80's

I 100% agree. Shame about the engine. How do these handle? I'd love a 4g63t swapped one.

>>17526850
Ah the Starion, one of the most criminally underrated cars of the 80's, it's a shame that it had the beautiful Japanese sleek design but had the reliability of a typical American car meaning the engines blew at around 80k mile mark, hint hint Chrysler...

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>>17526857
Most people end up engine swapping them, they handle pretty decently, a bit heavier than your typical 80's car.

>>17526850
These don't come up for sale too much in the US. Last I checked there were 5 across the country on autotrader. I was seriously considering trying to find one because it had everything I was looking for... sadly couldn't find a good one so got a memeiata instead. No regerts

>>17526850
My 5th grade teacher had one.
It was, by far, the coolest teachers car in the lot.

Great little car. Not very fast. Most of the aftermarket support is gone for the engine and the chassis unfortunately.

>>17526957
Just checked again... now there are three:
-An 88 with 40k selling for $14k
-An 89 with 40k selling for $20k
-An 88 with 80k selling for $4k "as is"

I'm sure somebody will trailer the beater and flip it. With $6k of work it could be sold for $15k or so... good investment

>>17527013
Wow I bought mine for $1700 5-6 years ago. Car needed a little work but it ran well.

>>17527013

jesus is this right? Too lazy to check. Not that long ago those were $2k cars because they were all broken. Kid I knew in high school had one, bright yellow. Awesome looking cars.

Cool and everything but might as well get a celica supra

Starions have some of the best stock wheels of any car

Bro it literally just looks like a camaro...

The Japs can't create their own styling so they copy others

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but that's wrong

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its pretty ugly tbqh

generic 80s sports car as fuck

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To be honest some of the premium sedans are really underrated in coolness.

>yfw this is a pillarless four door

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>>17527318
It's gorgeous Newfaggot

Too bad the interior wasn't as cool as the exterior.

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>>17527339
Honestly though I believe this one is LS1 swapped. Usually i see 4g63t and rb26 swaps for drift.

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>>17526850
C R - X
R
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>>17527339
>shitty generic 80s styling
>gorgeous

I mean theres nothing wrong with being gay but dang

>>17527333
yup

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excuse me

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>>17527349
speaking of Honda

this shit came with a fold up motorized scooter

now thats cool

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car is stock other than the wheels btw


fuck youre Starion aint got shit on this

>>17527369
>>17527382
How the fuck does that look good that car looks like its parents don't believe in vaccinations

>>17526850
Isn't that a Dodge Daytona?

>>17527431
Naw it was also sold as a Dodge Conquest

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>>17527417
dunno

looks better than generic 80s sports car "design" that looks like someone read a "how to draw a sports car" book published in 1984

>>17527461
Yep. Really similar, though.
The Daytona succeeded the Conquest.

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>>17527294
>>17527308

As much as I love 80's Toyotas, the Starion blows it away in the looks department.

>>17526850
Goddamnit, OP. You had to remind I couldn't buy this car.
About a year, a beautiful one was out for sale for really cheap, because it was almost winter, and the owner didn't want to use it as a winter car. It was out for sale for a while too, and the price was lowered multiple times.
But because of reasons I couldn't buy it. Goddamnit.

>>17526957
Ive got 4 on craigslist within 150 miles of me, idk where you're looking

>>17527013
https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/6175323172.html

I thought these cars all sold in the $4k-$6k range? Who in their right mind would pay $20k or even $14k for an 80s shitbox?

>>17528810
>XDDDDD look guys I posted it again kek!

>>17528810
yes hello I will have the daytona turbo pls

>>17527013
There was one for sale near me for $1500obo. Was in decent condition too

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>>17526850
Just did.

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>>17526850
This may be a bit weird, but I really like the looks of the late 80s Preludes.

my dad bought one for 2 grand and just had to put the engine in it.
.we worked all weekend fixing it up only for him to sell it.

i didnt even get a god damn thank you.

Fuck you dad.

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>>17530320
Nissan were pretty on-point with their hatchbacks then. I also like the looks of the Sigma/Galant just as much as the Starion.

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>Nissan fangirl shits up another thread with xir's wrong opinions

>>17527382
cute! CUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!

>>17532961
>mirrors on the fender
M-MUH DICK

>>17532961

That Silvia liftback is pretty much the best looking liftback created.

>>17528810
You're right the 80s were the best design decade

>>17532967
but why

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>>17533481

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>>17526850
>no 4 wheel drive
>no air suspension
>no cool interior
>shit aerodynamics

Not even close to being as cool as the subaru XT.

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>>17535176

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R U I N E R

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>>17535176
they have all disappeared.

>>17535176
You forgot
>No Group B Rally Heritage

>>17527768
Well I stated it was Autotrader in my post so that would probably answer that question

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>>17535217
Jesus I wish that wasn't just an Accord Aerodeck shooped on.

>>17530320
Z31s don't seem to go for a lot of money, I even see a Shiro for 5500. Understandable because they were somewhat heavy and had underpowered engines (due to muh emissions), but I wonder if a Z31 could be turned into a GODMACHINE.

>>17535176
Holy shit. I need one now.

Bumping for great Starion justice.

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>>17526850

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>>17527369
motocompo is GOAT

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>>17527369
>>17527382
80s

>pic related
2010s
I want to go back

>>17527382

City Turbos are BASED

>>17535176

I had an Alcyon. It was weird as fuck and I loved it.

