1998 Toyota Supra

Toyota Supra enthusiasts are a greedy bunch. It's a fact of nature, like Newton's gravitational constant, water's boiling point or the fact that Adam Sandler's next movie will be even more retarded than his last. But Supra owners aren't greedy for money, it's power they hunger for.

Who's the greediest Supraphile yet? We nominate Houston, Texas, resident Peter Blach. This guy won't be satisfied until he breaks the 1,000-hp mark on the chassis dyno using the completely stock bottom end of his 2JZ-GTE.

He sold his last Supra TT, a '98, with hopes of finding something else to build, some other type of platform to use. After months of looking, and not finding anything he liked better, greed took over and Blach began looking for another Supra. A few weeks later, his friend Raj Magon of Autodynamics, also in Houston, came through with this black-and-tan '98 six speed.

A week after purchasing the car, Blach and his friend Tommy Bahn started replacing everything that wasn't perfect; floor mats,carpet, dash, ashtray, shift knob, and seats included. Pieces used in this phase of the project were all direct factory replacements.

On the exterior, Blach had the hood and front bumper repainted to take care of the few rock chips. The bottom body molding was also color matched to the rest of the car, and Blach added a Wings West front lip. Out back, an RMM spoiler with a carbon-fiber center blade, was perched at the terminus of the steeply raked rear hatch. The interior received a 10,000 rpm TRD tach, and GReddy gauges for boost, exhaust temp and fuel pressure.

Next came suspension and rolling stock upgrades. Blach pulled the stock springs and shocks and replaced them front and rear with Eibach Race Springs and KYB AGX shocks, a setup that worked well for him on two of his previous Supras. He also added Cusco front and rear strut tower braces to bolster the chassis.

The brakes weren't modified other than the installation of TRD braided stainless-steel lines.

For wheels, as with the springs and shocks, Blach decided on a system that served him well on his last two cars, custom Fikse FM/5s in a decidedly wide format both front and rear. The fronts measure 18x9.5 inches and wear 265/35R-18 BFG g-Force T/A KDs, while the rears are an incredible 18x11 inches with 295/35R-18 BFG rubber. Blach says they're similar to other FM/5s he's owned, but in this case, are so wide they actually feature a recessed hub area.