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Race Car Of The Day: September 26, 2009; CM's '87 Toyota Supra
Topic Started: Sep 26 2009, 01:42 AM (621 Views)
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Today's car of the day is CM's 1987 Toyota Supra.

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The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra (in its third generation, MKIII) became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica. In turn, Toyota also stopped using the prefix Celica and began just calling the car Supra.[4] Due to the similarity and past of the Toyota Celica's name, it is frequently mistaken for the Toyota Supra, and vice versa.

The Supra also traces much of its roots back to the Toyota 2000GT with the main instance being its engine. The first three generations were offered with a direct descendant to the 2000GT's M engine. All four generations of Supra produced have an inline 6-cylinder engine. Interior aspects were also similar.

Along with this name and car Toyota also included its own logo for the Supra. It is derived from the original Celica logo, being blue instead of orange. This logo was used until January 1986, when the MKIII Supra was introduced. The new logo was similar in size, with orange writing on a red background, but without the dragon design. That logo, in turn, was on Supras until 1991 when Toyota switched to its current oval company logo.

In 1999, Toyota ceased sales of the Supra in the United States and in 2002 Toyota officially stopped production of the Supra in Japan.

As an iconic sports car, the Supra has appeared in numerous video games, movies, music videos and TV shows. Some of the most notable appearances include the Gran Turismo, Need for Speed, and Midnight Club series of video games and the 2001 film, The Fast and the Furious.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Supra

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While not the only MK III Supra in diecast, it's the only one in my collection. The other dates to when the car was new and is not a great casting, nor is it easy to find. Tomica actually mocked up this car but never produced it. The lack of MK III Supras in diecast has always come as a huge surprise to me- especially on how Tomica could neglect this car (and keep doing so even to this day!). All generations of the RX-7 and Nissan/Datsun Z-Car are well represented, and the MK II and MK IV Supras are both well-represented, but the MK III gets less love than even the MK I (a MK I Supra have been done by Yat Ming, and Matchbox did the '79 Celica XX which is the Japanese version of the Supra).

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In the middle of 1986, Toyota was ready to release its next version of the Supra. The official model year is designated as 1986.5. The bonds between the Celica and the Supra were cut; they were now two completely different models. The Celica changed to front wheel drive, while the Supra kept its rear wheel drive platform. Though the Mark II and Mark III had similar designs, the engine was updated to a more powerful 3.0 200 hp (149 kW) inline 6. Although only available in naturally aspirated trim in 1986.5, a turbocharged version of the engine was introduced in the 1987 model year. The Supra was now related mechanically to the Toyota Soarer for the Japanese market.

The new Mark III Supra engine, the 7M-GE, was the flagship engine of Toyota's arsenal. Both versions of the engine contained 4 valves per cylinder and dual overhead cams. The turbocharged 7M-GTE engine was Toyota's first distributor-less engine offered in the U.S which used coil packs sitting on the cam covers and a cam position sensor off of the exhaust camshaft. It was equipped with a CT26 turbocharger and was rated at 230 hp (172 kW) at 5600 rpm while the naturally-aspirated 7M-GE engine was rated at 200 hp (149 kW) at 6000 rpm. Further refinement on the turbo model increased power to 232 hp (173 kW) and 254 lb·ft (344 N·m) in 1989. This was mostly due to a redesign of the wastegate.

The naturally aspirated came as standard issue with the W58 manual transmission. The turbo versions included the more robust R154 manual transmission. Both were available with the optional 4-speed A340E automatic transmission.

