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Originally Posted by MarkDemma
If they are true to form Supra owners, they'll all be modded to the teeth. Which means ... more / better mods for the B58! Which I see as a good thing haha.
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Thats one thing I can agree with
People forget when the 2JZ and Supra were out the Japanese Yen I believe was at an all time high
and these manufactures gave their engineering teams the ok for the engineers to show off all they got.
It wasn't being constricted by the bean counters, At this time ( mid 90's ) we had :
- Twin Turbo Z 3.0 DOHC Twin Turbo w/4 wheel steering
- Twin Turbo Supra 3.0 DOHC Twin Turbo ( extremely overbuilt )
- Twin Turbo RX7
- Twin Turbo 3000GT 3.0 DOHC Twin Turbo AWD w/4 wheel steering & active aero
All of these made between 250 & 300HP, Revved and had room for growth.
Its not just Fast and the Furious that made the cars legendary alot had to do
with the overbuilt motor and why they swap 2JZ & 1JZs into tons of cars.
Japanese engines in the 90s were typically overbuilt, I own a 1992 Turbo Sentra ( SR20 ) These motors came with 140HP and revved 7500RPM, With boost they would make 500WHP stock block.
Talk about overbuilt, An engine that came with 140HP and could do 500 WHEEL HP without even opening the block is just how some of these engines were back then.
If you spent any time at the drag strip ( I spent years there ) you would know why people love these engines and cars.
All these cars can make 1000WHP and not everyone needs 1000HP