#supra mk4 tuning

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Supra MK IV mods- What to do and what not!

Talking about customizations, one would always be curious about what any car model will have to offer on changing its spares, body kits, accessories or anything that goes with the overall looks and mainly, performance. Such possibilities are assessed based on ease and the amount of time that it would take to bring about the desired results. In that case, the MK IV, being an age old model, still proves to provide a variety of options for modification. Being an ancestor of the newly launched MK V Supra, it's been the talk of the town on the basis of MODs even to this day. This might be because of the fact that the fifth generation Supra is apparently a BMW underneath the hood and shows the German influence at various points. This was seen as a cross of DNA's among car enthusiasts but there are people hyping it up too in terms of alterations. Leaving all that behind, lets quickly jump onto the best mod options availed by the legendary Supra MK IV. You can access our webpage from here to read further - Supra MK IV mods

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Toyota Supra A80

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Toyota Supra Mk4 Stanced

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OMG I'm such a dumbass I knew you did one on the GR Yaris before too, and I love her ALSO, but I actually meant the GR Supra 😳🫣 (slip of the tongue)

Gotcha.

Since I managed to take some two weeks to answer this (got distracted both by real life obligations and other posts that were meant to be very quick to make. Meant to.) y'all may have forgotten, but our dear friend of the blog had asked for opinions on the GR Yaris, hinting to its controversial status. Turns out the GR Supra is what that request, and thus that hint, was actually about - so let's talk about the car and the controversy that engulfs it.

In 1993, Toyota launched the fourth generation of its rear wheel drive sportscar (well, arguably a bit of a Grand Tourer, i.e. something more oriented to cruising than a sportscar) the Supra - which was born a quarter century earlier as a more upmarket, six cylinder version of the Celica, graduating from Celica Supra to its own dignified name with the third generation I talked about that one time I forgot to check what blog I was reblogging with.

But this time, things would be different. Most notably because the inline six the Mk4 Supra came out with was an absolute MONSTER.

Remember how I talked about the GT-R's RB26 engine being one of the greatest, most coveted production engines to ever come out of Japan? Well, the 2JZ-GTE is the other.

It was larger at 3 liters, no less powerful, and to reduce turbocharger lag it used two of them sequentially: first air goes in the smaller, more responsive turbo, then gradually some of it gets sent to the bigger turbo to make it start spinning, then when it gets going the two are finally used in conjunction. (Imagine the big turbo as a hung husband that takes a while to get it up and the small turbo as an eager stepson ready to take over until the hung one can join in for a spitroast. Or something. I don't watch porn with real people, but from what I gather the plots seem to resemble how sequential turbos work.) It even at one point got Variable Valve Timing, i.e. the ability to vary the time in which the valves open depending on engine speed, which allows to optimize tuning for performance and efficiency! (Cool thing to go over in detail if y'all want me to.) And also, the kind of things that engine is able to take make me wish I hadn't used up my porn analogy quota.

See, to chop off eons of nuance, an engine is just a big block of metal with a lot of bits attached, and the two main measures of an engine's potential are the slope of the line in the Bits Fiddled With / Power Output graph and how far up (It's up, right? The second axis you specify is the vertical one, right?) you can take it before the block becomes the weakest link - with another important point being when you need to start messing with internals, i.e. the components inside the engine, e.g. pistons (the things the boom pushes down), camshaft (the thing the pistons spin) and connecting rods (you can guess).

So for instance, just to make the point that an engine can be beloved without having much overall tuning potential, in one of Toyota's most beloved engines, the 4A-GE four cylinder illustrated above (yes, the one from that white and black car in all the eurobeat videos), some pin the block's limit as low as 250hp. The 2JZ, tho? It can take 800hp without even messing with the internals, and once you get your grubby hands on those you can keep pushing the line to some 2000hp. That is two Bugattis. That is 40 times my car. That is well above the power level where "tires that will at any point grip" and "tires that are in any way road legal" stop intersecting.

I am not in the slightest exaggerating when I say that this and the Skyline GT-R are widely regarded as the top of Japan's 20th century automotive production. The Messi & Ronaldo of the Japanese Domestic Market. It is absolutely no coincidence this was the hero car in The Fast And The Furious.

