The long version

The 25-year import rule turned this into America's most-discussed JDM unicorn the moment it cleared eligibility, and for a stretch the cars that landed here got the treatment their reputation promised — RB26 swaps, time-attack builds, real track miles from owners who had read the Group A history and wanted to relive it. Rising values are starting to change that math, pulling clean survivors toward collections instead of dyno cells. The tuner culture has not vanished, but it increasingly favors the owner who leaves the boost map alone and watches the number climb instead.