Zupra 1 year ownership review

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12-01-20, 09:25 AM

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Its a Z4 with Supra styling.
All BMW underneath the skin.

12-01-20, 09:39 AM

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OK...Gotcha. It does bear a resemblance to the Z3/Z4.

Its barely a Toyota product. Its 90% BMW.

12-01-20, 09:03 PM

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Wow that’s amazing. I wonder if I could do the same with my M340? Mine is tuned and it seems all I need is a turbo and downpipe? How much was the turbo?

We shall find out, since I picked up my m340i about a couple of months ago..

12-01-20, 09:11 PM

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We shall find out, since I picked up my m340i about a couple of months ago..

I forgot about that, sweet! If I remember you got a 2020 so tuning shouldn’t be an issue vs. 2021 since no one has been able to unlock the ECU yet. Do you know if the 2021 Supras have the same ECU issue?

I have a Mission Performance stage 2 tune and I need to get my idrive firmware updated but can’t since BMW will lock the ECU again and I would have to ship my ECU across the country again to do another bench unlock which I don’t feel like doing. I haven’t heard of Toyota locking the ECUs like BMW.

12-01-20, 11:17 PM

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Yup, it's the same situation with 6/2020+ Zupra's as well. They're hard locked (no bench unlock available). I went with a custom ECITEK tune from my Zupra tuner. car runs 11.5s already on e50 w/ just downpipe. Hoping to get to low 11s.

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12-01-20, 11:19 PM

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That's insane, I bet it's bad driving around. I have an M340i and I get challenged to race numerous times I'm out it's annoying. I can't imagine the Supra.

U swapped ur q50 to an m340i?!

It's normal for me: everybody and their grandma wants to race you, whether it's in their suv or bmw hating slow lexus... Lol

12-02-20, 08:58 AM

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U swapped ur q50 to an m340i?!

It's normal for me: everybody and their grandma wants to race you, whether it's in their suv or bmw hating slow lexus... Lol

Yup, Infiniti lost me, night and day difference. I'm still breaking it in but the quality blows the Infiniti away.

I know exactly how you feel lol.

12-02-20, 10:38 AM

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We shall find out, since I picked up my m340i about a couple of months ago..

nice but filthy, wash that thing!!!!

12-17-20, 09:20 AM

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Nice1 year review, that 60-130 is very impressive, I don't think many realize how fast that is.

This car definitely didn't get a lot of love from most but most of those folks are just commenters with no skin in the game when it comes to driving or owning a fast car. While I would have liked a 6MT version of it the ZF trans it has is very respectable.

Keep us posted on how it's going with it, I like that 340i too.

12-17-20, 10:00 AM

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This car definitely didn't get a lot of love from most but most of those folks are just commenters with no skin in the game when it comes to driving or owning a fast car. While I would have liked a 6MT version of it the ZF trans it has is very respectable.

i'm not saying you necessarily directed that at me, but as an OG 'zupra hater' i just want to clarify that i've only ever hated on it for reasons other than its performance lol (and looks)

60-130 in under 6 seconds is hugely impressive, especially for something that costs as much as it does