@wellzy9819 - If I google it, should I misspell "Gentlemen's" like you do, or spell it correctly? I want to get the same answer, so "gentelmens" it is!
V12s are actually fairly naturally balanced just like V8s are. The sad thing is with Toyota's reliability the last few years, I doubt they would have that kind of success with one they built today.
Which ironically is two 1JZs sharing a crank - the 1GZ even runs two 1JZ ECUs, throttle bodys, ignition system etc.. its how Toyota engineers in reliability 😅
Not only that, it was made in the 90’s. All jokes aside this car was advanced and SO well crafted in it’s time, I would even say up there with the W140 S Class
The HP claims is normally a lie, but the point of having the V12 like that is if in an emergency occurs and one cylinder bank goes out, the other can still operate without an issue.
I think his supra had custom engine, with custom block etc, based on 1JZ (like two JZ's sticked together). I might be confusing his engine with someone else's tho.
@@zedeg94 if we are referring to the top secret supra that smokey built, it was the 5.0 V12 from the Toyota century, built with all forged internals and added twin turbos producing over 1000hp and around 700lbs of torque.
@@MorbidTorov that is incorrect. It is an entirely unique engine block that shares nothing in common with the 1JZ. Christ, just look at the difference in size between the cylinder bores or the completely different fuel pump configuration. That's like saying the 1UZ is just two 4G or 3S engines put together. The 1GZ is NOT 2 1JZ blocks put together.
Another fun fact: these engines can be crazy given you have the skills to handle never mind rebuild & tune one. Smokey Nagatas 1GZ swapped supra is a good example.
The fact that the 1GZ V12 was essentially two 1JZ Inline Sixes mated to a common crank means that it has about as much performance potential as you'd expect. Though due to the engine's (and by extension its original car's) rarity, the limits of the 1GZ V12 haven't been explored too much. The only 1GZ build I know of is the A80 Supra that received a 1GZ swap by tuning house TOP SECRET which became infamous for pursuing a speed record on UK public roads by one "Smokey" Nagata!
The g50 1gz-fe v12 was made from 1997 to 2016 and had a advertised hp of 276 but was tested at around 300 It was built with smoothness and reliability in mind, shares some parts with jz series engines It has 2 independant ecus and quad cam vvt-i with 48 valves,and paired to a 4 later 6 speed automatic Its a very overbuilt. When builtvsnd tuned it could manage 600 n/a and 1200 with twin turbo
Context points: The "gentlemen's agreement" referred to was a non-binding agreement between Japanese car manufacturers to limit the engine power of any domestically produced sedans to 280 metric horsepower, (276hp.) In theory this was to prevent cars from becoming too fast, and as a result too dangerous, and could have resulted in unwanted regulations being imposed by the Japanese government. In practice, most manufacturers were making some cars that exceeded this limit, and were simply advertised in the Japanese market as having 276hp. Functionally identical cars sold in export markets would see gains of up to 50hp in their advertised performance specs, despite having no mechanical differences. The Century's engine, the 1GZ-FE, was stated to make 276hp, but has been estimated to make around 300hp, and was advertised in export markets as having a 295hp engine. It is _not_ the same size engine as a McLaren F1, it's merely the same configuration. The BMW S70/2 is a 6L engine compared to the 1GZ's 5L. (The engine the S70/2 is seemingly based on, the M70B50, _is_ a V12 with nearly identical performance specs to the 1GZ, but it only ever went in BMW 7 and 8 series cars, never a McLaren, and was phased out before the 1GZ was even built to begin with anyway.) Finally, they used the SAME engine in the Toyota Century, (the V12 1GZ-FE we've been talking about,) for *twenty* years of production, between 1997 and 2017.
FYI.. I just googled Toyota Century coz of the rims it has in this video & found that there is this website called car from japan & has a 2018 Toyota Century with 12k miles & priced at $95k. It is parked at Baltimore Port & cars for Japan also has a RU-vid channel..
I would never touch a McLaren, they have hideous quality issues, but there is nothing wrong with a fine, understated limousine that’s been built and designed with great care.
Wrong. They were first delivered with V8s, in 1997 they were upgraded to the V12, engine code 1GZ-FE. Nice thing regarding the engine: It'll still work if one bank is toast. Power as advertised in foreign markets is 220kw/295hp.
They've been going for 10/15kish around where I live forever now. Everyone wants jz/x chassis, and the newly legal imports. I bought a 96 Crown Royal Saloon 2jz-ge VVT-i variant for 10k(30k km, everything in spec), and a few months later saw a fucking pristine low km 97(?) Century for 10k is. Wish I would've waited
@@MadsMikkelsenisliterallyme Thats rough man, Tho a Crown is also a really solid car, I just hope I can get one (Century) before they're all gone or too expensive. I see they just became legal in the U.S. and everyone on the internet going crazy over them, Couple this with the fact that less than 10,000 were ever made. Wich its genuinely concerning. Even more concerning are those bippu stans but thats another story.
@@MadsMikkelsenisliterallymebro that happens to everyone after they buy a car I swear, a better one pops up within a week even tho you’ve been searching for months and years 😭
😮🙏 Datsun now renamed as NISSAN also had some Top Range Executive Limousines offered only to their top owners of their branches during the 1970s ... 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊
after having black car, with black interior, and black leather seats. I started to prefer cloth seats too. You also dont slide around as much in cloth seats.
Yes they’re reliable but when they break, oh man you better have some money saved for repairs. I know because I occasionally work on these beautiful vehicles
