You may not like Japanese cars but if you had to choose...

[Ted_E]

...what would you drive? I actually have an appreciation for japanese cars despite my love for Euro cars as well. I guess I just love cars in general. I think japanese cars are well engineered and it's only the F&F crowd's following that gives them a bad image most of the time. Anyway, if I had to pick, it'd be Nissan S15 Silvia all the way, much better looking than the Skyline in my opinion.


http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0401tur_drift02_z.jpg
http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0401tur_drift13_z.jpg

[EDM]

Or what about one of these?

http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0108tur_free17_zoom.jpg

or this?

http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0401tur_drift23_z.jpg

[Ted_E]

oh man you hit the nail right on the head with that one...Datsun 510s are the SHIET! Hachiroku's aren't that bad either but man wehn talking about old-school JDM, it doesn't get any better than the Datsun

[EDM]

Yep I would love to find myself a 510 wagon. :tup:

[Troike]

Yep I would love to find myself a 510 wagon. :tup:

There's one of these up at my school, looks to be in good shape.

I'd take a CRX, or one of the RWD corollas ... I used to want an S14 240sx or an Impreza 2.5RS though, I'd take either of those as well

[3THREE7]

s15 is one of my favorite japanese cars as well...and damn how much would i give to fix up a 510...no smog to worry about :-D

[Ted_E]

Unlike the Skyline, since there's no easy way to even import an S15 into the US without being charged up the butt heavily, I was thinking of buying a cheap used 95-98 240sx (S14) and doing the SR20DET swap with S15 strawberry face conversion, making it an S14.5 so to speak. About as close as you can get to a real S15 stateside.

believe it or not, that's a US Spec 240sx (S14) with entire S15 front and body kit...pretty neat huh? And these cars are only going for $5000-$8000 used on the market today.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/231000-231999/231804_69_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/231000-231999/231804_36_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/231000-231999/231804_24_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/231000-231999/231804_22_full.jpg

[JettaGLI6spd]

If I had to live with a Japaneese car, I suppose I could settle for an NSX or Skyline R34, it would hurt me sooooo much to drive those cars, but i think I could survive
:)

[BLACK 1.8T]

how about a Toyota TE27 Mango??

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/events/0309scc_toyotashow12_z.jpg

or...

a Toyota AE86 Levin??

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/events/0309scc_toyotashow11_z.jpg

[EDM]

how about a Toyota TE27 Mango??

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/events/0309scc_toyotashow12_z.jpg



Here is another pic of this car.

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/album03/te27_pana.sized.jpg

Here is the motor.

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/album03/DSCF0003.sized.jpg

[Ted_E]

whao! awesome stuff ... anyone got any pics of modified old Honda CVCC?

[A1pocketrocket]

some of those old Datsun and Toyota cars are really nice. unfortunately they are used for stupid crap like drifting. (just as bad as the F+F dorks)

[Ted_E]

yeah I don't really endorse drifting either...I just got pics from drifting competition cuz that's all I could find. It's a skill to be able to do that but I don't think you should make an event out of it. It should be used when absolutely needed but to make an event out of it like D1 and then saying to the F&F rebels "but don't try this on the streets" is like giving a little kid a loaded gun and telling him not to shoot

[EDM]

whao! awesome stuff ... anyone got any pics of modified old Honda CVCC?

http://www.hondarevival.com/civicmugen_1.jpg

http://www.hondarevival.com/civicmugen_3.jpg

http://www.hondarevival.com/civicmugen_7.jpg

http://www.hondarevival.com/n500r_1.jpg

[EDM]

http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/Shasta_2001_510_wagon_exterior2.JPG

http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/Shasta_2001_classic_510.JPG

[PDVR6]

Yea, keep them coming!

[Spunkonsheets]

there is this place up in la called autoconxion that sells s15's, 99-01 they're like 19000.

[Ted_E]

are you serious? can you tell me more about it?

[Spunkonsheets]

Dont know to much about it other than they sell the cars. Check out the site Autoconxion (http://www.autoconxion.com)

[Ted_E]

hmmm doesn't look like they sell the S15. S14 and S13 yes but from what I know, there's no company in the US that imports Silvias. Maybe I'm mistaken though, but as much as I like the car, I still wouldn't buy one even if they can import it.

