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2020 Toyota Supra Running E85, Meth, and an Open Downpipe Makes Insane Torque

Love it or hate it, the 2020 Toyota Supra is here to stay. As we wait for the 2021 model year to arrive at dealerships with an even more powerful 3.0-liter turbo option, it’s worth remembering the B58 engine from BMW is highly tunable as well, even up to 1,000 horsepower (1,014 PS).
EVOL_EVO 2020 Toyota Supra with E85, Meth, Open Downpipe and drag radials 12 photos
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The thing is, this level of suck-squeeze-bang-blow also implies some serious engine mods. Expensive upgrades, alright! But in the real world, the Supra can be tuned to ridiculous numbers without breaking the bank in three simple ways. The Launch Edition in the following video is a good example.

Owned by EVOL_EVO on Instagram, this Mark V “makes almost 700WTQ” with nothing more than an E85 tune, methanol injection, and an open downpipe that helps the engine breathe out a little better than before. Care to guess how much ponies and torques it puts down to the rear wheels?

Make that 539 horsepower and 691 pound-feet or 546 PS and 937 Nm of torque. “Wait, isn’t the 8HP automatic transmission rated much lower than those figures?” It is, indeed, but ZF Friedrichshafen knows a thing or two about torque-converter trannies and the 8HP is known to be a durable box.

Upgrading the exhaust system is arguably the simplest of the three mods. Making the engine run on 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, well, that’s another story. Combine E85 with a water-methanol injection system, and your engine will thank you for it with bigger bangs (a.k.a. more power).

Ethanol and methanol both cool down the air-fuel charge, an important aspect in the 2020 Toyota Supra because forced induction causes the air to heat up. As a rule of thumb, cooler air means denser air and therefore more power. Regarding the water-meth mixture, most people run 50:50 or what the instruction manual of the system’s manufacturer recommends.

Turning our attention to the car itself, EVOL_EVO also runs drag radials on all four corners. And on that note, 10.5 seconds on the drag strip is pretty good for a car that’s running stock internals. Car & Driver, by comparison, achieved 12.3 seconds at 113 miles per hour (182 kph) without mods.

 
 
 
 
 
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Florida next week... Houston the week after... Rhode Island 3 weeks later? Can we get this stock supra in the 9s ?! It’s been extremely challenging to say the least but we’re on the right path. ªýªýªý Shout out to all my Memphis people for all the help and constructive criticism! I don’t thank @wicked_navas as much as I should he’s been my right hand man and decision maker since I moved out here to Mississippi all this wouldn’t be possible without him ªýªýªý thanks brother. #dragcar #racecar #jdm #stmtuned #evo8 #evogram #evolevo #evolution #4g63 #precisionturbo #alltheboost #Mitsubishi #streetcar #bigturbo #titanium #allthepower #becauseracecar #evoaddicts #team_evolution_ #evo9 #evo10 #racecar #haltech #supra #launchedition #grsupra #a90supra #a90 #streetcar #toyotasupra

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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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