With our love for Big power Toyotas this car was always going to be a hit with us here at Powervehicles.com.  The other day we got round to testing it after installing a new boost controller.  The car never disappointed…..
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Here’s a selection of the best pics from our guest photographer for the day – Pete Leong.  There’s a Video in the post too – Enjoy!

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We snapped this the other day on the Minami Track.  Its rare to see JZA80 Supras here as there not a common choice as a drift car so it made a welcome change. The 2JZ GTE Engine has plenty of power even in a light tune state, so all though a big car, they drift pretty easily.

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It’s the Friday practice session before rounds 5 and 6 of the D1 Championship here in Japan so we thought we would take the chance to check out some of the cars that regularly compete but don’t necessarily make it though to the finals each time, as well as get a closer look at some of our favourite driver’s cars.  As ever, the places remaining for the dual finals on Saturday and Sunday were closely fought for. 55 cars entered, all trying to grab one of the few remaining finals places, along with the big-name seeded drivers.  Bad luck to those who never made it, they will get another bite of the apple at “last chance qualifying” tomorrow evening after the Saturday’s finals.  Unusually there were very few crashes at the famous Minami circuit here in Ebisu, but there was a few mechanical casualties.  Lets hope they make the necessary repairs in time for tomorrow!

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We caught up with Winds Auto in the pits at Minami whilst they were up practicing for the next D1 Round.  Unfortunately we never got to see the car running as it suffered a front knuckle failure, but they will soon have that fixed and we will see them back here for the competition.

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You can tell there is a D1 round coming up, when you arrive at Minami circuit and see no fewer than 5 D1 cars, here practicing.  The 2 JZX100 monster Chasers of Kunny’z and Diago Saito, Koguchi’s famous 180sx, Jinushi’s 4-real works green JZZ30 Soarer, and Wind’s Autos’ Hachiroku SR20 Turbo were all here honing their game. 
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Today at Minami GP Sports were out in action, triple drifting together.  It was great watching them keep tight formation as they navigated their way round the circuit at high speed.

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We caught up with Maeda san practicing in his Up Garage AE86 20V Turbo at the Minami course. We’ve seen this car compete in D1 for the last few years and  it still remains one of the last AE86s that are still competitive today.  The 20V 4AG is coupled with a TD06 turbo, NOS, and Motec management.  It used to be one of the loudest cars in D1, but in keeping with current regulations, has been quietened somewhat.  It still sounds great tearing round the track and next time we will try to get some action shots!

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