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Everyone for whom the 4A-GE engines in their various versions as "Blue Top", "Black Top" or "Red Top" are the ultimate and for whom a 2JZ-GTE six-cylinder is simply bulletproof, is right on with this blog post right side. We were recently in a very special place, at TTE - Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe we were able to look a little into one or more interesting engine compartments and of course crawl into one or the other wheel arch.
Only very rarely or at selected company events such as an "Open Day" do outsiders have the opportunity to marvel at some of the automotive treasures of Toyota's rich motorsport history; because not everyone is a KW Performance Partner like Mr. Kraemer from JP Performance.
Cologne has been the headquarters of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe (Toyota Team Europe, Toyota Motorsport GmbH) since the late XNUMXs; the more or less secret motorsport development department - in a way the "skunkworks" of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota.
From rally vehicles to prototype racing cars to Formula 1 cars, milestones for motorsport have been and are being created at Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe.
All Toyota GR Supra GT4s worldwide are homologated with a KW motorsport suspension for customer sport
One of the most interesting racing cars in customer sport is the Toyota GR Supra GT4. In the past 15 years, the GT4 racing category, founded on the initiative of the SRO Motorsports Group (SRO), has developed into a popular customer sport class.
That's how they start Toyota GR Supra GT4 Racing cars, for example, in various GT4 series such as the ADAC GT4 Germany, the DTM Trophy, the NLS endurance championship at the Nürburgring and many other series around the world.
Since we with our KW racing dampers are homologated for worldwide customer sport, that's one more reason to take a look behind the scenes at our motorsport customer Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe.
Handwork for worldwide customer sport
The prefabricated ones are assembled in what at first glance appears to be an inconspicuous workshop hall Toyota GR Supra Lightweight bodyshells are meticulously handcrafted by the motorsport fitters into the racing cars used in various GT4 championships and long-distance races around the world.
In his segment is the Toyota GR Supra as a street version an agile sports car and the perfect basis for a GT4 racing car.
In detail, small but fine details distinguish between the motorsport driver and the road car. The supercharged 3,0-liter in-line six-cylinder engine from the BMW engine shelf in the racing car delivers 430 hp, depending on the balance of performance classification.
This will be installed in Cologne together with a revised wiring harness and motor control from Magnet Marelli. It is shifted via a seven-speed automatic transmission, which transmits the 650 Nm of maximum torque to the drive axle via a motorsport differential.
The empty one Toyota GR Supra GT4 The interior is basically just a lightweight carbon fiber dashboard fascia and a compact carbon center console with a few controls.
Most of the vehicle settings, such as the twelve-stage racing ABS, are made directly via the steering wheel in conjunction with the race dash, as is usual in modern racing cars.
With the carbon bucket seat, the lightweight racing tank, fire extinguishing system and the safety cell comes the GR Supra GT4 to a fighting weight of only 1350 kilograms.
As mentioned at the beginning, the Toyota GR Supra GT4 homologated with our racing chassis like so many other racing cars in worldwide customer sport.
In the GT4 class, we rely on our double-adjustable single-tube dampers with an external reservoir (KW Competition 2A EXR). On the Toyota GR Supra GT4, the reservoir is connected to the damper via a hose connection and the 2A EXR can be installed in any mounting position.
For this reason, the wheel-guiding spring struts on the front axle and the dampers on the drive axle have an upside-down design.
For us at KW automotive, it is a very great privilege to equip all Toyota GR Supra GT4 with our KW racing dampers and also to be able to support the Japanese car manufacturer in numerous rally projects such as the Dakar with our Reiger Suspension off-road chassis. Pictures KW Automotive GmbH, E. Paesschezoone, text C. Schmidt
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