Supra MKII - simply awesome looks and handling

Lotus with Colin Chapman was involved in the design (at least suspension). This was a time when Toyota was making great leaps in technology, and what better place to put them than in the Supra:

rack&pinion steering
semi-trailing arm rear suspension
LSD
cooled brake disks, 4-wheel disk brakes
turbo (Japan only at this point, with M-TEU)
Fuel injection also evolved, and the ECU took over the control of ignition timing as well.

SV-2 prototype

	1982	1983	1984-1986
Japan	5M-GEU 170hp M-TEU 145hp 1G-EU 125hp	5M-GEU 170hp 1G-GEU 160hp M-TEU 145hp 1G-EU 125hp	5M-GEU 175hp 1G-GEU 160hp M-TEU 160hp 1G-EU 125hp (130hp 85-86)
US & Canada	5M-GE 145hp	5M-GE 150hp	5M-GE 161hp
Europe, Australia	5M-GE 170hp 5M-E 140hp

There are a few minor differences in the body styling. 84-86 have the turn signals wrap around the corner unlike 82-83. Also, the rear sunshade is different (not all models even had one). Then there is the type with fender flares (Sports, regular type in North America),and the one without (L-type, British and some other European models)

1982-1983 no flares, no rear spoiler, early style 14" wheels for Japan/Europe

1984-1986 no flares, rear spoiler (later style), 15"x5.5" pyramid wheels

1984-1986 flares, rear spoiler (later style), 14"x7" pyramid wheels, later style taillights

We are proud owners of a 1983 Supra MKII, on its way to be a very fast car. We will document our mods and progress, with hard evidence about performance gains whenever possible...

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