Guys,
Just for the record... The Supra in question is listed at 200hp stock...
If that's accurate, then with a 25% increase with IT-prep, it's HP would be nearly 250hp... The weight, with adders, would come in around 3300lbs...
Since it's a 3.0L 6-Cylinder, it's NOT out of reason to imagine these kinds of gains for this motor..... And the torque... well...
So, when this car was evaluated, since there isn't a lot of data out there to go by, the process shows that's it's actually classified fairly close...
A "Pig", perhaps, but at 200hp stock, it shouldn't even be in this class... If it were classified at 2850lbs... it'd have been made heavier or been given a restrictor...
So, it's NOT something that was "missed"... It was something that was evaluated and the decision was made that it's where it needs to be right now...
Here are some engine specs for this model... Read them, and you'll understand that this classification isn't more than 50lbs off of where it needs to be for IT...
The ""7M-GE"" introduced in the late months of 1986 was essentially a 24-valve (4 valves per cylinder) variant of the older ""6M"' engine design. ""'7M engines were fuel injected and DOHC. The valves are spaced at a performance-oriented 50° angle. Cylinder bore was 83 mm (3.27 in) and stroke was 91 mm (3.58 in).
The 7M-GE was produced from 1986 through 1992. Output was 190-204 hp (142-152 kW) at 6000 RPM and 185-196 ft.lbf (250-265 Nm) at 4800 RPM.
Darin E. Jordan
Renton, WA
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