JZ group meet up

As usual off and on we do write-ups away from our usual continental related ones. I did do a write-up some time ago on a Toyota Supra MkIV and just last week there was a gathering of Supras. The group was known as the JZ group so basically anyone with a JZ engine inside regardless of the car was invited. I was there courtesy of two of my friends who happen to own Supras. There was a good 25-30 cars at the end of the day which included of course Supras, Soarers, Chasers, Aristos and so on which had hearts of the 1JZ and the 2JZ.

 The one that caught my eye. Simple mods yet gorgeous.

The meet up was at a Nasi Kandar shop in Glenmarie, Selangor. For our foreign readers, Nasi Kandar is a local Malaysian delicacy which you should try sometime. It was a good gathering of people with ideas being shared as well as views and not forgetting the sight of those cars. Naturally, there were some who were well kept by the owners and some were just there, their heart being the reason.

Well, here are some shots of the gathering for your enjoyment. The pictures are a little dark as they were taken at night and of course we only had amateur cameras with us.. hehehe…

Toyota Supra MkIV

This is probably my first write up on a Japanese car here. Well, today I’m going to be writing about a 90s Japanese sports car called the Toyota Supra MkIV. Toyota started building Toyota Supras right from 1978 beginning with the Celica Supra MkI and ending with my favourite, the Toyota Supra MkIV, codenamed the JZA80.

The MkIV always attracted me with it’s sleek looks that were definitely ahead of it’s time. Even if you were to look at it, it’s not easy to believe that the first model of the MkIV came out more than 20 years ago. Toyota began manufacturing the MkIVs in late 1992 up to 2002. It came with the famous 2JZ 3.0 litre inline 6 engine and they had 2 variants, the twin-turbo models as well as the non-turbo models. I never got too much into Japanese sports cars until a friend of mine actually bought a twin-turbo model (pic below, white car) several years back and the first time I drove it almost immediately after he got it, I was amazed by the power and response of the car even though this particular car still had some issues to be sorted out.

And of course as he did it up and souped it further and it just became more and more powerful. Basically it was such a versatile car that you could soup it up quite a bit without even doing engine modifications. With him buying it, another friend (pic below, orange car, the white car is the same car as above but with standard bumpers and rims) decided to get one as well a few years ago and now I think quite a number of us in the group are looking for a MkIV... even me! Haha...

The videos below shows the car’s potential. Sit back and be amazed by this car:

 

Can't wait to get one....? What are you waiting for....? Go get one !!