Trial is a Japanese tuner whose experience goes back decades. In 2003, they came out with a demo car for the 7th generation Toyota Celica. This demo car generated so much interest and respect that it became one of the tuner cars featured in Gran Turismo 4 and 5. As befitting a demo car, no part of the car was left untouched.
Starting with the body, a functional aero kit was designed inspired by Japan’s GT300 series. Parts developed for this kit and installed on the car were the front bumper, side skirts, rear bumper and rear wing. Typically, a big brake kit and fully adjustable coilover suspension were also installed. A rollcage and fuel cell conform to international motorsport standards.
Toyota gifted this Celica with a high-revving 2ZZ-GE 4-cylinder 1800 cc motor which produced around 190 horsepower driving a 6-speed manual transmission. Obviously not enough for the Japanese tuner, Trial proceeded to install a 3ZZ engine conversion kit to bump displacement to 2 liters, using a stroker kit which includes a custom crank, Carrillo rods, and Wiseco 8.8 compression pistons. This rotating assembly was fully balanced and blueprinted, including the sleeves, clutch, flywheel, and crank pulley. A TRIAL/Blitz supercharger was also installed, as well as a custom exhaust manifold, titanium muffler, HKS oil cooler and custom oil pump and fuel system. Although no official figures have been released, horsepower calculations estimate an output of more than 280 horsepower driving the car’s weight of 1140 kilos.
These mods resulted in a Tsukuba Circuit Time of 1:06.8 which when compared to one of the fastest S2000s in Japan at that time, could only manage a 1.10 on the same track. In its heyday, it held the distinction of being one of the fastest roadgoing front-drive cars anywhere. Drag Hondas could accelerate faster but were good only in a straight line.
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