Supra [email protected] on BFG DR street tyres

[hippy]

nevertheless ... its a fast car

[Sydneykid]

nevertheless ... its a fast car  

Oh absolutely, but as DB said it is not simply a big engine in an otherwise standard Supra. It has had considerable development and investment in both time and money.

[ApleX]

i hate dial up, takes me 15 mins to download this dam file !!!

But ill have to take ur word on it, its a fast car :-P

[Butler]

hmmm ..somehow i dont think that run is qutie "true"

[meshmesh]

hmmm ..somehow i dont think that run is qutie "true"

Yeh... I'm with you Butler! Definately a fake. A bit like those UFO sighting vids ha!

:jk:

SK.. for us less fortunate could you translate that in english

Either way, that's very impressive. But I guess like most things technical, we will never know the secrets to that car.

[BBQ]

hmmm ..somehow i dont think that run is qutie "true"

I agree actually, I downloaded some more movies from that track day, with front wheel drive honda's and so on running low 9s. That supra that ran 7.9 just didn't seem rite.

[ljstt]

This car has done many low 8 sec runs in the last 2 years during competition. This was it first 7sec and was during competition. they expect it do even better soon

[elGTR]

Hi guys,

I read an article on on Fast fours, the article came out may 2004, but this supra made 7.7 @ 176mph and they're expecting 7.2 pass. There are lot of supras making that time ljstt mentioned in the US (msp supra 8.3 @168mph no nos, Titan supra 8.7 @169 mph Street tyre, mvp unibody supra 8.8 @167mph).

[ljstt]

this is the MSP supra

[Sydneykid]

SK.. for us less fortunate could you translate that in english

No problems, which bit would you like translated?

[B-Man]

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....

Damn that is a BiG F'Off turbo - look at the size of the exhaust housing - it's nearly bigger than the compressor housing - that is TOP END power !

[Butler]

was the pass made on radials or big f'er slicks? cause i just cant see anything at this time in history making a 7 second pass on tyres like those or nittos.

[2rismo]

BFGoodrich Comp T/A's are radial tyres - specially constructed and in this case, large creasable sidewall....

AWESOME tyres..... IMHO, they shit on Nittos.

Adrian

[Butler]

BFGoodrich Comp T/A's are radial tyres - specially constructed and in this case, large creasable sidewall....

AWESOME tyres.....  IMHO, they shit on Nittos.

Adrian

fair enough. im not doubting the cars potential just that using radial tyres a pass so fast just doesnt seem possible at this point. considering it took the HKS supra which uses biggggg drag slicks to get as far as it has, it seems hard to believe to see a supra with radial tyres runnin almost as fast

[elGTR]

Yes I think the pass was on BFgoodrich Comp t/a, pretty sure.

[2rismo]

The HKS Supra is running into the 6's now I believe.

Adrian

[DoughBoy]

The fastest "street" car on drag radials is a twin turbo'd 7 liter 89 Camaro.. on a 295 sized tyre it did 7.66 @ 186 MPH.

There's been alot of development on drag radials in the last few years, M+H have a new range out that is meant to be the same compound rubber as the drag slick. The lineup goes from Nitto (hardest), BFG, M/T then M+H (softest).

The MSP supra was on BF's since they sponsor the import series there, the Camaro was on M/T tyres..

[fatz]

and i was happy with my 13.9 at 106

man i suck

[2rismo]

You couldn't drive your thumb up your bum!

Adrian

[fatz]

dam straight