Remembering Japanese cars from the past
What would a Toyota Carina GT meeting look like in 1994? Well these photos were taken in 1994 at a Carina meeting somewhere in the Saitama Prefecture:
All Carinas are GT models and all except one (RA45 18R-G) are 2T-G powered. How bizarre is that? I would say that’s pretty epic as the 2T-G versions of the third generation are now close to extinct!
The big lineup really looks great: Continue reading
Found these Celica M-500 pictures on Tumbler:
Haven’t found any info on this HKS Power Celica M-500…
But I do know that it is powered by a twin turbo 5M-GTE: Continue reading
The second video is a bit over exposed, but at least by listening to the sound of it you will loooove this 1G-GTE powered Carina!
As you can see the 1G is a tight fit.
The 1G-GTE produced at maximum a mere 210hp, but the 275 Nm makes it all worth! Continue reading
Noriyaro posted some amazing pictures again! This time of a typically 80s boxy Toyota Chaser JZX71:
Boxy 80s Toyota Chaser JZX71 drifting
I do not agree with him that the car is bosozoku, it is more kyusha kai than bosozoku: it is lowered and it got stretched tires around deep dished rims. No further bosozoku styling (like ridiculous body modifications) or what so ever.
If you’re interested in all pictures of the Chaser, you can find them in this posting on the Noriyaru site:
Nori Yaru’s Chaser
Found this Carina with a 1JZ-GTE engine (JDM Supra MkIII/Soarer MkII) in it:
From what I can see on the grille this is a ST model, so it either featured a 1S or 3A originally.
Too bad there is not more footage of this engine swap. Would have been very interesting in what they actually had to change for this!
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