I'll be racing too. The shop is putting on the Vegas Cup TT. I'll be out in the Evo.

And we snagged a new thing this morning that will also be there.

 

Sounds like its going to be a party weekend to me!

 

I'm down for a local Uber. 🤣

Woohoo DD

 

I FINALLY got to flog the car with no nannies. Prior to this, I did four laps around Laguna Seca, the day after I bought it, with all nannies. I did a local autoX with no nannies. Local AX laps are about 30sec long and built for Miatas.. so meh.
This is the first time I've really been able to open the car up and force myself to find it's traction limits and control them.
It was a battle all day with a guy in a C5z. We were both on CR-S tires, new, only scrubbed in by the drive there. He's been driving his car for a number of years. He does SCCA autocross nationals, etc in it. Very well developed and often one of the fastest cars at my local AX second only to my Evo. I believe he ran a 57.6 and I ended up with a 57.1 or maybe a 57.2. I forget; still waiting for official results. I believe the average lap time (average street cars, average peeps) was about 65sec.
I either need less brake pad or more tire, as I was into ABS more often than I am used to in the Evo. Maybe Mitsu just has a less-intrusive system? also, my pads do dust a TON. See before and after pic. LOL
I'm super stoked seeing how the car is new, I'm new to it, etc. Not bad for what was essentially my first time REALLY putting it through some paces. The video doesn't show one of the funnest parts of the course, but meh. This is a gokart track that allows for about 20 different configurations, one of which allows for a 100mph straight. Pretty cool.

:TLDR: The Supra continues to prove itself to be better than it should LOL

 

I've just been playing around in Mexico with the car, and even with the OEM Michelins, it's very controllable and easy to throw around and catch the car in a slide and get it straight again.

 

What year did you end up with?

 

It's a 2020, only 5500 miles on it.

 

Should have figured you would get a 2020 considering they are cheap/easy to tune. Excited to see what you guys do with the car!

 

We did it mostly for the deal. 2020, Base 3.0. So we didn't pay for any of the frills we don't care about since it's primarily going to be a track car. Tuning isn't a big deal on the new ones, just need a cloned ECU.

 

And if you REALLY care, premium brakes are relatively cheap. So many more brake pads to choose from. IMO the base model is perfect. I also don't need any of the premium frills.

 

Hey, guys. Can we start our own forum? SupraMKV just plain sucks.

 

Brakes are the same, just no red paint with Supra logo.

 

I think you've been viewing forums through nostalgia goggles. Forgetting that back in the hayday of forum activity there was all kinds of pissing matches. lol

 

Rears are not.

 

Well ****. I did a bunch of research before we got the car that said they're same.

Now the first google result shows they're different.

Whatever. Guess it gets real brake kits that much sooner meow.