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#31 of 298 engine swap by 84supra Mar 10, 2005 (9:46 pm)
I'm building a 85 toyota supra and i am trying to find out if the 86-91 7MGTE 3.0 motor will fit where the smaller 5MGE 2.8 they are both inline 6 i need to know if the 3.0 will bolt right up
#32 of 298 geez by nippononly Mar 10, 2005 (11:11 pm)
I kinda doubt it - the 86 1/2 had a much longer hood line than the 85.   I thought this was the 2007 Supra thread?
#33 of 298 Re: wale [toyota_pro] by ryousuke Mar 14, 2005 (7:53 am)
Replying to: toyota_pro (Mar 01, 2005 2:44 pm) i agree... the main enemy of the supra performance wise was its heavy weight. If they put a bigger engine in, it would make weight a bigger handicap. The biggest engine they can fit without gaining weight is the 3UZ-FE V-8(the engine in the GS,LS,SC) which they do for the Japanese GT Championship. This is why I dont think they will have a motor larger than a V-8....It would be logical to use either the avalon motor (if they put in duall vvtL-i it owuld be sweeter), and maybe even bolt a turbo on it, or they could make a new engine that is a new version of the one in the old supra, the 2JZ-G(T)E. maybe they make a 3JZ-G(T)E... if toyota got really lazy i guess they could pull out a 3UZ-FE and stick it in the new supra now if you're wondering about all this engine designation gibberish, the stuff before the - is just a name for the engine, while the last three indicate: G-engine built for performance F-engine built for fuel economy T-turbo (or twin turbo) E-EFI
#34 of 298 07 Supra by motownusa Mar 15, 2005 (7:17 am)
I agree the "affordable sports car" market isn't that hot. Yes, they have lots of power and can go 0 to 60 in less than 6 seconds. But they are highly impractical for daily driving which means anybody who buys the Z or the Vette probably has another car that serves his day to day needs. Having said that, I think if Toyota can price and market the car right they have a good shot of capturing a significant portion of the sports car pie. I personally think the engine choices most likely to be in the production version would be the current 3.5 L engine in the Avalon although I am sure it would be modified to produce at least another 20 to 30 Hp. The optional engine would most likely be the 4.3 L v8 found in the Lexus LS and GS. That engine could easily produce another 100 or so horsepower. Now if they can price the V6 in the high 20s to low 30s and the V8 in the low to mid 40s I think this car could be a great success. Replies to this message: ryousuke (Mar 15, 2005 7:26 am)
#35 of 298 Re: 07 Supra [motownusa] by ryousuke Mar 15, 2005 (7:26 am)
Replying to: motownusa (Mar 15, 2005 7:17 am) yea... that pricing would be fine the V8 should be in the mid 30s (hard since im workign with canada-US dollar conversion; i just wish u'd use our dollar :p. high pricing is what killed the last supra's sales
#36 of 298 Hybrid Lexus GS450? by sharinganpwns Mar 19, 2005 (10:54 pm)
If lexus does unveil a lexus GS hybrid v8 at the New York Auto Show, why not put it in the future supra? just tune it for a bit more power maybe then seems like itd be all set. just got to see when they plan to sell the GS450 hybrid
#37 of 298 well by nippononly Mar 21, 2005 (7:05 pm)
the GS is a much bigger car than one would hope the Supra would be. The RX400H uses 240 NiMH batteries - they take up a lot of space. The 400+ hp hybrid powertrain they will use for the GS450H and the new hybrid LS will presumably need even more. Where would all those batteries go in the Supra?   besides, I think the world in general forgives real sports cars their fuel consumption. If you've got the money to buy one, you've got the money for the gas. Replies to this message: 1989mark7 (Mar 30, 2005 7:29 pm)
#38 of 298 2007 Supra by 1989mark7 Mar 30, 2005 (7:29 pm)
Replying to: nippononly (Mar 21, 2005 7:05 pm) Do you guys know that in the 1990's that a Supra was nearly $48,000? Imagine how much it would be now?
#39 of 298 why? by karl3 Apr 02, 2005 (7:23 pm)
if they could bring back the supra, stick in a turbocharged or supercharged V-6 or V-8 and price it in the mid to high 30s it would sell like nothing else the car market has ever seen. With these tuner kids puting $100K into celicas why not get something that has some GO to go with all that SHOW. I am positive that Toyota will replace the celica with something, maybe something in the same ballpark as the supra, but nothing that could compete with it performace wise. the ' 07 "super supra" is never going into production like it is now. it will probably have a 200hp naturally aspirated V-6 and will be just another bland touring car.
#40 of 298 in 1998 by nippononly Apr 02, 2005 (9:42 pm)
the last year they sold the Supra in the U.S., the list price for the base model with the NA motor was about $33K.   Even the twin turbo was only $42K, or something like that.   Now in 1995 the twin turbo reached $50K sticker, and Toyota realized it had gone too far. It promptly gave all the existing owners the shaft (bye bye resale value!) by lowering the price $10K for the following model year.   They could easily do a car that would outrun everything but the Corvette for less than $40K, using many existing components of the new Lexus cars. Which is not to say that they will do so.

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