Check out this cool HKS Altezza

HKS Toyota Altezza
Production time 2000 Base in Toyota Altezza
Layout Front engine / Rear drive Tires Yokohama Advan
Length ??? Width ???
Height ??? Weight 979.5 kg / 2155 lbs
Engine GT3037S Inline 4 Wheelbase ???
Displacement 2200 cc / 213.3 cu in Gearbox 6sp Sequential
Brakes ??? Base price ???
PERFORMANCE
Top speed 298 kph / 185 mph 0-100 kmh / 0-60 mph 3.0 sec
Power 447.7 kw / 600 bhp @ 8300 rpm Torque 600 nm / 444.4 ft lbs @ 7500 rpm

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0-60mph in 3.0s, you're kidding me! that's insane

that's a 2-door, i didn't think they made 2 doors :confused:

Originally posted by gang$tarr
that's a 2-door, i didn't think they made 2 doors :confused: It's race-customized.

damn..where was this picture taken from?

Originally posted by jay@af
It's race-customized.
Yeah it looks like the rear doors were filled in or it's a fiberglass/carbon custom body.

now that is a beautiful machine....i wish i could see it race one day, but i don't go to Japan too often, actually never been there.....I WANNA SEE SOE GOOD RACES THERE! DAMN and thats a great car too.

the front of that bodykit kinda looks like the ABFlug kit for the Supra

www.superstreetonline.com

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this car is a nice piece of work, just look how much CF and aluminum they have in that car.
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Yea that car is wicked, ive seen it in super street and road and track, its a completely race built aluminum chassis, CF body, double wishbone w/ a pushrod/rocker arm rear setup non production race machine,
this car never started life as an altezza, it is completely built from the ground up by HKS japan, which is completely fine considering they manufacture OEM parts for toyota as well as their line of aftermarket parts, really the only thing toyota about this altezza is the engine & rear diff, even the tranny is a full race unit.
what really sucks is HKS told road and track that they do not intend to race this machine and that HKS's CEO, (his name escapes me) just built this unit simply for kicks.
this may not be the case forever though, it's performance on the track puts it in the R. E. Amiyama RX7 and Castrol Tom's Supra and building a $400,000 plus race car just to stare at it makes little sense. look for this car on the track soon
I hope :D

J-Spec Lexus forever!!!!!!!

Darn that looks good :)

I like this car very very much and i think that 75% is CF !!:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :smoker2: :frog: :frog: :frog: :frog: :frog:

yeah i saw it in superstreet also. That car is beautiful:eek:

damn that look nice. i wish i could have an altezza for my first car but unfortunatly my dad dont like japanese cars so i doubt he would let me get an altezza and plus my insurance would be soooooo expensive.:(

yah true
its made by hks japan. started from scratch. the entire body is made from carbon fiber. i thought the engine pumped out 800+ but maybe my mistake.
its ment for racing and its one fast altezza.

its been a while since i read about this thing but i think hks spent $300k on it for one race...i wanta find out how many hp it has

Do you think the wing is big enough ?

For those of u confused or falsely informed... this is a Toyota Altezza (aka Lexus IS in the US). it IS an inline 4 and it pushes out exactly 564bhp. as for the HUGE rear wing...it doenst bother me since it is IN FACT a rear wheel drive car so it does have a PURPOSE. the body is 100% ENTIRELY carbon fiber (except of course for the head/taillights) incase ur wonderin...i have been watchin this car VERY carefully since it was first produced thatz y i know all about it.... beautiful and extremely powerful machine.

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~Mike

PS- i hope i didnt offend anyone...i wasnt tryin to! :o)

Last time I checked the price for one of those aint that bad either,eh ?

Letz just think of it this way....i dun think we can physically COUNT that high... hehehe... nice to look at tho hehehe...

~Mike

hey, the motor is not a GT3037s that is the turbo. the motor is a 3S-GTE it has a 2.2 liter kit, and i heard some where that with the GT3037 turbo it can have 800hp. :bloated: hks is the best i love their R33 drag skyline it ran 4.8s in the 1/4 and american top-fuel drag cars run 4.5 or so! i saw the video of it. their drag supra ran about a 8.6 sec 1/4. i want to see hks tune a 95 porsche 911 biturbo i think that would make one fast car. am i not right?! and if any one finds any new picks of it please post them ive got a collection of em'. well the car is nuthing but great and thats all that counts.

That car owns me. I wonder how much it would cost to get a custom molded CF body for my car :p it's not worth it for a civic, but it would still be cool.

actually, the motor is a 4 cylinder 3S-GE that comes stock on Altezzas in Japan.

Nope..its a 3S-GTE, from the J-Spec Turbo MR-2/Celica GT-FOUR. It produces around 600bhp, and was made to race once, and only once at some japanese circuit of whose name escapes me..

i dont know where you are getting your information from but from the april 2001 issue of superstreet, they specifically say that the engine is a 2.0L 3S-GE stroked to 2.2L and the turbo is an HKS GT30307S ball bearing turbo. it was made to break the circuit record at Tsukuba in Japan. here is a small article on it: http://www.superstreetonline.com/editorial/article.jsp?viewtype=text&id=90624

here's another:http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/articleDisplay.asp?articleID=97

Is this the same engine on the Celica GT-S?

Being a passenger in that car is a religious experience :smoka: because you can sit on top of the differential and watch the suspension at work, :smoka: and a driveshaft spinning real fast betweeen your ankles!:smoka:

i so want them to make a two door Altezza

w sup with the pics ???

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the 3s-ge engine didnt even come with 2.0L it was 2.2L... the 3sgte came with 2.0L to handle more boost... and also i wonder why they didnt just use an mr2... the mr2 is a mid engine 2 seater.. giving it better wieght distribution and also making it easier because it is already a 2 door... it is also a rwd car like the altezza and to me it looks more aroedynamic lol

3s-ge is 2Litres!