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at the same time, weren't Supras almost $5-10k more expensive? That extra cost could explain why they had 555 injectors too. (I may be off on my prices here... someone correct me if I am... I paid $30k for my Z brand new in 1991, and haven't really paid close attention to the prices after that!) : I see what you're getting at.. here's the main thing I see: : In Japan, a stock vehicle is not supposed to exceed 300hp at the flywheel. Regulations and whatnot. Many do off the assembly line, but the manufacturers 'lie' and say it doesn't, so... : Now, where does the potential lie in the stock Supra? I see it being mostly in the fact they use 555 injectors over the Z's 320s. More fuel for more boost. For the *stock* car, the 320s are fine, the 555s on the Supra are overkill for the *average* owner. Although Toyota left a little bit of overhead to allow owners to run up the boost a lot and utilize those oversized injectors. From an economic standpoint (and I might be way off base here, because I don't know for sure on the tech here) Toyota could put in the 555s for just as much money as the 320s, because they aren't side feed like the Zs. This opens the door for the owners to run up the boost some & get the benefits the Toyota engineers provided economically. The side feed are a lot more rare and the cost to get them was probably the corporate version of what we pay now... too freaking much. So the Z doesn't get to see that extra potential. I've seen stock turboed Zs do 400+RWHP w/o internal work once they have te 555s in them. The playfield levels out real quick. : Ramblings make any sense? : M02
Bernie
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