My GS400

This is my baby in her summer form.  The GS400 was one of my most favored dream cars.  Four doors, unique style, and a powerful V-8.   She can put many two door sports cars to shame.  Until recently, she was pretty much completely stock.  I added a carbon fiber Borla exhaust the fall of 1999.   My first major modifications came this last week (April 2-4, 2000).  The windows were tinted to create a smooth integration of the windows and body.  H&R springs along with Bilstein shocks were added to lower the vehicle, as well increase its handling.  The GS400 now sits 1.4" lower, ridding it of the large gap between the wheel and fender well.  A TRD strut bar was also added in the engine compartment to make the vehicle more rigid during hard cornering; plus, it looks cool!

I'm fortunate to live on a former Air Force Base.  One of the perks is having a large concrete slab at my disposal.  While the runway of this closed base was converted into an Airport, the Alert Facility was left unused.   B-52 bombers and KC135 tankers sat on standby here, ready to depart on a moment's notice for any national emergency.  But Alert was discontinued in the early '90s and the facility sat unused.  No permanent interests have taken it since even the base closing.  It has been utilized for police training, and used for winter vehicle testing by some major automobile manufacturers.  The longest taxi area is several hundred feet wide and approximately a 1/4 mile long (I know this because I get real close the edge of the taxiway when doing 1/4 mile runs.  As soon as my time is in, I mash the brakes and hope for the best.  Hey, it adds to the exhilaration!).  This makes the Alert Facility an ideal place to take the car out for some informal time trials and to experience some vertigo-inducing cornering.  I decided I'd bring a camera along to take some pictures of my playground.

Modifications:

Carbon Fiber Borla Exhaust
TRD (Toyota Racing Development) Strut Bar -- Imported from Japan
H&R Springs -- lowers 1.4" -- German Engineered
Bilstein Shocks -- German Engineered

Yeeeeehaaaaw!

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