Home / Toyota Supra Forums

Go Back   Toyota Supra Forums! Join the Supra forum! > Performance, Modification, and Maintenance Forums - for generation specific discussions > MKIV Supra

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-01-2010, 05:41 AM   #1
born 4 supra
Stock
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: canada
Posts: 4
born 4 supra is on a distinguished road
Default inquiring about costs of upgrades...

hey guys, im looking into possibly buying and mk4 TT, and have a few questions. im not a car genius so dont be too harsh...but iv done a fair amount of searching, and from what iv understood is that a TT MK4 is a fast car, but not insanely fast (stock). however, if you mod your supra properly, it can be almost unbeatable. but my question is how much modding is neccesary? i dont need 800 hp, but considering the car is ~300hp stock, how hard is it to achieve 400-500 hp/tq? like if u throw on an intake and exhaust i assume that that wouldnt get u 400hp, but if someone could give me a ballpark estimate on what some first tuning steps usually are, and how much they would cost(roughly)? im only asking for a estimate, and i understand that you can spend different cash depending on parts and quality, but im talkin good reliable parts that arent like nascar insane. so basicaly all im asking is how much money do you have to spend to get to 4,5, or 600 hp, and what parts would be recomended? (again only a very rough estimate). sorry if its a stupid question, but i have done searching and havent really found a straight answer. anyway thanks alot, its really appreciated!!

Cheers!
born 4 supra is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2010, 04:40 AM   #2
pwpanas
Supra Owner
 
pwpanas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: GA, USA
Posts: 2,209
pwpanas is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by born 4 supra View Post
hey guys, im looking into possibly buying and mk4 TT, and have a few questions. im not a car genius so dont be too harsh...but iv done a fair amount of searching, and from what iv understood is that a TT MK4 is a fast car, but not insanely fast (stock). however, if you mod your supra properly, it can be almost unbeatable. but my question is how much modding is neccesary?...
This depends what you'll be racing, right? If you'll only be racing 6cyl rustangs, then not much modding will be necessary. If you want to take turbo 'busas on out on the highway, then you'll need quite a bit more.
Quote:
Originally Posted by born 4 supra View Post
...i dont need 800 hp, but considering the car is ~300hp stock, how hard is it to achieve 400-500 hp/tq?...
Generally: 400hp isn't too hard; 400rwhp is harder; and 500rwhp takes more extensive mods.
Quote:
Originally Posted by born 4 supra View Post
...like if u throw on an intake and exhaust i assume that that wouldnt get u 400hp, but if someone could give me a ballpark estimate on what some first tuning steps usually are, and how much they would cost(roughly)? im only asking for a estimate, and i understand that you can spend different cash depending on parts and quality, but im talkin good reliable parts that arent like nascar insane. so basicaly all im asking is how much money do you have to spend to get to 4,5, or 600 hp, and what parts would be recomended? (again only a very rough estimate)....
'BPU' should cost less than $1,000 USD, and includes a boost gauge, a downpipe (eliminates the oem cats), a fuel cut eliminator (GReddy BCC), a boost controller of some sort (a hose clamp in the right spot works), and a few gallons of race fuel. This will get you to about 400hp at the crank.
Quote:
Originally Posted by born 4 supra View Post
...sorry if its a stupid question, but i have done searching and havent really found a straight answer. anyway thanks alot, its really appreciated!!

Cheers!
__________________
Phil '94 Supra Turbo, 6spd, 'APU'+
Displacement is no replacement for boost.
Life begins at 30psi.


NB: Please consider posting any help requests in a new thread instead of asking me for help privately. About 99.9+% of the time, private help requests end up covering great information that could be very valuable to other forum members. If you have a good reason for needing the help request to be private, I'll consider it. If not, then why not give everyone else the opportunity to pitch in too, and/or learn from the information? Remember, there's no such thing as a dumb question. We're all here to help within this family of Supra owners.
pwpanas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2010, 05:32 AM   #3
born 4 supra
Stock
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: canada
Posts: 4
born 4 supra is on a distinguished road
Default

thanks! that helped alot. i guess id just start with bpu and go from there. from what everyones said thats around 1-2k so not too bad. but thanks for the help, great reply!
born 4 supra is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Machine Work Costs Supra_Freak_7m MKIII Supra 5 05-04-2010 02:22 AM
lexus parts for supra upgrades TargaMKII MKII Supra 2 04-06-2006 12:57 AM
upgrades twd420 MKIII Supra 1 03-16-2006 08:56 PM
Upgrades dcrusupra MKIII Supra 3 10-07-2005 02:01 PM
upgrades supra_91 MKIII Supra 14 10-01-2005 04:07 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:27 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

1986



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87