What is the best Japanese Sports car for under $5000

Miata
followed by the AW11

NB2 Miata or '93+ MR-2 NA

Depends on where you're located might be other options

>>15671375
Wow beat me to it somewhat

/thread or whatever

You can get a supra for 5k can't you?

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>>15671378
>'93+

>>15671393
A 2nd gen, maybe a shitty 3rd

Not a great "sports car" either way, at least stock

FD RX7

NA Miata, with money saved for mods
AW11 MR2
FC RX7 if you can put up with the Rotary lyf3

>>15671416
>FD RX-7 for under $5k

>>15671416
LOL can't find a shell for 5k try again friend

>>15671407
Well at the 5k range, you could only get Eclipses, Some Supras, MR-2, maybe a 300zx tt, miata, some 240sx, B13 packages, and civics? I guess

02-05 WRX
RX-8
350Z/G35 6 speed

All if you look hard enough.

>>15671375
aren't those really under powered?

>>15671430
Oh yeah, some RX-7s, and the RX-8, and some beat to death subaru impreza stuff, and Toyota Celicas

Hijacking thread, what about for about $10k?

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>>15671364

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>>15671436
whats your point.

you dont need power to fun lad.

>>15671439
Everything is aval at 10k in any condition barring maybe newest gen WRX STI?

>>15671427
>>15671428
this faggot did it
>>15670763
>>15659579

>>15671431
I said $5000 not $10000-$15000

>>15671436
Yes and?

>>15671448
I don't want to be made fun of with retarded memes and i don't want everyone to act like my car is so under powered it can't even pass anything

>>15671430
Eclipse is shit, unless GSX but still shit

TT Z is unlikely in any decent condition

Bugeye WRX if you look hard

Integra GS-R or RSX are alright

Stock S-chassis would be shit without a lot of $ into handling/floppiness mods

>>15671454
Because he worked for free, and they payed him back with a deal.
He had to go to Japan too

>>15671457
He is correct, you can find all of those at 5k or less pretty easily. Ive seen a bunch of RX-8s, and WRXs around here for that price or under.

The big issue would be the 350Z/G35

>>15671467
1-2k for a car that can go over 120 is a pretty good deal. So eclipses are okay in my book

>>15671474
Not a Wrx thats for sure your lucky to find one in good condition for under 10000 and where i live cars are usually pretty cheap

>>15671436
You can get a nice Miata for $2.5k, and then have a turbo kit, a good set of coilovers, an LSD, and wheels + tires. (partially by selling what you replace.)

>>15671479
My $500 Volvo 240 can go 120 what's your point

FF is shit

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>>15671364
rx7 by far the best

>>15671493
I don't know how to work on cars would i be able to put in a turbo? also how much faster would that even make it?

>>15671499
It'll make it faster than a new corvette, but the issue with a lot of power on the miata is you have to be racecar driver tier to handle it thanks to gearing.

Also theres bolt on kits, and even then its easy as piss since its a small 90s jap engine. They don't blow up easy, and when they do its not catastrophic and you can usually just repair it

>>15671504
Oh so a guy that's never worked on a car should be able to figure it out? also would i be able to do the same thing to a mr2 or rx7?

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>>15671471
>you will never go to japan and do some work for a cheap clean FD

>>15671516
MR2 is hard to work on due to midship layout, I wouldn't fuck with a rotary, much less try to turbo one if you have no mechanical experience and aren't extremely dedicated to maintenance

>>15671516
Probably, a lot of this is so easy a hillbilly can figure it out.

