Project builds often start with a particular goal in mind. Whether its astronomical horsepower numbers, single-digit drag strip performance or piles of show car trophies and ribbons, each of us is guided by a different set of wants and desires. When Tyler Pflanz first set eyes on the JZA80 Supra […]
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560WHP Track Carving Single Turbo Toyota Supra
The thought of lofty horsepower figures come to mind whenever the words “Toyota Supra” are mentioned. The recipe is simple: a built bottom end, a giant turbo and a capable fuel system can easily push the power of the 2JZ-GTE into the 1,000-plus whp range. However those 1,000-plus whp engines […]
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Silver 1,075 WHP Toyota Supra Sleeper Leaves a Lasting Impression
A famous author once said, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” This sentiment couldn’t ring more true for Andy Ramseier and his first experience with a JZA80 Toyota Supra Turbo. Ramseier was in high school at the time and was a passenger in a friend’s […]
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1,307 WHP Street Toyota Supra, Refined | Distilled to Drag
Like a fine spirit, refining your ride sometimes requires progressive improvement over time. This distillation process often results in parts upgrades and retuning as limitations are discovered and more horsepower is desired. Finding the performance limitations of engine and power adding components is a part of this process, and Michael […]
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Titan Built 1,067 WHP Toyota Supra Earns Bragging Rights
Competition motivates. When the contest is between father and son, that atmosphere takes on an entirely new meaning. Doug Perera and his son Anthony love high- performance. After Anthony built a 1,041-horsepower EVO VIII, Doug was motivated to show his son that he could do a little better. Deciding to […]
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E85-Fueled Street/Strip Toyota Supra Defies Altitude with Attitude
Imagine if you moved to a high-altitude location where it took five breaths to get the air that your body can normally ingest in three. You’d be breathing pretty rapidly just walking around. Now, imagine if you had to make a quarter-mile sprint at a mile-high altitude. At best, you’d […]
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900 WHP Converted Street Toyota Supra Turbo
“Second hand” implies used, sometimes abused, and usually far from perfect. Few of us enjoy the good fortune of being the first owner of a tuner car. When a car “sold in relatively low volume, as was the case with Toyota’s JZA80 Supra, finding a clean second or even third […]
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Autobanh’s “Big Red” Supra Sports Big Turbos For 1645 WHP
Few of today’s sportscars can challenge the performance potential of Toyota’s JZA80 Supra Turbo. The fourth-generation Supra is arguably one of Japan’s top sportscars ever built. Much of the vehicle’s popularity is due to the incredible 2JZ-GTE engine design. No other Japanese engine has ever challenged the 2JZ in terms […]
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World’s Most Powerful 6-Speed Supra Rules the Streets
Too much power? Say it ain’t so. Saad Saad’s 1994 Toyota Supra turbo held the world-record for the most-powerful, 6-speed Supra in 2004. While this vehicle was able to lay down 9.80s at 150mph with 950 horsepower at the wheels and no nitrous-oxide assistance, getting its new-found 1230 wheel horsepower to […]
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Widebody Single-Turbo Toyota Supra JZA80
Toyota’s JZA80 Supra Turbo was only available in the United States from 1993 through 1998, but to this day, it continues to be one of the most desired Japanese sportscars. Some fanatics waited for years to finally acquire one, while some waited even longer to get a second one. Unfortunately, […]
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1,174 Horsepower Toyota Supra Turbo
Many people say that if your job is your passion, you won’t work a day in your life. But when your job becomes work, it will often kill that passion. For Bob Wilkinson, his passion for cars started before he could drive, and after taking shop courses in high school, […]
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