[madajb]

I don't know about a 510, but I know you can fit a 4 point buck in the trunk of a 210.
-ajb

[Slapshotnerd]

Unlike the Skyline, since there's no easy way to even import an S15 into the US without being charged up the butt heavily, I was thinking of buying a cheap used 95-98 240sx (S14) and doing the SR20DET swap with S15 strawberry face conversion, making it an S14.5 so to speak. About as close as you can get to a real S15 stateside.

believe it or not, that's a US Spec 240sx (S14) with entire S15 front and body kit...pretty neat huh? And these cars are only going for $5000-$8000 used on the market today.


Getting the car over here is actually really really easy, it's the registering that's the hard part. They're going for around 3-4k over there, and shipipng is another 3-4k.

RJ De Vera picked up an S13 for $1500, and had it imported for $2500 (he's got hookups though) on a recent trip to Japan. He just wants to drift it, so he doesn't have to worry about registering it, it will be a track only car. It was cheaper to buy the whole car than to just buy the swap!! FD's were going for 2500 all day long...

And it's looking more and more likely that my next car WILL be japanese. I want my friend's Protege 5 wagon (cuz it's got the MSP turbo engine swap)... i'm a wagon fiend

[ManaSteel]

http://www.youatemybreakfast.com/images/japan/bosozoku/DSC00126.JPG

http://www.youatemybreakfast.com/images/japan/bosozoku/DSC00136.JPG

http://www.youatemybreakfast.com/images/japan/bosozoku/DSC00173.JPG

[bugzy]

I must say, the american cars are pretty amazing for drifting, at least at the Formula D show.

The Viper and Rod Millen's GTO were pretty darn amazing cars. I dont think drifting is much of a true motorsport, but i dont put it down as a sport.

I would love to have a Silvia or a Skyline myself. I think skyline is overrated. But the Silvia's are beautiful and awesome.

old school japanese cars are very attractive. I loved the old old RX7's and the 510 and the datsuns.

[EDM]

Dont know to much about it other than they sell the cars. Check out the site Autoconxion (http://www.autoconxion.com)


That place is around the corner from were I work. I have been eyeing that Corolla for a while. It has been there for about 6 or 7 months which tells you they probably want too much for it.

[Spunkonsheets]

my friend called about that toyota, i think they wanted about $8,000 for it. But about the s15's, they do sell them there , just not on the website. I picked up this mag from mitsuwa called la auto guide, shows that they sell it. I think they have 5 of them.

[chris]

The S15 is Sik...but I'm more than happy with my WRX :tup:

[slowjet]

Although the Silvia's are hella tight, id still go with the good ol rotary powered RX-7. I dont know, ive always had a thing for them.

[sopolev]

http://importspeedsouth.com/CoiMRS/IMG_4957.jpgMR2 Spyder.
http://urbanracer.com/features/battle3/spyder/splash.jpg

Cheap and lots of potential. Some don't like them, but they're different.

[madajb]

Cheap and lots of potential. Some don't like them, but they're different.
The engine config on those makes mods that make real power difficult, though a CT company just came out with a supposed bolt-on turbo that makes decent HP.
Stock though, they are slower than mollasses.
-ajb

[Slapshotnerd]

Sucks that coy blew his motor (the red one from team flux)

[Arts_1_8t]

im suprised no one's posted any pics of rx7's

http://udel.edu/~cbaynes/SCRUB%2002.jpg

http://udel.edu/~cbaynes/SCRUB%2007.jpg

http://loki.mindtrick.org/DSC01876.jpg

http://www.fast-autos.net/spengineering/rx72.jpg

http://www.fast-autos.net/spengineering/rx78.jpg

[EDM]

http://importspeedsouth.com/CoiMRS/IMG_4957.jpgMR2 Spyder.
http://urbanracer.com/features/battle3/spyder/splash.jpg

Cheap and lots of potential. Some don't like them, but they're different.

Yep too bad they are going to stop making them.

[creanium]

Yep too bad they are going to stop making them.
The Celica too ... the news on the Celica being dropped surprised me.

