Originally posted by dan
or you could be useful TR members and help her out. you spend enough time talking shit and typing senseless drivel that you could have used those wastes of keystrokes on something informative.
dear 14 year old,
it is nice that you are wanting to learn about cars. if you are truly interested in the toyota supra, and planning on (or have a family member thats going to give you one) having one, you should try a google search on the supra. find the edmunds.com site and read up on all the numbers and facts about the car.
for starters, it came with either a 3.0 inline six or (for simplicity's sake) the same motor with a twin turbo setup. if you dont have the twin turbo model, your best bet would be either to buy a single turbo kit, or if you have the money you could even swap in the twin turbo motor, but its probably not worth your time. a v8 would be pretty much pointless in your car, seeing as the potential of the engine in there is already more than enough for you to romp around on the streets. inline 8 engines are few and far between and i believe that design was just too big to fit in any modern day cars but there have been inline 8 motors...back in like 1930s i bet.
also visit www.supraforums.com and read the basic posts (dont post yourself just read) and any archives if there are some. they will usually include FAQs, or Frequently Asked Questions, mostly stuff that's been asked a million times and stuff that you can just search for instead of "bothering" other members about it. some of the veteran members (on any message board) will eventually get tired of hearing and having to answer the same stuff over and over.
i hope that helps you in some way or form, if you indeed have an interest for the supra and plan on having one someday. they are truly nice cars. hopefully, these guys can help you out. i guess they have to take the opportunity to haze the new person and get their hating done and over with.
-dan
I think the reason she was given a hard time is that the questions she was asking were SOO remedial that it's very apparent that she needs to learn some basic stuff before even ATTEMPTING to ask things on this (or any) board. Just my .02.
Check out
www.howstuffworks.com, read until you can't see.