Well I finally decided it was time for me to start my own build thread.
Background:
Purchased my first Supra when I was 16 years old. It's an 1987 NA. I basically did every bolt-on mod possible. I used a lot of information from Dean Marcum. I finally realized I needed something faster :icon_evil. That's when I bought my '91. It's a Targa Top and also has shadow gray interior. It used to belong to IRACEMYCOPCAR. I drove all the way down to Maryland to pick it up. Although it looked a bit different in person, I fell in love. Shortly after I purchased it, the modifications began.
Mods:
The motor was rebuilt and has around 60k miles on it. It ran beautifully. I had a stock CT running around 13 psi. My goal was to eventually build a "reliable" 450-500 rwhp cruiser. Something that packed a punch, very streetable. However, I came across a great deal and could not pass it up. This guy locally to me spent around $8k dollars or so building a motor for his '89. Unfortunately, several weeks after he installed the motor, he wrapped the car around a tree. I purchased the entire car for $2,000. I swapped the motor and sold many of the parts from the wrecked car.
Between school and baseball, it has been a slow process, however, last year Shaeff and I were able to get some mild street tuning done on the maft-pro. Although she still needs to be tuned badly, she pulled hard running around 15 psi. The upgraded Greddy TD06-20g is supposedly good for about 590 hp. My goal is to brake 500 and still be very streetable.
Here's a list of the modifications that have been done.
Fully Built 7MGTE
-Mk4 Motor Mounts
-Re-balanced Crank
-.40 JE Pistons
-Crower Rods
-HKS 2.0mm Stopper HG
-Titanium Valve Springs & Retainers
-Stainless Steel Valves
-Port & Polished Intake Manifold [Duane's (Upgradedsupra) old set-up]
-Ported Throttle Body 64.6mm [Duane's (Upgradedsupra) old set-up]
-PTE 680cc Injectors
-Megan Large Racing IC
-Custom FFIM
-Oil Filter Relocation Kit
-Frankenstein 5 Greddy TD06-20g (Garret E60 Compressor Wheel, flows 750 cfm--Polished Compressor Housing, Ceramic Coated Exhaust Housing)
-PWR Racing Radiator
-PLX-500 Wideband
-MkIV Denso Pump
-HKS SSQV
-Aeromotive FPR
-B&M Oil Cooler
-Magnecor Wires
-AEM EMA-Full line of ProSport gauges
-Tein SS Coilovers
-MK4 TT Chome Wheels
-Jawsgear 1-piece steel driveshaft
Current Status:
The car is currently getting painted. The same guy who did some work on Shaeff's M3 is doing the job. I decided to go with the stock color. Toyota 182, Bluish Gray Metallic. She will be sporting an authentic Do-luck front bumper, ShineAuto side skirts, and a Kaminari rear. I also have a Carbon Fiber CFX 2" Cowl Hood.
Future Plans:
-Get the car fully tuned
-Dyno
-Finish the suspension:
-Twin 12" Fan Aluminum Shroud Kit For The MKIII
-Finish the interior:
*Either JDM Recaro, leatherseats.com, or katzkin.com covers
-Upgrade the brakes (ARZ Front & Rear Brake Kit)
-Possible cam upgrade (BC or Regrinds)
There's more, but that's all I can remember from the top of my head. Stay posted as I'll be updating this thread frequently.
I've had a lot of help from the members of this forum. There has been many times when I was stuck and people here were more than willing to help me out. Shaeff (Chris) and Slow66 (Bryan) have been helping me out for a couple years now. Chris is a jack of all trades and is especially good with electric. Bryan can just about make anything you want :icon_razz. Without these guys, I'd be far far behind.
Here are a few pics. I finally opened a photobucked account so it might take me a while to get all my pictures uploaded. Hope you enjoy them.
Update: 3/20/09
The car is finally done getting painted. You can see the new pics of Pgs. 6,7, & 20. It's dusty, but overall it came out well. I didn't pay top dollar, however, I paid enough to know how I wanted it to turn out.
I also just purchased an HKS T3 Tubular Manifold so I can finally get rid of the restrictive stock manifold. I'm also going to be purchasing a set of electric fans from Adrenaline in the next week or so. All that is left is to plumb my oil system and get her tuned. I am picking it up tomorrow (3/21/09) and will begin work immediately. Stay tuned.....
Pics of the manifold. It will hopefully get getting ceramic coated very shorty :biglaugh:
Update: 3/23/09
Stripped some of the interior including the dash, front seats and center console. I've got a new dash going in, as well as, a heater core, blower motor and carpet.
Update: 3/27/09
Got this in the mail today.....It's a fairly rare Cusco Rear Strut Bar. More of a "bling" item than anything else, but hey everyone needs a little bling now and then
Also picked up some Carbon Fiber goodies to compliment my CFX 2" CF Hood. It no longer has those hood pins. I went a different route
Update: 4/7/09
Got these in the mail today New floormats, hatch carpet, and complete molded carpet kit. Rest of the pics are on Pg. 13
Update: 8/8/2010
Got the car out of storage and cleaned her up for the first time. New pics can be seen on Pg. 20.
Update: 1/7/11
Installed the new carpet, CF door sills, CF arm rest, and CF window cowl. See complete post on Pg. 22.
Update: 1/18/11
Installed rear sunshade....
