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Tricky-Ricky

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  1. Suppose i asked for that one so how are you guys getting it so cheap? Are you over 80
  2. Thanks for the replies, do you guys paying below the £400 bracket, live in the wilds, and keep your car in a garage, which may account for my higher prices, i live in town, but its not a highly rated area. I also listed some mods to be included, so that also may be a contributing factor. Also not sure Privilege or Churchill will cover imports or mods etc?
  3. A quick insurance question for those over 40-50+ (old gits ) Can anyone recommend an insurance company that charges sensible premiums for us more sensible drivers? My current company Flux want more than my my well modded Supra with its agreed value policy, for a mildly modded 350Z, the other usuals, and the recommended ones here want more, I realise that this is probably not the best time of year or financial climate for new/renewed insurance, but it just seems to go up every year
  4. Thanks guys, just trying to asses if a certain car might be worth going for, but in view of whats been said, i don't think it will be, due to the extra i would need to spend.
  5. Just how much better are brembos than the JDM brakes that some imports come in with, and are SC Brembos easy to get hold of?
  6. Not a Z owner yet! but my daughter keeps threatening me with the grandfather badge, and i'm only 57, its not fair i tell you, especially when your brain keeps telling you that you're 35
  7. Indeedy, two years ago lol, as Supra spends its life in the garage and and GTR is a bit precious to take out in this weather Have you still got your Supra? LOL! thought it was a new acquisition, yes still have the Supra, if it doesn't go in the next couple of months, i will probably keep it for another year and play around with it some more, but try not to spend much money on it.
  8. A lot of big power GTRs and Supras are getting grabbed by dealers from Europe, due to price drops/recession, and then sold at a hefty profit, Had some cheeky sod string me along the other week making out he was really interested in my Supra, asked for loads of pics, and then made me a silly offer, when i tolled him to take a jump, it turned out he was a dealer in Germany, its not like i hadn't told him my best price, its happening more and more on car forums.
  9. Hi Ernie Bought yourself a 350Z then.
  10. LOL! Thanks! The turbo kicking in and catching people out, is mainly the std or BPU twin turbo, they can make positive boost as low as 1,500 RPM, it doesn't really happen with a single turbo, unless you have a lead right foot All the GTRs have four wheel drive, but its like an early version of the proportional system that Mitsubishi use on the Lancers, in that it only sends around 30-40% of the power to the front wheels, which is why they have such great levels of grip.
  11. Yes build quality is better, and i agree about a supercharged Z its funny that a lot of Z owners seem to aspire to an R34GTR Skyline, but after driving R32 and R33 (not 34) i went for the Supra. The reason being they are way too expensive to make quick, and they are just too easy to drive near the limit, takes all the fun out of it On the other hand it takes a certain amount of skill to do the same with the Supra, as you have already found that out (no offence intended)
  12. New years bump, Just found a post my BB with somebody wanting a deal with a 350Z to a Supra, and i missed it so you never know.
  13. Nice car, if i manage to sell my Supra soon I'll give you a shout.
  14. Whats with the torque calibration in that graph?
  15. Or a Nissan made by the French
  16. I'm not sure I understand that, but I do know that almost all of us with imports have either had to install a delimiter ourselves or make do with the 112 mph limit, just as Sarnie said. It is definitely not part of the SVA for the car. I think you misunderstand me with regard to SVA and delimiting, it was somebody else that thought it was done at the same time IE part of. I merely said that most importers will, and do SVA imports when needed and before sale, and that the one i had dealt with had made sure that the vehicle was delimited and speed converted, not that it was all part and parcel of the same process.
  17. I think its all down to the quality of service provided by the importers, my last one took care of everything. I think the HKS and other delimiter/converter, intercepts the signal from the ECU to the speedo, and modifies that, but the speed limiter is a function of the ECU, but this also can be intercepted and modified pre ECU.
  18. The speed limiter removal is not part of the sva. You need to buy a HKS defender for about £250. Thats i bit pricey, you can buy a converter/delimiter from Thor in the UK for about £100 (there are some cheaper versions) also most importers that sell in the UK will have already put the car through an SVA before offering for sale. The delimiters by Thor, are they for Supra's though? Here is the HKS one on Envys site: http://z-store.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseacti ... rentCat=26 Not sure what your point about the importers is though.....of course most will have sva'd the car......my point was that removing the limit is not part of the sva.... Sorry was thinking of Supra wen i mentioned Thor for delimiter, but there are much cheaper delimiters available, edited my other post now, what i meant was that most importers will have also delimited the car as well as SVAing before sale in the UK.
  19. How does it affect torque Mark? I think most of us on the here go for the thrill of acceleration on the road (attributable to torque AFAIK) rather than top speed (where you need HP). I'm not trying to be clever but I just wondered if that's the reason why we daily drivers don't notice an appreciable difference with the higher octane fuel. As BHP is calculated through torque produced, any drop in BHP will inevitably be due to a drop in torque, however at lower RPM it will not be as noticeable due to the larger motors higher reciprocating mass etc, if it was a 1.6 or 2lt it would be much more noticeable.
  20. The speed limiter removal is not part of the sva. You need to buy a HKS defender for about £250. Edited: Thats i bit pricey, you can buy a converter/delimiter from Thor in the UK for about £100 (there are some cheaper versions) also most importers that sell in the UK will have already put the car through an SVA and delimited the car before offering for sale.
  21. ................... mine looks like this one, http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1299952.htm Sorry wasn't paying attention I think you will stand more of a chance of a deal with the Evo than i will with my Supra
  22. I imagine that the ECU in the import is capable of switching maps if it is continually fed with 95 RON, it will just keep pulling timing until its forced to use a default map by the det sensors going all the time. It probably will feel better in slow stop start traffic because it will be running retarded ignition timing, but it will not do much for the high RPM band.
  23. The reason i remarked on the UK and fuel is due to it having widband lambda, and so should have no problems with lower grade petrol unlike the import which will be mapped for 100 RON. I also agree with the comments about BP ultimate, i have noticed better fuel figures even with my Supra So far from reading and comments i have gleaned that although the JDM model is in basic form less speced than the UK, however as with most Japanese import cars, they can come in almost any trim level that the UK can, and sometimes some nice things that the UKs don't.
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