Toyota Supra in Stock Eliminator (Poll)

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

How many years, and how much time and money went into making that Camaro that fast? Six or seven prominent engine builders, over a couple of decades, supported by dozens of racers, who also spent years and money testing headers, gears, torque converters, clutches, transmissions, gear ratios, etc.

I can agree with some of this, but it's important to keep in mind that although this Supra is a new combo, GUMP will be applying all of the stuff class racers already know to it to make it fast. Outside of the chassis and the B58 engine, he's not reinventing the wheel. He already knows what to look for in header design, torque converter specs (that still might take a little bit of figuring), gear ratios, etc. I'm sure this car will unload with the best converter and transmission technology, close to perfect header design for the turbo housing, and all the right stuff in the engine that we already know will make it faster.

As much as I'm sure he'd like to be given credit for how fast it runs out of the gate, it will be a culmination of work he's put into the car and the development with combo-specific stuff along with all the tried and true stuff class racers have figured out over the last half century.