So I was cruisin' to AC/DC tonight, and roll up to a light blaring Thunderstruck, and a mid-90ish Supra rolls up next to me with targa top off and a fart can out back. I wasn't gonna race at first because I knew I'd prob get me *** handed to me, but he starts revving loud at me, so I couldn't resist. As the light turns green, we both floor it. I was a car length ahead of him in no time. I figured he got a bad launch and would blow by me later. So such luck, I stayed a length in front of him until 50ish when we shut down. He passed me and didn't even look at me.
I thought those things are supposed to be faster than that!!?? Anyway, another kill for Kitt and the L03. Probably the last for the L03...the LT1's goin' in on Spring Break!

could have been non-turboed. with the N/A engine and their bulky weight, i could see it giving a well driven LO3 a good run

Also couldve been poorly modded. Ive seen plenty of ricers(its not just ricers its just the only cars ive seen on the dyno) add bigger turbos and such and lose like 100 horses. Tuning is key. Thats something alot of people around here dont understand. All the money in the world wont make your car faster if the tune is out.

Yeah, those generation of Supras run mid 15's at our track, turbo or non. I could see the mightly L03 taking one down Nice kill

congrats on the win...i luv the look of that generation supra i was orignaly gunna get one but got a thirdgen insted. my old roomate use to have a all white one in mint shape i luved it pluse he had some aftermarket timeing chain that made the car sound amazing>like a jet or truck or something.

i thought the last gen supra was suppose to be real quick

Assuming we're talking the last body style Supras, the turbo models are pretty quick with 320hp running around mid 13s in the 1/4, with mind boggling potential with some mods. The base model non-turbos have like 220hp or so, would have thought they'd drop kick a near stock L03 but what the heck.

stock supras are slow the twin turbo's run 14's stock due to weight and the gearing they have highway gears

Yeah supras arent very good from low end really they have a ****load of speed up top unless it was an N/A then you wouldve just beat him all around

That depends on your definition of slow, stock for stock, a Supra TT will walk any thirdgen outside a Firehawk by several carlengths.

The only way a TT model runs in the 14s is if it has a helper monkey doing the driving. They are mid 13 second cars at worst (for 6spd models anyway). They only weigh 3500 lbs. Even the chumps at the car rags like Motortrend and C&D got 13s outta the things. May 97 MT in the high speed shootout article got a 5.1 0-60, with a 13.6@106 1/4 run.

That says nothing about the cars potential to put down over 350+rwhp with very little in the way of mods, and on up into the insane 500-600+ rwhp range and even higher with heavy mods... The TT Supras have insane potential, and they're made well to boot. Wouldn't mind having one myself...

You are lucky. It was a non turbo car. Even if it was a turbo car and you had 10 lengths on it it would have flew past you so fast once it spooled.

that would be like saying eh LT1 and LO3 all run 15's at this track


the TT supra is a lot faster then the N/A



kairles
what do you define as highway gears?
the stock supra would be able to pull mid 13's with a good driver


your comment is like me saying LS1's run mid 13's

when with a decent driver they run better then that

mid 13s at worst is a VERY high mark to set for the car
it was more like mid 13's with a good driver
avg would be around high 13's or so
supras are not the easiest car to launch

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That says nothing about the cars potential to put down over 350+rwhp with very little in the way of mods, and on up into the insane 500-600+ rwhp range and even higher with heavy mods... The TT Supras have insane potential, and they're made well to boot. Wouldn't mind having one myself...

that they do
the supra can kick some butt on a stock block and doing more bolt ons

the stock motor is able to handle around the 800-900hp range
and that is with 2 less cyl to distribute the load


but then again what doesa 500 700 and 900hp supra have in common


they all run 10's

Ha I have heard the same joke but I always heard it told as 12's. Mostly because of the diffuculty to launch and 99% of supra owners will only go from a roll. They have no low end till they get going. So they add more and power but just trap higher with the same ET's. Truly a scary car once modded and driven properly.