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>>17535176
>tfw no deathstar trench run gauge cluster

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MR-2 to rescue this thread

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>>17535217

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>tfw E30s going for exorbitant prices is the Gen X equivalent of Boomers ruining the muscle car market.

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>>17526850

944 does that look better

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo

>yfw so early 80's that you instagrow a Tom Selleck mustache

>>17535176
>calling it the XT
>not calling it by its vastly superior name Vortex

>>17527382
>>17538016
>>17527369
What happened to Honda, man? No doubt safety regulation had something to do with it.

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S13.

Given how it looks, I think Nakazato should've had a Starion instead of a JEE TEE ARU. That way he wouldn't just be a completely incompetent driver, he would just simply expect too much of his car because it looked fast. Considering how heavy it is, it'd also make more sense for him to utilize grippu despite it being RWD, and him spinning out all the time would make a hell of a lot more sense.

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>>17542279
S110

>>17542416
>S110
I do agree.

>>17530320
This right here.
The starion is mean, especially the wide body.
But the Z31 has the most iconic headlights I have ever seen, the facelift in 87 was imo the perfect car aesthetics wise. I ended up getting a 87 Non turbo, no regrets at all.
>>17535233
Powerwise the Z31 is quick, with some supportive mods and a boost controller you can get to about 300 hp without breaking the bank. You need a bigger turbo, bigger injectors, and a ecu to go past that but its possible without even cracking the motor open, the VG is stupid tough, a lot of 400-500 hp builds exist. past that takes work tho but internals are rumored to take what ever beating you ask of them, your trans and axles will beg for forgiveness tho, turbo spec/ z32 stuff will help. Current Z31 SOHC VG with stock internals record is 700 hp.

Oh but suspension is garbage on these, every other manufacturer was making multi link suspension and nissan held on to 70s era tech until 1989...

>>17528810

What's the top middle?

>>17542687
either a britshit Escort, or a Sierra

>>17542687
That would be a 4th gen Escort.

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>teleports in front of you

Forgetting about me, kiddo?

fuck the 80s
shit music
shit fashion
shit drugs
shit cars
like 1 or 2 decent movies

objectively the worst decade in human history

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>>17526850
tru

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>>17542483
>Oh but suspension is garbage on these

Oh, so the Z31 can't be a touge monster...

>>17526850
I want to stuff a 1JZ-GTE VVTi bored .040 over in one of these

>>17542773
ofcourse it can. look at the tofu meme machine.
you'll need to learn how to drive. and learn to make shit work to shoehorn upgrade parts onto the car. or slap on schassis front suspension and a rear subframe (that subframe is a lot of work)
it'll need suspension upgrades to do good. unlike some other cars which aren't bad stock

also singlecam vg is gay, rb, jz or ka swap it

Wide body Starions are actually pretty great. The fact that the fenders are accentuated to begin with makes the wide body feel more natural like an extension of the original thought.

My Toyota fanboy spirit still thinks Celica XXs and MR2s are better but you really can't go wrong with 80s Japanese styling.
They are all pretty awesome

>>17542749
stay mad

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God machine coming through

Mk3 Supra best Japanese 80's sports car

>>17535225
>you will never own an æ r o d e c k
What is the purpose of life?

>>17528810
I forgot about the PreDSM desu

>>17543407
yeah pifgat unreliable cruisers make for good sports cars

>>17542773
You can always convert Z31 suspension to S13 Silvia coilovers. It's a pretty common conversion on 280ZX's, and iirc the 309ZX had similar architecture

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>>17526850
Japanese cars have always been awful. The only thing they got right was SUV's

I've seen an 85 supra and an 87 celica gts in my local Craigslist. Are 80s Toyota's reliable enough for daily driving?

>>17543729
At this point anything that old should be considered not reliable regardless of manufacturer. It depends more on how its prior owners took care of it than who made it. I wouldn't daily anything older than about 15 years without going through pretty much everything and making sure everything either good or replaced by my own two hands.

>brakes (calipers, hoses, rotors, pads, master)
>suspension/steering (tie rods, ball joints, wheel bearings, bushings, cv axles, power steering)
>cooling system
>engine management (O2, crank/cam position, coolant temp sensor, knock sensor)
>4 new tires
>dump all fluids, replace with fresh high quality fluids
>clutch
>any rubber under the hood that looks like shit

That's all I could think of off the top of my head. I've already been burned twice by the previous owner of my car cheaping out. Cheap aftermarket clutch master cylinder blew out, and I had to replace their cheap Bando timing belt 20k later because it already looked like shit and I wasn't gonna risk it on an interference engine.

>>17543466
Maybe the ma70s, but the jza70 is absolutely reliable

>>17544029
CT12As delaminate on the cold side, the number one issues with the JZA70s was that the turbos would fail once you started upping the boost

>>17527349

What year is this?

my uncle traded his 2nd gen trans am for a starion in 1984 and said both were nice cars for their time but were built like garbage. (he drives a Lexus RC now).

anyway lots of awesome cars in here bros

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>>17528810
Holy shit
I thought I was the only one who still had this 80s collage saved
Never seen anyone post it in yrs

>>17528810
someone should make one with today's hyundai camry accord whatever blobs

>>17545055
I call them toy cars because they're all plastic mass produced lookalikes with no power.