Toyota Chaser - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

(drifting car) - Pickle juice, Coca-Cola, light beer! Whether you're trying to

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up your night or knock yourself out, there's no better way to relax than a well-chosen Chaser. This is the story of one of Toyota's longest-running models, a testament to improvement and high-powered rear-end driving fun. So, pause the anime, JDM fans. This is

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with the Toyota Chaser. (upbeat music) We'll get to the Chaser, but first, let's back up a bit for a history lesson. In the early 1950s, Japan was beginning to recover from the devastation of World War II.

The workforce had a great

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for mobility. For the most part, public transportation had deteriorated during the war and the country was a few decades away from having the expensive rail lines it has today. Toyota had been flirting with bankruptcy for years, struggling to produce vehicles at a slow-economy customer. In the slow economic climate. The Americans practically saved Toyota when they ordered 5,000 military trucks for use on the Korean Peninsula. With that money, Toyota was able to recover and produce a new passenger car for Japan. The Toyota Crown debuted in 1955. The styling resembled American sedans of the same era, but it was downsized a few sizes, as if Toyota had put it in the dryer too hot. "Alright, everyone, here's the new one..." "Ah, man, I just bought it, is it small already?" Since 1950, Japanese drivers paid taxes based on the size of their car's engine.

The bigger It was the engine, the more the more you pay To keep the Crown affordable for the masses, Toyota had no choice but to use a tiny engine Even though Toyota had struggled, the Crown was a pretty good car, and it helped. Toyota to become one of Japan's largest car manufacturers The Crown brand was so strong that Toyota thought it could afford to make it a little bigger and more luxurious, but it didn't want to abandon the small proportions that had made the car. car had so many sales. So, they did both. They made the Corona bigger and introduced a smaller version called Corona, with lime.

This was just the beginning of the growing Corona family tree, but just like my. little brother Lars, the Mark Two was bigger than the original, something Corona would never stop resenting, despite

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ing she was wrong, and that she should love Mark Two for who he is, even though Mom said the Mark Two was his favorite son. What was she talking about? The Mark Two is where the real story begins. Toyota was not the only Japanese company manufacturing sedans in its home country. The Nissan Skyline and Datsun 510 were hot on their heels, and let me tell you, they're both pretty good.

Toyota needed to fight back. Thus, in 1972, the Mark Two was completely renovated. To go toe-to-toe with the Skyline, it needed a bigger engine, so they gave it one. Gone was the little four-cylinder and in its place was a sweet 2.5-liter inline-six, but only in the United States. That? Is this the first time in Up to Speed ​​history that the United States got the best engine? Lightning, lightning, lightning, lightning, lightning! Toyota now had a powerful car in America and gave a new name to its American home. Cressida! It didn't have a big block like its American counterparts, but it seemed adequate.

The styling of the Cressida was boxy and Coca-Cola bottle-like, like real American muscle cars. You know what they say, imitation is the highest form of flattery. Isn't that right, Nolan? (automobile derivations) In 1977, Toyota introduced a new model in the Mark Two line for Japan. - Pursuer! - It was basically the same as the regular Mark Two, but less luxurious and more affordable. In 1980, Toyota expanded the Chaser line with the Chaser Avante. The Avante's suspension was tuned specifically for aggressive driving and had an entirely new heart beating under the hood. The 1G-GEU straight-six engine differed from the straight-six engine previously offered in the United States.

The most notable difference was the size. While the Yankee version had 2.5 liters, the 1G was smaller, only two liters. Are you telling me they made a six in a row the same size as a Sprite bottle? This made the 1G a bit strange, because two-liter engines normally only have four cylinders. Toyota developed the 1G with the goal of having the most powerful engine in the two-liter class. With 160 horses and 138 pairs, they achieved it. The 1G-GEU also had Toyota's variable induction system, which electronically matched the opening of the intake valves to the engine speed. In simple terms, more power, less gas.

In 1984, the Avante became a luxury trim level and the Chaser got even more credit for its performance. I still had a 1G straight-six, but this time with two little things called turbochargers bolted on, what? Did they give it turbo for two? Is a turbo not enough? Do you have to put two of those damn bugs in it? All my Yoda toy fans, I know you know the 2J. You probably also know the 1J. The 1G-GTE is his dad, and he's a cool dad, like me. Each of the turbos was powered by three of the six cylinders, meaning it was a parallel turbo system.

Now, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it, but there are a few different types of turbo systems, parallel, sequential and staged. At the same time there are two turbos dividing the works. Sequential is a small turbo and a large turbo that work together as engine speed increases. And in stages is when a small turbo feeds the big turbo, and the big turbo squeezes the air even more. If you want to learn more, watch this episode of Science Garage. Honestly it's one of my favorites. The first twin trubo Chasers made 185 horsepower, but a few years later they made 210.

But if turbos aren't enough for you, perv, Toyota has you covered. Available on automatic Chasers was the 1G-GZE, a supercharged version, what, dude, what (bleep), Toyota, man? This is a four-door sedan with a root-style supercharger, making 167 horsepower. What's going on? Well, Toyota developed the supercharged version for taxis, which would need the low-speed torque when moving through traffic. I wish we had supercharged taxis here in Los Angeles. All we have are Priuses. Thanks Toyota. (drifting car) The main difference between the 1J and the 1G is that the JZ is a big pimp. (pop music) With a weight of 2.5 liters, Toyota was no longer limited to road tax.

They just wanted a really powerful inline six-cylinder engine for their sports car, the Supra. And they also put the engine in the Chaser. The 1JZ supposedly made 276 horsepower. They said, "Let's say all our cars have 276 horsepower." They really had more. With all that power, people started to realize that you could do some pretty cool things in a Chaser. And, by the way, cool things ., I mean burn fat and achieve a little thing called powerslide Also in 1989 the fourth generation update of the Chaser was introduced, which included eight different trim levels, the XL, the XG, the Raffine, the SXL and the Avante. , the Avante Twin Cam 24, the GT Twin Turbo and the Avante G. 1989 was such a big year for Toyota that super-famous Toyota fan Taylor Swift named an album after it ♪ Because, baby, we got bad. blood ♪ 1992.

The year Post Malone was born, the Chaser had another update. The body was more curved, the engine had a little more power at this point in the Chaser's history, keeping in check all the specific trends and. related models, such as the Cressida and Mark Two becomes quite difficult, so I will refer to this car by its chassis code, the JZX90. Everyone on the forums does it. If you don't like it, send a letter to You Can Kiss My (beep), Donut Media, Los Angeles, 90064. (car burns out) Four years later, Toyota released an improved model, now known as the JZX100.

The style was even more refined and, in my opinion, is probably the most attractive. But if you like the others, that one's cool too, man. That's why they are called opinions. New for the JZX100 was a big change to the engine. The 1JZ no longer had twin turbos. It now used a single large turbo setup. For the 1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship season, Toyota entered a highly modified JZX100, driven by Masanori Sekiya, who took the Toyota sedan to the top of the standings, becoming champion that season. The car had a fucking tiger painted on it, so what do you think was going to happen?

The 1JZ engine was completely over-engineered for daily driving, meaning it could take a ton of abuse and still haul. What that also means is that you could put a bunch of mods on it to make it more powerful. (car turns off engine) Here in America, we can't appreciate that the Chaser is such a huge drift powerhouse almost everywhere else, because we didn't understand it. Hell, I bet a lot of you didn't even know this existed and it was so badass. Sadly, Toyota stopped manufacturing the Chaser in 2001, ending a 34-year run as one of Japan's favorite four-door funmobiles. ♪ In the arms of an angel ♪ (the car swerves) Thanks for watching.

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