Supra [email protected] on BFG DR street tyres

[ljstt]

Some of you may be interested in this...Supra [email protected] on BFG DR street tyres

some specs on th supra

2JZGTE with are 81mm turbo lots of boost

Body Stock( 1500kg with driver )

TH350

OEM block.

OEM crank.

OEM head.

IRS rear diff

Water to air cooler

this is all i have on the specs

Link to Vid

[2rismo]

Holy crap!

[Bass Junky]

Why can't I view the video?

I tried on Windows Media Player and all I got it the sound....

[GTS_DUY]

Bass Junky, it's an .avi files, so you'll need divX codecs to play in Windows Media

Otherwise search the net for DivX, it's a free player which you can use for the file

[BBQ]

That’s pretty impressive.

Download the divx player here if you can't view it: http://www.divx.com/divx/download/

[Bass Junky]

I got it just before.

That's a very fast car.

On an even better note, I can now watch my "Ultimate Skyline" video, the one with the Mine's R34. NICE

[MM2death]

That run was so smooth...doesn't even look that fast! Damn

Scott

[ljstt]

Agreed…looks like it did it with ease

[martydaman]

fark... thats fast but u guys are right, doesnt look too fast

[Mandingo]

wow, says alot about the stock engine parts. pretty unbreakable engines.

[INASNT]

damn!!

Looks like air shifter tranny also and flat shifts coz the ass stayed flat to the floor the whole run.

The shell looks fully bodied but i doubt it still weights 1500kg.

[ljstt]

The 1500kg is accurate...its weighed during completion

all i know is the tranny is a TH350

[Revhead]

The TH350 is an auto box (3 speed iirc), aka Turbo 350 or Turbo Hydramatic 350. It's pretty common in V8 drag racing circles.

Sounds like it has a pretty big stall in it!!

[hippy]

7.9 at 1500kg ??

you're going to need alot of power and alot of traction for that right??

[2rismo]

I have serious trouble believing the weight, mate....sorry.

I wait eagerly to be shown otherwise but I can't see a full on competition car like that being made to weigh in excess of 3100lbs on purpose?!?!?

Will look at what Mr. Moroso has to say later and post back with expected power figure.

Adrian

[DoughBoy]

If you look at the rules on the class I think it's a 3,000lbs race minimum. Same rules that ANDRA cut n' pasted initially for the Sport Compact class here...

[knore]

Yeh this car/time has me suspicious since i seen it on the supraforums

in no way saying supras arent fast etc etc

but i just dont understand how it can be that fast and weight that much with only 1000hp, HKS needed to use a Twin Turbo 2x3240 V8 engine and complete weight/drag car to run a similar time

not to mention if this car is such a 'record breaker' like its been posted everywhere, then why the hell isnt there more information on it

if i built this car ide want recognition!

if all the stated information is true, then this car is truely insane and futhermore proves the strength of the 2JZ and supra in general

[hippy]

yeah i agree ... hks are no dumb nuts ... they know what they're doing ... i don't doubt the power of the car ... i just doubt the weight claims ... think of marios gtr ... or any drag gtr ... even think about the drag rotaries ... they do similar times ... theres no way they weight that much!!!!

[DoughBoy]

Don't be thinking this car is some backyard throw together (like my cars), it's been racing for a few years. The US has a larger and more advanced drag racing market, Titan proved how much quicker you can go with an auto on their car (dropped .3 seconds(?) from mid 8's to low 8's).

The turbo is going to be the dictator with regards to horsepower, I think this car is meant to have one of the Turbonetics Thumper's on it (up to 2,000hp).

Check out the engine bay of the Titan car, notice the Wiggins clamps on the water + turbo lines ($US200+ each). That's a fair bit more "advanced" than Mario's car....

[Sydneykid]

I notice the roll cage extends to the radiator support panel. This is not usually done for safety. In fact it removes the crumple zone forward of the strut towers, so would in fact decrease safety. It is usually employed when the front chassis rails and inner guards are removed, so it holds up the nose of the car. To futher support this view, looking at the LHS inner guard it appears to be heavily trimmed. Also note the apparent rearward mounting of the engine, it looks to be around 100 mm further back than standard.

I am not a drag racing expert, but I though the 3000 lb class included the driver. So that would put the car itself at around 1300 kgs. Which is about right for a lightened and fully caged Supra.