Wangan & 8 second supra

[Captain Starlet]

Street racing on the Wangan

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Quick supra

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[therock]

my GOD that supra is fast

 

[RedTop2ltr]

up the road?lol

 

[Luke MK2]

those japanese guys really are gimps, runing about slapping each other?

 

[Urban]

they use headlights? Jap infest lovely cars

 

[Lyons]

those japanese guys really are gimps, runing about slapping each other?

Yeh, what was all that about?

 

[Lyons]

What sort of engine was in the Supra?

 

[therock]

Probably a massive brake single turbo on the standard engine

 

[p 5ary]

wow, that was fast!

 

[Nordonian]

amazing

 

[Nicky]

Like poo off a spade

 

[crx]

whats the lever hes pulling when slowing down

 

[GT_MAXER]

y do people move to single turbo instead of twin when they are going for balls out power?

 

[therock]

y do people move to single turbo instead of twin when they are going for balls out power?

Cheaper to buy. Easier to install. Less to go wrong.

 

[GT_MAXER]

i dont think thats it tbh.mines have done it etc and cost or work was not an issue.

 

[therock]

mines have done it?
You can pick up a N/A supra for 3.5 - 5k these days, compared to the usual 9k-15k for a decent TT.

Throw another two grand at it and you can strap a nice big turbo on it, and have more horsies than the twin turbo

 

[roverspeed]

i think the lever for the drag chute

 

[Nicky]

y do people move to single turbo instead of twin when they are going for balls out power?

Why would ya want LAG from 2 turbos, whenever 1 big sucker will produce as much power, but with less lag?

Twin turbo is mainly for economy, ie the Rx-7 has a small turbo for low down rev power, while the bigger turbo produces the power for high revs, meaning ya dont always have to go into high revs to avoid lag, and therefore better for Fuel Economy...

 

[big cyril]

A big single turbo will generally have more lag than two smaller ones as it has more mass and takes longer to spin up to speed.

 

[Nicky]

But do ya agree with what was said about twin turbos??

im only going by what ive read and been told there...

 

[big cyril]

Sequential twin turbos eg 535d have a small turbo which spins up easily for low rpm then a larger one which is at higher rpm - the smaller one is a 'filler' to fill the gap else there would be a lot of lag which is more or less what you said i think.
Not sure if the Supra TT has sequential or two the same?

 

[Nicky]

yeah, thats the set-up that i was on about...

doesnt matter what them Supra TT's are, they are damn quick... lol

 

[Neil_M]

y do people move to single turbo instead of twin when they are going for balls out power?

Becasuse the limitation of the Sequential setup in the TT Supra's case. 400-500 BHP AFAIK.

Why would ya want LAG from 2 turbos, whenever 1 big sucker will produce as much power, but with less lag?

Thats not always true mate. As various turbos can have various characteristics and combinations, its not as basic as why you have mentioned.

As its been mentioned in the 535d and as I above mentioned on the supra, they use sequential systems.