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sperry · 2003-08-19, 08:06 AM

Man what a rip! Sorry to hear your hand is beat up... but hey broken hands aren't that bad, and you can sue... cuz that's what America's all about!

This month's Grassroots Motorsports mag has a cool article on "Budget Supercars", basically some older generation cars that are super cool and pretty affordable because America's obsession with SUVs has driven the market price of sports cars down.

IIRC the list goes as follows (in no particular order):

Chevy C4 Corvette
Toyota MR2 Turbo
Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)
Dodge Viper (yeah right... "budget")
Toyota Supra Twin Turbo (currently overpriced due to TFATF)

And, I'd add to the list your idea of the 240SX (with the Silvia swap of course!). Talk to Justin (STIwish) I think he's also looking into a Silvia conversion.

There's also a thread on NASIOC about people dropping turboed Camry motors into older gen MR2's... now that's a crazy sleeper right there... hehe!

2003-08-19, 08:06 AM	#7
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Man what a rip! Sorry to hear your hand is beat up... but hey broken hands aren't that bad, and you can sue... cuz that's what America's all about! This month's Grassroots Motorsports mag has a cool article on "Budget Supercars", basically some older generation cars that are super cool and pretty affordable because America's obsession with SUVs has driven the market price of sports cars down. IIRC the list goes as follows (in no particular order): Chevy C4 Corvette Toyota MR2 Turbo Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) Dodge Viper (yeah right... "budget") Toyota Supra Twin Turbo (currently overpriced due to TFATF) And, I'd add to the list your idea of the 240SX (with the Silvia swap of course!). Talk to Justin (STIwish) I think he's also looking into a Silvia conversion. There's also a thread on NASIOC about people dropping turboed Camry motors into older gen MR2's... now that's a crazy sleeper right there... hehe! __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?