One of the best known Japanese-based speed combinations is rooted around the Toyota 2JZ inline-six from the 1990s. You boost the thing to the moon and make sure that the head is tied down enough so that once the power snails get to work, that the upper end of the engine doesn’t do it’s best astronaut apprentice impression and stand the hell back. Legions of Supra fans and anyone else who is a believer of the inline-six bible will tell you that the proper way is with two turbochargers and as much intercooler as you can make work.
They aren’t wrong. But that isn’t the only way to go. Take the Toyota 86…the love child between Toyota and Subaru, the 86 (like the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ) is a light, rear-drive package powered by a boxer-four more in line with Subaru’s game than Toyota’s. Even though the car was meant to echo Toyota’s own AE86 Corolla, it wasn’t quite there. Maybe the soundtrack threw off purists. Or…you know what? What purist is going to look at a 6-71 sticking out of the side of the hood on a late-model Toyota and start crying foul? This is an out-and-out router, the car that is trying to play in the land of the V8 on “kill”. Wait until this thing gets it’s screws tightened properly, because this is about as mental as we’ve seen in a minute.
Put it on the strip and stop playing kid’s games trying to set it on fire!
The entire point of these cars is burnouts. They aren\’t meant for the dragstrip.
They usually run a very tall rear end gear ratio, and they don\’t have the chassis for drag racing.
The only reason burnout competitions are even a thing in Australia is that it\’s super illegal to do burnouts on the streets. If you get caught the cops take your license, give you enormous fines, and they can even seize and crush your car in some Australian states.