[supraman_fr]

Hi I'm from France (near Paris) and I own 2 of our babies :

I've just sold the left one to my best friend. His wife has just crashed his MKII !

All three of 1983. From 1982 to 1985 Toyota France have sold 300 MKII !

And that's my track one :

I am also the WM of www.celicasupra.fr.st ...


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BTW, pls don't fire me cause I'm french (it is not my fault :lol: ). I can be french and don't fully agree with Chirac...

 

[zank]

WOW nice cars
welcome to the forums. well i dont think youll have problems just because your French, we have people here from all over the world.



I guess Malloy has some competition :lol:

Later

 

[jdk_ii]

Bonjour Jean-Marc!

Welcome to our corner of the web!

Funny, I did see ONE MK2 while I was in France in 2001.
Somewhere near Grenoble.

Definitely not fired here. It is well learned that characterizing
people by their elected politicians is a bad idea anywhere!

 

[Frank_MA61]

Welcome.

Those are some very nice actions shots of your supra. Is the silver car on the right yours aswell?

 

[quick]

Good shit. What do you do to avoid brake fade on the track?

 

[Dzone]

Wow cool pictures,Good to hear that there are others around the world who share the passion for MkII , you keep them in good condition.

 

[supraman_fr]

Welcome.

Those are some very nice actions shots of your supra. Is the silver car on the right yours aswell?

I've just sold it (250$) to my best friend in replacement of a crashed one (plenty of spare parts ) This friend has a blue 1985 with 360000 km on the tach'...

 

[supraman_fr]

Good shit. What do you do to avoid brake fade on the track?

I do have fade

I use Mintex M1166 / EBC Green or old stock pads (with asbestos) in the front, stock discs, Dot 5 changed after each track day, and armoured hoses (tube that gets to callipers). In France, you don't have any hi-perf spare part, so I must order un UK or Germany. When I see Willwood kit pics ... :shock:

Next hint is to avoid braking hard several times ... you MUST alternate hard and gentle braking...Also let the discs cool slowly after 5 or 6 runs. If you insist, you may warp your disks.

Worst is on Montlhéry track : 200 km/h (124 MPH) on the tacho...and a chicane à 30 MPH...poor brakes :lol:


I hope you understand me, my technical english is quite poor...

 

[supraman_fr]

Bonjour Jean-Marc!

Funny, I did see ONE MK2 while I was in France in 2001.
Somewhere near Grenoble.

You're lucky :lol:

I can spend 1 year without seeing any mark2...except the ones I know.

300 sales in France (30 000 000 cars in France), I know 25 of them..150 must be in the scrapeyards and the rest ???...

 

[Supra Bob]

I hope you understand me, my technical english is quite poor...

I would not be too concerned. Your written english is better than many who speak it Natively.

welcome

 

[supraman_fr]

Concerning brakes :

my car is very light : 1265 kg - > 1120 kg, less weight is less fading...

 

[quick]

Thanks a bunch for the brake tips.
Have you setup any ducts to try to help cool them?

 

[supraman_fr]

No Quick, no yet. I must install some air hoses.
But I have taken off the four metal plates behind the disks.

 

[quick]

Ducting works wonders for the MkIVs... you might try it for your MkII.

Good luck -- nice to see someone tracking a MkII.

 

[Malloy]

Wow, awesome pics Welcome to our little club! 8)

 

[batmobile]

Supra Man FR you have a very clean race car,

Can you take more pics of the interior?,

Im in the process of gutting/painting and I noticed yours is the best I have see so far!

 

[thedjfou]

You can go and see the pics of our Drift sessions back in France : http://www.celicasupra.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9958

And the videos : http://www.celicasupra.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9959

Other pics :

The white is mine :

Here, his Supra Pista with my superwhite and his own Superwhite (the one with the bra) :

 

[thedjfou]

That's how it was when he first got it : it had a accident in the front, this explains the yellow thing in the front :lol: :

The engine :

 

[Downshift]

Awesome pictures of beautiful Supras!

 

[supraman_fr]

Awesome pictures of beautiful Supras!

Thank you.. 8) :wink: