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Field Report: 1970's Supercar Killing Sleeper.

May 18, 2022 High Performance Academy
Tuned In
Field Report: 1970's Supercar Killing Sleeper.
Show Notes

Is this the greatest 8 second 1970’s sleeper ever? At the latest World Time Attack Challenge Christian Goleby of Golebys Parts gave us a rundown on his daily driven 800HP KE36 Toyota Corolla which is one of the coolest sleepers we’ve ever seen, complete with steel rims!

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Powered by a 1jz due to experience and strict Australian road legalities, discussed are some of the advantages and challenges of the VVTi setup Christian is using along with why they are using a 4 speed automatic that you don’t often see pulling 8 second passes.

Interestingly the setup is only limited by the injectors which are at 98% duty cycle by 810WHP, which is a self-imposed restriction to just to ensure things don’t get any further out of hand. With Christian experimenting with increasing the Nitrous/NOS dose at launch until he could scrape the bumper, just the once for fun, we can completely understand the self-control pressure he is under with this monster