Dream Project import car? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

spicyricecake · 01-21-2015, 11:27 AM

I know this is gonna sound childish, but when I was in highschool living in Japan (military father), most of my older friends owned JDM imports like s14, 180sx, rx7, etc.

I think this had a great impact on my taste in cars, as I was certain I would get a Asian made vehicle, and I think the BRZ definitely has that feel to bring me back to those days.

Anyways, my question is: do you have a dream project JDM car from the 80-90s era? If so, what is it?

I'll go first

I think if I get the chance later down the road, I want to get an Impreza Type R to mod, or a 240sx.
240z or rx 7 FD would be fun too, but I feel that those are way too hard to find in a decent condition.

Jfheisenberg · 01-21-2015, 11:34 AM

When i was in high school back in 2009, i had a 92 subaru svx and i loved it. I wanted to swap the automatic transmission for the 5 speed transmission from the WRX and do many other mods.

I had many dreams with that car, unfortunately, i had no money and when the car broke down i had no money to fix it neither... I end up selling it as it is and then just moved on..

spicyricecake · 01-21-2015, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg

When i was in high school back in 2009, i had a 92 subaru svx and i loved it. I wanted to swap the automatic transmission for the 5 speed transmission from the WRX and do many other mods.

I had many dreams with that car, unfortunately, i had no money and when the car broke down i had no money to fix it neither... I end up selling it as it is and then just moved on..

Jesse36m3 · 01-21-2015, 12:07 PM

Yes.

It's going to be a 99.5 e36 M3 in estoril blue with an S54/turbo/6spd swap, vaders, silver bbs lm, mild drop, wingless, and a black roof.

One of these days..

Special_K · 01-21-2015, 12:11 PM

This question is too easy. Skyline R32/34... Ask me a hard one

SpeedFromSwede · 01-21-2015, 12:24 PM

The obvious supra or an NSX. I've always dreamed of owning an NSX

Dadhawk · 01-21-2015, 12:27 PM

MK1 MR2 (preferably a 1985). I want to restomod one, bring it up to modern technology then drive the crap out of it.

strat61caster · 01-21-2015, 12:33 PM

Agreed with Dadhawk: make a killer Mk1 MR2, I'd string that little fourbanger out to the edge of reliability then beat the hell out of it until it beat me back.

But I'd prefer to build an SA RX-7, however I do not have the skills to do so at this time

MokSpeed · 01-21-2015, 01:00 PM

22B STi

hmong337 · 01-21-2015, 01:05 PM

With an unlimited budget and a 90's jdm. Two choices:

Fully built everything jgtc widebody 1000+hp NSX turbo street car.

Or

RE Amemiya widebody 4 rotor FD rx7 race car.

BRZZZZZZZZZZ · 01-21-2015, 01:14 PM

S15. I had a S13 for years when I was younger and always loved the look of the S15s.

Tcoat · 01-21-2015, 01:34 PM

When I was in high school Japanese cars were few and far between around here and we called them all "jap crap".
Just after high school I got a '72 Celica GT and had big plans of rebuilding it. Those hopes were dashed when I started working on it and found that there was not a single piece of horizontal underbody that didn't crumble away to dust as soon as any pressure was put on it. It was only a 5 year old car!
Like this:

funwheeldrive · 01-21-2015, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

When I was in high school Japanese cars were few and far between around here and we called them all "jap crap".
Just after high school I got a '72 Celica GT and had big plans of rebuilding it. Those hopes were dashed when I started working on it and found that there was not a single piece of horizontal underbody that didn't crumble away to dust as soon as any pressure was put on it. It was only a 5 year old car!
Like this:

You would love this. There is an old woman a couple houses down from me that pretty much has that exact car. She is the original owner and has garaged it all its life. She hates the car because it keeps breaking down on her and she always talks about selling it. I'm hoping I can pick it up sometime in the near future. All original, manual transmission.

Tcoat · 01-21-2015, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

You would love this. There is an old woman a couple houses down from me that pretty much has that exact car. She is the original owner and has garaged it all its life. She hates the car because it keeps breaking down on her and she always talks about selling it. I'm hoping I can pick it up sometime in the near future. All original, manual transmission.

Sweeeeet! ST with the US bumper but still sweet!!!!
I haven't seen one in the wild around here for decades.
That was the exact paint I had right down to the stripes.

01-21-2015, 11:27 AM	#1
spicyricecake Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2017 CWP BRZ Performance Package Location: DFW Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 168 Thanked 425 Times in 228 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Dream Project import car? I know this is gonna sound childish, but when I was in highschool living in Japan (military father), most of my older friends owned JDM imports like s14, 180sx, rx7, etc. I think this had a great impact on my taste in cars, as I was certain I would get a Asian made vehicle, and I think the BRZ definitely has that feel to bring me back to those days. Anyways, my question is: do you have a dream project JDM car from the 80-90s era? If so, what is it? I'll go first I think if I get the chance later down the road, I want to get an Impreza Type R to mod, or a 240sx. 240z or rx 7 FD would be fun too, but I feel that those are way too hard to find in a decent condition.

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Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,845 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,286 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2495 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	When I was in high school Japanese cars were few and far between around here and we called them all "jap crap". Just after high school I got a '72 Celica GT and had big plans of rebuilding it. Those hopes were dashed when I started working on it and found that there was not a single piece of horizontal underbody that didn't crumble away to dust as soon as any pressure was put on it. It was only a 5 year old car! Like this: __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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Jfheisenberg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2015 BRZ Series Blue WRB Location: North Jersey Posts: 830 Thanks: 371 Thanked 204 Times in 156 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	When i was in high school back in 2009, i had a 92 subaru svx and i loved it. I wanted to swap the automatic transmission for the 5 speed transmission from the WRX and do many other mods. I had many dreams with that car, unfortunately, i had no money and when the car broke down i had no money to fix it neither... I end up selling it as it is and then just moved on..

01-21-2015, 12:07 PM	#4
Jesse36m3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: JDL Turbo BRZ Location: EG, RI Posts: 450 Thanks: 46 Thanked 305 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Yes. It's going to be a 99.5 e36 M3 in estoril blue with an S54/turbo/6spd swap, vaders, silver bbs lm, mild drop, wingless, and a black roof. One of these days..

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SpeedFromSwede Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: WRB BRZ Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 52 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The obvious supra or an NSX. I've always dreamed of owning an NSX

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