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Ken Gushi<\/a> and his Three’s Racing<\/a> team built this Toyota GR86 to compete in Formula Drift. The coupe is powered by a 2JZ VVTi inline-six crate motor<\/a> from GReddy Performance Parts (GPP). It features a prepped block with 86.15 mm bore and 91.0 mm stroke for 3.17 L displacement. It also has a GPP billet crankshaft, GPP billet X-beam rods, GPP HD forged pistons, and Ross Performance dry sump<\/a>. On top is a ported head with GSC G2 camshafts, GPP conical springs, and larger valves. The engine makes 950 hp (698 kW) to the wheels thanks to a GReddy GP68R turbocharger and nitrous. The motor is paired to a Samsonas five-speed sequential transmission which sends power to a BullDog XR-420i IRS quick-change differential. The suspension features Wisefab control arms, Kazama Auto DG-5 coilovers, and Wilwood six-piston front brakes and dual four-piston rear brakes.<\/p>\n

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Ken Gushi and his Three’s Racing team built this Toyota GR86 to compete in Formula Drift. The coupe is powered by a 2JZ VVTi inline-six crate motor from GReddy Performance Parts (GPP). It features a prepped block with 86.15 mm bore and 91.0 mm stroke for 3.17 L displacement. It also has a GPP billet… Read More »Ken Gushi’s Toyota GR86 with a 950 whp 2JZ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":125595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[129,146,1137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-129","category-brz","category-gr86"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ken-Gushi-Toyota-GR86-with-a-turbo-2JZ-VVTi-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C899&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110133,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=110133","url_meta":{"origin":125587,"position":0},"title":"Carbon Fiber GR86 with a 1000 hp 3.6L 2JZ","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Kazama Auto Service built this carbon fiber Toyota GR86 at their company in Japan. 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