Never made a build thread before but here goes.
I originally had a brown 87 hardtop turbo MKIII which was my first car.After years of spending money and busting my knuckles learning the ins and outs I had finally hit a dead end in my project. The car was due for a 1jz swap that never came due to various reasons(girls,friends,stolen parts, school, you name it).
After saving up some money I came across a f/s thread that was more than a few months old.I decided to shoot the owner an email and to my surprise she was still available. The price was higher than my budget allowed but i scrambled together the money,i even sold my daily and my brother's old beater to get the cash together.It was a hot day in June when i made the drive to Maryland from New York with my dad. When I saw her she had me at first sight.Everything was clean as hell.
But the clutch was completely dead...I wasn't going home without the car.So i rented a uhaul trailer and truck and loaded her up.A few hours later she was at home.
At this point I was feeling good.But I was flat broke and I had no mode of transportation.I had to buy a new clutch and with my minimum wage job that would take awhile.The next few weeks were spent,taking the bus & reading threads about clutches. I settled on a Clutchmasters FX200, full face carbon kevlar disc. I was very careful about clutch choice because i was so paranoid about crank walk issues that had plagued my friend's car.
I had no tools or resources at the time to do the install at home.But i caught a lucky break from a family friend who offered to do it for a decent price.
The day i picked her up I was oddly nervous.It had been a LONG time since I last drove an MKIII.The moment i drove her away from the shop I got that feeling like "yea I'm back in the game", It felt great. I gave it a thorough once over that day & I was very impressed at the quality of work on the swap. The car was definitely taken care of. The old owner goes by the username "RJS22" he still contacts me from time to time asking If I have a build thread up lol.
I wanted to use as many parts as I had left from the brown car on the red car.That way it would feel as if this was the reincarnation of my original Supra.I started with wheels and coilovers.There's only misc things left but I'll eventually move all of the good stuff over.
Coil overs are Megan Track Spec and this is how she sits as of now (can go lower but the roads here suck)
I have modest goals for this car as it is currently my daily. It still has a few issues that need sorting,but time will bring progress.I'm shooting for 600hp and will be going single as soon as my budget allows.
I originally had a brown 87 hardtop turbo MKIII which was my first car.After years of spending money and busting my knuckles learning the ins and outs I had finally hit a dead end in my project. The car was due for a 1jz swap that never came due to various reasons(girls,friends,stolen parts, school, you name it).
After saving up some money I came across a f/s thread that was more than a few months old.I decided to shoot the owner an email and to my surprise she was still available. The price was higher than my budget allowed but i scrambled together the money,i even sold my daily and my brother's old beater to get the cash together.It was a hot day in June when i made the drive to Maryland from New York with my dad. When I saw her she had me at first sight.Everything was clean as hell.
But the clutch was completely dead...I wasn't going home without the car.So i rented a uhaul trailer and truck and loaded her up.A few hours later she was at home.
At this point I was feeling good.But I was flat broke and I had no mode of transportation.I had to buy a new clutch and with my minimum wage job that would take awhile.The next few weeks were spent,taking the bus & reading threads about clutches. I settled on a Clutchmasters FX200, full face carbon kevlar disc. I was very careful about clutch choice because i was so paranoid about crank walk issues that had plagued my friend's car.
I had no tools or resources at the time to do the install at home.But i caught a lucky break from a family friend who offered to do it for a decent price.
The day i picked her up I was oddly nervous.It had been a LONG time since I last drove an MKIII.The moment i drove her away from the shop I got that feeling like "yea I'm back in the game", It felt great. I gave it a thorough once over that day & I was very impressed at the quality of work on the swap. The car was definitely taken care of. The old owner goes by the username "RJS22" he still contacts me from time to time asking If I have a build thread up lol.
I wanted to use as many parts as I had left from the brown car on the red car.That way it would feel as if this was the reincarnation of my original Supra.I started with wheels and coilovers.There's only misc things left but I'll eventually move all of the good stuff over.
Coil overs are Megan Track Spec and this is how she sits as of now (can go lower but the roads here suck)
I have modest goals for this car as it is currently my daily. It still has a few issues that need sorting,but time will bring progress.I'm shooting for 600hp and will be going single as soon as my budget allows.
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