“
This is my fi rst modifi ed car – but I
set myself a goal to build the UK’s most
outrageous GT86 and, yeah... here we are
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Defi ning car culture 015TOYOTA GT
WHAT THE HELL IS A 2JZ ANYWAY?
Toyota fi rst tested the market with their new family of JZ-
series engines in the later Mk3 Supras, the 1JZ-GTE 2.5-litre
twin-turbo signalling to the world that the fi rm might have
one or two mischievous things planned... and when the
covers fi nally came off the Mk4 Supra, the top-of-the-range
model revealed its startling 2JZ-GTE, a 3.0-litre variant,
again with twin-turbos, running a six-speed manual gearbox
and off ering up a gentlemen’s-agreement 276bhp; actually
more like 300bhp, and a real-world 326bhp in UK-spec.
Which made quite a strong point.
The 2JZ went on to feature in numerous cars – in
naturally-aspirated 2JZ-GE guise it could be found in the
Toyota Altezza/Lexus IS300 and Toyota Aristo/Lexus
GS300, the Crown, Origin and Soarer/SC300, while the
twin-turbo 2JZ-GTE also appeared in the JDM-only Aristo
models. So what’s the attraction of putting an old 1990s
engine in a more modern car? Quite simply because the
2JZ has become a legend – it’ll happily produce 500bhp+
on stock internals, and countless tuners in the drift scene
have cranked them up beyond 1,000bhp. It’s not just an
engine, it’s an icon.
WORK wheels and AP
stoppers. PerfectionThis car has the lot,
styling, power and lows