he installed the AEM. When Ryan tried to tune the car after it lost its map the auto map for a stock car didn't work. When he imposed a copy of Dans gearbox mapping with his own engine map it ran OK. Roll on a year later when the AEM toasted itself and I stuck a stock ECU in the car to get it going again the gearbox never quite worked right and then lunched itself within 1000 miles which is the condition you bought it in. Probably a red herring but I would be seriously be considering WTF that kn*b head did to the wiring as I saw him with various wires de-pinned from both the ECU and at the gearbox. Stick a 6 speed ECU in and see if it starts to discount that issue (you know the one I gave you with the car lol)

They've even got the same part number embossed on the plastic!!!!

It's the insurance that bothers me on these. I was going to get a conversion done on an NA aerotop I had years back and ended up paying less insurance for a BPU+ aerotop TT that I replaced it with that was double the value of my NA than I was being quoted just to stick a TT engine in the car I had. This is ridiculous as the two cars can be pretty much identical other than the factory dropped a different lump in (spec dependent). I know the car you are talking about as I almost bought that when it was on ebay yonks back in a moment of "surely my wife won't divorce me" madness lol. That has to be over 18 months ago now and the car has been going through more upgrades from following the owners posts on here. That says to me miles more than any ten minute test drive ever would. The conversion is obviously OK or the owner wouldn't keep spending money on upgrades but would be spending all of their money on repairs and bleating like a bitch about bad garages etc. Car looks like a goodun, the owner looks like an enthusiast, and it isn't that far away from you to go get a drive. If you do buy it his finances may thank you as it's only a matter of time before he spends a lot of thousands on it for that 6 speed

You are just dropping meths into your fuel tank AKA fuel additive stylee?

Try emailing these guys http://brakeparts.co.uk/#page=parts&pageSection=BHF&mancode=TOYO&brand=TOYOTA&model=SUPRA&modelversion=SUPR*(93-02)+JZA80+-+3.0+TWIN+TURBO+COUPE Incidentally why can't you just get it welded?

I am surprised at the residual value of those R34 GTRs. Amazing really. I think they hold their value better than the strongest value Japanese car I know of the NSX. At some point you will pay more for an R34 than its successor.

Why didn't they stick with the purple for that R34? It would look a lot nicer in the Do-Luck purple. I really think I'd still stick with the supra though as the 34 doesn't look enough different from a stock GTR really.

To be fair I think I'd have returned the favour and been to hell with the moral victory

Fair enough. I would just have imagined that people that had access to Ethanol would tune the car up with that before the additional expense of going single.