And then in 2002, as all things, its production ended, and given the abysmal sales and catastrophic recession, Toyota decided that would be that.

And then, years later, The Teasening began.

I want to stress, almost half of my conscious life (I choose to believe the stretch from birth to kindergarten is just run-up) the world was in some state of getting teased with talk of a new Supra. The trademark on the name was renewed in 2010. In 2014 they dropped the FT-1 concept, and of course that became speculation about what the production version would look like.

Because come the fuck on, it's not gonna look like that.

Or was it?

Only five entire years and much more teasing later would we officially get an answer, when after seventeen years, the Toyota GR Supra (and for those wondering what GR means, y'all should've clicked the Yaris link >:C) hit the streets.

You know what, good enough.

Good enough to earn itself a sea of words of praise, Jason Cammisa's "The most punch-above-its-weight sportscar ever made" just some among them.

It did have its share of problems at the start, like its power being 335hp and not 382, a lack of manual transmission, and the inability to spec it with a less powerful 4 cylinder engine - well, I don't know who considered that last one a problem, but Toyota's updates solved that one too.

The Supra has a much bigger problem than those though, one no little update can solve. That red car in the background.

See, the new Supra is actually a joint venture with BMW, who made a new model of its Z4 roadster out of the platform. And unlike with the other joint-venture sportscar Toyota sells, people are big mad about that. Why?

See, the interior is engulfed in BMW switchgear and the drivetrain is all BMW (the manual gearbox took until this year to come out because BMW did not have one for that engine so Toyota had to modify another BMW transmission to fit), giving people the impression that this was less of a joint venture and more of a BMW project that Toyota tacked its design on top of, which is a problem whether true or not.

See, a range-topping sportscar is supposed to represent what the brand is capable of - having it done by someone else (or so the criticism goes) is a bit like performing Hallelujah in playback.

Actually, a better musical analogy: You know "I'm back bitch" singles? When a humongous artist drops a new record with a humongous lead single about absolutely nothing but reaffirming they're the biggest fucking deal in the universe? Without Me, Bad, Gimme More, so on. Well, think of SexyBack - one of the most monumental phenomenons of its decade, most incontrovertibly proving Justin Timberlake sat atop the goddamn world. Now, imagine if, after all the years that went by between that record and the next, when he finally came out with Suit And Tie all the verses were Jay-Z. Going from a humongous statement about having the power to reach the top of the game and stay there to having to get absolutely carried by what in this logic is essentially a competitor. Basically, that's the critics' complaint: the supra went from 2JZ to too much Jay-Z.

And therein lies the other problem of the Supra: the Supra.

See, any time you evaluate something, you do so relative to its context - and when you give it a nameplate, you make that context include where else that nameplate has been. An undeserved name may not just be stupid, but even outright kill the car in some's eyes, see the case of the Dodge Dart, or get me to talk about the Ford Capri prototype recently spotted if you want to find out what I'm like when I lose my cool. (I'd liken this phenomenon to undeserved Grammies but I already used my music analogy quota too.) So the Toyota Supra does not just need to be good, it needs to deserve the name. And some argue it doesn't. But why? This thing is no less powerful, no slower, hell it's not even any bigger or heavier and we've gone over how rare that is these days! So is it the lack of backseats and a targa version? No, no one gives a crap about those. It's something deeper.

Sometimes, the problem with a revival is people base their expectation not on what the original was like in the context of its time but what it's like in the context of today (for example, I've heard people call the latest GT-R "too computerized, too assisted, far from the pure driving experience of its predecessors", when its predecessors had some of the most technologically advanced driving assists of their time and could only be called "pure" and "analog" by comparison with cars decades newer). But of course, that'll only be some people - so if what the original car looks like to modern eyes and what the original car represented at its time are two different enough concepts, any revival will receive some criticism for not being one of the two.

But for the Supra, this compounds with another problem: the original Supra (as in the previous generation, since no one gives a crap about the first three), to modern eyes, looks like a thousand-horsepower flame-spitting beast, because that's what all Supras have been turned into, and that's why you know of Supras in the first place (it sure isn't because people bought it!), and that, consciously or not, exacerbates the problem of misplaced expectations to a level akin to hearing an NBA player is about to have a brother and expecting the baby to be a 6'4" three-shooter.

But I wasn't asked about the controversies, I was asked about my take. And my take is: no realistic expectation of what a Supra would look like today was disappointed - at least not by where the car stands today. Well, unless the expectation involved backseats.

"But it was made by BMW" and so? This is a new Supra, and a good one - what does it matter how it got here? Especially when this is an upgrade over the Z4 in every way - looks way better, drives better, and now has a manual that the Z4 doesn't.

Okay, almost every way: the Supra's roof won't get out of the way. If only though, if only. Could you imagine a Toyota product that looks this good, sounds this good, goes this fast, and has a drop top? ...and maybe backseats?

Well, I can.

Yes, the badge and core concept may have some people consider it from midlife crisis mobile to old man's car. (though we know it's not a car bought by old men because if that was the case someone would be buying these). But just try to imagine sitting in this thing.

Take a couple of seconds to take in that picture and truly immerse yourself. You're in a Lexus LC500 Convertible, with a V8 at your right foot's command, its spectacular sound ready to battle the perfect sound system serenading you with your fanciest CD, because of course Lexuses still come with CD players.

Are you immersed? Okay: Someone just called your Lexus a midlife crisis car. See? You don't give a shit either, do ya.

Automatic only though. The pain. Oh, and it kind of costs as much as two Supras. But, you know, neither of those Supras will be convertibles!

Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question - if you liked this post, you might like those!

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😈🚘I did Arouj Roman HC, Now it is Modern HC! 😈🚘

A/N: I always imagine him as the edgy, Gothic, Sexy singer 😍😍❤️🥵.

Let’s start!

Arouj Roman Modern HC 🎤🎶🎵🎸🎧

• When Arouj and the gang went into the modern world, He falls in love with the cars he likes them so much. And he swore that he will have a collection of the fastest and the most luxurious cars in the world.

• Arouj discovered that he can sing and his voice is sexy and smooth. So he decided to apply for the voice show. Aliyaa and Hadi encourage him to pursue his dreams. Which made him happy that he is being supported by his wife and his son.

• In the voice show, Arouj Sang (Despacito) by Luis Fonsi. He easily won the whole thing and got all the judges voting for him. And some of the judges are impressed by his style and his breathtaking voice.

• After his uprising in the voice show. He decided to make a YouTube channel and twitch blog to live stream singing and do a cover of famous, viral songs.

• By 2 months, he got 37 million subscribers and followers on every account of his. Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, and snap chat.

• Arouj couldn’t believe his eyes, his career is a huge success. Aliyaa and Hadi couldn’t be any happier for him. But that doesn’t mean he will neglect his family.

• he decided to celebrate his success in a very luxurious restaurant in London. He takes all the gang with him to the restaurant.

• Arouj decides to make his own songs and writes them personally. Although every known songwriter came to offer him he politely refuses.

• Arouj decides that he needs Aliyaa's help to write songs. Which she didn’t refuse of course. She tried with him. They manage to write two songs alone.

• Arouj styles in clothes/costumes Varieties from gothic to casual in his music clips. But mostly he prefers gothic.

• After some time of relaxation and a quick break from social media. Arouj wrote a whole album called (Demonic love)

• After writing two albums, Arouj hired songwriters for him. He decided he need songwriters in return he will pay them handsomely.

• Arouj never hides from his fans and the paparazzi. He smiles every time they gather around him. Although it is very annoying to Aliyaa and Hadi. After all, they wanted a quiet life in this world.

• Most of the famous and the richest ladies tend to talk with Arouj every chance they see him or meet him. as if, telling Aliyaa he belongs to them now. Aliyaa doesn’t worry about Arouj's infidelity because she knows that he loves her and she trusts him.

• Arouj is responsible for the missing of the famous actresses, the Richest ladies. Yeah, they were with him before they went missing. They went with them to cafeès and restaurants. Yet no one points a finger at Arouj.

• Arouj achieved his second dream which is to own a collection of fast and luxurious cars. And all their plate numbers are marked with (the Divo) instead of numbers.

•His collection: 🚘

- Kia mini car 2016

- BMW E46 M3 GTR.

- ‘16 Ford GT

- Lamborghini Aventador

- highly modified dodge charger 1969

- Ferrari la Ferrari

- Bugatti Chiron

- Challenger demon

- 1950 Porsche spyder.

- ‘18 Mercedes AMG GTR

- ‘99 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR NISMO Z tune

- ‘18 Rolls Royce Wraith

- ‘94 Toyota MK4 Supra (modified)

- Lamborghini Diablo SV (His favourite)

• Before collecting his collection Arouj hired workers to make a luxury garage for his collection.

• Before owning the cars Arouj passed the driving test and got his driving license. His first car was a Red Kia mini car.

• Hadi and Aliyaa were shocked to see the luxury storage filled with 14 Luxurious and fast cars, All the cars are perfectly parked and spaced amongst the others. And the storage can have more cars. There is space left for plenty of cars. But Arouj decided that he has enough cars.

• Arouj's net worth is 7 trillion, The richest singer in the modern world. Even richer than billionaires in real life.

• All children flee when they see Arouj. Because they are scared of his gothic style. Except for one little girl. Her name is Lisa.

• Arouj is called {the Divo} by his fans, the paparazzi, critics, and everyone who meets him.

• After Michael Jackson, Arouj is also dubbed “the king of pop” but his fans call him the “The King of pop and metal”.

• By far, Arouj won 14 singing awards.

• Once, Arouj got offered to play a hero in a very famous movie, but he politely declined.

• Every time, Arouj confirms that he will sing at a specific concert hall, All tickets are sold out and the concert hall is extremely crowded with people, Cheering for him while he is singing and performing on the stage.

• Arouj is the second singer to make people faint in his concert hall, Due to the crowds, the people being crowded, and the noise.

• Upon realizing that his career is a huge success and important to him, he can’t afford to be caught for the murders he did to the old ladies.

*related to mk*

• Upon hearing that Jacqui’s birthday is near, he decided that his gift for her is to sing her favourite song. “ Smooth Criminal by MJ”

• On Jacqui’s birthday, She was so bored and annoyed at the same time, she wanted her birthday party to be a boom, but it didn’t go as she hoped.

• Arouj Arrived just in time to sing for her, He surprised her by singing her favourite song. All the people present in the room were shocked yet amused at this, he is an awesome singer after all.

• after He finished his performance, he gave Jacqui a box inside of it there was a black blouse written on it “the Baddest”

• Jacqui loves it so much, Cassie asked for one too and he gave her one too. Jacqui’s father and Johnny cage weren’t so happy at this, both of them despise Arouj.

• Arouj remembered that he has to perform in Moirvdonne, So he excused Jacqui to leave with Aliyaa, Hadi, And Selviya. All of them left to their world.

• Jacqui once followed, she learned that they are from another world and the city they live in now, called “moirvdonne” she and Cassie go there undetected to be in Arouj concerts.

•Arouj doesn’t know That Jacqui and Cassie attend his concerts.

• Jax doesn’t like Arouj because of one thing, he once eavesdropped on Aliyaa and Arouj talking with each other, and he learned that Arouj is a demon, not just any demon, a demon feed on women's essences. He fears for his daughter's life.

•Johnny doesn’t like Arouj, because he is kind of jealous of him, Arouj can sing, and act well, but Arouj mainly sings. Plus, Arouj's fanbase is way bigger than his, His own daughter Cassie never stops playing his songs

• Arouj never understands why Johnny despises him, but he doesn’t care to know why either.

•In the deepest recesses of Johnny’s heart, He wishes he is in Arouj Place, not because of how famous or how powerful he is, it’s because of how Arouj is close with his family, Aliyaa and Hadi. Arouj’s family ties are strong and unbreakable.

Not Mk related,

•On the stage, In the heart of the performance, The cheering crowd, the nonstop calling for him, Is what makes Arouj Happy and powerful.

