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Originally Posted by Crompsin
'94 Chevrolet S10 lowrider with a C5 Z06 in it.
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It's not a Chevy lowrider, but my buddy has an RX-7, the '93 FD, but with a worked LS1 motor in it. That thing hauls ass ...weight is under 2800lbs and that V8 motor only weighs about 60lbs more than the original rotary, and with the motor sitting back a bit due to the custom subframe assembly the weight distribution is better than original, with the chassis maintaining its otherwise excellent handling characteristics on a road course and it'll run in the 10's at the drags.
Yesterday he and I were both at Pocono for a track day, he got second place in the time trial, I got third in my Supra. So as mentioned by the OP, a Supra is an awesome vehicle ...I have a perhaps biased opinion that the 4th gen "MkIV" is by far the best but they still cost more than many people are willing to pay for that old of a car.
I've always loved big American V8's but maybe just to be different, I ended up going down a different road as my buddies all got their muscle cars back in the late 1960's when we were all 17 to 20 years old. They got 440 R/T Chargers, Hemi GTX, Road Runners, Corvette's, GTO's, Chevelle's, etc. I got a '67 XKE Jag ...very smooth inline 6, 4.2L, great balance, under 2500lbs; we also built a stripped out drag car out of a HenryJ and used a 6cyl Chevy truck motor, home-made manifold with Rochester trips (carbs), headers, etc. ran H-gas and G-gas at the drags. As I got older now I have the Supra ...super smooth inline 6, 3L, twin sequential turbos until recently when I did some more mods with a higher flow single turbo; in track trim/boost like I drove yesterday (~24psi boost) it has well over 500rwhp and it's very responsive since it's a relatively small turbo compared to what most guys throw on Supras. The car has super build quality and is bullet proof even with the mods I have. I think it still looks very good especially considering it's a 1995 car.
Normally cruising down the highway at 80mph+, I'm out of boost and will get at least mid 20's mpg; at Pocono yesterday I burned up almost 20 gallons of racegas at over $8/gal.