Car Spotlight>> Kunny’z D1 Mark X

This is one car I just couldn't keep away from at this weekend's D1 Tokyo Drift. It's nothing short of amazing how good this big modern Toyota Sedan looks slammed to the ground, sporting an appropriate drift-stance. On top of it all it is simply incredible that the GoodYear Racing team along with driver Kuniaki Takahashi, aka Kunny'z, have managed to be competitive with the MarkX right out of the box.

This car looks great sitting in the pits but it is truly in its element out on track burning through those rear Eagle RS Sports. Check out how much it squats down under power; sometimes the rear bumper and skirts look like they are scraping along the ground!

This GRX130 chassis does away with its usual 2.5L V6 motor for a slightly more vintage good old 2JZ…

…mated to probably the biggest turbo I've ever seen used on a D1 car. courtesy of GCG. That's one chunky intake pipe!

The Toyota in-line-six is stroked to 3.4L and is good for 900 HP. There's also nitrous there if needed, but it still hasn't been used in any of the four rounds so far. Ito-san at Do-Luck is the man responsible for the engine's impressively responsive ECU map that allows Kunny'z instant power whenever he floors the accelerator.

Tuck those wheels!!

Attention to detail prevails all around the car, from the extremely clean engine bay to the uncluttered interior.

The stock center console has been gutted out and now houses the neatly arranged switch panel…

…while the instrument binnacle sports a Racepak IQ3 digital dash unit.

A pair of matching Bride buckets are a great touch. I hope I can get a ride in this someday! Onegaishimau Kunnyz san!

The car has been built in collaboration with ST Garage who have a lot of experience in 2JZ swaps.

The body has been mostly left stock, but has some nice front and rear under-spoilers as well as gently flared fenders.

Can you spot the side exit for the wastegate's screamer pipe? DG-5 are the suspension of choice while braking is taken care by Project µ calipers. Weds Sport SA-60M split six spoke wheels are a great touch on the MarkX, especially in their instantly recognizable trademark black on blue-inner-spoke coloring.

What do you guys think? Isn't this one of the coolest D1 cars of all times?

KunnyZ

Do-Luck

ST Garage

D1 2011

-Dino Dalle Carbonare

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1

That's beautiful. Too bad Mark X's are not street legal in Canada.

2

Pure sex on the engine bay (and rest for sure!)



Really love this spotlight!

4

Love this sheat!!!

5

just checked - its not for the UK market.. surprise - surprise.. this one still looks awesome tho'

6

WOW THAT IS INSANE!

7

oh yes i love this one.. and its a Toyota! i've never seen one of these before! thats an absolutely whopping turbo under that bonnet.. i love the front & rear ends of the car, the rear tails kind of remind me of a Honda Accord. what does this car look like in standard form? - it looks like it would some of the Time Attack boys a run for their money!

8

Ya i have to agree with you. This is one bad machine. I think they went a little overboard with the graphics, too many stickers. If they are selling space , people better buy now cause theres little real estate left.

9

Amazing potential in this chassis I would like to see more from it....

10

YES it is COOL!

11

900 hp?!?!? Woah

12

these cars are badass, they are becoming quite popular down here in Jamaica now, they are like the new trend to have. luxury and performance. this one is very radical and i like it

13

that turbo makes my neck hurt just looking at it...

14

Praise the lord! .. I mean Dino. Thanks for the spotlight.

15

OH BABY YES

16

"onegaishimasu".

17

IMO I liked the simpler livery it displayed at TAS



Still a nice car though

18

I've always loved the look of the Mark X. 2JZ makes it even better.

19

Andrew, why is Mark X isnt legal in Canada? o_O

20

OH BABY YES

21

HA theyre street legal here!, everything japanese is! NZ rules

22

It's gorgeous! From every angle. (Takahashi had always had great looking drift cars.)

23

love this sheat!!

24

I <3 big Japanese sedans.

25

Shinigami, any car that isn't made for Canadian or American market has to be 15 years old or older to be street legal in Canada. They make up some propaganda about RHD cars being dangerous and something about emissions, but we all know that if cars like Mark X and Crown and the whole Chaser/Cresta/Mark 2 crew were street legal here then American car companies would loose toooooo much money and probably all of their sedan market. It's hard to beat those Japanese luxury RWD sport sedans.

26

Rad. I'm feelin this

27

Are those audi headlight???

28

Nothing fuels interest in our favorite race series more than new cars. The need to innovate and move

29

that thing still squats when not moving? definitely rally stance. :P

30

love this car!

31

finally something different...more spotlight articles on X chassis PLZ..im tired of s13's,14's,15's...those have really become the new honda civics..

32

Very tighty looking car! Again this is another car with Gran Turismo stickers on the the front windshield, awesome!

34

Who don't knows, Mark X also can be with 2GR-fse Supercharged in stock :) 360whp 51nm. V6 3.5 litres

I think, actually, it would be enough fo some drifting. But 2jz - it's classics. Intresting what transmisson they chose, V160/161 or R154? Because R154 (5MT from chaser/mark/cresta/verossa jzx90-100-110) without changing stock gears on OSGiken gears dont reccomended to use on cars with more than 550-600whp

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