The 1998 Supra as a base, chucking the original 3.0-litre straight-six 2JZGTE engine and replaced it with a 5.0-litre V12 1GZ-FE that powered the luxurious Toyota Century limousine.
Although both engines made similar power, the V12 had the displacement for the abuse Smokey was about to dish out to it. It was mated to a six-speed gearbox which was responsible for transferring all that power to the rear wheels.
Kazuhiko “Smokey” Nagata is a living icon in the car tuning scene, popular for building some of the fastest street cars in the world. On top of being a mad scientist who transforms Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) cars into pocket rockets, Smokey Nagata is also the CEO of Top Secret. The Japanese automobile engineer founded Top Secret and established the brand as a leader in tuning and performance parts. It was his high-speed midnight run on the V12 Supra that Smokey Nagata himself built and pushed to 197mph that led to his rise in the tuner community. Today, Top Secret is one of the biggest tuning garages in Japan that works on cars like GT-R, Evo, and S15.
