John has already shown us pictures of his next project car, an R34 Skyline GT-R. We don't know what John does for a living to be able to afford cars of this magnitude, but we want to get involved. He simply tells us he's "self-employed." We're guessing that's nothing like how our sex lives are "self-satisfying." You would never be able to tell John's destructive nature in a few short conversations with him. But he has to be as vindictive as it gets because nobody would set out to build a quadruple-digit horsepower street car without the hankering for a little bit of blood. At full boost, John's Supra won't hesitate to bring you down to China Town. It might not on the way to the liquor store or even at the local track, but rest assured that if you live in the vicinity of Houston and think your car is badass, John's Supra has your number, and it's almost up.
The Admiral
There are a bunch of people who build show cars and never drive them. Then there are people who have race cars that aren't streetable. Group them together and you have a grip of useless cars laying around. John's Supra is the epitome of what a Super Street car should be. It's laying down over 1,000 hp to the ground with a badass body kit and a sound system that would parallel that of an IMAX theater. But he doesn't just park it in the garage and let it collect dust. He drove nearly 1,000 miles to Atlanta on the 2004 Tour and still had to drive home while our weak-sauce asses flew back. We can't even manage to paint our project cars the right color or get them to the track without something bad happening. During our trek, John managed to get the Supra up to 165 mph, which is about three times as fast as Jonny drives on the freeway when there's no traffic. Keep in mind, we're reporting this way after the fact, so the po-po can't do a damn thing about it. Maybe they should have spent less time trying to eat donut holes out of each other's belly buttons and paid attention to what was happening on the freeway. But I don't want to tell them how to do their job. They're really busy right now trying to figure out a way to frame me for smuggling illegal firearms into the country.
Fast Facts
Car: 1995 Toyota Supra
Owner: John Leigh
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Daily Grind: Self-employed
Under The Hood: 2JZ-GTE engine swap with harness and ECU; SGP full-race short block, 9.0:1 compression .20 over pistons, racing head package, SST 1mm oversize valve kit, bronze valve guides, upper radiator pipe kit, and custom intercooler piping; Pauter connecting rods; HKS header, GT2 wastegate, Twin Power ignition, Ti exhaust, and Racing blow-off valve; VeilSide lower intake, fuel rail, Hi-Flow Plenum, and 100mm throttle body; JUN 264 cams; ITS GT74 dual ball-bearing q-trim tangential turbo; Jet Hot 2000 coating; AEM EMS; FJO wideband O2 sensor; dual Denso fuel pumps; Aeromotive fuel regulator; 1200cc injectors; WOTM custom 4-inch downpipe; TRD oil cap; Titan cam gears; Unorthodox Racing pulley set; Boostlogic crank pulley; Nitrous Express 100 shot, 15-pound carbon fiber bottle, and GenX-2 kit; Signal radiator cover; battery relocation kit; GReddy four-row intercooler; Fluidyne radiator; Six-speed Getrag transmission; Ryan Woon Signature Series RPS carbon/carbon clutch; twin turbo axles and driveshaft; TRD limited-slip differential; TRD tranny mounts