MKII or MKIII???????????????????

[maximous]

I have my 85 supra that is from jersey and full of rust so i found a 87mkiii 7mgte all good just put it back on the road (delayed still driving 85 aka:rusty) so now a friend of mine offers a 85.5 supra auto for dang near nothing and from here(nc) hardly any rust. So my question is which one do i keep?????????? there are so many pros and cons for all three and cant afford but one due to my baby girl and other pricy stuff life threw at me please help me decide, any input would be great! Thanks in advance

 

[Zumtizzle]

i'd personally Steer clear from all three.


But ehh depends on the MK3, every 87 I've seen is a shitbox lately.

 

[akito]

7mgte...only if it runs good and in great condition.

edit: get both mkIIs and sell them both and keep the 7mgte

 

[ForcedTorque]

MKIII's do not rust like the MKII's did. I've seen some rust in MKIII's, but nothing like the rust bucket most MKII's are. Also, the rear ends in the MKIII are much stouter. I'd go MKIII, but MKII is still a nice car if in good shape.

 

[toy fanatic78]

I have my 85 supra that is from jersey and full of rust so i found a 87mkiii 7mgte all good just put it back on the road (delayed still driving 85 aka:rusty) so now a friend of mine offers a 85.5 supra auto for dang near nothing and from here(nc) hardly any rust. So my question is which one do i keep?????????? there are so many pros and cons for all three and cant afford but one due to my baby girl and other pricy stuff life threw at me please help me decide, any input would be great! Thanks in advance

I was not aware of an 85.5,do you mean 86.5? Personally I have found the 5M to be a more reliable engine,and the MK2's to be a really fun car.But on the other hand,all 5 of my MK2's rusted out to the point that they were unsafe to drive.If your MK2 is that rusty,might just be time to let it go.If your MK3 runs good I would just stick with it.

 

[Tanya]

If the mk2 being offered is in GOOD shape, yes, get it. Use the rusty mk2 is a parts car then junk it. The mk3 could be used as a parts/swap car or just sell it and profit. The 5M will probably be slightly more reliable, but yes, you DO need to worry about rust. If you daily drive it in the snow and salt it has to be washed DAILY and thoroughly.

It really comes down to what you want to do in the future with it, what is possible to do with it and waht isn't. Just use it as a daily beater or what, turbo mods or no, etc etc.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

I would drop the 7mgte in the clean MKII, use the rusty MKII as a parts car.

 

[sneakypete]

i would keep whatever has minimal rust and is in decent running order. otherwise you'll find yourself spending a lot of time and money getting the car in good working order
-pete

 

[tekdeus]

Mk2's are much much more reliable than Mk3's overall. I've had a Mk2 as a daily driver since '93, both well over 300,000km's.

 

[ERA]

Mark II, 'cause it doesn't look like a Probe lol.

 

[shaeff]

I have my 85 supra that is from jersey and full of rust so i found a 87mkiii 7mgte all good just put it back on the road (delayed still driving 85 aka:rusty) so now a friend of mine offers a 85.5 supra auto for dang near nothing and from here(nc) hardly any rust. So my question is which one do i keep?????????? there are so many pros and cons for all three and cant afford but one due to my baby girl and other pricy stuff life threw at me please help me decide, any input would be great! Thanks in advance

Punctuation and sentence structure would be awesome. MKIII's come with that stock, though.

 

[tbcmorris]

I would drop the 7mgte in the clean MKII, use the rusty MKII as a parts car.

This

 

[bluezone]

take the mk2 and swap every thing mk3 into it. engine, diff, trans, a-arms and sub frames. always wanted to see this happen.

 

[Nick M]

Rust depends on where you live, not the type of car. There are plenty of rust free examples.

MKII looks really nice when in good shape. Picture this with a 7MGTE and a mild 350 rwhp. It would fly.

 

[Tanya]

Rust depends on where you live, not the type of car. There are plenty of rust free examples.

MKII looks really nice when in good shape. Picture this with a 7MGTE and a mild 350 rwhp. It would fly.

Oh, you mean like this?

The owner of celicasupra.com, that is his car. VERY clean 7MGTE swapped car, I think around 320rwhp or so. Most of the mk2s with 7MGTEs have 300-400whp and they are actually getting pretty common now.

 

[85celicasupra]

like mentioned here, and over on cs.com

drop the 7mgte into the clean mk2, part the rusty mk2 and the shell of the mk3 to get the neccesary parts to do the swap, and have the best of both worlds.


god malloys car is freakin sexy.

 

[SUPRASTEVE]

Mk2s are sweet espcially the 85 the double wing is tight. I would just get rid of everything but yank out the 7m-gte and find another rust free 85. Another option I would say is don't buy anything get rid of the 85 and build up the Mk3.

 

[IJ.]

Celica or Supra???????????????????

 

[tbcmorris]

IJ with the burn

 

[Nick M]

Oh, you mean like this?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/MkIIMike/SDR/IMG_5535v2.jpg[img]

The owner of celicasupra.com, that is his car. VERY clean 7MGTE swapped car, I think around 320rwhp or so. Most of the mk2s with 7MGTEs have 300-400whp and they are actually getting pretty common now.[/QUOTE]

Yep. But I prefer the stock wheels. I took the picture at SILV 06. His interior was also clean. The owner of which car, the one you posted, or the one I posted?