OEM+ Toyota Supra Build: Jorge Ramos' 1,226 WHP MKIV

Jorge Ramos - 1994 Toyota Supra - Performance Stats:1,226 WHP-  Instagram: @Dialedin_Supra

Photographer: Christian Clune - Instagram:  @Christian.Clune.Photography 

OEM+ Toyota Supra Build 1,226 WHP MKIV

I was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The military eventually brought me to my current hometown of San Antonio, Texas, and somewhere between those three places, cars became the thing that stuck with me through all of it. This OEM+ Toyota Supra build is where that thread finally caught up with itself.

Where the Obsession Started

My good friend Tom, back in high school in the early 2000s, is the reason I got into the car modification community in the first place. He built the interest and pushed me toward it, and honestly, the timing couldn't have been better, or worse, depending on how you look at it. Being in high school right as the Fast and Furious era kicked off only made that interest grow stronger over the years. It wasn't a passing thing. It just kept building.

The MKIV Supra was always the car for me. It's a JDM icon, a legend, and there's really no arguing with that if you know the scene at all. I worked hard throughout my life to get to a point where I could own one myself and modify it to my own standards, not somebody else's idea of what a Supra should be. That mattered to me.

The Heart of the Build

At the center of it all is a 3.4L 2JZ-GTE, built out and matched with a Precision Nextgen 8085mm turbo. That's a serious amount of turbine sitting behind a stroked 2JZ, and it's the reason this car makes the numbers it does. All of that power still runs through the factory-style Toyota V160 6-speed transmission, and everything is managed by a Motec M150 system, which gives the tuner full control over how the car behaves, not just how hard it hits.

What makes this car unique to me, and honestly what I'm proudest of, is that it's a textbook example of an OEM+ build. Nothing about it screams for attention with a widebody kit or a stack of aero. It looks close to stock at a glance. Then you find out what's underneath, and that's the whole point. It's a pleasure to drive every single time I'm behind the wheel, which is really all I ever wanted out of it.

Engine & Drivetrain

• 3.4L 2JZ-GTE
• GSC S2 camshafts
• PHR V1 turbo system with Precision Nextgen 8085mm turbocharger
• Motec M150 ECU
• RPS triple disc carbon clutch
• Sleeper Designs billet 12-injector intake manifold
• ID1050x primary injectors
• ID1700x secondary injectors
• Toyota V160 6-speed transmission

Put together, that combination is what gets this Supra to 1,226 WHP, a number that puts it well into serious territory for a street-driven MKIV, especially one that still looks and feels like a car you'd want to drive every day rather than trailer to a track.

Who Did the Work

The build was handled by House of Boost in San Antonio, Texas, with tuning done by Dialled in by JTune. Between the two, the car ended up exactly where I wanted it: hard-hitting on paper, but genuinely dialled in to drive. Photography for this feature comes courtesy of Christian Clune, whose work you can find at @Christian.Clune.Photography.

Future Plans

Future plans are pretty simple. I want to keep enjoying it as the ultimate street car. I might end up swapping turbos down the line, but we'll see. There's no rush to change something that's already working this well.

Shout Outs

Thanks to @dialedin_supra, @powerhouseracing, @rs.garage, @partsbymoe, and @northeastcustoms for the support along the way.

Dream Car

My dream car is a 1994 MKIV Supra, which is a strange thing to say when you already own one, but that's exactly the point. This wasn't a car I settled for. It's the one I chased.

Builds like this one show just how far a MKIV can go without losing what made it a legend in the first place. For a look at where four-digit horsepower on a 2JZ can take a car when the aim shifts from street to spectacle, check out NEMESIS, a 1994 Supra pushed to four-digit rear-wheel horsepower with a Kicker audio system to match. If you want to see another 1994 example built for a very different kind of extreme, Jason Neering's 12-year, 1001HP Supra project is worth reading. And for the other end of the spectrum, where a Supra is built purely to be driven and enjoyed, Adam Cha's 528WHP Top Secret Supra shows that not every serious build needs four-digit power to be worth the years put into it.

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