I'm not lying man, this is what happens, it could be bad driving or bad setups, but they do run 15's. At the time of that post, I assumed that we were talking about the MKIII Supras. MKIV is a completely different story obviously, but that's what the MKIII's at my track run, argue with it if you want. And I have seen LT1's run 15's too...even in Vettes.

now the MKIII I can understand a little more with what you posted


and yeah I know what you mean with shiz happens

I have seen a 15 second car beat a ls1 before
it's all in what happens and why the idjiot stalled the car :-)

u only raced to 50 mph?? stay in it next time and let us know.

lol, It was in front of my college, and cops galore around. Plus there was a red light like an 1/8th mile in front. I wish I could've kept going, I would've really liked to know if he would've blown past me, but what r ya gonna do?, lol

A friend of mine was looking into getting a turbo late 80's/early 90's supra after he blew up his talon. We went for a test drive in it. They are mid 15 sec cars at best. He decided against it after the let down and because they are notorious for blowing head gaskets and got an 87 iroc instead.

most of the guys that build them up build up the mid 90s ones right?

Yes. The older ones aren't anything to get to scared over.

what I mean by highway gear is its a high gear just like most third gens have a 2.73 gear which will give you a higher top speed opposed to a 3.73 gear witch will give you better accl. with a lower top speed

high gear=high gear low accl.
low gear=high accl low top speed

all the stock turbo supras Ive see run high 13 to low 14

there is a difference between them


kinda like me saying yeah I went to drive a late 60's early 70's camaro


two different generations, bodies, and kinda different motors also



the late 80's MKIII supras can be made fairly fast but stock I would assume maybe a mid to low 15


been a while since I talked to my supra buddies around here but if I remember right that is what was run on a stock MKIII


and while the butt dyno might say mid 15 at best we all know how accurate the BD really is

I used to have a friend with an 87 with a 3.0, 5-speed. I did some research and found a 15.0 or 15.1 STOCK time. I compared it to the time I looked up for my brother's 87 Z28, which was like 14.7 or something.

BUT both of these times are from a questionable sourse.

The MKIII supras were made up until 1992 just like the camaros. So when I said late 80's/early 90's I meant just that. I have a 1992 camaro, the last year of the third gen camaro and I call it early 90's well because it was made in the early 90's. It's nothing like saying you drove an early 60's/late 70's camaro as the first gen was made from 67-69 and the second gen started in 1970. Neither were made in the same decade. I didn't drive the car as I was not going to get it. My friend was interested in it so he test drove it and told me it was much slower than his 15 flat talon. Why contradict yourself when you say they are low/mid 15 and then say the but dyno which said mid 15 was wrong? They are also horrible on head gaskets. Not too long ago a friend of my dad's was selling his 88 supra for very cheap so I went and took a look at it and was not suprised to find that it had a bad head gasket like many of them end up with.

I admit was wrong about the years

ended up getting my cars mixed up as far as years produced
sorry

as far as the butt dyno
just speaking from watching a stock supra run at the track
no butt dyno involved
and as far as the mid/low 15 vs your mid 15 comment at best
not really a contradiction there either
15.1 really isn't a mid 15 and the car was stock

ok, this will show you how much of a monster a supra can be http://www.mvpmotorsports.com/merchant/8sec.shtml

also, i raced a non turbo MKIV supra, and i beat it by about 2 carlengths, no mods except K&N filters and flowmaster exhaust.

worng second gen started mid year so you could get them in the same decade. also a 67 is considered a mid not early 60s so ha either way why are we arguing about a stupid supra

It was a simple typing error. He know what I meant. I meant late 60's/early 70's.

stock non-turbo MKIV Supra 93-97 (limited 98,99) 15.2 1/4 mile

stock twin turbo supra of the same year, 13.5 1/4 mile
320hp inline 6 cylinder 3.0 liter engine.


the pistons, rods, block, the whole bottom end can hold 900hp without upgrades. There also geared to over 200mph stock.

there are 1100hp supras around that run low 9 seconds 1/4 miles.

www.wotm.com has some cool vids, but the guy isn't even running nitrous, there are faster supras with nitrous that could beat his times.