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Aug of 1987 ,Supra MA70 international Gr.A debut (a few days before the factory team in Japan!) 25 Years later , Apostolis crazy drift supra – find the 10 differences:) Conclusion: Apostolis's cage is not made of recycled Greek's beach umbrella poles ,but also designed for a RHD...

Bad news are that I've already decided to part out the car... The main reason is that I do not see it being competitive in NASA unless I'm ready to spend some big bucks on aero and have a budget of $10k/year to run it ,the competition in the class with engine swaps (TTS and TTU) are Lotus and...

Good news and bad news for this project The good news are that it is now official that STALX Supra won the class unlimited (A RACE) @ MCSCC time attack championship: http://www.mcscc.org/results/2012/ax/MC.AX.2012.Champions.htm On the last event at AuthoBahn at 32F car ran pretty...

Lol ,this is a "high risk" drifting ,the street "median" is actually made of Ligh plastics! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoncH0hjR3U His cage also appears to be super weak ,probably made out of recycled beach umbrella poles ,taken from the deserted Greek beaches :))))

Magnesium wheels were banned by FIA (and consequently by many other Motorsports authorities) ,not only because they burned spectacularly but also because magnesium does not need oxygen to burn and when it burns the temperature is extremely high. Are you sure about the 50% difference? That...

I guess that you need some crazy offset wheels with the widebody and true Magnesium wheels are hard to find to begin with ,main reason is the fact that these were banned from most Motorsports events ~20years ago for a reason...

If I'm serous about racing with the Council I will either get the new China Special Tire Warmers ($400) or some decent street tires. Since the introduction of Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec in 2007 ,I've purchased 3 sets for my supra and 2 for the CRX and always loved them ,but the maximum width of...

Thansk for the link ,looks like some major fab work to get a setup like that:) If I'm not able to avoid "unlimited class" placement in NASA ,I will consider implementing it.

Hey Simon, Just a warning about the adjustable UPCs ,many have tried to fabricate them for one of the most popular double wish cars (Mazda Miata) and the result is that sooner or later when loaded with slicks the arms will bend (see here and here). I'm not saying that Beech performance arms...

Never consider v-mount ,heat is a major major issue at 500WHP levels even with PWR - I'm under the impression that V-mount is more like a "drifter setup" for lower speeds ,I don't know anyone else running this setup other than Apostolis on his crazy Drift MA70.

It really is quite difficult to do time attacks with Nitto nt01 tires on the Council rules. Pyrometer readings are rarely reaching 140F after a "timed run" and the minimum operating temperature according to Nitto is 180F. This was the first time where I sensed any kind of competition because the...

I disconnected mine on the PS Rack side - wonder if someone knows what is the OEM control on this ,ON/OFF or duty controlled?

Car does not under-steer anymore ,it was temporary issue due to loose bolts in the LCA. A decent wing is on the agenda for possibly next year , I have not decided yet between ARP GTC500 ,g-Stream C800 or ARP CFD. CFD looks very promising for high horse power cars with ~1200lbf of downForce at...

i've asked myself the same question when I saw one of their cars for sale with weigh advertised as 1050KG(~2300lb). I did check multiple sources and it is confirmed that Bemani were able to take their weight down from 1100KG in 1987 to 1050KG in 1990. Keep in mind that they ran a very expensive...

A few pics of the event where the car crashed:

PowerSteering system is in place ,I will try a few more events with 11+ castor becouse I want to have enough data to be sure that the 20 percent of castor improvement really equals to around the same ammount of improvement in tire distribution ,if that is the case high castor may be the single...

Down-force was regulated based on a simple rule - no additional aero was allowed other than the street cars. Since the evolution model Turbo A had the same ,not very useful 3 peace wing as the original JDM street turbo cars from 87 the down-force was probably about the same as what I get on my...

It may look like a typo ,but FIA Group A was at the top of the Motorsport world back in the days and Toyota went a little crazy when trying to do the impossible (where impossible is defined wining with 7m-gte powered MA70). When 70kg springs were probably useless on most world tracks - they...

After I completed one Time Attack event last weekend with the new castor settings ,I'm happy to report that as expected temp distribution is pretty much equal now (~20% improvement). In other words now I can remove some of my static camber to benefit from the change. The downside is that the...

I understand your point ,I have engineering degree and appreciate the theory behind the numbers HOWEVER there are a lot more variables in the "right spring rate" equation than what we know. That is why with MA70 I follow the Kent Rafferty (who is Natinal SCCA Autocross champion with Supra) rule...