During the year of 1989, the car received new tail lights, a front bumper, steering wheel, lower redline (due to the heavier crank with cylinders 2 & 5 counterbalanced), badging and side trim amongst other features. Modifications to the wastegate actuator, feed location and engine management netted another 2 hp (1 kW) on the turbo model. The engine mount and brace were also changed so it could accommodate the 1JZ engine for Japan models. Fortunately, this also allowed the 2JZ engine to be put in since they both use the same engine mounts. The protective body molding was also changed by taking away the steel reinforcement. This made the molding lighter and prevented the rusting problem on the previous years. For the 1991 model year, the wheel design was changed to 5-spoke wheels. Both models wore 16x7 aluminum alloy wheels that were fitted with 225/50/16 tires and full-sized spares on steel wheels. It was also the last Supra to come with hood struts and a full-sized spare wheel since they added weight.

The Supra was also available in two non-export models in Japan, the JZA70 with a 2.5 L 276 hp (206 kW) twin-turbo 1JZ-GTE, known as 2.5GT Twin Turbo (JZA70), and the GA70 with a 2.0 L 210 hp (157 kW) twin-turbo 1G-GTE and non turbo 1G-GEU .

A special version of the 1JZ-GTE equipped JZA70, the 2.5 Twin Turbo R, had black/gray Recaro seats, a Torsen differential, additional braces to mount the diff, Bilstein suspension and uprated springs, Momo wheel and gear knob and matching interior trim. This was the fastest factory production version of the Mk3 Supra, running a mid 14 second 1/4 mile. This model had no ABS and was the lightest of all the MK3 supras.

The third-generation Supra represented a great deal of new technology. In 1986, options available for the Supra included 3-channel ABS and TEMS (Toyota Electronically Modulated Suspension) which gave the driver 2 settings which affected the damper rates; a third was automatically activated at WOT, hard braking, and high speed maneuvering. HKS also made a "TEMS Controller" to hack the system and activate it on the fly, though the controllers are now nearly impossible to find.

ACIS (Acoustic Controlled Induction System), a method of controlling air compression pulses inside the intake piping to increase power, was also apart of the 7M-GE's technological arsenal. All models were fitted with double wishbone suspension front and rear. A targa top was offered along with a metal power sliding sunroof (added in '91).

Turbo A
The Turbo-A was Toyota's evolution model for Group A touring car championships all over the world which required a minimum of 500 which were only sold in Japan and was produced between August and September 1987. Some noted differences between the standard Supra and the Turbo-A model are both cosmetic and some mechanical. The front nose features the ducting to cool the engine, the badging 'turboA' and a Black paint job (all 500 are black). The engine bay features a 287 hp (214 kW) 7M-GTEU. All Turbo-As also came standard with leather interior.

The car did not win as many races as hoped, being a 3.0 L it was forced to run with more weight where the R32 Skyline GTR didn't have the same restriction and was soon outmoded by the latter when it made its debut in 1990. For the JTCC Toyota would in 1991 switched to racing AE101 Corolla Levins in the lower category until the series final year in 1993. However in the less 'limited' racing it did considerably better.


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james_autos
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I don't have any CM's in my collection because they only focus on rally cars, which I don't tend to collect. And they're not cheap.

But, they do a Peugeot 306 which I wouldn't mind getting for obvious reasons :D
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Celica Baby
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Can you see what I'm saying?
That's one busy looking Supra! Still, not bad looking!

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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
And no one even noticed I had the Nissan Pathfinder's info from yesterday still in the info? ;) Fixed now!

The sad thing? Tomica almost did the MK III. Why they didn't, to this day, surprises me. They could still fill this hole and I wish they would!
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SSChevyman
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Nice Supra U got there..............
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Celica Baby
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Can you see what I'm saying?
Swifty
Sep 26 2009, 04:31 PM
And no one even noticed I had the Nissan Pathfinder's info from yesterday still in the info? ;) Fixed now!

The sad thing? Tomica almost did the MK III. Why they didn't, to this day, surprises me. They could still fill this hole and I wish they would!
I admit it...I only look at the pictures! :cry:
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Think I'll vote for the secretary. She's looking better each day. :huh:
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ivantt
Sep 27 2009, 09:22 AM
Think I'll vote for the secretary. She's looking better each day. :huh:
There's a reason I'm always dropping things... :D :P
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