[wrongbeach]

i would get an S14 or a SC300 i love those cars with a passion

[ManaSteel]

i would get an S14 or a SC300 i love those cars with a passion

http://www.pifiu.com/upload/uploads/052004/EPSC2.jpg

[GTIcrazy]

I'm very happy with my "other" car...an 95 Acura Legend Coupe LS, just over 70,000 miles on the clock. The last year of this car. Geeez do I baby this car. The only problem I've ever had with it is the driver's side lower seat heater failing and that was replaced under warranty. What a great car.

:tup:

[A1pocketrocket]

http://www.sturtevant.com/reed/323pics/jose4.jpg

ultimate sleeper

[EDM]

http://www.sturtevant.com/reed/323pics/jose4.jpg

ultimate sleeper

Oh yes the Mazda 323 GTX. That is one of the ultimate sleepers. But don't forget the Celica All-Trac. 200hp and 200 ft lbs with AWD. :tup:

http://auto.consumerguide.com/images/autoreview/lrg/90812061990101LRG.jpg

[TanabeMike]

I love Japanese Cars...I own a 1993 FD3S R1, and two FC3S. Great cars in their own right. Person who posted the 323 GTX knows their stuff.

For Euros...my choice is the Alfa Romeo 164 S

[Jewel]

http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0108tur_free17_zoom.jpg




oh man, I had a perfect 510 I bought years ago from the original owner! Would've kept it awhile except my eyes wandered off to a 240Z..................

[wrongbeach]

http://www.pifiu.com/upload/uploads/052004/EPSC2.jpg
yess that is pure hotness. good looks on the pic wilson.
my friend is selling his 94 legend ls coupe, i'm hoping to get this new job so i can scoop it up. i been in love with those cars for a while too.

[GtIrOb01]

yess that is pure hotness. good looks on the pic wilson.
my friend is selling his 94 legend ls coupe, i'm hoping to get this new job so i can scoop it up. i been in love with those cars for a while too.

Silvias are sweet cars. Id love one of those. Id also put an S2000 into consideration. They handle good, rear wheel drive, 240hp from a 4cyl all motor, and you cant knock the shifter. Gotta be one of the sweetest shifters Ive ever used. Lots of tuning capability with them too.

[sopolev]

I had an '88 and I still miss it.


http://www.aorton.freeserve.co.uk/Andydradster/nospics/starout.JPG

g
http://ayatatsu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/images/starion1.jpg

l
http://www.emeraldsearch.com/starion/pass-side.jpg

Getting rare now too.

[Ted_E]

woohoo keep 'em coming guys...great pics!

[EDM]

But you can't for get these.

Mazda RX3
http://www.rotorheads.com/visitorscars/rx3/toy12a-3.jpg


Nissan 240SX
http://www.skoorbs.com/Nissan/Images/gregshin1.jpg

[EDM]

Old school Skyline

http://www.youatemybreakfast.com/images/japan/bosozoku2/DSC00010.JPG

[Mike Hughes]

Just like European and American cars, there are only a few Japanese cars worth owning.

In other words, there are only a handful of cars in the world that are actually worth a damn.

[Ted_E]

noticed you got a Supra TT...can we see pics of it??? :)

[RFIbanez]

I don't own a Japanese car but I have lots of respect for them. I'd love to get an AE86 Corolla or S13 one day :D

Some pics of sweet JDM rides I took in Japan this summer
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43536.jpg
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43575.jpg
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43584.jpg
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43563.jpg
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43560.jpg
http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/7245/43543.jpg
:tup:

[OCbuiltGTI]

I've been looking into buying a Dastun 510 for a long time. I see some guys in santa ana that have em and don't know what they got... they are sick rides.

[Mike Hughes]

You guys are mistaken; this is the real JDM hotness right here:

http://www.michaelhughes.net/~mfh/images/carshit/bouzo/DSC00177.jpg
http://www.michaelhughes.net/~mfh/images/carshit/bouzo/DSC00132.jpg

[VR6GTI72]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/vr6gti72/toyota2000.jpg

Toyota 2000 would be a fun one :smokem: