I was watching the NHRA yesterday and there was a Toyota Celica funny car. There is no way thats a toyota engine!!!!!!!!

 

do any of those engines share parts wit their company that their car is based on?

 

I should have said there is no way it is powered by an import motor!!!!

 

Why not? Supras in production cars run 1000+whp....they race in Cart....tell me why it couldnt be a toyota motor.

 

They have a RSX drag car, too. The funny thing is the that the fat slicks are the front. IT looks wild.

 

They can use just about any shape that makes sense to the airflow. But in the end it is just a lift-off shell with no inner working of the real car.

I bet the engine still couldn't be placed to a manufacturer, just hand built from the best parts. BTW, most top funny cars will make nearly 6000 WHP, a far cry from the Toyota I6 making 1000 HP.

 

True, but this is from a "relatively" mild rework of the engine. if you put a big enough turbo on the car....then it'll make 5000-6000 whp as well....as Loseit said...just look at the RSX drag car.

BTW, Toyota I6 engine is probably a lot more indestructible than most of GM, Dodges, and Fords big block v8s.

 

You can't just add a larger turbo and expect significant power gain, there is a limit. You will eventually go too large on the turbine where there is not enough exhaust energy to start spinning fast enough for any given size engine.

Isn't the RSX drag car still running the I4 motor in transverse mounting?? These do generate 700+ HP but hardly relevant to a funny car.

I love seeing the reference to the Toyota I6, I agree it is a stout engine. But within every make there are always special engines that are gifted. Who is stronger is hard to tell, but there are numerous GM blocks supporting double that HP on less boost and no nitrous.

But when it comes to 6 cylinders, I do recall many turbo 3800's making over 1200 HP with little done to the inside. I just see the Toyota I6 as being a prime example of a prefered and stout powerplant of today.

 

I mean.....it ran high 4s in the quarter........THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS IMPORT POWER!!!!!!

 

they do have the 5 second 1/4 mile integra type R drag car.. with 4000 hp..

 

As all nitromethane burning classes in NHRA, topfuel and funny car, their engines are basically all based off a hemi w/ a huge blower on it, 14-71 maybe....with no relation to the Toyota, and and on the same token, the engine in John Force's Mustang probably has nothing to do w/ a Ford. And as someone said, they make about 6000-7000hp estimated.

 

http://www.turbomagazine.com/archiv...0202_tech01.jsp

 

As we have said before....look for the fastest Integra in the world. Remember they had Toyota starlets running 9s in Puerto Rico off the dinky 3tc powerplant for the longest time.