TOYOTA - 7 - 1968

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Just like the 2000GT and 1600GT models, which had developed the technology from endurance car racing, Toyota challenged "Group 7 "  category by releasing the V8, twin-camshaft engine, two-seater racing car built in cooperation with Yamaha. At its debut in the Japan Grand Prix in May 1968, it was squeezed out of the contest by Porsche and Nissan, but it came back the following year to finish third. Although Toyota released the new 7 equipped with a turbocharged,5-liter engine in 1970 for the Japan Grand Prix, the 800ps monster never made a run owing to the cancellation of the Grand Prix.

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TOYOTA and motorsport seventh wonder
 
TOYOTA and motorsport
 
 
Legend of the Little Monster: The Toyota 7
Equipped with a 5-liter V8 engine, the Toyota 7 won the Japan Grand Prix in 1968
 
The Toyota 7 showed the world the Toyota Fighting Spirit, taking the sports car racing industry by storm. Only slightly larger than the Vitz, the introduction of this tiny wonder shocked the racing scene of thirty years ago.
 
The Toyota 7 made its racing debut at the fifth Japanese Grand Prix of May 3, 1968. Four 7s were entered for the race at the Fuji Speedway and one took away the honors in its class.

Toyota had skipped the previous year's race. Time had been too short to develop a brand-new racing car properly, because new rules governing design were not settled until very late. Toyota was determined to build a new racing car from the ground up, which made it much more difficult for Toyota than for its competition to put a machine together in time for the 1967 season. As with the current F1 project, Toyota did not build the 7 to simply win races, but also to help the company gain valuable experience through the process of developing a winning car.

Toyota targeted Racing Group 7 regulations, as specified by the FIA, the governing body of world motor sport. The car was conceived and masterminded by the talented Jiro Kawano, the man behind the Toyota 2000GT, but development and construction were entrusted to Yamaha. The design was typical of a Group 7 car of the period, with the main cockpit structure made up of aluminum side sills and scuttles, and glass fiber body panels. The prototype, which was first seen testing at Suzuka in February '68, had a DOHC fuel-injected, six-cylinder, two-liter engine borrowed from the 2000GT. By the time the car appeared at the Fuji circuit in March, the engine had been upgraded to a proper three-liter DOHC V8 all-alloy unit.

1970 Toyota 7 Specifications (Non-turbo version)
 
Dimensions

Length : 3750mm
 
Width : 2040mm
 
Height : 840mm
 
Wheelbase : 2350mm
 
Weight : 620kg with driver
 
Chassis : Tubular aluminum spaceframe
 
Suspension : Wishbone/coil (front) 4-link/coil (rear)
 
Brakes : Toyota V-Disc
 
Tires : Firestone Indy
 
Engine : Toyota V8, 4968cc, 90B V-angle, 4 valves per cylinder
 
Power : 600bhp at 7600rpm
 
Transmission : Aisin 5-speed

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http://www.2000gt.net/Toyota7/Toyota7_1.html" target="top">História deste modelo

Podem encontrar neste link a história deste modelo entre 1968 até 1970 com a espectacular versão turbo.

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À semelhança do Toyota 2000GT tb este modelo teve a coloboração da Yamaha no desenvolvimento da mecânica.

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Edited by: http://p086.ezboard.com/bamigosdosjaponesesantigos.showUserPublicProfile?gid=kombota>kombota at: 22/8/06 16:51