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You Need This: Toyota Sera, a JDM with butterfly doors

The Toyota Sera certainly isn't a run-of-the-mill JDM.

You Need This: A first-year Toyota Supra looking fresh off the boat

When was the last time you seen a 1979 Toyota Supra this clean?

You Need This: Japanese-market, AE92 Corolla Levin Supercharged

The successor to the famed AE86–the AE92 Corolla–may have lost its rear-wheel-drive platform, but this Japanese market example features Toyota's supercharged 4A-GZE engine.

You Need This: Manual-swapped, 6M-GE-powered Toyota Cressida wagon

The family Truckster, but make it Japanese. Add in a 6M-GE inline-six and a W58 5-speed manual, and you have this Toyota Cressida wagon for sale.

Why hillclimb a Yaris? Because it can. | Dragon HillClimb Results

No, this Toyota Yaris wasn't the first choice for Taylor Shead to hillclimb. However, it works, and that's what was important when it came to competing in the Dragon HillClimb.

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Shop Work: Can bigger brakes make an older car perform like a modern machine?

Brakes should both correct speed and balance the chassis. The brakes on our MR2 Turbo did virtually none of that, so it was time for a change–a big brake change.

Shop Work: What we've learned after a lifetime of project cars

What wisdom have we gleaned from years of GRM project cars? We're glad you asked.

Columns: Why the four-cylinder Supra makes an ideal track car

Has years of V8 power left us spoiled by power and lost our respect for balance?

Features: Flat over crest: Racing the Sandhills Open Road Challenge

Although it sounds simple in practice, open road racing requires you to maintain a specific speed over a given distance of public roads–turns, hills and bumps included.

Features: Expert tips to make your track car more reliable

How to make your track car more reliable? Nürburgring rentals could be holding the secret to the motorsports Fountain of Youth.

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Toyota project cars

1991 MR2 Turbo

No, it’s not a Ferrari–close, though, as the SW20-chassis MR2 also marries beautiful lines with healthy power. This Turbo Toyota is destined for SCCA’s new Xtreme Street autocross class.

2010 Tundra

We were so impressed by a Tundra we test-drove that we went and bought one for ourselves. This might be one of the few times a loaner ended up costing us …

1986 Corolla GT-S

Our 1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S had formerly been part of Toyota Racing Development's fleet and had picked up some neat items along the way, like a fiberglass rear hatch, flashy …

1994 Celica ST

The Celica ST, like the rest of the sixth-generation Celicas, isn't widely known for its performance potential. That's kind of a shame, as it's a very competent car that has …

1985 MR2

Art Director JG Pasterjak takes on restoring this modern classic.

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Rules require a floor covering? What we used instead of carpets.

One of the things you notice when your car catches on fire is that the stuff you use to put out the fire is capital M messy. We’ve found fire …

Overcoming our V6-powered MR2's weak point: oiling

The 3.5-liter Toyota 2GR-FE that’s going into our MR2–with its forged bottom end, roller rockers, aluminum block and high-winding nature–is a heck of an engine despite its pedestrian Camry …

How to use air/fuel ratios as a tuning tool

Turbocharged engines are a double-edged sword. More power is readily available through more boost, but so is more disaster. So, when you even vaguely consider adding boost to an engine, …

How to stop rats from eating our Toyota Tundra?

While we love our 2010 Toyota Tundra for doing truck stuff, doing truck stuff is not an everyday occurrence. Our Tundra will occasionally sit for as much as …

What is causing our MR2's shift linkage to keep binding?

It would be nice if we could shift our MR2’s gears, right?

In the last update on our 2GR V6-swapped 1991 Toyota MR2, we left …

Toyota Forum Topics

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Toyota Readers' Rides

Sep 18, 2024 by modemtones
2024 None GR Supra

45th Anniversary Edition, 6MT

Sep 09, 2024 by maschinenbau
1995 None Toyota Camry Coupe

2GR swap

Aug 24, 2024 by vikasmsh
1997 None Camry

I4 Auto 4 cylinder

Aug 12, 2024 by vwcorvette (Forum Supporter)
2012 None Prius C

Threepio

Aug 09, 2024 by bspiritracing
2008 None Yaris

Daily beater / rallycross / backup hillclimb car Bilstein B14 PSSs, Cusco top hats, Whiteline rear bar, stock 200k drivetrain. 1.8L 2ZR-FE turbo + C56 LSD trans swap coming soon.

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