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Originally Posted by kylej
I don't know how the gentlemens agreement got started all I know is it states by Canadian law that vehicles must be over 15 years old and I think Canada and Japan had an agreement that cars could not be imported with over 276 hp, from my understandings.
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To me, that sounds
very strange.
I do appreciate you sharing the information that you have available though.
For me, until I see something about this "gentleman's agreement" in writing, I'm going to assume that Japanese-spec Mkiv Supra Turbos were originally advertised within Japan at 276hp. I really can't see any government-related agency going in and installing new parts to de-tune used cars, and then running them on the dyno to verify they haven't screwed them up and that the de-tuning was actually successful. I see this scenario as
completely impractical, since a used Supra is a crap-shoot - poorly maintained and driven the heck out of, all the hoses and electrical connectors might be so hard they crack whenever something new is installed. There'd be a VERY unpredictable amount of labor and inconvienience in obtaining new oem hoses, electrical connectors, etc. in doing this work. *shrug*