Why does someone in Japan need a car with 280 horsepower? The max speed limit is 100 km or about 60. Most expressways are 80 km or 50 and most other roads are 60km or 36. Sure there is some countryside but I would be afraid of running down some grandpa or granny and they step right out in front of you! Worse running over a kid, all three have right of way and it is called professional negligence resulting in injury or death.

Are the speed limits in New Zealand higher? I know there is more open space than in Japan. Perhaps Nagoya made a mistake and put the local Japanese car specs on the exports?

Why do they have such small sopped up cars and vans? The reason the less the curb weight and engine size the less taxes, insurance. Better yet if small enough to get the yellow plate, you get discounts on highway and bridge tolls.

for starters drifting is a really big in japan. and i would imagine they have raceways and drag strips as well....

So true, I was referring to the regular roads. I have a gold stripe on my license in Japan.

What can be done for my MA70 in America?

Yeah! Another thread COMPLETELY DERAILED! :rolleyes2

How long were you living there? Or did you just manage to spend enough time traveling there to qualify? When I was younger, even if just visiting on a regular basis there's no way I could have ever managed a gold endorsement... Hell, I probably wouldn't have graduated beyond green. But, I'm older and wiser now (Don't get me wrong, I'm not THAT old).

Laughs you would of done well. Oh I have lived there for a number of years but my job is here in America. I lived in Okinawa and Kanagawa. Discovered to my joy my Japanese license can be used in Australia and the UK.

I was just trying to put things in context and show that the Supra was an odd duck for Japan. My Supra in Japan had a GA70 engine and a automatic. It was a slug compared to my current Supra.

So what can I do to get an little extra power. Though I spun the tires in the first 3 gears over the weekend. :cool: Not long after that a policeman showed up, wonders if there is a connection :p

cams. ITB's and injectors. EMS
if you want a better starting point, rebuild, bore, high compression pistons.

or you could always search for a turbo engine... close to direct drop in.