Toyota plans to deliver a pair of GR Supras constructed for drag racing to the 2022 SEMA Present. The hitch, nevertheless, is that every one should be a “10-second automobile.” Additional complicating the builds is the truth that the price range for every Supra is simply $10,000, a mere sum for the standard SEMA construct.
Now, if the title of “10-second automobile” is a reference to probably the most memorable scenes from the “Quick & Livid” franchise, Toyota hasn’t mentioned. Within the climax of the primary film — now over 20 years outdated, get off our garden — Paul Walker’s undercover cop character offers Vin Diesel’s avenue racing anti-hero his 1994 Toyota Supra so the latter can escape the legislation after his Dodge Charger is destroyed. “I owe you a 10-second automobile,” he says as he arms over the keys, referencing a guess made firstly of the film.
In a film filled with corny quotes, the road has turn into immortalized by followers who aren’t essentially automobile individuals. Strictly talking, a 10-second automobile is a automobile that may run the quarter-mile within the 10-second vary. Which means any time underneath 11.0 seconds, not, as many film buffs erroneously imagine, underneath 10.0. The Toyota builders are focusing on a time of 10.0 to 10.5 seconds.
Like they did with the Supra within the film, Toyota hopes to perform this with a small price range and a few elbow grease. To succeed in that objective, they’re going to want so as to add about 30%-40% extra horsepower to the inventory inline-six engine’s 382. There’s, nevertheless, some proof to point out that Toyota could have been under-rating the GR Supra’s precise output.
Toyota engineers are putting in a bigger radiator, an HKS suspension, Weld drag wheels with Mickey Thompson semi-slicks, an aftermarket exhaust, and racing harnesses. Utilizing some back-of-napkin calculations, that places them on the $10,000 mark, if not exceeding it already. Is not that the case for any mission automobile, although?
Clearly, being Toyota has some benefits. They’ve a complete fabrication store able to make a roll cage and belt bar. They most likely know just a little extra about re-programming the ECU than a shadetree mechanic, too. These automobiles have been additionally former security automobiles for the NASCAR Xfinity collection, so it is not clear if modifications made for tempo responsibility have been a part of the $10,000 allowance or not.
The target, in line with Marty Schwerter, crew supervisor for the SEMA construct, is to point out that for about $10 grand you may make a 3-year-old automobile right into a aggressive drag racer. Extra might be revealed within the run-up to the SEMA Present on November 1.
