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Well, the deal's done and it's in my garage. Now to figure out a whole new car because I'll be tearing into this one to find some horsepower. And yep, it's a turbo..... :sasmokin:

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holy crap, I love esprit turbos! Looks flawless!

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oh snaps. very nice ride indeed! Always saw a white one in Woodbury cruising around a couple years back.

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Ha, pics are deceiving. It needs a lot of work including a full paint job. It's been repainted so a lot of it is shiny, but they painted around the emblems and such instead of taking them off, so it's getting a full repaint. I might even change the color to something darker, not sure yet.

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Looks like a really fun project! I love Esprits.

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Nice buy!!!! You'll have some fun with that I'm sure!

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That car would look sick green

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Very nice, I will have to check this out sometime. So is the hp going to topple the 2.4/3575 setup?

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Can you give us some specs on that car?

Year, rated HP, type and displacement of engine, etc?

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How much do these bad boys go for these days anyways?

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ye olden 4cyl turbo it looks like.

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Nice. Giving up on the NSX now or still lookng to go that route as well?

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nice

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Nice purchase Steve. 1987?, 1988 CE? Type 910 correct? Also do tell what these have been going for lately as I've always been interested in them. I prefer the 1993+ design but beggers can't be choosers.

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Nice pick up Steve, Congrats. I've always wanted to drop a 4g63 into one of those. I'd like to check it out some time.

BTW, was this on Ebay recently? I think I was looking at it on there recently :P.

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Very cool Steve!

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So is this taking the place of the Eclipse?

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You don't see those around too often.

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Wootski! Looking good man!

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Awesome! I hope to see this car in person someday!

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I'll try to answer a few questions all at once. It's a 1988 Esprit Turbo, rated at 215 hp, 2.2 liter turbo, five-speed, mid engine RWD.

This definitely won't be topping the old DSM setup, I'm thinking 350 hp would be all I need for this baby, especially since the trannies aren't known for being especially strong and they weigh just under 3000 lbs.

They go between $8k and $30k depending on year and condition, the 88 and 89's can be found running and half decent for about $12k. I might have paid a little less than that....

This takes the place of the NSX I wanted. I wanted an affordable exotic, this will fit the bill just fine.

Not sure if it will take the place of the Eclipse entirely, I might have to sell the GSX, I might not, I just bought a turbo for it so it might stick around a little while. I probalby won't drive it too often though.

Momin, yep, it was on Ebay. :-)

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Oh yeah, I'm already thinking homemade air to water IC, 3" exhaust, and a few other tricks. I'm thinking the turbo might need some upgrading as well, I've heard they're a little laggy compared to newer designs.

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nice find man...i haven't seen one of those in person in years...one of my buddy's dad's was a Lotus collector...he had one sitting in his garage that year and color...to my memory it looked exactly like that...thanks...brought back memories of us "borrowing" it during the weekend his dad and mom went on vacation...lol...what a car...again...nice find!

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here my buddy
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ravaille/3.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ravaille/2.jpg

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Nice, an SE with the OZ wheels. And that parking spot is perfect, these things are really low.

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hahahahaha...that's the perfect picture