j_jza80 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 This one's had some serious money spent on it. http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU2452228129/index.html?TRCD=200002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Talk about a retrograde step! I can appreciate the work, but for me that's like using the holy grail to drink a WKD out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 I don't see it as a "retrograde step", the RB26 is just different. More rev happy than the 2JZ, and it sounds nicer, but is also more expensive to maintain. It's not something I'd choose to do myself, but I like it all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 LOVE those front wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Now that's a jap tuner car.... Big body kit and wing with a mix and match of parts, I personally like it but it's the complete opposite of my current supra modification goals all the same that is a hell of a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I you go to their website, theres a vid of it running. LOT of car for 17 and a bit grand. http://www.leadcars.com/modules/waffle1/index.php?t_m=ddcommon_view&id=861&t_dd=waffle1_data1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattP Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 :/ I want to buy it just to put it in the garage and polish it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrashcanman Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I you go to their website, theres a vid of it running. LOT of car for 17 and a bit grand. http://www.leadcars.com/modules/waffle1/index.php?t_m=ddcommon_view&id=861&t_dd=waffle1_data1 Is it 17k in Japan? If so would be more like 20k by the time its over here, but you are right it is a lot of car for the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Not my cup of tea...can't stand those rear wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Cool looking car, shame about the power plant. Can't fathom why an RB26 would be preferable to a 1JZ if a revvy lump was the prerequisite for the engine swap, other than "Hey, look what we can do" For some reason, to me, it just seems wrong to put one of these engines in a MKIV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 As I said before, there are pros and cons. The RB is generally heavier than the JZ, and the fabrication work does make this swap seem a bit daft. But, I always like seeing engine swaps, if only from an engineering/fabrication point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Looks like a T88 Turbo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 T78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony tt Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 And a potential Toms Castrol replica... http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU2407123381/index.html?TRCD=200002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 And a potential Toms Castrol replica... http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU2407123381/index.html?TRCD=200002 Would buy that and go along the lines of a Tom Castrol Rep/ inspired supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippyboyo1 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I like the car but that engine is stupid. Why do that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 And a potential Toms Castrol replica... http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU2407123381/index.html?TRCD=200002 That's the Top Secret GT300 kit. Quite a bit different to the Toms is it not? I always liked that kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 That's the Top Secret GT300 kit. Quite a bit different to the Toms is it not? I always liked that kit. Most people wouldn't know the difference, and it would look epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Would love a real racecar look with the low body and the wheels higher up with some nice arches. looks like a body drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I agree, although a fantastic engine, perhaps not the right car to put it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 They did a good job making the Supra look ugly. Talented person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Rb26 has a huge number of race tune type parts compared to the 2jz. When I built the TorqueIC shop many many years ago I remember looking at cams part numbers from HKS alone, the choice was huge. So if you want to race tune then it does give more options. A lot of the tuning houses knew how to get big power out of an RB, so rather than develop the 2jz they just threw an RB in there and developed that. Less of a requirement now with all the tuning parts for the 2jz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I am pretty sure the supra used in the Smokey Nagata stunt on the A1 all those years ago was fitted with the RB26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Yep, Top Secret were one of those companies that didnt develop the 2jz, they just worked out how to drop the RB in to get the power they needed. Quite a few of their Supras had the RB in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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