general ramblings requiring answers

[phys]

So I will start by saying "Hi" to everyone, Oops and Paul is my name, I am self employed and live in Auckland.
I have been registered for a week or so when I first started to become interested in X's and have been reading/stalking the forums since. I have stumbled upon what seems to be a plethora of very sweet rides in various states of modification that have had me drooling in anticipation of a new purchase.
Standouts were Tofu's and Andrews rides along with many others.
I don't want another euro I had a 540i and would like to try learning to drift,I think it's a skill I do not have but could enjoy.
Car has to be comfortable reliable, fun, fast enough to put a smile on my face as my current ride does but not too loud and obvious and look good while doing it! Not too much to ask aye

To the questions:
Would you rather own a single turbo or twin and why? ....maintenance costs,reliability,economy etc.
I have re-typed this many times but always seems dumb to ask but with the price of fuel it's valid, if anyone has a auto with turbo and drives around town how many KM do they get per tank? Please if replying could you say which chassis and engine you have.

I really love the jzx100 but they seem to be like hen's teeth in unmolested condition and don't come up too often so I have been looking at the jzx110's can anyone give me any more real life info on owning and driving one of these in NZ?
I have been in a couple on test drives and they are nice, not overly impressed with the power but I know there is way more inside with basic mods. I want one with a LSD and apart from jacking it up can I find out if it has one any other way?
If it doesn't have one is putting one in a cheap option without issues with laws etc in a 110?

there are some 2.5l non turbo options out there which I like the look of but I think having no power will piss me off one is way overpriced to me but can is it worth converting or should I just get a 110 and be done with it? Opinions welcome as the more I think the worse it all seems
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 512891.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 847320.htm

This seems a possible thought but mot really late model enough.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 516653.htm
Hope I did that right. Not too sure on twin turbo, if conversions has been done well should be fine and has it been well looked after concerns me. Does anyone here know the car its been on TM for a while.

Ok the ravings of a madman have ended for now, thanks and sorry about the verbal disorder and grammar efforts but I am not sure which way to go so any help will be welcome.

[FLAWLES]

hey dude welcome

at the end of the day the choice is yours go with what you feel like going with

i have a jzx100 tourer s which was originally a n/a vvti 1jzge, power was good keeping in mind that it was pulling a sub 1.5 tone car and fuel eco with teh n/a engine was rather good........open road driving got me down to palmerston north and half way back on one tank ( while being a point man for the day breaker rally ) so in my books its up there

conversions are simple for both x90 x100 chassis with both 1jzgte ( twin turbos ) and single turbo vvti 1jzgte with the right engine and loom/ecu to begin with hell even a 2jzgte with a small amount of effort and depending on what way you do things can be a cheaper option but sometimes more headaces

jzx110's i dont know a hell of alot about, other than the suspension set up is different to teh x90/100s ( re the spring/shock set up ) and some have fly by wire accelerator set ups which give me the shits,other than that are very nice cars
the 1jzfse is a sweet engine with more poke than a vvti 1jzge and has the benifit of being way more fuel savy


the blue x90 you have listed is a dam sweet car is belongs to a dude i know of toyspeed called james, has been put together using alot of good jdm and oem parts, and he is a top dude

as for the lsd question you can normaly tell if it has a torsen diff buy the axle code ( which i can never remember what it is sorry )

so yea

x8* are sweet
x90s are sweet
x100s are sweet
x110 are sweet

and all are priced differently to one another but each have there bennifits/dislikes just comes down to what you want

[Alex]

biggest factor of all is probably how much you want to spend and what you want in the end..

[phys]

Yeah sorry forgot to say, spend is a funny word huh, I guess ideally 10K and have a reliable vehicle that needs very little. Hence I was concerned about the X90 as its twin turbo can it be reliable and is a single turbo a cheap conversion to do with good results? I don't want to buy it and then need a clutch and to spend another 2K on maintenance. I could also buy a 110 and drive away happy but for how long!

Shape wise I really like the lordly chaser but I think its a bit pricey for what it is or am I missing something? It will need a conversion in time which will not be cheap and that may mean doing a manual too at the same time.

Thanks for the advice please keep it coming.

[Alex]

the lordly one was emily off heres old car, not bad.. but definitely overpriced..
they have brought it off her and raised the price..
manual conversions your looking at at least 3500 for the parts,
you would struggle to get a turbo 110 for the money your looking, and a non turbo auto one wouldn't be worth the coin to mod
to a state where you could drift it.

for the money your talking a x90 turbo manual probably would be a good option, BUT
if your thinking of learning to drift, you are going to break things.. so having it as a daily
is probably not the smartest idea.

[phys]

When you say break you mean dent panels and wheels I assume? then the x90 wont matter as much as parts are probably cheaper to pick up and find.
I will be a learner at skid pan day's at first so no fast stuff as yet pus I live close to work and own a pushbike here's hoping!
I think for around 10K i can get a 110 auto but with higher KM which I am not too worried about as supposedly the 1J is good for many more.
The lordly is a niceer looking beast but by the time I convert it its a costly exercise really.

[shweatypox]

I love my jzx110 and have found it quite surprising on fuel consumption. A full tank will get me from Rotorua to Albany and back with just under a quarter tank fuel left. I don't drive like an idiot but I also don't stay behind cars on the open road. The reason I chose it over a 90 or a 100 is because I rarely see the 110 on the road (then again, not many 100's around either). I think someone mentioned that all the auto 110's come with an open diff. I am quietly looking for a Torsen diff at the moment to get me by until I get my R154 box.

[phys]

Great someone with a 110, thats a 400KM round trip roughly with say 25l left so say 8-9l/100km is alright, bit of the right foot would change it significantly Seems very hard to find one with a LSD and auto huh, I don't want to try drifting with a single spinner....FAIL.
I guess I should start searching for a price for a LSD and factor it in eventually.
Seems like finding real info on the 110's is quite hard everyone has an opinion on things and you never know who is right.
I will want to do suspension, rims then diff, I don't think I want to have a manual really as Its a cruiser for daily + fun not the other way round. And I want a car thats not too popular where every time I turn around I see one.

Thanks for the info.

[shweatypox]

I was directed to this diff for my 110 but Im sure I have seen them around $350, then again $500 seems reasonable to me

[Max Power]

If your serious about drifting then stretch the budget a little and check out this link:
Its got godfather horns

As for the JZX110 - There will be a lot more on the road in the next few years, they are a lot less unique than they were a year or 2 ago. My MK2 is a daily and its still a lot of fun - economy is about 400km to a tank around town.
A bunch of suspension parts are interchangeable with the Altezzas, so plenty of options out there... Happy shopping.