On the street, Toyo rubbers are wrapped around a set of 18-inch gunmetal Advan Model 5 rims to help Andy keep traction on his long commutes to work. Using Blitz Type 01CX three-piece rims and Nitto NT555R drag radials, 12-second passes are made without breaking a sweat. With more traction, the results will be sickening. The Supra sits on fully adjustable HKS Hiper Damper coilovers, allowing Andy to raise or lower its stance and stiffen or soften its ride.
Andy figured that if he's going to have to sit in horrible Los Angeles traffic everyday, he might as well make the best of it. So, he replaced the bulky factory leather seats with a pair of carbon Kevlar weave Recaro Tomcat racing seats, fully equipped with an air pump lumbar support. Now that's what we call luxury. It would take a pretty bomb system to overtake the hypnotizing sounds of twin ball-bearing turbos spooling through 4-inch stainless-steel piping so, John Tanaka of Transonic made sure that Andy's JZA80 would be a rolling entertainment system. A Japan-only Alpine monitor with built in TV tuner is mated with an Alpine head unit. Two Crystal subs and an ADS amplifier were mounted in a custom trunk box with minimal cutting and no neon.
With a buildup that costs as much as our yearly salaries all together, and disgustingly surpasses our financial reaches, Andy has built his JZA80 beyond anyone's wildest dreams. The sick part about it is that it only took him three months to build. What's even more sick is that Andy still isn't finished. With the help and support of HKS USA, Top Fuel Japan, SP Engineering, and his teammates in Kyosho Racing, he promises that the JZA80 will turn more heads and tear up even more tracks when it's complete. We only have one thing to say to you, Andy. Don't make promises unless you intend to keep them. And when you do, let us know so we can fantasize even more.
How much money do you need to spend at HKS to get 545 rear-wheel hp and razor handling?
| HKS Products (MSRP) |
| *Twin GT 2835 kit (including racing wastegates) | $10,230 |
| *Front mount intercooler kit (with piping) | $2,465 |
| *Mid pipe | $205 |
| *Titanium racing exhaust | $1,440 |
| *EVC EZ | $395 |
| *Hiper Damper coilovers | $2,490 |
| *Cams 272 intake and 272 exhaust | $1,310 ($655 each) |
| *Cam gears | $330 ($165 each) |
| *720cc injectors | $1,440 ($240 each) |
| *Fuel rail | $410 |
| *Twin Power Type-DLI | $625 |
| *Iridium plugs | $180 ($30 each) |
| *OS Giken triple-plate clutch | $2,100 |
| *Super Sequential blow-off valve | $300 |
| *VPC (tuned for turbos and injectors) | $1,590 |
| *VPC harness | $695 |
| *Turbo Timer III | $95 |
| *SP Engineering rom tune | $600 |
Which leaves us with a total of $26,900 plus sales tax and labor. And that doesn't even include the $3,400-a-pair Recaro Tomcat seats, stereo system, body kit, or paint. But if we were to calculate those also, we'd get: