Full carbon body Time Attack Supra

[MrKipling43]

Blimey, you'd think with all the attention to detail they'd have remembered to put both headlights in!

Car looks mega.

[stone]

What's the white car? Lights and rear look Volvo 340

[jamesgrrr]

can you see that spoiler from space?

[JD]

stone said:

What's the white car? Lights and rear look Volvo 340

Yep

Volvo 342 with ~850bhp....

[moleamol]

Wow, that Supra is so ugly it's almost unbelievable. I don't care how fast it is, it is horrid.

[absolutely]

I know you guys are impressed with this car but technically its not "full carbon fibre", it still has a metal shell underneath.

It is less impressive than the Japanese GT Supras and of course the Castrol sponsored and the Denso SARD Supras that raced at Le Mans.

[Wadeski]

which are race cars....built for a lot more than 90k!

[Davi]

Gazboy said:

As somebody asked, the entire car has cost 909,000 Kroner, or £90k to you and me.

Be interesting to know how that has broken down into the various areas of the build. It's a feck of a lot of money IMO for the result, but if the engine cost £70k and is a typical sum for that sort of engine, then it's not quite so bad, IYSWIM.

[Munter]

Davi said:

Gazboy said:

As somebody asked, the entire car has cost 909,000 Kroner, or £90k to you and me.

Be interesting to know how that has broken down into the various areas of the build. It's a feck of a lot of money IMO for the result, but if the engine cost £70k and is a typical sum for that sort of engine, then it's not quite so bad, IYSWIM.

I suspect they hope to recoup some costs by selling copies of the CF bodykit...

[mateyboy]

why in about the 15th and 16th pic on the 1st page is the car suddenly left hand drive?

Edited by mateyboy on Wednesday 23 July 10:15

[M400 NBL]

Looking forward to the videos

[MrKipling43]

I love it, I think it looks mean as hell.

[cptsideways]

So what did it weigh in the end?

[Marf]

Video links in the quotes are broken, here they are

http://www.japantuning.no/vid/Carbon%20supra%20ben...
http://www.japantuning.no/vid/Carbon%20supra%20ben...

sounds insane

[cptsideways]

Gazboy said:

cptsideways said:

So what did it weigh in the end?

1290kg wet.

The tube framing should take it to 1250kg, the brakes will save a bit and the new turbo may save a smidge, I'll estimate at 1240kg wet.

Ooooh about the same as my Soarer then That's pretty (very) good for an A80 Supra & I guess its not going to get any lighter!!!

[_dobbo_]

Often these big power cars have no air filter in photographs. Do they actually run them in anger with the turbo just sucking in any old crap?

Edited by _dobbo_ on Friday 19th December 09:16

[cptsideways]

_dobbo_ said:

Often these big power cars have no air filter in photographs. Do they actually run them in anger with the turbo just sucking in any old crap?

Edited by _dobbo_ on Friday 19th December 09:16

If you look at the video footage of it on the dyno the air filter gets well & truly sucked up into the inlet so yes it'd make a huge difference without one. Like loads of bhp. However running one even on track without is asking for big trouble sooner or later, you only need a bit of tyre pick up rubber to be sucked in & its game over turbo followed by lunching your engine.

[chuntington101]

love to know what the responce/lag was like with the Gt47-88.

Chris.

[cptsideways]

chuntington101 said:

love to know what the responce/lag was like with the Gt47-88.

Chris.

Just look at the dyno graphs - An all top end lag monster, hence the downsize of turbo I'm guessing

[chuntington101]

cptsideways said:

chuntington101 said:

love to know what the responce/lag was like with the Gt47-88.

Chris.

Just look at the dyno graphs - An all top end lag monster, hence the downsize of turbo I'm guessing

nothing some anti-lag/N2O cant solve. and if you are still having probelms there are other intresting ideas.......;)

Chris.