ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 04:32AM
NOW THAT'S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!

woberto Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 04:52AM
Brings back memories huh pulse?
ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 04:54AM
Hey!..who tagged this un before i could get around too it;(
pulse Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 05:10AM
Woberto, yeah I miss my Supra.. I nearly bought one the other day! White, twin
turbo, aerotop.. guy wants a pretty reasonable price for it, but in this market
I reckon I could still offer $10k less and get it.. but we don't really need
another car

Driving around in my
girlfriend's lancer is a bit shit though!
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 05:46AM
twin turbo supra? AR AR AR AR AR AR..........dro
oooooool!!
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 01:41PM
'Cept that all the fast ones jerk the twin turbo set up in favor of a single
bigger 'bo.
The twin turbo set-up was obviously some engineers concept of a good idea,
yakno, the kinda thing that looks great on paper and in theory even shows it to
be a great way to go, but dudn really work well in the real world

pulse Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 08:26PM
Eh? Nonsense, the TT setup worked flawlessly. Yes, it doesn't deliver the power
or the kick up the ass of a single large turbo, but turbo 1 spools up just
before 2000rpm and turbo 2 at 4000rpm, meaning power delivery is seamless from
about 1800-5500rpm band, which is very rare in a turbo car to have a power band
that wide.
Unless you're using it for racing, you'd be mad to swap out the twins for a
single, the inline TT setup was awesome and spectacular whether driving around
town or flying down a B road.
If you can't tell, I owned one of the TTs back in the day when I was living in
the UK

woberto Report This Comment Date: October 13, 2008 09:33PM
Sequential turbo charging was used in the 959. Say no more.
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Mrkim Report This Comment Date: October 14, 2008 01:26AM
I do wonder if you ever rode in a Supra with a nicely outfitted bigger than
stock single turbo? It's not that I'm sayin the TT dudn work, obviously it
does. However, the necessary complexity of such a system coupled with the
casper milk toast performance of all factory turbo set ups (gotta keep the bean
counters and insurance industry cats concerns in mind when manufacturing a
factory hot rod) make the twin turbo version waaaay underpowered compared to a
purpose built bad ass aftermarket set up.
There was never a Supra built that came close to the 959, so that's an apples to
oranges comparison woberto

pulse Report This Comment Date: October 14, 2008 06:00AM
Ok, let me put it to you this way.
The model in the picture has a nice pair of reasonable sized twin turbos.
Would you prefer her with 1 giant one?
No.
Nuff said

woberto Report This Comment Date: October 14, 2008 06:21AM
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Onyma Report This Comment Date: April 11, 2009 06:47PM
Just finding this one late. I agree the sequential twins on the MKIV Supra were
a bit of a complexity nightmare but I would take a good parallel twin turbo
setup over a big single any day of the week. In fact that's exactly what I did
on my Supra, a Blitz twin turbo setup with two K26 hybrid turbos (GT
ball-bearing cores). The increased spool up from the reduced rotational inertia
is MORE than worth it... and a usable 600 wheel hp is tons. Pulls like a rocket
ship right through the rev range.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2009 06:50PM by Onyma.
pulse Report This Comment Date: August 24, 2011 02:12PM
Hmm. I found myself surfing Supras to import from .jp again the other day
They're getting really cheap. I need to stop looking or I'll pull the trigger
one day...
pulse Report This Comment Date: October 20, 2018 01:16PM
I never bought one.
7 years on, in good condition they're now 3-4x the price.
Sigh.
pulse Report This Comment Date: February 12, 2022 12:46PM
And now they're 3-4x the price that they were when I made my last comment. In
fact, a HALF decent condition MKIV is about the same price today as a NEW MKV
Supra. Insanity.