Congrats to Duane (upgradedsupra)

[Reign_Maker]

The VR4 should've been pulled for talking about it before the mag was released: but I wont get into that...

 

[Bigzavs]

having owned a Stealth TT before, even if that VR4 won, it still lost to duane on lookin damn good

 

[Josh Sulsberger]

Won what? If you are talking about lap time, an STi did.
The 3000GT did have lowest time in the 1/4...
Dwayne hit the highest top speed on the the front straight (144.25!!!), so who "won" really depends on what you measure victory by.
Anyhow, Dwayne drove the oldest car in the contest 1300 miles to California!!! The 3000GT wasn't even firing on all cylinders by the end of the day, and the Galant VR-4 lost it's bottom end according to the article. To Dwayne's point, robustness of build is worth a lot.

Good job Dwayne, I wonder how the cornering numbers would have stacked up with some Proxes RA-1 on your car...

By the way, did you drive the car in the competition?

 

[JDSupra]

First I would like to say congrats to Duane, my name is Johnny and I was at the event with my father and Larry. For the guy with the magazine please download the complete article in its entirety. I've included a few pictures I have, and once the DVD is returned, which I've been waiting several weeks for from a guy who is editing it, I will post.
The Dodge Stealth that broke, was trailered to the event as was the 300z.

 

[figgie]

Won what? If you are talking about lap time, an STi did.
The 3000GT did have lowest time in the 1/4...
Dwayne hit the highest top speed on the the front straight (144.25!!!), so who "won" really depends on what you measure victory by.
Anyhow, Dwayne drove the oldest car in the contest 1300 miles to California!!! The 3000GT wasn't even firing on all cylinders by the end of the day, and the Galant VR-4 lost it's bottom end according to the article. To Dwayne's point, robustness of build is worth a lot.

Good job Dwayne, I wonder how the cornering numbers would have stacked up with some Proxes RA-1 on your car...

By the way, did you drive the car in the competition?

and to add all this on a supposed 'crappy" tec2 system

 

[Justin727]

not bad considering ur car was the oldest and better yet DAILY DRIVEN and didnt break hahahaha! Even tho their dyno was crappy we know the real numbers. I must say even if i was say a 3000gt enthusiast I would have been real impressed with the supra because of the stated and the fact of its age.

 

[88SupraT]

Just have to say this is awesome and congrats again Duane, can't wait till the magazine is sold on the shelves up and here and will make sure I will pick up a copy of the mag

 

[88turboma71]

If i am not mistaken, Ron. R. built the engine in Dwayne's car, so that also just shows the kind hard work and dedication that goes into ron's projects. good job dwayne that car is awesome.

 

[JDSupra]

Here are some more pictures of the event, and the master himself at work!

 

[927mgtepat]

Dwayne did you polish or chrome your windshield wiper motor?

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

Dwayne did you polish or chrome your windshield wiper motor?

lol looks like it. and the allmighty supra stick lives again!

 

[aye mate]

Good job Duane! Way to rep the MKIII!

 

[Fuzz420]

Pics as seen on SF

Duane's write up:

Actual article from Sport Compact Car's magazine: April 2006
written by: Jared Holstein

