Jon Steiger wrote:
> At 12:35 AM 7/2/97 -0400, Kane V Turner wrote:
> >My friend Terry just bought a 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo To race around
> in.
> >He already Gutted the cat and cut the muf off, and put a turbo tip on
> it.
> >Well we where in town one day and we decided to run my 1997 5.2liter
> >Dakota. I thought I would of won, but I didn't. He beat me by 1 car
>
> >lenght!!!! How is this, a 6 vs. a 8. He must have alot of power in
> that
> >car, cause it suprised me. My trucks a 5 speed with no Sure Grip,
> and I
> >was running 87 octane. can anyone tell me why I lost. Is the sup
> that
> >fast. Oh yeah his car is a automatic.
> >Thanks
> >Kane
> >1997 Dakota sport reg. cab 5.2liter Stock (Now)
>
> Yep, don't mess with those Supras. :)
>
> Actually, the '87 is the older style which had less power (I think),
>
> but a stock Supra will put out about 320HP and do 0-60 in 4-5 seconds.
>
> A supra is in the same general class as the Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi
> 3000GT, etc. Big, bad ego-bashers all. :)
>
> His car is obviously a lot less powerful than today's Supra, or he
> would have beaten you by *way* more than 1 car length. :)
Jon is right... those Supras are darn fast. And watch out for the turbo
RX-7's secondgenerations, 3rd generations and some 1st generations. I
currently have a 1987 turbo
RX-7 here in Japan and this thing is much faster than my 91 moostang.
MUCH faster.
I have already clocked it a 0 - 110 kph in 6.0 secs. I have just a few
mods on it. The
stock hp on it is 185hp 185lbft. I figure I am putting out near 215
now. All this out of
1.3 liters. But I will never own one again... hahaha.... to much
maintenance and darn
expensive to upgrade. I wouldn't mind racing one in SCCA somewhere
though. It
would be a blast. Any way enough rambling..... : -)
Shawn
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