>>15671516
>>15671525
But yeah a Miata is a good choice, get a good manual and there's an enormous amount of data online too

Don't pay attention to the fag car meme, you can get a good NB2 generation Miat in your budget which would be a great choice, I can't emphasize how wonderful it is on the touge

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Toyota Supra

EG hatch with a few simple mawds

>seriously calling floppy noodle roadsters and underpowered snap oversteers sporty

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>>15671560
>Fwd Civic
>Sporty

>>15671560
>FF civic cuckmobile
>Better than even the joke that is a Miata in any way

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>>15671560
>FF

>>15671560
>>15671574
>>15671581
>>15671585
slow piece of shit...i can smoke the fuck out of this in my 1994 EG hatch with a couple of simple mods:

- 10 point cage with Parachute
- 3 piece discontinued JoJo frontend
- spec-R full drag suspension
- Fuel cell with -8 lines from tank to motor
- 1 044 bosch pump
- 1200 rc injectors
- golden eagle sleeved block
- cp 10:1 pistons
- Eagle rods
- arp headstuds
- oem h22 headgasket
- Balance shaft delete
- competition clutch twin disc
- Port and polished head
- skunk2 valve springs and retainers
- Str cam gears
- crower stage 1 cams
- aluminium radiator with slim fan
- gsr transmission with itr lsd.
- qsd h2k intake manifold adapter
- k20 rbc manifold
- qsd throttle body spacer
- blox 70mm throttle body
- 4bar omni map sensor
- 6al msd with coil and cap. 3 step launch control
- hks bov
- Garret 102mm turbocharger.
- Custom t4 front facing turbo manifold with 44mm flange
- 44mm tial wastegate
- Custom water to air intercooler set up
- aem eugo wideband w/ gauge
- tuned on chipped p28
- 13 inch volks drag rims
- 2 15 inch volks rear rims
- arp extended wheel studs
- si cluster
- 150 shots of nitrous

im making 248 horsepower to the FRONT WHEELS because thats the only place the power should ever be.

>>15671588
yum pasta

>>15671534
NB2 has less of a support network for turbo-ing than the NA, and you can buy a turboed NB from the factory anyway

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>>15671364
B
FB
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>>15671364

NB Miata

NA8 Miata, aka 1994-1997

>>15671364

>Sports car
>$5000

Stop being a nigger, buy a beater that you can use to go to work and earn $8-10k for a shitty sports car, rather than buying a near death maintenance intensive lemon for cheap.

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>>15671630
>work
HA

>>15671592
You don't NEED to turbo it lol, OP is obviously a newfag to cars that's driven a 2005 Kia Spectra at best, watched Initial D now wants a racecor

A stock NB will be more than enough to teach car control and not be something OP will be overwhelmed with and destroy, but won't be disappointed in the future while enjoying it and learning maintenance/repair basics

Just get a Miata faggot

>>15671364

While it may or may not be a sports car, Acura RSX is a solid choice.

>>15671651
Nigger i always wanted a japanese sports car it's just that i'm used to just used to driving trucks/suvs and shit

>>15671431
>RX-8

Don't even consider this garbage

>>15671588
bahahahahah

>>15671364

Dodge Stealth.

Nobody knows they're just rebadged Mitsu 3k GTs, so there is no market for them.

Aside from fwd and being heavy, they jave great 90s anime jet fighter ergonomics, a comfy interior, and great a/c andstereo systems.

Eagle Talon
Neon SRT-4

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PRELUDE!!!!! DOHC VTEC. 220hp. bought mine for 4k

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>>15671741
>fwd

>>15671741
So many great cars are ruined by fwd

>>15671741
He said sports

>>15671741
>4k
>like thats impressive

my 305 hp LS1 V8 trans am was less than that

>>15671856
don't think he was boasting, more like just saying how his was under 5k which is what OP wants

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2nd Gen eclipse GSX. Dsm bois

>>15671837
My car plays tennis you dumbass.

>>15671856
A prelude would shit on that thing around a track

>>15672224
you've never even stepped foot on a circuit corey

>>15671588
>All that work for 248 hp.

Holy fuck you Honda turds make me laugh

>>15671364
I kissed a dog once

>>15671375
>>15671378
thats the thread
boys

>>15671439
if 10k is your budget, might as well just spend a bit more and get an AP1

Do you have a garage and time to work on said car?

>>15672261
Get out, if you're not old enough to recognise this pasta, you're not old enough to post here

>>15671436
Sports cars don't have to be fast, they have to be enjoyable.

>inb4 "muh feels" comments

>>15671375
Anything a little bigger? i'm tall and would like to have a little room