Race Tracking Your Supra - Information exchange

[Rensuhlo]

@AndyK5 phd has a discord. The supra community has a discord, but this is one you want to avoid according to your OP.

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[Vertex]

@Traxion DIY on the red strips? Looks great on a dark car, maybe it'll look good on my yellow as well.

He did do the stripes himself and I've seen it in person when I visited him this last October. Really looks good on the car like it should be there and gives it just a little bit of extra color. Goes nicely with the red calipers and lone red stripe on the wheels.

 

[kaj]

good to know! I thought it might have made a difference

Let's try this one more time, since Bryan already put in the work

That’s tire diameter, nothing to do with non-square or square.

Again, only thing that changes that is tire diameter. You could run 15” wheels but have tires the same diameter as OEM and the mph would be the same.

 

[Islindur]

I did some read on louvers overall, APR placement on top of fender should work too, minor diff with Spage/Sayber design. Verus ones will be interesting.
Also, good read on vents and their effects: https://racelouvers.com/test-data/
Seems racelouvers are one of the more effrctive ones. Maybe I'd get those.
Also, new Supra vent from them: https://racelouvers.com/supra-mk5-20-22-curved-fender-louver-pair-rsf-fender-trim/

 

[FLtrackdays]

I did some read on louvers overall, APR placement on top of fender should work too, minor diff with Spage/Sayber design. Verus ones will be interesting.
Also, good read on vents and their effects: https://racelouvers.com/test-data/
Seems racelouvers are one of the more effrctive ones. Maybe I'd get those.
Also, new Supra vent from them: https://racelouvers.com/supra-mk5-20-22-curved-fender-louver-pair-rsf-fender-trim/

When is your track season? We’re open year round but busiest Oct - March. Few guys still go out during the 6 months of summer, burn through parts and do free testing for Toyota ?

It’s funny but looking back, the guys who seem to get in the most track time have done the least things to their cars. Couple of stock Supra guys debate on which tires, oil, brake fluid and that’s about it. Their cars are track ready 24/7. Makes me think, would I do all the mods again???? Probably ?
*(side note - fastest track times down here are by a stock Supra guy - go figure)*

 

[Islindur]

When is your track season? We’re open year round but busiest Oct - March. Few guys still go out during the 6 months of summer, burn through parts and do free testing for Toyota ?

It’s funny but looking back, the guys who seem to get in the most track time have done the least things to their cars. Couple of stock Supra guys debate on which tires, oil, brake fluid and that’s about it. Their cars are track ready 24/7. Makes me think, would I do all the mods again???? Probably ?
*(side note - fastest track times down here are by a stock Supra guy - go figure)*

Here in EU? More like march-october, now its -few C and snow

I sold my 2.0 and just recently bought great condition stock 2020 3.0, so going over every part of the car now for upgrades, looking what i can improve and how, ofc in relation to how much I can spend. I would like to put in Nitron R3 or MCS 3 ways but realistically I can afford Ohlins R&T for now
But I need mods, since I am aiming at modded M2's, Cayman GT4, various 911's, M4's, Alpines A110S, etc, zero chance I hang with them stock since they are all modded and its the fastest Time Attak league in central-east Europe With stock car I'd get beaten by Yarises GR full of mods
All abroad 295 square r18 cho-cho train

 

[D_A_S]

With the modded M2's, Caymans, and M4's. You will need speed to compete. We were at Thunderhill 25 Hour race with our Street turned GT4 build. With close to stock power the Truspeed boys and there H.O. Caymen 4.0L were pulling us like a FreightTrain. We were better optimized chassis wise. But the power simply put us out of reach.

I would suggest you mainly focus on a turbo kit that is not going to pump a bunch of heat into the engine and optimize the airflow by studying airflow charts for said turbochargers. The factory turbo is a Blow-dryer past the 23-25psi mark. Unfortunately, where you are headed, there is no cheap route. I will say that you absolutely need to look into fixing the oil pump issue on your car and all the updated Vanos parts for your 2 port engine. We just recently found a nice little fix for the guys running into issues. It is more than just the pump and some hardware. Unfortunately, BMW nor Toyota have had enough fail to execute a Recall. But if you look at parts there have been updates in the catalogue that suggest things have been being tracked by the manufacture to warrant a part update.

