Vinny Ten on Having The Worlds Fastest 350Z, Building VQ Engines, and the Supra Comeback

In todays episode we sit with Vinny Ten who breaks down the worlds fastest 350Z and explains how he builds record setting VQ engines for extreme horsepower and reliability. He also covers the return of his legendary Toyota Supra to competitive drag racing and the future of drag racing

Vinny Ten Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinnytenracing

00:00 Intro 05:18 First Veilside Supra In America 06:41 Vinny’s Belief In Opening Up A Import Performance Shop 08:06 Vinny’s Experience With Motorcycles 09:13 First Supra Boost Controllers 10:07 Creating The First Parts For Imports In The Early Days 12:35 Vinny’s Nissan Dealership Race Car 18:16 How Vinny Crashed His Supra 23:35 How The Pro Import Class Started 27:27 The First 1000HP Supra 30:15 How Vinny Ten Paved The Way For Supras 33:04 Titan Motorsports Vs Vinny Ten 35:10 Getting a Car Into The 5s Based On Chassis 39:58 The 6.33 Run 52:12 The VR38 Will Be King In The Next Few Years 01:03:57 C16 Race Fuel Is King 01:05:34 High Horsepower With Factory Intake Manifold 01:09:47 Fox body VR38 Swap 01:11:46 Imports Have Proved Themselves 01:13:53 Nissan Connecting Rods Weakness 01:19:03 The Cons of the VR30 01:22:13 Why BMWs Have Taken Over 01:25:57 Why They Used The VR30 In The New Nissan Z 01:38:58 Ford Copied Nissan 01:41:03 The Best Way To Deal With Copycats 01:44:18 Sacrifices Made In Racing 01:47:44 Vinny Ten Designed The Ram Style Intake Manifold 01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo 02:06:21 Building a VQ35 02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads 02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build 02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR 02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks 02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking 02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY 02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers 01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo 02:06:21 Building a VQ35 02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads 02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build 02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR 02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks 02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking 02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY 02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers 02:41:55 VR30 Engine 02:44:15 Port Injection On VR30 02:47:56 VR38 Manifold Fitting on A VQ35HR 02:49:23 VK56 Engine 02:56:37 Is Drag Racing Dying? 03:08:25 Manufacturers Not Sponsoring Cars In America 03:17:59 Worlds Fastest 350z 03:19:23 The Return of The Vinny Ten Supra 03:23:42 Are Flame Tunes Bad? 03:31:01 Tuning Cars At Vinny Ten 03:33:22 EPA Ruining The Car Culture

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