THOR-Thunder
"THOR is the Norse god of thunder.
He is a son of Odin and Jord, and one of the most powerful gods."
LATEST NEWS.....
01/12/06
R154 Manual gearbox fitted
Dynoed at 250BHP at wheels on Dynapack chassis dyno.
01/02/06
V8 Engine fits in the Supra.
Summary:
The target project car is a Toyota Supra MkIV TT. (3.0lt TT)
It is being retro-fitted with a 4.7lt Lexus V8 with twin turbo chargers.
Original specification....
- 1995 Toyota Supra MkIV
- 3.0lt 2JZGTE engine
- Twin Hybrid Turbos (450BHP at 1.2bar of boost)
- Automatic gearbox.
Donor Engines
We looked around at the Toyota engine choices and started with the 4.0lt V8 (1UZ-FE) from the Soarer SC400 and LS400 cars. Then proceeded to look at the 4.7lt 2UZ-FE and the 4.3lt 3UZ-FE from the Landcruiser SR5 and the Lexus GS430....
We purchased one 4.3lt, three 4.0lt's and one 4.7lt. We've also just purchased a cheap Soarer SC400 as well to start the initial mods on......
More detailed pages on the following.......
- Target Vehicle Stripdown
- The Engines
- Supra 4.0lt V8 non Turbo
- R154 Manual Gearbox Conversion
- Supra 4.0lt V8 Twin Turbo or Supercharger (coming soon)
- Supra 4.7lt V8 Twin Turbo (one day maybe ;-) )