 

[Islindur]

With the modded M2's, Caymans, and M4's. You will need speed to compete. We were at Thunderhill 25 Hour race with our Street turned GT4 build. With close to stock power the Truspeed boys and there H.O. Caymen 4.0L were pulling us like a FreightTrain. We were better optimized chassis wise. But the power simply put us out of reach.

I would suggest you mainly focus on a turbo kit that is not going to pump a bunch of heat into the engine and optimize the airflow by studying airflow charts for said turbochargers. The factory turbo is a Blow-dryer past the 23-25psi mark. Unfortunately, where you are headed, there is no cheap route. I will say that you absolutely need to look into fixing the oil pump issue on your car and all the updated Vanos parts for your 2 port engine. We just recently found a nice little fix for the guys running into issues. It is more than just the pump and some hardware. Unfortunately, BMW nor Toyota have had enough fail to execute a Recall. But if you look at parts there have been updates in the catalogue that suggest things have been being tracked by the manufacture to warrant a part update.

Well, planning to run 500-520 crank hp either with stock hybrid turbo or pure700 upgr. But power is last on the list.
Going to pick up the car finally tomorrow ?

 

[razorlab]

Well, planning to run 500-520 crank hp either with stock hybrid turbo or pure700 upgr. But power is last on the list.
Going to pick up the car finally tomorrow ?

I have zero issues with matching or surpassing acceleration of GT4’s, GT3’s , last gen GT3RS, ZL1, M2/3/4, z06, etc with 500whp on track.

 

[Islindur]

I have zero issues with matching or surpassing acceleration of GT4’s, GT3’s , last gen GT3RS, ZL1, M2/3/4, z06, etc with 500whp on track.

Well, U are pushing close to 600hp at the crank, 100 more than I'm planning, I'd imagine U have no problems
U in 56's on Lime?

 

[kaj]

It’s funny but looking back, the guys who seem to get in the most track time have done the least things to their cars. Couple of stock Supra guys debate on which tires, oil, brake fluid and that’s about it. Their cars are track ready 24/7. Makes me think, would I do all the mods again???? Probably ?
*(side note - fastest track times down here are by a stock Supra guy - go figure)*

That is 100% by design. I JUST came from a "race car". I was always maintaining it, really needed to be trailered everywhere, and it wasn't really suitable to drive around on the street, comfortably. Now I just do basic maintenance like any other car and enjoy driving again. SO MUCH less stress. Like half. LOL. So far, I've gone faster on all but one course I had the other car on. It's been a win/win other than having a car payment. My favorite part is people asking what's done to the car then their faces when I say "tires".
With my other car everyone had the "well, yeah.. it's modded, so of course he's faster". They swore that car had 500whp but would be dumbfounded when I popped the hood. That's the only way they believed me LOL. It did have EVERYTHING else done, though. Ground up.
Pissing off people in "faster" cars is sooooo much fun. Especially when they are still stock except for tires and brake pads. ?

 

[razorlab]

Well, U are pushing close to 600hp at the crank, 100 more than I'm planning, I'd imagine U have no problems
U in 56's on Lime?

Wasn't able to hit 56's this season. 0:57.20 at the last event. Next season!

GT3RS vs me on my "low power" map. Would be no issue on my 500whp map.

 

[FLtrackdays]

I finally uploaded two videos at Sebring. One where I finally got out of traffic:



And the other at the beginning of the session, with lot of cars (more fun watching):



It was a busy weekend but had a blast as usual! Chin requires point by's, but none of us had any major issues, such a great group of fellow drivers. There was only 2 Supra's there (Chin down here is mainly a Porsche fest). The other Supra was a GT4, which was flying around the track. Especially when he had his pro coach driving it.

Mine... felt even better with the local race shop (Autoquest) dialing in my suspension/setup. Bonus: no tire rubbing this time ?

 

[Islindur]

I finally uploaded two videos at Sebring. One where I finally got out of traffic:



And the other at the beginning of the session, with lot of cars (more fun watching):



It was a busy weekend but had a blast as usual! Chin requires point by's, but none of us had any major issues, such a great group of fellow drivers. There was only 2 Supra's there (Chin down here is mainly a Porsche fest). The other Supra was a GT4, which was flying around the track. Especially when he had his pro coach driving it.

Mine... felt even better with the local race shop (Autoquest) dialing in my suspension/setup. Bonus: no tire rubbing this time ?

How is Your suspension setup atm? Different springs on Ohlins? Sways?

 

[razorlab]

Lol, was this just a Corvette, Camaro and Porsche day?

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