Formula_X

Well, I said I would stop street racing and I would go to the track from now on, but I had an opportunity that I just couldn't resist. Tonight on the way home from work, I spotted a really beautiful Supra (newest model), silver in color, on the road drivng rather aggressively and fast. I drove next to it and saw and heard that it was a TT. The turbos sounded SICK, I mean SICK!! IDK if this guy had upgraded the turbos or anything but the only other thing I could tell was that it had exhaust and most likely a waste gate (I heard the turbos "pshhhh" lol so I assume this is the wastegate). I drove even with him and beeped to let him know I wanted to run him, he looking over at me and I then got behind him and followed him onto the main state road, got up to about a steady 50mph, then lined up with him. I beeped three times and we went from the roll. I heard those TTs spool up and boy did they sound awesome... he immediatley started pulling on me. I was about a foot away from his rear bumper when I started to gradually slow his pull and at around 85 it seemed like I had stopped his pull.... but, he shut down at 90 so I dont know what would have happened after that. That car had power though. Probably more than my LS1. My first time vs. a Supra and let me tell you, I certainly have respect for those cars .! I had no idea one of those could pull harder than an LS1!

Ell Ess Won

Yep, some of them are nothing to mess with (if done properly of course) easy hp too. Those guys either go big or, not at all.

BLKWS.6

Supra=mildly impressive OR UNGODLY SICK!

As said, most are stock/ intake/exhaust OR single turbo and full support mods

markp03

iTrader: (4)

yea this guy had a green one by me....tryed to run him but he said i was too slow. becuase ya know he obviously had 572 hp!!!! atleast according to him. then he raced a 03 cobra and lost....best part of the story, I smoked the cobra he lost too hehehe.

brad8266

iTrader: (23)

the psshhh sound is not wastegate, its the blow off valve.

Formula_X

lol shows how much I know about turbos

BLKWS.6

Ever hear a single turbo supra pushing 26+ PSI let go of the BOV...makes me cream my pants, lmao SICK!!!

SupraSonic

Nice Run! I bet the guy in the supra was enjoying the sounds of your LS1. I know I always do.

BLKWS.6

Even when I ran an 04 LS1 GTO with full exhaust I never really heard much of his car My exhaust isnt THAT loud, I feel deaf now (Shorty's, offroad X, flowmaster force II cat-back).

BLKWS.6

SupraSonic, I bet i could take your car on some good slicks! (I guess after the 60' you would probably "reel me in" "pretty fast" though ) SICK CAR!!!!! What do stock (okay okay, as stock as POSSIBLE) MKIV TT M6 Supras with less than 70K miles sell for?

SStheBest

iTrader: (2)

not tryin to jack the thread but i almost had encounter with a midnight blue colored supra that was turboed for sure(dont know about twin)....it was on the highway and as we started to line em up at like 60 for the 1, 2, 3 honk an unmarked was about 100yds in front of us b/c i guess he noticed weavin in and outta traffic and he slowed down ....SOOOO i never got my chance but it sounded sick as hell!!!

Formula_X

Yeah, they sound SOOO good and the Supra really is a beautiful car. I wouldn't mind owning one myself .

SupraSonic

Thanks for the compliment. As for m6 Supras under 70k miles, they still are going for around 30g's or more (very rare). So what a lot of people do, is they can pick up an auto from between 15-19g's and slap in a TH400, since a good handful of them like to build them for the quarter. For me, I prefer the M6. I may not be as fast as the guys in the quarter with the TH400's but I enjoy going through the gears none the less.

LSINA7

iTrader: (8)

Couldn't have had much done to it if your car is stock. Maybe just an exhaust? MKIV's run low 13's just like F-bods. Supra's are beautiful, I wish I would have bought one now...

stevespewterZ

Good death, dude. It's cool that you gave it a shot.

I'd love to have a Supra. I have loads of respect for genuinely fast, tastefully done imports. What a shame 99.99999% of them aren't.

Wesmanw02

iTrader: (4)

Exactly.

I think you would have taken that Supra if your LS1 was a 6-speed

marcdez

iTrader: (2)

I raced one when I was stock and beat him. It was dark blue on westheimer. It was turbo but he said his 3rd gear was shot so he had to go from second to fourth i dont know But I beat him by about a car length. But I have always enjoyed the body style of those cars they look pretty cool with that big wing and all. It doesnt look tacky like those other riced out cars.

distortion_69

iTrader: (20)

Supra's from my understanding, most of the time, with some exception don't usually run low 13's stock. My guess is he had very very minor boltons to pull you.. or maybe he had several mods but couldn't drive for crap.

Sounds like a good race.

Peace,
Josh

V-seriesTech

iTrader: (5)

Kinda like a ***** fart.

Sigforty

I raced one a while back when I just had bolt ons on my Z. I ended up winning, but it was a close race. In my book there are two cars I am very reluctent to race one is a Buick Grand National and the second is a TT Supra. Both of those cars can be anywhere from 8 secs to 14 secs depending on the work done to them. You just never know with Turbo!!