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·Today i visited Vinny Ten at Performance Factory to see about a Apex-i N1 Exhaust for my friend's 97 NA Auto. I asked Vinny what a NA owner could do instead of a NA-T, nitrous, or a 2JZ-GTE swap. Vinny said he's been meaning to get to a 2JZ-GE buildup because he thinks there's a strong interest in the IS300 community as well as NA Supra owners. He told me if I could leave the car for a month at the shop, they would begin work on a custom fabricated equal-length header system, some hi-compression pistons, higher lift and duration cams, and experimenting with various aftermarket intake and exhaust setups. He guesses the the 2JZ-GE would gain about 30-40 HP with these upgrades and is on the lookout for a owner to allow his car to be the guinea pig. Parts won't be free of course, because everything needs to be fabricated, but labor charges will be almost non-existent and you have the distinction of being the first built NA Supra to come out of the shop that holds the titles of World's Fastest and Quickest Supra Turbo. That's right the privately run Performance Factory Supra was the first Supra in the 12's, 11's, 10's, 9's, 8's and in the coming 2002 season will probably be the first to crack the 7-second barrier in a Supra. The PF Supra also successively smashed the 140, 150, 160 and 170 MPH barrier in the 1320. Vinny's daily driver is a 750RWHP 95 Turbo with a custom B&M 4-speed AOD automatic designed for a Ford. The race car also uses a custom Ford 9-inch rear axle (the most widely used axle in the NHRA) along with a custom suspension setup that no one including that fool Craig Paisley can come close to.
So any NA owner who is looking to go another route, stop by the Performance Factory and give Vinny a shout. He's always willing to talk shop and the thing that impresses me most about their operation is that it is strictly no bullshit. Even a lot of Supra owners are misinformed and Vinny and his team alwyas take the time to make sure you know what you want in your buildup. He won't just take your money and promise you a lot of things. One of the things he always says to me is that he never promises a certain 0-60, a ceratin E.T. in the 1320 etc because that is all dependent on the driver, weather and track condidtions etc etc. What he will guarantee is the work him and his team of pros do and the power numbers he says the car will produce.
Hope this gives some help to the NA guys, I know you hate looking over your shoulders at the TT guys so hopefully this can start you one your quest to extract more power out of your 2JZ-GE's.
www.performancefactory.com
I am not an employee and have no vested interest in any sort of business conducted at the shop. I am merely providing information to the members of Supraforums so they can make their own decisions.
So any NA owner who is looking to go another route, stop by the Performance Factory and give Vinny a shout. He's always willing to talk shop and the thing that impresses me most about their operation is that it is strictly no bullshit. Even a lot of Supra owners are misinformed and Vinny and his team alwyas take the time to make sure you know what you want in your buildup. He won't just take your money and promise you a lot of things. One of the things he always says to me is that he never promises a certain 0-60, a ceratin E.T. in the 1320 etc because that is all dependent on the driver, weather and track condidtions etc etc. What he will guarantee is the work him and his team of pros do and the power numbers he says the car will produce.
Hope this gives some help to the NA guys, I know you hate looking over your shoulders at the TT guys so hopefully this can start you one your quest to extract more power out of your 2JZ-GE's.
www.performancefactory.com
I am not an employee and have no vested interest in any sort of business conducted at the shop. I am merely providing information to the members of Supraforums so they can make their own decisions.
