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If money were no object - what would your perfect Supra spec be?


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550 - 600 bhp with the trimmings, gauges etc.

Ohlins shocks and relevant springs. All other components would be renewed.

Stock body but perfect, paint would be special though.

If not stock then Stillen front Explosion skirts and Trial or do luck rear with a TRD spoiler. Both versions would have either a do luck or uk bonnet.

Under body would be stripped and anything dodgy renewed cleaned, whole thing waxoyled / protected properly.

Tension set or cage.

The lightest decent wheels I could find in 18" maybe with the Gram Light titanium flame finish.

Exterior engine components would be refurbed and powder coated. Ideally it would be a fully built unit too.

Interior would be custom fabrics and new leather. Dash would be custom built for hi fi and the necessary other displays.

That would do me I think. :)

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You're all aiming way to low.

 

So far for an interview I'm doing I've got:

If budget wasn't an issue? That's a tricky one as there is A LOT of nice kit out there and plenty of conflicting opinions. Similarly there's a lot of tuner junk out there - even from the big names. I'm sure we could start a bar brawl in 30 seconds with a handful of club members with that question!

 

Personally I wouldn't be interested in building a drag car, it'd have to be a nice all round street and track car.

 

I'd like to start out with an official TRD wide body car, I prefer the stock look. However there are only a handful of these factory built ones about. The bonnet would have to go with a Stout carbon fibre one in replacement. This is proper full C/F which is very light, not the cosmetic stuff layed on fibreglass that 99% of carbon bonnets are made of. The standard Supra bonnet is made of aluminium and is very light already - most aftermarket bonnets do not save you much, if any weight.

Volks/Rays wheels are very attractive, light, built to specification and high quality. I'm sure I could find a better bespoke magnesium wheel manufacturer if I looked hard though.

I think Top Secret came out with some particularly nice LED rear lights recently. That'd finalise the cosmetic stuff.

 

Then it would be over to a suspension specialist like Chris Wilson to sort out some proper custom modifications as simply sticking on some wider wheels on a TRD kit isn't really a proper solution (naughty Toyota!). He sorted out some Nitron custom made triple adjustable race dampers for some R34s recently which sounded good (they should do at £8k a set!)

Suitable upgrades to the rest of the drive train like larger floating disc brakes, TRD diff, carbon prop would naturally follow. Some kind of Titanium exhaust to save weight.

 

Motec Sport Dash Logger (SDL) with a an Innovate LM2 AFR reader. That'd keep most of the monitoring in check. Only problem is with that is that you'd need to make a custom dash, but hey, money is no object so lets build a custom carbon fibre dash. Who does Aston Martin interiors?

 

It'd be really great to build an engine with some of those new variable vein turbos, but this is uncharted territory and would require a very good mapper and a proper ECU like the Motec ones to do this properly. You don't need 100's of BHP to have a well sorted and fast Supra - my main concern would be drivability through the whole rev range and reliability.

 

Basically I'd want a lot of specialised, custom race bits which aren't generally available and cost £££'s.

 

I'm not a technical genius myself so I can't list you a complete spec of what injectors, main bearings and caps I'd go for. I'd leave that in the hands of an expert.

I'm sure I'm missing a lot out though.

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Most of my current spec is perfect for me, I would add the following parts in red:

 

ENGINE

Garrett GT3582R/GT35R (.82 AR T04 Flanged Inlet, 3" Flanged Discharge)

Boost Logic T4 Turbo Blanket

HKS Manifold

HKS Racing Series Wastegate (50mm, 0.9-1.3kg/cm²)

K&N 4" Air Intake

HKS R-Type Front Mounted Intercooler

HKS Racing Blow-Off Valve Type II

HKS Cams in264

HKS Cams ex264

HKS Adjustable Cam Gears

Chris Wilson Tuned Head

HKS S35i Super Fire Spark Plugs

HKS Super Turbo Oil

TRD Oil Filter

 

EXHAUST

GReddy PE Ti-R Exhaust

HKS Down pipe/mid pipe

 

COOLING

HKS R-Type Oil Cooler

Power Enterprise Double Row Aluminium Radiator

ARC Titan Radiator Cover

PHR Polished Upper Radiator Pipe

Samco Lower Radiator Pipe

 

FUELING

WALBRO 341 255 ltr/hr Fuel Pump

HKS Fuel Rail

HKS 680cc Fuel Injectors

HKS Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator

 

ELECTRONICS

HKS F-Con V Pro

HKS F-Con V Pro Harness

HKS F-Con Pressure Sensor

HKS F-Con Temp Sensor

HKS EVC VI Boost Controller

HKS Navigator Pro

RACELOGIC Traction Control

 

TRANSMISSION & DRIVETRAIN

Standard 6spd Manual

ATS Carbon Clutch

ATS Carbon LSD

 

SUSPENSION

Öhlins Coilovers

Ikeya Formula Suspension Arms

Carbing Front Strut Brace

Carbing Rear Strut Brace

 

BRAKES

Endless Front and Rear Brakes

HKS Brake Fluid

 

WHEELS/TYRES

Rays TE37 Wheels

Advan A050 Tyres

 

EXTERIOR

TOP SECRET Type III Front Bumper

TOP SECRET Type III Side Skirts

TOP SECRET Type III Rear Spats

Facelift Headlights

Facelift Rear Lights

Facelift Indicators

Clear Side Markers

 

INTERIOR

TRD Steering Wheel

DEFI 60mm Electronic Boost Gauge

DEFI 60mm Electronic EGT Gauge

DEFI 60mm Fuel Pressure Gauge

DEFI Control Unit

Innovate AFR Gauge

HKS Turbo Timer

GREDDY Dual Pillar Pod

Carbing Roll Cage

Bride Low Max Gias Seats

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Dream so far.... :)

 

3.4L stroker kit

Usual raid on HKS catalogue for uprated items- pistons, intercooler etc

HKS Titanium Exhaust

(leave rest of engine stuff to those in know!)

Carbon fibre propshaft

Best fastest twin turbos for 600bhp

MoTec ECU

Tein Monoflex + EDFC

Greddy 8pots brakes

RLTC

This bodykit(not rear wing) in carbon fibre

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These alloys

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Full carbon bodyshell + carbon fibre wheels.

Carbon fibre cockpit.

Carbon fibre recaro seat

Lexan windows + screens.

Roll cage

Stock engine with VNT turbo controlled by motec ECU

Brembo 6 pot monoblock calipers front with 4 pot rears.

Custom race spec dampers

Ikeya control arms

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I'd import a JGTC Supra.

Id import the youngest, lowest mileage and standardest (:blink:) six speed TT in Gunmetal I could find.

Id get my current one fitted with a Lexus V8 TT conversion, re-sprayed dark graphite, pay CW vast amounts of money to try and get the suspension to work properly with the V8 lump in the front.

I'd buy a scruffy TT and make it into a six wheeled pick up...remove the rear hatch, extend the rear chassis for the additional axle etc.

Id get a Supra TT trike made to my own design, possibly with Jag rear suspension and axle.

I'd buy an LFA.

I'd buy the club a track day Supra and sponsor the build.

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