Crappy Imports At The Theatre

[PauloBecker]

Yes Audi S3s rule! I remember I almost fainted of emotion the day I saw one here in Brazil It was a beautiful yellow one, parked at the airport. One of the coolest cars I've ever seen around here.

[purfishy]

waht yoo talking about? you dont need non-us cars crash-tested when you import them...... when i brought my '90 r32 here i just had to get it converted (motorex shipped it here and converted it for me. cost a fortune, though not near 100,000)

[JDMDrifter]

That's because MotoRex paid for it, there isn't a company that imports S3's that I know of.

[Comrade_Boris]

Originally posted by PauloBecker
Yes Audi S3s rule! I remember I almost fainted of emotion the day I saw one here in Brazil It was a beautiful yellow one, parked at the airport. One of the coolest cars I've ever seen around here.

i love the s3!!! never seen one in person though...

they are my favorite hatchback......if i could get one, it would be yellow.....it looks soo frikin sweet in yellow......

[PauloBecker]

I've already seen 2 S3s here in Brazil. And they were both left-hand drive

[NissanGTR01]

i have the ultimate rice rocket 1995 Nissan Pickup(hardbody)2 wheel drive with the KA24E not much done to it just simple stuff exhaust ya kno to get it to sound good so just to let all of ya know that all rice rockets arent cars and trust me i havent spent 6000 dollas on the exterior to make it look pretty just to fly by you at 130 mph your not gonna see to much and another thing i like about japanese motors is they last for ever and they get great gas milage considering i drive a pretty good distance to college everyday i live my rice rocket i am getting my custom tag soon and it is gonna say "RRRIICE" =-)> and yes it may sound like a pissed off yellow jacket but you mess with the yellow jacket and you will and i mean will get stung i am hunting for a RB26DETT and transmission if any one has any info on something like that then please let me know i wanna be the only person with a skyline motor in a truck. I wanna be able to pull up next to an unsuspecting corvett and just walk off that would be cool. and to all the people that wanna have a bad ass looking car then more power to them and for the people that wanna get 1000hp out of a 4 cyl then good luck and watch for flying pistons well gotta run but i will let you in on a secret I actually got a trophy for the ugliest car =-)> at a car show but unlike everyone else i didn't raise my hood

pics coming soon i need a better camera

[JDMDrifter]

Wouldn't a '95 have a KA24DE?

Your truck sounds like it will be pretty cool. No one would suspect a truck to be quick, and starting with a truck that's already pretty light is a good start.

[97PrizmLsi]

Originally posted by Scientist
Cars from the muscle car era in the US do suck....i'm not baseing my comments on straight line performance...any retard with legs can drag...thats why i hate drag racing...to go on a circuit requires a lot more skill...and a muscle car without extensive modifications to the suspension system can never handle as good as even the low end japanese and european cars....i hate muscle cars...i hate the sound of a V8 even the toyota V8s and V6s....the sound jus doesn't seem refined enough for me... all my mechanic friends hate working on american built cars...they all think they are pieces of **** when maintance time comes around...but thats just my 2C....although i am starting to like some of the newer cars being produced except the mustang....

All of the top trim cars out of the muscle era had bad ass suspension. Whenever i ride in my friends 67 Camaro it is so smooth. Go look at any Shelby and tell me the suspension sucks (they were made for the track you know, but whatever). Detroit paid attention to stuff like that when they made enthusiast cars in the 60s and 70s because people took them to the track.

Only people with slow cars say they would rather autocross and then they even get beat by domestics. A mustang GT with a suspension package upgrade (even without) will beat the pants out of any 4 cylinder with comparable drivers. Hands down.

I have an import and i concede that is slow. It can still beat the majority of civics in a drag though (mainly because they are over laden with body kits and subwoofers and 50 pound mufflers) but the suspension is far superior to any other economy car I have driven.
People say comparing v8s to i4s is like apples to oranges are wrong...because it's usually the i4s that want to compare..then they get smoked. I also concede that there are many fast imports..but seriously..there are not that many taking into account all the camaros, trans ams, mustangs, corvettes, etc, etc. on the road.
I am thinkin the import industry will start making their sports cars more commercial with cars like the 350Z, maybe even the Evo and the WRX. One of the coolest cars I have ever seen is an Integra GSR with a JDM H22 turbo (3/4 hybrid), FMIC, lambo doors, and G35 lights and widebody kit. It just looks so good but it's also extremely quick. (it's my friends sister's boyfriend's, i want a ride so bad). But now he has poured...or his sponsor has poured around 20K into it, with a resale of maybe 15K while a mustang will hold it's value.
I give props where props are due, but kids like the guy with that 87 Accord with a poorly welded muffler need to be chasitized (this car revs at me on a daily basis, I showed him what a 4AFE can do once but he wants a rematch)

Bottom line is, you say "Detroit" people think "muscle". You say "Japan" people think "fuel economy and reliablility". I personally would love a MR2 SW20 (3SGTE is such a good motor), Eclipse GSX, because they are some of the only imports with balls and boost. A 3000GT VR4 (the ice blue color) would be my dream car (well feasible dream car). There are fast imports..but most of them are in Japan.

