A GM Powerglide automatic transmission puts the power to the ground. The gearbox was strengthened for strip duty by Select Performance and torques a Mark Williams driveshaft which spins 35-spline Strange axles. How do you meld a GM transmission to a Toyota powerplant? "We fabricated a custom adapter plate to join the engine and trans and we built a custom flywheel that allows us to use GM-spec torque converters," says Craig. "Paisley Racing offers all these parts for public consumption and there are a number of GM-shifted Supra out there and most of them use our products."
We hope to see the resurrection of the Toyota Supra to continue in Y2K with more JZA80 Supras tearing up the strips from coast to coast.