Supra MKIII rally info

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1987-1988




BHP@ RPM 290/6800
Torque (Nm)@ RPM 300/6000
Length Width Height 4630.1745.1330
Wheelbase 0
Weight (Kg/BPM Ratio) 1440 (0)
Transmission RWD
Engine Type
Engine Position
Engine Capacity 6
Engine Bore Front Longitudinal
Engine Stroke 2954
Engine Compression 83
Engine Valves 91
Engine Cams 11.0:1
Engine Carburation 2
Engine Electronics 1 OHC x2
Suspension Injection
Body Doors 2595
Body Type 5
Body Composition 3
Body Panels Coupé
Brakes Steel
Fuel Tank 0
Wheels 0

Toyota Supra 3.0i Specific Information

Official model name: as stated. First event: Safari 1987.

Official model name: as stated. First event: Safari 1987.
Toyota Supra General Information

It somehow is tempting to compare this car to the Nissan Silvia 200SX. Both these Japanese makes made their group A debut at the 1987 Safari with a huge, overweight, 3 litre 6-cylinder coupé. For Toyota this may seem strange, since TTE boss Ove Andersson had a life time discussion with the Toyota bosses in Japan, if the little Corolla wasn't the better base model for rallying than the overweight Celica. Now the Supra was easily another market category above the Celica. It was a case of yet another new Celica generation being introduced for 1988. Toyota didn’t want to develop a car for only 2 rallies and regarded the Supra as an Africa specialist car alongside a future 4x4 Celica for sprint events. As well the older and slightly smaller 2.8i version of the Supra had been a promising group A car with Per Eklund in Britain in the group B days.

Just to explain the Supra range: It's later generations are looked upon as an independant car. But in fact the Supra does origin from the Celica and therefore also does not have its own model ID codes. The Supra Mk1 was an upmarket version of the liftback version of Celica RA40. The Supra Mk2, that version as rallied by Per Eklund in UK, is based on the Celica RA63, which was never sold as a liftback. This means the Supra Mk2 had its own flatter front and had the liftback exclusive, yet in some markets it was actually sold as the Celica XX. Here we are talking Supra Mk3, which was the first Supra in a completely independant design.

However, while weight and size clearly was the downfall of the Supra 3.0i, there soon was a novelty to come with it. While the 3.0i already produced 290BHP in group A form, there was a turbo version of this big in-line 6-cylinder engine on the market. Maybe TTE themselves were surprised when the FIA permitted them to homologate the turbo. You have to picture this: The 300BHP limit was still fresh in the wake of the group B ban. The normally aspirated Supra 3.0i already produced 290BHP. And being the high volume 3.0 it was, to fit a huge turbo to it was bound to be massively efficient, worth more than 10BHP. The FIA must have known this car was easily going to have 400BHP! And Toyota never hid that fact either!

Funny enough, this massive power increase did not at all seem to help the massive Supra. The car was leading the 1987 Safari until the engine overheated on the last day and it won the 1987 Hong Kong-Beijing - both in the hands of Björn Waldegaard and noticeably both in the non-turbo version! On the turbo debut, the Supra was leading the 1987 Bandama Rally, but the team withdrew all their cars when Henry Liddon and Nigel Harris sadly lost their lifes when the team's Cessna crashed! The team attempted the African rallies with the car again in 1988 & 1989, but the Supra could not repeat its 1987 performances.

Random Toyota Supra Photos: - Click here to view all photos of this car model

Unofficial Car Results : May be incomplete.

P. Event Driver Co-Driver Car# Make Model Variation Rego Time
3rd. 1987 WRC Safari Rally L. Torph B. Melander #4 Supra 3.0i [UNKNOWN] 4h 31m 9s
6th. 1987 WRC Safari Rally R. Ulyate I. Street #11 Supra 3.0i [UNKNOWN] 6h 33m 7s

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1988-1989

BHP@ RPM 400/6600
Torque (Nm)@ RPM 480/4000
Length Width Height 4630.1745.1330
Wheelbase 0
Weight (Kg/BPM Ratio) 1440 (0)
Transmission RWD
Engine Type
Engine Position
Engine Capacity 6 Turbocharged
Engine Bore Front Longitudinal
Engine Stroke 2954
Engine Compression 83
Engine Valves 91
Engine Cams 8.4:1
Engine Carburation 2
Engine Electronics 1 OHC x2
Suspension Turbo
Body Doors 2595
Body Type 3.6
Body Composition 3
Body Panels Coupé
Brakes Steel
Fuel Tank 0
Wheels 0

Toyota Supra 3.0i turbo Specific Information

Official model name: as stated. First event: Bandama 1987.

Official model name: as stated. First event: Bandama 1987.
Toyota Supra General Information

It somehow is tempting to compare this car to the Nissan Silvia 200SX. Both these Japanese makes made their group A debut at the 1987 Safari with a huge, overweight, 3 litre 6-cylinder coupé. For Toyota this may seem strange, since TTE boss Ove Andersson had a life time discussion with the Toyota bosses in Japan, if the little Corolla wasn't the better base model for rallying than the overweight Celica. Now the Supra was easily another market category above the Celica. It was a case of yet another new Celica generation being introduced for 1988. Toyota didn’t want to develop a car for only 2 rallies and regarded the Supra as an Africa specialist car alongside a future 4x4 Celica for sprint events. As well the older and slightly smaller 2.8i version of the Supra had been a promising group A car with Per Eklund in Britain in the group B days.

