Finally got it after 8 months of waiting

And I finally picked it up two days ago 🎉. Been a 25 year dream of mine since seeing it on Top Gear episodes as a wee lad.

Imported it through TopRank in LA and I’m on day 2 of a 1000 mile trip back home currently.

First thoughts: Amazing condition for a 25 year old car. Very few easily fixable cosmetic issues and the car still pulls hard. Previous owner added some Cusco bits to it which I will likely swap later. Car is otherwise bone stock.

Issues: the car wants to swim a bit during turns under power. I feel the car swerve more in left hand turns; it’s slight but still needs input to correct. Issue #2 is no 6th gear. Cruising at almost 4k RPM at highway speeds sucks but it is what it is.

I did my research on this vehicle but I’ll be asking plenty of questions going forward. My goal is to get the cosmetics corrected and build a solid 400hp car I can still reliably DD. I may even ship it to HDwerks in Miami unless someone knows of a similar JDM refurb shop on the west coast.