Bee R D1 Project With Tokita
Looks like Bee R is going to be running another D1 car in 2008.
In what will be a first for D1, the car used is going to be a late model Toyota Crown Athlete luxury sedan. The stock engine from the car is the same 3.5L V6 as the Lexus IS350 but that engine has been yanked in favor of the tried and true 2JZGTE.
The 2jZ powerplant is going to be pretty radical with an HKS 3.4l stroker kit and a single T04Z turbine. Power is estimated to be around 700ps. Custom Sports G-Master suspension will be used along with a specially developed aero package.
This rear diffuser looks pretty serious.
In VIP-fashion, the wheels are the 20″ Weds Kranze Glossa pictured above.
The pilot of this machine is going to be Goodyear driver Masayoshi Tokita who is well known for driving his current old school GZ10 Soarer in D1. Tokita, who hails from Chiba prefecture, is known for bringing “boso style” to D1 and can be seen hanging out of his car’s window with a baseball bat during driver intros.
Looks like the car is coming along pretty well. I wonder how this monster luxury car will perform in D1?