Beasts Of The East: 10 Asian Cars Which Deserve A Restomod

November 29, 2017

Toyota Supra

Years produced: 1978-2002

The Toyota Supra is another car, like the Evo, which has a big cult following. Once again, it deserves that, and, if I’m honest, more attention. The 1993 Supra’s engine, the catchily named 2JZ-GTE, is still relatively small at 3 liters, but this one is a straight-six. The engine could produce 320 horsepower in stock form, but it was also tuneable to bonkers levels. Some owners have taken their Supras to over 1000 horsepower, more than a Bugatti Veyron. These super Supras have hit 195 mph in quarter miles, and have 0-60s of around two seconds. It’s plain ridiculous, to be honest, and I love it.

On the downside, the body looks pretty weary these days, and the interior is plain dull. That being said, my eyes are still being inexorably drawn to the stats I just typed. I can’t get away from them, and in most cars, you can’t get away from a tuned Supra. A used Supra will lighten your pockets by somewhere around $30,000-50,000. You really don’t want to throw that engine out, so put some time into tuning it and develop your own crazed Japanese sports/dragrace hybrid. Where does restomodding come into this? Well, changing the transmission, suspension etc, would be an excellent idea, as would ripping out the hoary old exterior.

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