Unidentified flying car

[Ben H]

I was on a road going out of Gloucester yesterday, when a black B-reg Japanese coupe glued itself to my arse with a dump valve hissing away. At the first safe opportunity, I floored it and very slowly edged ahead of him.

When we got to a dual carriageway, he stuck to my rear again and then overtook. I decided to give chase and was right on him, although we seemed fairly well matched. But I noticed that he was chucking up tons of salt chips, so braked hard and pulled back. He must have thought that he suddenly took off and roasted me, but Im not bothered because Id rather damage my pride than my paintwork!!!

Anyway, does anyone have any ideas of what this was? It was definitely a turbo and I think it might have been a Toyota. I think B-reg was about 1983-4 and guess that the car would pull about a 7.5 sec 0-60 (as my car should) since it was only slightly behind.

 

[Craggy]

a mitsubishi starion?, or the 1.8 nissan turbo thingy, eh, name i cant remember atm

 

[Ben j]

sure that noise u heard wasnt ya spark plugs falling out?

 

[Ben j]

200 sx craggy??

 

[Craggy]

silvia, thats it!

 

[Ben j]

starions are what the guy that played jaws (in bond) and jackie chan drove in the cannonball 2 film

 

[Craggy]

yeah, that was cool!

 

[clean16v]

starlet turbos. they have two stage boost as standard and are very quick. i think!

 

[Ben H]

Quote: Originally posted by Ben j on 18 February 2003

sure that noise u heard wasnt ya spark plugs falling out?

Ha ha very funny Ben! Im still pissed off at that time it spat out a spark plug and have a feeling it may be the reason for my only minor power advantage over other 16vs on the day. Im going to need a new head as the repair means that the plug just rotates in the head now and wont come out! Ill need a new head at the very least within the next year.

 

[Ben j]

i had a go in a old square shape colt turbo, when i was looking for a car.. body work was sh*tty though (but still had a drive) 1.6 turbo - like the starions. (oh engine was immaculate!!) plus it was tuned. f**k ME DID IT GO!!!! IT WOULD AVE LEFT A VALVER FOR DEAD!!!

 

[Ben j]

ben - someones got a damged engine breaking in the for sale forum. heads fine though.. could be a cheap pick up for ya!

 

[Colin_S]

Nissan 200 1.8 turbo, but think that would have roasted you

 

[clean16v]

it wil have beena toyota starlet turbo!

 

[CS_Matt]

MR2 turbo?

 

[Ben H]

It was a big coupe - big, fat and ugly.

 

[clean16v]

oh, just reade it all again....maybe its not a starlet turbo

 

[adiclio16v]

think i know what you mean big square coupe its an old nissan cant remember what though my mates brothers got one, forget what its called now though

adi

 

[Ben j]

nissan zx?

 

[adiclio16v]

the one im on about is quite rare well ive only seen one and its c-reg so round about right year

 

[Craggy]

the only nissans were the silvia 300c and 300 zx

 

[Ben j]

not an old square supra was it?

 

[Ben j]

what about a nissan 200 craggy?



not the sx!

 

[adiclio16v]

one i see isnt a silvia know wot 1 of them looks like, wots a 300 zx look like

adi

 

[Craggy]

were they turbod ben?

 

[RobFenn]

I saw a 4 DOOR integra type r yesterday. Did these exist or is it a kitted up jap import?

 

[SoLow]

all i can think is 200sx, though these aint really boxy, more sleek than boxy.

Early shape RX7, these were superb cars, and very quick, once moving.

Silvia, and these can really go with little work.





Any of these, early RX7 confuses people cos it looks nothing like current model, looks quite plain really

 

[RobFenn]

Mk1 or 2 supras are quite boxy, especially mk1



http://www3.sympatico.ca/dean.anderson4/Mk1Mk2.jpg

 

[RobFenn]

and what about the AE86 toyota corolla?

 

[Tom]

My dad had that car on the left

its a mk2 celica supra hmmmm

 

[Colin_S]

Craggy, the 200 is a 1.8 turbo.

 

[Viv172]

Nissan Pulsar maybe????

 

[SoLow]

not on a B plate?

 

[RobFenn]

And theyre not coupes..

 

[sammy]

Was the last three letters on his plate MAR ???

Ohh and where abouts you live Ben ?

 

[Ben H]

Sammy - I live in Wales, but was on my way home through Gloucester after the weekend. If it helps, it was the A40 going West out of the town.

I dont know what the exact reg was, but I remember it being a "B" reg. It looks like the Toyota Supra RobFenn posted earlier. It was black and definitely two door.

Like I said earlier, he must have thought that hed roasted me becuase I pulled back from the stone chips.

 

[Ben j]

colin the 200 didnt have a turbo

the 200sx did