Just to explain the Supra range: It's later generations are looked upon as an independant car. But in fact the Supra does origin from the Celica and therefore also does not have its own model ID codes. The Supra Mk1 was an upmarket version of the liftback version of Celica RA40. The Supra Mk2, that version as rallied by Per Eklund in UK, is based on the Celica RA63, which was never sold as a liftback. This means the Supra Mk2 had its own flatter front and had the liftback exclusive, yet in some markets it was actually sold as the Celica XX. Here we are talking Supra Mk3, which was the first Supra in a completely independant design.

However, while weight and size clearly was the downfall of the Supra 3.0i, there soon was a novelty to come with it. While the 3.0i already produced 290BHP in group A form, there was a turbo version of this big in-line 6-cylinder engine on the market. Maybe TTE themselves were surprised when the FIA permitted them to homologate the turbo. You have to picture this: The 300BHP limit was still fresh in the wake of the group B ban. The normally aspirated Supra 3.0i already produced 290BHP. And being the high volume 3.0 it was, to fit a huge turbo to it was bound to be massively efficient, worth more than 10BHP. The FIA must have known this car was easily going to have 400BHP! And Toyota never hid that fact either!

Funny enough, this massive power increase did not at all seem to help the massive Supra. The car was leading the 1987 Safari until the engine overheated on the last day and it won the 1987 Hong Kong-Beijing - both in the hands of Björn Waldegaard and noticeably both in the non-turbo version! On the turbo debut, the Supra was leading the 1987 Bandama Rally, but the team withdrew all their cars when Henry Liddon and Nigel Harris sadly lost their lifes when the team's Cessna crashed! The team attempted the African rallies with the car again in 1988 & 1989, but the Supra could not repeat its 1987 performances.

Random Toyota Supra Photos: - Click here to view all photos of this car model

Unofficial Car Results : May be incomplete.

P. Event Driver Co-Driver Car# Make Model Variation Rego Time
4th. 1988 WRC Safari Rally K. Eriksson P. Diekmann #7 Supra 3.0i turbo [UNKNOWN] 3h 53m 46s
5th. 1988 WRC Safari Rally J. Kankkunen J. Piironen #2 Supra 3.0i turbo [UNKNOWN] 4h 16m 22s
7th. 1988 WRC Safari Rally B. Waldegaard F. Gallagher #8 Supra 3.0i turbo [UNKNOWN] 4h 29m 31s

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Toyota Supra General Information

It somehow is tempting to compare this car to the Nissan Silvia 200SX. Both these Japanese makes made their group A debut at the 1987 Safari with a huge, overweight, 3 litre 6-cylinder coupé. For Toyota this may seem strange, since TTE boss Ove Andersson had a life time discussion with the Toyota bosses in Japan, if the little Corolla wasn't the better base model for rallying than the overweight Celica. Now the Supra was easily another market category above the Celica. It was a case of yet another new Celica generation being introduced for 1988. Toyota didn’t want to develop a car for only 2 rallies and regarded the Supra as an Africa specialist car alongside a future 4x4 Celica for sprint events. As well the older and slightly smaller 2.8i version of the Supra had been a promising group A car with Per Eklund in Britain in the group B days.

Just to explain the Supra range: It's later generations are looked upon as an independant car. But in fact the Supra does origin from the Celica and therefore also does not have its own model ID codes. The Supra Mk1 was an upmarket version of the liftback version of Celica RA40. The Supra Mk2, that version as rallied by Per Eklund in UK, is based on the Celica RA63, which was never sold as a liftback. This means the Supra Mk2 had its own flatter front and had the liftback exclusive, yet in some markets it was actually sold as the Celica XX. Here we are talking Supra Mk3, which was the first Supra in a completely independant design.

However, while weight and size clearly was the downfall of the Supra 3.0i, there soon was a novelty to come with it. While the 3.0i already produced 290BHP in group A form, there was a turbo version of this big in-line 6-cylinder engine on the market. Maybe TTE themselves were surprised when the FIA permitted them to homologate the turbo. You have to picture this: The 300BHP limit was still fresh in the wake of the group B ban. The normally aspirated Supra 3.0i already produced 290BHP. And being the high volume 3.0 it was, to fit a huge turbo to it was bound to be massively efficient, worth more than 10BHP. The FIA must have known this car was easily going to have 400BHP! And Toyota never hid that fact either!

Funny enough, this massive power increase did not at all seem to help the massive Supra. The car was leading the 1987 Safari until the engine overheated on the last day and it won the 1987 Hong Kong-Beijing - both in the hands of Björn Waldegaard and noticeably both in the non-turbo version! On the turbo debut, the Supra was leading the 1987 Bandama Rally, but the team withdrew all their cars when Henry Liddon and Nigel Harris sadly lost their lifes when the team's Cessna crashed! The team attempted the African rallies with the car again in 1988 & 1989, but the Supra could not repeat its 1987 performances. This is page 1 of 1 of the cars list, use the links below to navigate the pages.