Rode in my friends Supra

[grandkodiak]

Took a tag alone ride in my friends 88 Supra... dont know much about em, but man this thing definatly hauled. Very different acceleration feeling then what I'm used to, as soon as the car hit 3.7-4k rpm it just took off. I know he had a 16psi turbo in it and was a 7M motor I think? Something with a 7 in it... but I'm definatly impressed. But at the same time, definatly makes me appreciate being able to wail on the gas at 2k rpm and gettin a similar feeling :D

Any guesstimates as to what he was putting down? those are the only mods i heard him mention that stuck, but looking at it he had a blow off valve, headers, yadda yadda...

[BigAls87Z28]

2JZ, no ****....

What does it look like? And how come I have never seen your car when you live in the area?

[grandkodiak]

2jz? his is red, kinda fallin apart... he said hes currently looking for a newer shell to drop the motor in.

I dunnoo? lol where in Ocean are ya? I don't venture to far south...ever. I was hitin up Seaside Heights every weekend for about a month for the academy **** but other then that I stay in mostly eatontown, west long branch areas on 35/36 and ocean ave from long branch to south allenhurst when i'm cruisin.

[BigAls87Z28]

Ah, good deal. Im down there a lot for work and most of the time just doing things in the area. And im not that far south! If you are in South Allenhurst, you are in Ocean Twp. I live near the AP Circle.

[Koll]

Wait...

Jimmy? If so, I helped assemble his motor and whatnot. He has a 7MGTE With a large (63MM) single turbo
Jonny? If so, I helped assemble his motor and whatnot. He has a 1JZ with a large (66MM) single turbo
Kevin? If so, I did nothing on that car.

[Teds89IROC]

2JZ FTW!!!

~Ted

[Koll]

And for numbers. He is in the 400+ range.
Also, he just blew his tranny. hes either gonna get a 350 or another stocker.

[Dark_Knight7096]

I love supras, they are one of the only three japanese cars I would ever consider owning, the other two being an R34 Skyline GT-R and an NSX (preferably a Type-zero). Amazing cars, I saw a MkIV supra ata dyno day putting down 1200 horsepower and it was street driven too. Sick stuff man.

[Koll]

Pfft. 1200HP?

Aint got **** on Marko's

[BigAls87Z28]

Yeah, but runs 12.7 in the 1/4.

[grandkodiak]

Lol yea Jimmy... and the tranny miraculously fixed itself today on our ride... it hates 2nd gear but other then that it seems to be working fine now?!?!

kevin is my other friend, funny you know em both!

you must be the one they where telling me about with the huge fbody collection!! I must see!!

[BigAls87Z28]

Nah, thats Denis. He is a member here as well (F8LWS6). That mofo has too many fbodies.

[Koll]

Lol yea Jimmy... and the tranny miraculously fixed itself today on our ride... it hates 2nd gear but other then that it seems to be working fine now?!?!

kevin is my other friend, funny you know em both!

you must be the one they where telling me about with the huge fbody collection!! I must see!!

Yeah, dennis. So the tranny fixed itself?

And as for running 12.7 in the 1/4 Al, they are doing it at 140+
How you can tell a real supra driver. He doesnt ask ET, but MPH. Hell, Jimmy ran (on a **** setup) a best of 14.2 I think, but at around 112.

[deadtrend1]

thats the same motor I did a top end rebuild on 2 weeks ago. Granted it was the 7M-GE , non-turbo, but it still has some power. Especially now after the rebuild.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tstrella/temp/dcp2235.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tstrella/temp/dcp2236.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tstrella/temp/dcp2234.jpg

[Tsar]

MKIV > MKIII

[grandkodiak]

What do you think he can do with his 16psi setup? I am clueless about these inline 6'ers, i dont even know his weight or tranny ratios... think he said the rear was 3.90, but other then that I have no idea... and since his speedo doesnt work, I had no clue how fast we were going at any time.

[Tsar]

why dont you or your buddy go on supraforums.com and ask those guys? it would seem that they would know more about their own car. but then again put on a flame suit for being an MKIII guy! :lol:

[grandkodiak]

Oh I hate supras, ugly as ****... i wouldnt take one if it ran 7's and could fly nonstop from Newark to LAX on a single tank of gas. i'm just curious about it. too much effort and a shame to associate my name with an account on a supra forum :)

[Tsar]

well i agree MKIII are pretty ugly, but i wouldnt call MKIV ugly, i like the way they look :shrug: plus they are so much fun.

[grandkodiak]

mark 4's the really curvy one that looks like the rx7's abit? they are allllright i guess... still to ricey

[Tsar]

here's MKIV
http://f5.putfile.com/5/12520562898.jpg
i feel like a picture of a shiny engine should be included too
http://f5.putfile.com/5/12520553925.jpg
i like the look of them unlike the MKIII they remind me of a turdgens :lol:

[Dark_Knight7096]

Yup, the MKIV supra Like I said, one of the only 3 Japanese cars I would drive, the other two:

R34 Skyline GT-R:
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline_19_z.jpg
http://www.supercarnews.net/photo-gallery/nissan/2005-nissan-nismo-skyline-gt-r-z-tune/ztune05-02.jpg


Engine shot RB26DETT:
http://www.shorelineracing.com/images/DSC00528.JPG

And the Acura (technically Honda) NSX:
http://kumo.swcp.com/synth/crx/gallery/nsx-revolution.jpg

I'll only take either one if they are right hand steer though, none of that converted to the left for the US crap.

[grandkodiak]

*shivers* they both scream 1980's kit car looks... lol i just cant get into them.

[Tru2Chevy]

The R34 is a nice looking car, IMO, but the NSX has always been the supercar wannabe.

- Justin

[Koll]

Here are pictures of the actual car that Jimmy has.

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8633/img55133dz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/7074/img55144uw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8342/img55158xf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/1557/img55178yz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/4089/img55189du.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/5198/img55268wh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/7889/img55310cp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/8020/img55282ff.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[BigAls87Z28]

NSX is a joke, and maybe Honda will remake it again, only this time with a V8.

Skyline R34 is the ONLY Asian car that could almost be passed off for an American car. It has a lot of the first gen traits (long nose, short deck, wide stance, etc)