“Oh! They aren’t just any fans! They are… My army!” Arouj declared.

•In the end, Arouj Always reminds himself is the demon, human-wannabe singer, and he is, So he always represses his Demonic persona and lets the human one surface.

And that’s all for Arouj Roman Modern HC! ❤️❤️ Hope you like it and enjoy it ❤️❤️😊😘

[jm217274]

A Japanese Tuner Builds a 900+ Horse power supra

Smokey Kazuhiko Nagata is a popular Japanese tuner in the car community, known for founding the company Top Secret. However, before gaining recognition in the tuner world, he began as a student with a strong interest in modifying and building automotive parts. This passion began with a motorcycle gifted to him by his father when he was young. However, when he finally acquired a car, he drove it to school and parked it in the faculty parking lot, leading to his expulsion.

Fortunately, one of his neighbors heard about his situation and helped Kazuhiko Nagata secure a job at Toyota. Unfortunately, this job didn't last long because he was so obsessed with tuning his car during work hours. Eventually, Toyota discovered his activities and terminated his employment.

Undeterred, Nagata sought another job in the tuning and fabrication industry, eventually finding a position at Trust/Greddy. Initially, his role there primarily involved packaging parts such as exhausts, carburetors, turbochargers, and various other components. However, his passion for tuning and modifying cars resurfaced, leading him to experiment with his own vehicle using parts from the shop.

The shop's owner eventually discovered his secret endeavors, but instead of reprimanding him, found Nagata's work fascinating and impressive. This marked the beginning of Top Secret, as the two of them decided to keep Nagata's activities under wraps.

Afterward, Smokey Nagata traveled to London with his highly customized Toyota Mk4 Supra, engaging in some unlawful behavior, such as performing burnouts on highways and exceeding speed limits with an unregistered vehicle. Nagata also gained renown for building a Supra with a modified V12 engine, a groundbreaking achievement at the time, along with numerous aerodynamic upgrades and aggressive body kits.

This is the mk4 supra which he put a v12 engine to.

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Good guess, but actually the FD RX-7 has three individual gauges to the rev counter's left, an odometer display of slightly wider proportions and nothing resembling the little display to the gauges' right.

(Can we please spare a little second to comment on just how incredibly hideous this steering wheel is? I fully get people who go airbagless just to get that out of their sight.)

But then, what is it? As you point out, not many cars have a center tach - and given font and digital odometer (and side display) we're likely looking at one made between early 90s (before which fonts used to be a bit more square and odometers a lot more analog) and late 00s (after which the kind of car that got a center tach usually also got gauge designs at least a bit more aggressive than that).

My first thought was the Mk4 Supra...

...but nope: lower redline, higher top speed, fuel and temperature needles have a different layout, and there's no display inside the tach gauge. (Just for general info, different top figures are not necessarily a dead giveaway, as they may change with markets and models -e.g. Japanese cars by law are limited to 180km/h so that's as far as their tachs will go- and could be raised by people with tuned cars putting stock-looking custom gauges that reflect the higher numbers their car now accomplishes; but neither case would lead to a lower redline and 20mph higher top speed.)

So what else could it be? Hmm, what car prominently has three big ol' gauges with that arrow alignment?

Oh, but of course! The 2002-2009 Nissan 350Z, seen in heavily modified guise as the halo car of the official car game of my childhood!

So, how's the interior look?

Oh, yeah. See the little buttons at the sides of the gauges, the little display in the gauge pod to the upper right of the main cluster, the fuel and temp needle layout... now all we need is to get a bit closer and turn on the night...

Yep, font, numbers, odometer display shape and redline style all match too! Now lower the exposure and lose the warning lights...

...and I'd say that's pretty spot on, innit? ;)

So yeah. It's one o' deeze.

Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question - if you liked this post, you might like those!

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Toyota Supra (Mk4)

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It’s been a long day without you, my friend 🎶

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Nissan Skyline GT-R and Toyota Supra

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Blitz GT-941 Supra.

one of wildest supras on the way, hands down.

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Hype is real! SUPRA EVERYWHERE