Background:
Purchased my first Supra when I was 16 years old. It's an 1987 NA. I basically did every bolt-on mod possible. I used a lot of information from Dean Marcum. I finally realized I needed something faster :icon_evil. That's when I bought my '91. It's a Targa Top and also has shadow gray interior. It used to belong to IRACEMYCOPCAR. I drove all the way down to Maryland to pick it up. Although it looked a bit different in person, I fell in love. Shortly after I purchased it, the modifications began.
Mods:
The motor was rebuilt and has around 60k miles on it. It ran beautifully. I had a stock CT running around 13 psi. My goal was to eventually build a "reliable" 450-500 rwhp cruiser. Something that packed a punch, very streetable. However, I came across a great deal and could not pass it up. This guy locally to me spent around $8k dollars or so building a motor for his '89. Unfortunately, several weeks after he installed the motor, he wrapped the car around a tree. I purchased the entire car for $2,000. I swapped the motor and sold many of the parts from the wrecked car.
Between school and baseball, it has been a slow process, however, last year Shaeff and I were able to get some mild street tuning done on the maft-pro. Although she still needs to be tuned badly, she pulled hard running around 15 psi. The upgraded Greddy TD06-20g is supposedly good for about 590 hp. My goal is to brake 500 and still be very streetable.
Here's a list of the modifications that have been done.
Fully Built 7MGTE
-Mk4 Motor Mounts
-Re-balanced Crank
-.40 JE Pistons
-Crower Rods
-HKS 2.0mm Stopper HG
-Titanium Valve Springs & Retainers
-Stainless Steel Valves
-Port & Polished Intake Manifold [Duane's (Upgradedsupra) old set-up]
-Ported Throttle Body 64.6mm [Duane's (Upgradedsupra) old set-up]
-PTE 680cc Injectors
-Megan Large Racing IC
-Custom FFIM
-Oil Filter Relocation Kit
-Frankenstein 5 Greddy TD06-20g (Garret E60 Compressor Wheel, flows 750 cfm--Polished Compressor Housing, Ceramic Coated Exhaust Housing)
-PWR Racing Radiator
-PLX-500 Wideband
-MkIV Denso Pump
-HKS SSQV
-Aeromotive FPR
-B&M Oil Cooler
-Magnecor Wires
-AEM EMA-Full line of ProSport gauges
-Tein SS Coilovers
-MK4 TT Chome Wheels
-Jawsgear 1-piece steel driveshaft
Current Status:
The car is currently getting painted. The same guy who did some work on Shaeff's M3 is doing the job. I decided to go with the stock color. Toyota 182, Bluish Gray Metallic. She will be sporting an authentic Do-luck front bumper, ShineAuto side skirts, and a Kaminari rear. I also have a Carbon Fiber CFX 2" Cowl Hood.
Future Plans:
-Get the car fully tuned
-Dyno
-Finish the suspension:
*Bilstein 3-way adjustable shocks
*Whiteline Front and Rear Sway Bars
*BIC Endlinks
*A1 Rear Camber Kit
*A1 Rear Toe Kit
*A1 Rear Traction Arms
*Energy Front & Rear Poly Bushing Kit-Twin 12" Fan Aluminum Shroud Kit For The MKIII
-Finish the interior:
*Either JDM Recaro, leatherseats.com, or katzkin.com covers
*New Carpet
*New ebrake, shift boot, and arm rest cover compliments of Empera-Upgrade the brakes (ARZ Front & Rear Brake Kit)
-Possible cam upgrade (BC or Regrinds)
There's more, but that's all I can remember from the top of my head. Stay posted as I'll be updating this thread frequently.
I've had a lot of help from the members of this forum. There has been many times when I was stuck and people here were more than willing to help me out. Shaeff (Chris) and Slow66 (Bryan) have been helping me out for a couple years now. Chris is a jack of all trades and is especially good with electric. Bryan can just about make anything you want :icon_razz. Without these guys, I'd be far far behind.
Here are a few pics. I finally opened a photobucked account so it might take me a while to get all my pictures uploaded. Hope you enjoy them.
Update: 3/20/09
The car is finally done getting painted. You can see the new pics of Pgs. 6,7, & 20. It's dusty, but overall it came out well. I didn't pay top dollar, however, I paid enough to know how I wanted it to turn out.
I also just purchased an HKS T3 Tubular Manifold so I can finally get rid of the restrictive stock manifold. I'm also going to be purchasing a set of electric fans from Adrenaline in the next week or so. All that is left is to plumb my oil system and get her tuned. I am picking it up tomorrow (3/21/09) and will begin work immediately. Stay tuned.....
Pics of the manifold. It will hopefully get getting ceramic coated very shorty :biglaugh:
Update: 3/23/09
Stripped some of the interior including the dash, front seats and center console. I've got a new dash going in, as well as, a heater core, blower motor and carpet.
Update: 3/27/09
Got this in the mail today.....It's a fairly rare Cusco Rear Strut Bar. More of a "bling" item than anything else, but hey everyone needs a little bling now and then
Also picked up some Carbon Fiber goodies to compliment my CFX 2" CF Hood. It no longer has those hood pins. I went a different route
Update: 4/7/09
Got these in the mail today
New floormats, hatch carpet, and complete molded carpet kit. Rest of the pics are on Pg. 13
Update: 8/8/2010
Got the car out of storage and cleaned her up for the first time. New pics can be seen on Pg. 20.
Update: 1/7/11
Installed the new carpet, CF door sills, CF arm rest, and CF window cowl. See complete post on Pg. 22.
Update: 1/18/11
Installed rear sunshade....
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