Skyline over Firefly and Prelude

instead of powering civics and integras i think the very least of us should purchase the better cars like 91 fireflys cause i love them great cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmmmm...... second to the Nissan Skyline though....AWD 280hp 0-70 under 5 seconds sounds pretty close to the firefly but i almost forgot my other car a 1981 honda prelude i dynoed and the thing said: instead of number figures it said it was time i needed a new car so thats why i got the kickin firefly. Did i mention the gas economy in these great cars! Anywayz the performance value of these things are through the Roof!!!!!!!! were talking a whooping 55hp!!!!! but like i said the skyline beats it by a small margin.... cause the skylines got twin turbos and the "turbo" firefly has one. 2 is better than 1.

Originally posted by SkylineNoDoubt
instead of powering civics and integras i think the very least of us should purchase the better cars like 91 fireflys cause i love them great cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmmmm...... second to the Nissan Skyline though....AWD 280hp 0-70 under 5 seconds sounds pretty close to the firefly but i almost forgot my other car a 1981 honda prelude i dynoed and the thing said: instead of number figures it said it was time i needed a new car so thats why i got the kickin firefly. Did i mention the gas economy in these great cars! Anywayz the performance value of these things are through the Roof!!!!!!!! were talking a whooping 55hp!!!!! but like i said the skyline beats it by a small margin.... cause the skylines got twin turbos and the "turbo" firefly has one. 2 is better than 1. a. what's a firefly?
2. why are you talking about the skyline in every thread?
d. planning on making any useful posts?

:rolleyes:

First thing i immediatly think of is the pontiac firefly..which is a little ass econo-sub-sub-sub-compact..lol.....similar to the Geo Metro...and i know you're not talking about that!

And i have a question...i always hear all this Skyline stuff...is this car available in the States..or do you have to get it from Japan or something?
Sorry...dumb Canadian here..........
GO CANADA GO!!!!!
GOLD MEDAL IN MENS AND WOMENS HOCKEY!!!!!!!
We invented it....therefore we are the best!!!!!!!:flipa:

Motorex imports them from Japan, but at huge price. You can get a well used one, several bodystyles old for $30-40K. The newest ones run around $80-90K or something like that. Those are ballparks, I don't remember what my bro told me.

Use this link for pricing:

http://www.motorex.net/m_uspricing.html

Originally posted by dbartoschek
And i have a question...i always hear all this Skyline stuff...is this car available in the States..or do you have to get it from Japan or something?
Sorry...dumb Canadian here..........
GO CANADA GO!!!!!
GOLD MEDAL IN MENS AND WOMENS HOCKEY!!!!!!!
We invented it....therefore we are the best!!!!!!!:flipa: They are made in Japan and are easily available and cheap in some countries such as New Zealand and Australia. Expensive as hell to get in the USA.

the US always gets ripped off for cars like that......for example.....motorex had an R-34 for sale.....FOR 96 GRAND!!!! They are great cars, but not THAT great.

Originally posted by street_racer_00
the US always gets ripped off for cars like that......for example.....motorex had an R-34 for sale.....FOR 96 GRAND!!!! They are great cars, but not THAT great. They sell for $NZ120,000 over here which works out to about $US60,000 which is still pretty expensive. :(

Originally posted by Spec2 Girl
They sell for $NZ120,000 over here which works out to about $US60,000 which is still pretty expensive. :(

I'd take 60 grand over 96 grand any day of the week :p

Originally posted by street_racer_00
I'd take 60 grand over 96 grand any day of the week :p True! :p

The cheapest one motorex had was an R-32 GTR that was like 28,000.....not sure of the year.

part of the extra 30 or so grand is the cost of shipping (from jdm land to usa) and the cost of legalization in the us.... there are some mods that need to be done to comply with laws that make the car street legal...

and shipping isn't cheap... it's close to 10k, depending on how it's shipped/insured...

and....


the market is pretty hot for a skyline...

they can get em easily in new zealand, so they are cheaper...
we can't. price is up. that's why rare shit is expensive. supply and demand... now i'm teaching an economics class.

if you want it bad enough you'll buy it. end of story...

Originally posted by dbartoschek

Sorry...dumb Canadian here..........
GO CANADA GO!!!!!
GOLD MEDAL IN MENS AND WOMENS HOCKEY!!!!!!!
We invented it....therefore we are the best!!!!!!!:flipa:

Whooo! Whooooooo! Sorry, random Canadian hockey hooliganism.

Can someone please explain to me what JDM means? I'm more of a American/European car guy, and I keep hearing this.

JDM is a pretty simple term. It means "Japanese Distribution Market". The import crowd generally uses it to describe any part or car that was unavailable stateside.

Some examples of good JDM stuff-

Nissan Skylines
Integra front clips that don't have the goofy quad headlights
SR20DET engines for transplants into 240SX's
C-West carbon fiber aerodynamic parts

Some examples of lame JDM stuff-

Folding S13 mirrors (I don't get these at all)
Type R Civic badges. (if you didn't get the engine, don't wear the badge)
S15 Silvia headlights (these are getting overdone, the only cars that should be wearing Silvia parts are Silvias)
R32 Skyline tailight panels (same thing as the Silvia headlights)

Hope this clears up the mystery of JDM.

i still wanna know what a firefly was

Originally posted by Octagon
JDM is a pretty simple term. It means "Japanese Distribution Market".

It's actually Japanese Domestic Market.:D

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
i still wanna know what a firefly was

geo metro
http://www.stratfordmotorproducts.com/firefly.htm

wow. My engine has the same displacement as that firefly, except my engine is 15 years old and still gos a helluva lot faster. Cool:D

my god, ive seen so many fireflys, and I NEVER KNEW!

Originally posted by Marc-OS


It's actually Japanese Domestic Market.:D

who got that wrong ? DIPSHIT :devil: j/p ;)

anyway what the hell firefly is that a motorbike or maybe one of those mini mpv's ????like micro or macro i mini me or something ,,,,,:bloated:

http://www.multiboard.com/~marlon/firefly.jpg
http://www.hotrodder.com/carshow/91firefly2.jpg

These are earlier Fireflies, probably what he meant :P

I'm pretty sure he was kidding, hehehe.


edit: Oh, I don't know much about the Fireflies, but a turbo Omni will put you into some real low 1/4 mile times for cheap :)