Tom's GR Supra

[vdmtom]

Hi all,

I received my car from Longo Toyota back in August 2019 to build for SEMA 2019, the car was featured at the Whiteline Suspension booth.

Where we assembled the car on my friend's driveway late at night after work leading up to the day the transport came to pick it up

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Shortly after SEMA.. I took it to Thunderhill for some fun, at this event, I didn't time myself, so next time back to Thunderhill, I will do that.

The parts I had on at this time were the following:
Artisan Spirits CF Aero Kit
Recaro Sportster GT w/ Bride Seat Rails
Akrapovic Slip-on Line Titanium Exhaust w/ their MIidpipe
Advan GT Premium in White
Toyo Proxes Sport tires
KW Variant 3 Coilovers
Whiteline Front & Rear Sway Bar Kit
Project Mu x Alcon Front Big Brake Kit
Mevius Extended Stud Conversion
Project Kics R40 Iconix Lug Nuts
XPEL Stealth PPF (Clear Bra) entire car by Imperial Works
XPEL XR Plus window tint
Toyota OEM CF Mirror Caps
Chasing Js Custom Titanium 3pt Front Strut Bar

One of the things I hated about the Supra coming from an F80 M3, was the steering wheel. It was just so damn thin..
I changed it out for DCTMS Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel
Thicker Core, Carbon Fiber, Flat Bottom, is this too much to ask Toyota/BMW to make?

Took the Supra out to Buttonwillow in Feb 2020 and had only street tires and the first time for the car on this track.

So my car sat like that for a while.. then June 2020 came around and my Volk Racing TE37 Saga 18x9.5 +23 (Face 4 concave) 18x11 +40 (Face 5 concave) in Bronze finally arrived.. I paired them up with Toyo R888R 265/35/18 and 315/30/18!

I wanted to test out the 18x11 +40 with 315/30/18 so I signed up for Laguna beginning of July. I put down a good-to-me time of a 1:48.XX, first time on track with this car and I swapped few parts off the car in anticipation for new build..

Latest update: I got bored of bronze/cleaning them and I bought another set of the TE37 Saga but this time in Matte Black.

I was at Buttonwillow Raceway on 7/25 and it was HOT! I was warned to keep an eye on the car temp and also my tires and half way through the 3rd session, I saw the car temp come very close to overheating, luckily I happened to look down and it turned out I let the car cool off just in time.. with plenty of traffic and heat cycled tires, I managed a 2:09, I still improved 4 seconds from Feb, despite having a passenger, traffic, and hotter weather.. hopefully I am able to go for sub 2 next time!

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[trakday]

Hi all,

I received my car from Longo Toyota back in August 2019 to build for SEMA 2019, the car was featured at the Whiteline Suspension booth.

Where we assembled the car on my friend's driveway late at night after work leading up to the day the transport came to pick it up

View attachment 28966

Shortly after SEMA.. I took it to Thunderhill for some fun, at this event, I didn't time myself, so next time back to Thunderhill, I will do that.

The parts I had on at this time were the following:
Artisan Spirits CF Aero Kit
Recaro Sportster GT w/ Bride Seat Rails
Akrapovic Slip-on Line Titanium Exhaust w/ their MIidpipe
Advan GT Premium in White
Toyo Proxes Sport tires
KW Variant 3 Coilovers
Whiteline Front & Rear Sway Bar Kit
Project Mu x Alcon Front Big Brake Kit
Mevius Extended Stud Conversion
Project Kics R40 Iconix Lug Nuts
XPEL Stealth PPF (Clear Bra) entire car by Imperial Works
XPEL XR Plus window tint
Toyota OEM CF Mirror Caps
Chasing Js Custom Titanium 3pt Front Strut Bar

One of the things I hated about the Supra coming from an F80 M3, was the steering wheel. It was just so damn thin..
I changed it out for DCTMS Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel
Thicker Core, Carbon Fiber, Flat Bottom, is this too much to ask Toyota/BMW to make?

Took the Supra out to Buttonwillow in Feb 2020 and had only street tires and the first time for the car on this track.

So my car sat like that for a while.. then June 2020 came around and my Volk Racing TE37 Saga 18x9.5 +23 (Face 4 concave) 18x11 +40 (Face 5 concave) in Bronze finally arrived.. I paired them up with Toyo R888R 265/35/18 and 315/30/18!

I wanted to test out the 18x11 +40 with 315/30/18 so I signed up for Laguna beginning of July. I put down a good-to-me time of a 1:48.XX, first time on track with this car and I swapped few parts off the car in anticipation for new build..

Latest update: I got bored of bronze/cleaning them and I bought another set of the TE37 Saga but this time in Matte Black.

I was at Buttonwillow Raceway on 7/25 and it was HOT! I was warned to keep an eye on the car temp and also my tires and half way through the 3rd session, I saw the car temp come very close to overheating, luckily I happened to look down and it turned out I let the car cool off just in time.. with plenty of traffic and heat cycled tires, I managed a 2:09, I still improved 4 seconds from Feb, despite having a passenger, traffic, and hotter weather.. hopefully I am able to go for sub 2 next time!

 

[trakday]

Hell yes! my race silver Forgelines are a bitch to keep clean....should of went with a darker color...but you're car is looking great!

 

[a90moe]

Thanks sharing 18" Sagas are fire

 

[Buzzar]

Great build!

Love the seats!!

 

[Ricky218]

Like @Buzzar said, nice seats! Did you get any error messages on the dash when you replaced the seats?

 

[suptj]

I left my rear markers because I liked the red accent, but your photos are making me second guess that decision!!! Love the build

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