Supra Quartermile

[tindall2006]

I was talking to my boss tonight and he brought up the supra's and how they where a cool car. I agreed that they where, and they can make big numbers on a dyno but suck on the drag strip. Now, I am wondering why do they? Do they have a crappy suspension set up? Is it their gearing? Powerband? I am currious.

 

[crimsondragon]

I don't think they suck at the dragstrip. RWD? Better than FWD. They just generate way too much power to put down to the ground without spinning.

 

[Lofty]

Driver error.

 

[4g63and420a]

Well jus plan on adding 4 seconds to its time with that toyota emblem on the front

 

[snowborder714]

Um, there are plenty of Supra's running some quick quarter mile times. One name that pops into my head is Ryan Woon. He's put down runs in the 8's. I'd say that's pretty quick!

 

[Booster-Shot]

Because by the time they get their huge turbos to fully spool they are already half-way down the track.

 

[noonan98turbo]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

 

[4g63and420a]

Because by the time they get their huge turbos to fully spool they are already half-way down the track.

Many supras are running twin turbos to prevent that. Those are the ones that get right nasty down the track

 

[DeNoZZo]

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[crimsondragon]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

Get out.

 

[EDM95]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

WTF

 

[xioca]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

Any mkIV

 

[4g63and420a]

Id maybe think about a skyline, but defiantly not a supra

 

[tindall2006]

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Stuff like that... why do supra's have the reputaion of having 1000 hp but running 12's?

 

[snowborder714]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

The real question is...which would you rather foot the bill for??

 

[PIMking]

Id maybe think about a skyline, but defiantly not a supra

Porsche 959

 

[Booster-Shot]

Oooo are we playing that game?

Ill take the nsx.

 

[SonySlave]

Many of the Supra owners I have met and seen race usually had never raced before they bought their Supra. They had no prior racing experience. They had $15k+ laying around, they threw a gi-normous turbo kit on their car, had some "pro" tune their car, and tried to go out and race a 700hp RWD car with street tires and no experience or practice.

Hence, the reason you see a lot of awkward timeslips from Supras like 12.0@150. Simple driver error 90% of the time.

 

[crimsonGST]

I would take a supra over my dsm anyday.

Blasphemy. Where is defiant and his warnings when you need him....and his blunt humor


I'll take the AMS Evo myself.

 

[dehlak]

Supra's, my favorite car. They are heavy as hell, have far too much horsepower to be utilized by two tires. The difference is we have traction and they do not. Wrinkle walls plus a good turbo will get you quick, under 5k for 600 hp roughly, but the car weighs more than ours and usually is more reliable than ours too.

IMO any car is fast if you spend enough money on it, ours just has the advantage of grip and being cheap where as the Supra is not cheap and does not have grip, but still is my prefered car.

 

[noonan98turbo]

Blasphemy. Where is defiant and his warnings when you need him....and his blunt humor


I'll take the AMS Evo myself.

HAHA. Im sorry but if someone came up to me and wanted to trade their supra for my eclipse, no questions asked I would do it in a heartbeat.

 

[1glaserturbo]

Three words

IRS

 

[cano86]

I have three favorite cars and those are

Eclipse
1985-1991 Rx7 turbo or convertible
Supras

So definitely that explains that I also respect supras

 

[Highbooost]

To answer the posters question it is because of two factors, one the gearing is very tall, and second they have two turbos stock and the setup is not a very fast transitioning process. The FD was the same thing the first turbo spools but transitioning to the second was/is slow, and then the power comes on. Don't think of Supras as 1/4 mile cars but a 1/2 mile car where it counts, screw the 1/4 anybody can do that, lets go a 1/2 mile OH and you can get easily get 500 out of the stock twins on the Supra so don't just classify fast ones as single turbos. Oh yea they wiegh a crap ton.

Later Dr Turbo

 

[crimsonGST]

HAHA. Im sorry but if someone came up to me and wanted to trade their supra for my eclipse, no questions asked I would do it in a heartbeat.

So would I, then I would sell it, and buy an evo if it's worth enough. That or buy another DSM and start a new project