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I'm waiting to see what Dr. Papadakis says

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all preference; there's no right or wrong here IMO

I'm sure Akio and the GR execs would be pleased lol. Either way, looks good but I'd personally move it down a few inches away from that gap to where it's more centered on that lower panel. ------------------------------------ The GR thing was a marketing afterthought (hence the random badge...

I honestly don't own a single vehicle where the speedo doesn't read a bit faster than I'm actually traveling; it's generally 2-3mph over at highway speeds what other vehicles have you owned where this is not the case? EDIT: I just asked a few people around me and all said this is completely...

The I6 doesn't actually have 50/50. Nearly all the marketing punchlines are from the 4cylinder. It's the one that's 50/50 and has a lower CoG.

Sounds like he may be in an existential struggle of sorts...

TJ Hunt located a Toyota stamp on the bottom of the center console/cup holder assembly for anyone interested lol.

^ Definitely a massive component.

Lol, he ended up calling one of the powertrain engineers we frequently work with and confirmed that Hino developed the 5VZ-FE and that Yamaha did the heads. Learn something new every day...

I had never heard of the VZ engines being influenced by Hino in any way, so I just asked my boss who is riding with me right now and he said the VZ in general is Toyota design with DOHC variants further revised by Yamaha. That's not to say Hino didn't assist with it in some way as evidenced by...

Egh, Hino is about as Toyota as it gets... it's like saying Daihatsu isnt Toyota lol

that's way better ^

Tsuzuki-san was the chief engineer of the JZA80 through development and release, and Nobuaki Katayama took over as chief engineer sometime after that before it was discontinued IIRC. That said, he worked on the AE86 and contributed heavily during development of: SC, JZA80, and was chief engineer...

the car is already fairly aggressive in stock form, so I don't really care for the stuff much beyond what say TRD did.

in more way than one too; it's likely too tall, has that weird boot lid spoiler portion, and the uprights and top plane are super thick.

Even if we stripped down an LC500 and base modeled it, we would still be looking at a price point far north of the current 50k and thats with the current V8 and substantial curb weight. Big part of that is because it was reinforced to eventually allow for a convertible, much like the RC...

Chassis looks like it's likely okay, but that's a guess. But yeah, there are many other factors that come into play here (track insurance, parts availability, etc).

On a more positive note, Daigo and HKS are working on B58 upgrades. Who will be first to 1000hp?

Ouch.