Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Re: Chevy in a porsche and Toyota conversion

[LtWacko (ltwacko]

When I was retailing in the drag circles, yes, the Supra's made great hp for 
drag racing.  I knew several of the 1200 hp car owners.  450 to 500 hp at the 
crank is very streetable in these motors.  No peaky boost and surprisingly 
linear.  I have only driven 400-500 hp Supra's and they were as easy to drive 
on the street as stock.  Too bad the cars still felt like pigs.

My friend is the guinea pig for this conversion in the E34.  7 of my friends 
have aging E34's and are waiting to see how this conversion works out.  
Although they rave about this conversion online, it's nothing like knowing it 
first hand.  One tech did point out to us that Toyota based their I-6 on BMW's 
I-6 .  

Mike, I'll drop you a line when we finish the shakedown for a "spin".  My buddy 
doesn't live too far from you - Far Northwest side of Chicago.

Rodney



In a message dated 04/14/09 14:06:21 Central Daylight Time, themightytoe [at] 
gmail.com writes:
Oh man that Supra story brings back memories, bad ones.. 

I had a student at Texas World Speedway who had a Supra that made over 
650 rwhp according to the driver. 

Unfortunately it was so tweaked and peaky that it made all of that power 
all at once at about 6000 rpm (maybe higher)...   So coming out of the 
apex of a corner you got this swift kick in the ass every time that made 
the car want to rotate faster than a lift in a Porsche 930. 

Completely undriveable power.  I am sure on a drag strip its amazing, 
but real racing or driving its a death trap.  Poor guy ended up looping 
the car a few times.  I drove it for him also and had a hell of time 
with it as well.  That took Supra's off my list of sportscars I would 
ever consider owning.  Also made me very cautious when driving anything 
turbo charged (though my GTI with APR tuning is quite phenomenal) 

Mike