[NissanGTR01]

well see thats what i wanted the de but the 95 nissan only has the KA24E the 96 has The KA24DE yea i think it will be cool it is pretty fast as it is with the single cam. It was so funny last night some guy in some riced out honda prelude you know he had exhaust and maybe an intake with a automatic trans pulled up next to me last night well i guess he heard the exhaust note coming from the 2 4.5 inch tips in the back of my truck and thought thats all i had what he didn't hear was the hissing sound coming from the 3 inch throttle body. I got rid of all that plastic tubing and got a Foam type air filter the ones that look like a dome and stuck it directly on top of the throttle body and clamped it there well needless to say when i hit second all he saw was the white flames that came out the dual tips as i pulled off and then he had the nerve to say that i cheated and hey was the one counting down from three and took off when he said two he was just mad cause all the supposed hight performance parts he put on his car that mom bought didn't allow him to beat an old dented up pickup with one tail light (some one backed into my truck and broke it i have no clue who did it but looks like another trip to the junk yard

[purfishy]

i have a '90 r32.

[JDMDrifter]

That's a nice R32, but I'm confused. If you live in Japan, where did you have it imported?

[purfishy]

so you mean imported to usa or imported to japan? i bought it in japan, then when i decided to go to college in the usa i brought it with me. (i couldn't live without her for 4.5 years ) it cost a hugelymuch amount, though.

[Schr-eng]

Originally posted by 97PrizmLsi

I give props where props are due, but kids like the guy with that 87 Accord with a poorly welded muffler need to be chasitized (this car revs at me on a daily basis, I showed him what a 4AFE can do once but he wants a rematch)

Hahahah.... oh man that made me laugh...

First of all, you are comparing two very slow cars. Your 4AFE might have 16 valves per cylinder, but it only produces about 90hp. Sounds better than it really is.

It's meant strictly for fuel economy.

I know this because I drive a '92 Celica St... with the same exact motor.

Do yourself a favor and get a 4AGE. That way, at least you have something to work with. It drops right in and is 120hp stock. Otherwise, don’t even bother.

[viperdout]

Okay, I can live with Skylines and Supras, as long as they're not ricey (they should look like Purfishy's R32). Ricers, always say , "well my car will kill you to american cars, then when they lose, they say, "well you have double the cylinders." Yeah, well you have a turbo, but I'm not complaining. The fact of the matter is, the imports-vs.-domestics argument is just who can trash talk better. Yeah, I've heard of 1,000+ hp supras, but I've also heard of 1,700 hp Mustangs. What ever you like, fine, but don't argue it with someone who hates what you like. It's pointless. Yes, most people who drive ricey civics are stupid teenagers. Well, guess what? Most people who drive 5.0s (Camaros and Mustangs, the civics of the domestic market) are of the same age. [/rant]

[97PrizmLsi]

Originally posted by Schr-eng
Hahahah.... oh man that made me laugh...

First of all, you are comparing two very slow cars. Your 4AFE might have 16 valves per cylinder, but it only produces about 90hp. Sounds better than it really is.

It's meant strictly for fuel economy.

I know this because I drive a '92 Celica St... with the same exact motor.

Do yourself a favor and get a 4AGE. That way, at least you have something to work with. It drops right in and is 120hp stock. Otherwise, don?t even bother.

Hrmm..I guess you don't know much about Toyota engines. My 4AFE has 16 valves in total and is DOHC. That means 4 valves per cylinder, 2 air, 2 exhaust, 16 in total. The engine is rated at 110 hp with matching torque. I'm not sure about your variant, but either way I am well aware it is an economy engine. I meant for it as a joke. I was trying to make a point. If my prizm can beat an 87 accord with a muffler that is saying something.
And as for the 4AGE, it is a 20valve engine and the silvertop puts down 160hp and torque to match (unlike the honda ), the blacktop makes around 165, but is coupled with a 6speed transmission and LSD (in an ae111, levin or trueno top trim, i forget the exact model). I have actually already priced a 20V engine swap..it's around $3000 for everything (ST). There is a shop in town that specializes in toyotas and nissan swaps. $3000 is a little more than I have at the moment..but even then it's still front wheel drive and can barely hang with an integra on top of having few if any parts availiable in the US. The 4AGE can make great numbers (much better than any honda engine) if you stick on a stage 3/4, but that gets pricey and torque steer would be hideous. I hope you were talking about the 20Valve 4AGE in your post, because a 16valve (like the one found in the Corolla GTS) would be like going back in time and plain stupid, plus that engine makes only 130.