{"id":34735,"date":"2022-10-28T00:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T04:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34735"},"modified":"2022-10-28T00:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T04:03:44","slug":"toyota-gr-supra-sema-build-10-second-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34735","title":{"rendered":"Toyota owes us a 10-second car with its GR Supra SEMA build &#8211; Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/toyota\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:0;\">Toyota<\/a> plans to bring a pair of <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/toyota\/gr+supra\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:1;\">GR Supras<\/a> built for drag racing to the 2022 <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/sema\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:2;\">SEMA Show<\/a>. The hitch, however, is that each one must be a &#8220;10-second car.&#8221; Further complicating the builds is the fact that the budget for each <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/toyota+supra\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:3;\">Supra<\/a> is just $10,000, a trifling sum for the typical <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/sema\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:4;\">SEMA<\/a> build.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, if the title of &#8220;10-second car&#8221; is a reference to one of the most memorable scenes from the &#8220;<em>Fast &amp; Furious&#8221;<\/em> franchise, Toyota hasn&#8217;t said. In the climax of the first movie \u2014 now over 20 years old, get off our lawn \u2014 <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/paul+walker\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:5;\">Paul Walker&#8217;s<\/a> undercover cop character gives Vin Diesel&#8217;s street racing anti-hero his 1994 <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/toyota+supra\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:6;\">Toyota Supra<\/a> so the latter can escape the law after his <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/dodge\/charger\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:7;\">Dodge Charger<\/a> is destroyed. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1fUun6QTt7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:8;\">I owe you a 10-second car<\/a>,&#8221; he says as he hands over the keys, referencing a bet made at the start of the movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n <lite-youtube videoid=\"wg1b3V3Kd7k\" data-thumbnail=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a movie full of corny quotes, the line has become immortalized by fans who aren&#8217;t necessarily car people. Strictly speaking, a 10-second car is a car that can run the quarter-mile in the 10-second range. That means any time under 11.0 seconds, not, as many movie buffs erroneously believe, under 10.0. The Toyota builders are targeting a time of 10.0 to 10.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Like they did with the Supra in the movie, Toyota hopes to accomplish this with a small budget and some elbow grease. To reach that goal, they&#8217;ll need to add about 30%-40% more horsepower to the stock inline-six engine&#8217;s 382. There is, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2020\/05\/18\/2021-toyota-supra-dyno-horsepower-torque\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:9;\">some evidence<\/a> to show that Toyota may have been under-rating the GR Supra&#8217;s actual output.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota engineers are installing a larger radiator, an HKS suspension, Weld drag wheels with Mickey Thompson semi-slicks, an <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/aftermarket\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:10;\">aftermarket<\/a> exhaust, and racing harnesses. Using some back-of-napkin <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/calculators\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:11;\">calculations<\/a>, that puts them at the $10,000 mark, if not exceeding it already. Isn&#8217;t that the case for any project car, though?<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, being Toyota has some advantages. They have an entire fabrication shop ready to make a roll cage and belt bar. They probably know a little more about re-programming the <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/1Tk0tsE\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:12;\" rel=\"noopener\">ECU<\/a> than a shadetree mechanic, too. These cars were also former safety cars for the <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/nascar\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:13;\">NASCAR<\/a> Xfinity series, so it&#8217;s not clear if modifications made for pace duty were part of the $10,000 allowance or not.<\/p>\n<p>The objective, according to Marty Schwerter, team manager for the SEMA build, is to show that for about $10 grand you can make a 3-year-old car into a competitive drag racer. More will be revealed in the run-up to the SEMA Show on November 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota plans to bring a pair of GR Supras built for drag racing to the 2022 SEMA Show. The hitch, however, is that each one must be a &#8220;10-second car.&#8221; Further complicating the builds is the fact that the budget for each Supra is just $10,000, a trifling sum for the typical SEMA build.\u00a0 Now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}