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).
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.
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.