Ive always enjoyed build threads, so i decided to do my own.
A little backround info, my names Jesse, im 20 years old and I live in Hoover AL.
I first fell in love with mkiiis when I was in high school.
in my auto tech class we rebuilt a 1987 maron slicktop na 5spd.
The more I worked on it the more I wanted one.
So for my first car 87 silver/maron 5spd na, built the cars for the next two years. long story short my dad found out how fast it was and sold it....
I was devistated and didnt speak to him for a while, worst part was I didnt get a penny of my money back.
Nearly two years later I was driving through Pelham Al. and saw a red mkiii at the local car lot. My heart hit the floor board. test drove it but the guy was a crook and wanted way too much for it.
So I started looking, I decided not to settle for a nything but turbo 5spd targa. Late May 2009 I bought my dream car.
I wish I would have taken pics before I started to work on it but here are the first pics. I had already started th 89+ conversion
Engine bay as I recieved it, I guess they thought black and lime green would look good
When I bought the car I was told it needed a gas tank and fuel pump, so first thing I did was Upgrade to a Walbro 255 and put in a new tank.
While my hands were dirty I decided to have the turbo rebuilt/upgraded by Reed at Supernaturalturbo.com his shop is local
After I got my turbo back, went to start the car but it wouldnt rev at all,plus it had a bad exhaust leak on the down pipe and cat. I chased one thing to another replacing coil packs, Tps, ignitor, checked timing , grounds, all filters
throttle body the works. Finally I changed the cps and that was the culprit.
I orederd a cxracing 3" dp and test cat, turboxs boost controller, blitz bov(not installed) since I work most of the time, all my work is done late at night in my appartments parking lot so pics are scarce. her are some more up to date pics. lots of TLC to get her to this point.
can you tell I dont have a garage lol
Right now I have a major boost leak causing the car to hit fuel cut at like 2200 rpm its crazy. so as soon as i can scrounge up the money Im buying a cxracing intercooler kit, and upgrading all the engine bay bolts to stainless allen heads. I will post some up to date engine pics soon.
recently I polished the valve covers and 3000 pipe. and rewired some bobo ricer crap.
This is the cars that inspires me, I hate to copy some body but this is what Im shooting for rims and all
I plan on a 1jz swap as soon as the 7m gives me too much trouble.
aiming about 400 rwhp. very streetable
looking forward to hearing from you guys thanx.....
A little backround info, my names Jesse, im 20 years old and I live in Hoover AL.
I first fell in love with mkiiis when I was in high school.
in my auto tech class we rebuilt a 1987 maron slicktop na 5spd.
The more I worked on it the more I wanted one.
So for my first car 87 silver/maron 5spd na, built the cars for the next two years. long story short my dad found out how fast it was and sold it....
I was devistated and didnt speak to him for a while, worst part was I didnt get a penny of my money back.
Nearly two years later I was driving through Pelham Al. and saw a red mkiii at the local car lot. My heart hit the floor board. test drove it but the guy was a crook and wanted way too much for it.
So I started looking, I decided not to settle for a nything but turbo 5spd targa. Late May 2009 I bought my dream car.
I wish I would have taken pics before I started to work on it but here are the first pics. I had already started th 89+ conversion
Engine bay as I recieved it, I guess they thought black and lime green would look good
When I bought the car I was told it needed a gas tank and fuel pump, so first thing I did was Upgrade to a Walbro 255 and put in a new tank.
While my hands were dirty I decided to have the turbo rebuilt/upgraded by Reed at Supernaturalturbo.com his shop is local
After I got my turbo back, went to start the car but it wouldnt rev at all,plus it had a bad exhaust leak on the down pipe and cat. I chased one thing to another replacing coil packs, Tps, ignitor, checked timing , grounds, all filters
throttle body the works. Finally I changed the cps and that was the culprit.
I orederd a cxracing 3" dp and test cat, turboxs boost controller, blitz bov(not installed) since I work most of the time, all my work is done late at night in my appartments parking lot so pics are scarce. her are some more up to date pics. lots of TLC to get her to this point.
can you tell I dont have a garage lol
Right now I have a major boost leak causing the car to hit fuel cut at like 2200 rpm its crazy. so as soon as i can scrounge up the money Im buying a cxracing intercooler kit, and upgrading all the engine bay bolts to stainless allen heads. I will post some up to date engine pics soon.
recently I polished the valve covers and 3000 pipe. and rewired some bobo ricer crap.
This is the cars that inspires me, I hate to copy some body but this is what Im shooting for rims and all
I plan on a 1jz swap as soon as the 7m gives me too much trouble.
aiming about 400 rwhp. very streetable
looking forward to hearing from you guys thanx.....
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