Tremendous GT is again in Malaysia this weekend, kicking off at this time at Sepang Worldwide Circuit and working till Sunday, June 28. Evidently everybody is worked up for the return of Japan’s high sports activities automotive race sequence – a lot in order that even the street transport division (JPJ) used the occasion as a possibility to choose up a model new GR86 as its new patrol automotive. Or so it appeared.
However no, the JPJ-liveried automotive you see right here is merely the security automotive for the inaugural GR86 Cup Malaysia assist race (Tremendous GT itself makes use of its personal security automotive, a yellow Nissan Z). As our Bahasa Malaysia colleagues perceive it, the white GR86 Cup automotive with a lightweight bar and physique graphics that will scare many a boy racer was created by way of a collaboration between race organiser Haro Sports activities & Leisure and JPJ, presumably for higher public consciousness of the latter.
The automotive is in any other case similar to the one Haro is promoting to potential racers of the one-make sequence, primarily based on the GR86 RC base mannequin that ditches mod cons like alloys (it will get 16-inch steelies as an alternative), a head unit and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and kit knob. Toyota Racing Improvement (TRD) then bolts on a six-point roll cage and provides an engine oil cooler and distinctive flooring mats that clear the mentioned roll cage, creating the GR86 Cup Automotive Primary, sustaining 4 seats and possessing a kerb weight of 1,290 kg.
As soon as it enters Malaysia, Haro outfits the automotive with race automotive necessities, turning it right into a turnkey racer. The modifications embrace locally-produced 17-inch Raxer alloy wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS tyres, a Fujitsubo exhaust (stamped with the Haro brand), KW Racing inverted dampers, TRD suspension mounts, Advics brakes, a transmission oil cooler, a Bride Zeta bucket seat and a HANS-compatible six-point harness.
Energy continues to come back from a FA24D 2,387cc naturally-aspirated flat-four engine producing 235 PS at 7,000 rpm and 250 Nm of torque at 3,700 rpm. This being a race automotive, a six-speed handbook comes as commonplace, with drive despatched to the rear wheels by way of a Torsen limited-slip differential.
Haro has introduced in 30 models of the Cup automotive to Malaysia for the needs of the occasion, which have additionally been fitted with security tools resembling a hearth extinguisher, an exterior kill change, bonnet security pins and entrance and rear tow hooks. The automobiles, that are additionally compliant with the Malaysian Championship Sequence (MCS) SP1 class, arrives tax-free priced at RM208,315 – considerably decrease than the GR86 handbook that UMW Toyota Motor sells at RM295,000 – because it’s licensed just for monitor use.
GALLERY: Toyota GR86 Cup in Malaysia
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