Since Stephen's MKIII was featured in our pages several years ago, he's become something of a MKIII Supra-community celebrity, and for good reason: His is still of the finest examples extant. That whole best-never-resting bit means Duane has come close to doubling the horsepower figure since we last saw the car, with matching trick bits throughout. The car was more of a car-show darling than drag-strip terror the first time around, a mistake that's since been remedied. Before driving down to the event, Duane smacked down an 11-second flat quarter-mile time at over 130 miles per hour, on slicks and without nitrous.
This car serves as a rolling bill-board for Duane's company, Carbonfibre F/X Bodywerks Ltd. and as such, features a host of his production and custom body and interior parts. These are in addition to a sea of chrome in the engine capartment to better trawl in car-show judges. Which it does. Components rendered from carbon fiber include the hood, radiator block-off plate, headlight covers, armrest and dash kit, and Duane used fiberglass for his custom front bumper.
As if Japanese engineering needed a champion, Duane stressed the robust nature of his car and build by not just driving his 600-plus horsepower car over 1,300 miles from Vancouver, British Columbia to Southern California, but doing so in December, which meant snowbanketed passes and other treachery, all dispatched without incident.
More than tripling the Supra's stock output requires more than quadrupling the 7MGTE's stock 6.8 pounds of boost with an appropriate growth of all parts whose contents are governed by the laws of fluid dynamics. The 7M's stock crank and rods are more than up to the tasks, and after balancing and shot peening, were topped with custom 8.4:1 compression forged JE pistons. If 7Ms have a chink in their armor, it's the head gasket, which Duane addressed with ARP head studs and a 2mm thick piece from HKS. Before it was cinched down, the long head was ported and polished and fitted with 1mm oversized valves, and stock cams fitted with AEM cam gears.
To provide an idea of just how forced the induction is on this 7M, the "low boost" setting, which means running on the wastegate spring, is 20psi. Greddy is responsible for the most of the turbo's guts, including the manifold and RHC7 turbo, sized to start making the numbers earlier in the power band of an engine that by design doesn't love to rev. A diameter of 3.5 inches is maintained through every part of the intake manifold, through a Q45 MAF, custom intercooler, down a custom stainless-steel downpipe and exhaust, then out a Burns titanium muffler.
Knowing that his car would be seeing prolonged lateral loads during our testing (and with a long gaze at our USCC), Duane installed a fuel sump, which he combined with a monstrous Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump and a-8 fuel feed line dumping through Greddy 720cc/min injectors. This system provides plenty of headroom should Duane decide to challenge the younger generation of Supras defined by four-digit dyno load blowing.
All electron guidance is still done by Electromotive's TEC-II standalone computer and coil-pack ignition system. Twin 10-pound tanks of nitrous seperately feed a single wet NOS 60-shot fogger and intercooler sprayer. Again with an eye on prolonged track use, reduced intake charge temps are complemented with cooler fluids, thanks to a Fluidyne radiator, Earl's oil cooler kit, plenty of ducting and big electric fans.
The Dynojet we used was no friend to Duane's Supra: The roller was too light to properly load the engine to create its full 30 psi. At 23 psi, he generated 554 horsepower and 533 lb-ft of torque. With a 60-shot of nitrous, the numbers grew to 585-horsepower and 563 lb-ft of torque. At 30 psi, Duane reports the car makes 665 horsepower and damn near as much torque, and we believe him.
Tired of building and replacing automatic Supra trannies, Duane installed a factory 5-speed unit after installing shot-peened forks, heavy-duty bearings and a short shifter. Again walking the fine line between street and strip, a 6-puck sprung hub clutch disk from HPF was mated to a 3200-pound pressure plate from RPS.
All turbo Supras are born big-boned, so selecting suspension components that can handle serious load without upsetting the car's luxocruiser status is quite a balancing act. Duane chose well, basing the setup around Tein's 22-way adjustable HA coilovers. Suspension bushings, squishy when stock and mucous-like when old, were swapped out for polyurethane bushings from Energy Suspension and A1 adjustable toe links help Duane prep for the car's various dynamic duties. Also installed to battle heft are anti-roll bars from Suspension Techniques, which better transfer load into a chassis stiffened with a 6-point NHRA-legal roll cage and strut-tower braces from Cusco and Tom's.
Being a muslecar guy, Duane ensured that his Supra, perfectly capable of ripping up a road course, can still cut 1.52 60-foots at the drag strip. To that end, Duane had a set of CFX trailing arms custom made with spherical rod end bearings to better withstand repeated, hard launches on slicks.
Since we last saw the car, Duane invested in a huge, custom front brake setup using four-piston AP calipers and 13.2 inch, 2-piece, lightweight KVR rotors. To continue Jenny Craiging the Supra's unsprung weight, a set of 17-inch forged TRD wheels arrived from Japan. 255mm-wide Dunlop SP9000s in the rear put up a valiant effort against the big twist routed through a TMS carbon-fiber driveshaft, but full throttle in any of the first three gears shaves rubber.
Despite big numbers and bullet-proof reliability, Duane is assembling a new 7M using more forged bits and six lovely titanium rods. With more nitrous and new cams on top of the current turbo setup, his goal of 750-plus horsepower is reasonable. And to make the rest of us jealous, Duane recently expanded his stable of Mark IIIs by taking advantage of Canada's 15-year rolling importation law, adding a right-hand drive, 1JZ-powered Supra.
MkIII Supras are often overshadowed by the larger-than-life MkIV, but given the latter's ridiculous $30K used price tag, eyes and wallets are returning to what are comfortable, swoopy, turbocharged, RWD bargains, yours for less than the price of a roached Civic. And, if modified as finely as Duane's, just as relevant as anything produced today.

 

[Loki]

That is wicked, thanks for posting it. I really need to go pick the mag up :bigthumb:

 

[Bullz_EyE]

Just got my mag today Duane. Wish they had more shots of your whip. Got any pretty pix to post in the Elite engine shot thread? That's hardcore that you drove your ride that distance, a respectible accomplishment considering the distance, I commend you. Who piloted your ride at the track? Congrats once again, your vehicle is a great representation of the tuning potential of the MKIII and it's small but loyal community.

 

[Bigzavs]

Duanes the man, always drivin his car to things like that, yet again congrats duane and ive gotta go see if we have it in yet here in Texas

 

[americanjebus]

saw the mag yesterday and picked it up, just gotta say that this is gonna add allot of attention / popularity to the mkIII when new drivers see it featured like this in a mag like scc.

 

[Bigzavs]

just got the mag today and ive already read the article a few times (mainly just the part about duanes car) such an awesome car dude. definatley will bring some attention to the MKIII, they even talk about it being a better alternative to "roached hondas"

also duane made the most torque out of all the cars there

once again congrats dude

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

also duane made the most torque out of all the cars there

its a good thing it wasn't a 1jz or that would have brought shame to the torque chart :naughty:

 

[lanky189]

wicked article, but since when did Energy Suspension offer a kit for the mk3's?