Sheedy Built Supra

[sheedy126]

well, ill start off with when i bought this car, i didnt know too much about it and what i was getting into but has been a great experience for me.

i started off looking for a cheap car with good gas mileage on craigslist when i stumbled upon a car i couldn't go without.
it looked like a nice 2door sports car that had some motor to back it up.

two days later, in april this year, i went to Cheney to pick up this awesome car.
a few things i had to fix before i drove it were the brakes, which were locked and filled with petroleum (said the guy i bought it from), and a clutch. i threw in an Aisin HD r154 clutch.

i drove the car to work maybe 3 times when i came home one day getting on it a little. tons of white smoke everywhere and had no power. there goes the HG :icon_evil

so let the building begin, thanks to my dad and CajunKenny for helping me along the way
i now have the motor rebuilt and installed in the car, but ill post some pictures on the way it got there.

between my toyota crawler and supra, they both keep me really busy

heres how i got the car from a kid in Cheney

pulling the motor/tearing it down

 

[sheedy126]

once the motor was disassembled i sent it off the the machine shop to get some work done.

cylinders honed, 3angle valve job, block/timing cover decked, head resurfaced, crank polished and everything cleaned. looks nice and fresh..
while it was there i had them throw in small block v8 chevy double valve springs (just the inner spring i think it was)

began painting everything

 

[sheedy126]

started putting the bottom end together and plastigauged the crank and rod bearings

once the bottom end was put together i got some schweet parts in the mail...
custom grind 272 Snyder racing re-grind cams. these things are awesome!

Titan 2.0 MHG from suprastore

started putting the head and cams in. man those valves are fun to shim with no toyota SST :nono:

 

[sheedy126]

started putting on the manifolds and turbo along with some ARP head bolts

motor started going in right before we moved into town so i wasnt able to work on it for a couple weeks

heres a few pictures of the motor all put back together

broke the motor in and ran like a top with the stock fuel system and turbo

Recently installed a wally 255 fuel pump and drilled out the j tube.
Lexus AFM and RC 550cc injectors are installed. having a fuel pressure issue but will be on the road in no time.

next on the list is a JT62 turbo, have Maft pro just need to install it, and put the 89+ tail lights on. for some reason the PO had pre 89 tails and mirrors on?

 

[hvyman]

Nice build so far.

 

[ryansmith]

quite a clean looking car nice work on the motor

 

[mk3_7m]

loving the pictures!

 

[IJ.]

Big clearence on the bearings..

 

[supraguy@aol]

I was waiting for someone to mention that.
It looks like he might have taken the pic prior to installing the cap? I hope?

 

[sheedy126]

quite a clean looking car nice work on the motor

thanks!
its been fun building this motor up

I was waiting for someone to mention that.
It looks like he might have taken the pic prior to installing the cap? I hope?

yep, that pic is prior installing the cap hehe. im sure that motor wouldnt last too long setup sloppy :icon_bigg

 

[IJ.]

Must be the camera angle/shadow but looked fat for a green

What did you end up at?

 

[sheedy126]

dang phone pictures aren't the best

i believe they all fell around .0015''-.0017''
i cant remember 100% since i rebuilt the motor durring the summer but they were on the tighter side according to TSRM





got a few things done today before it got too cold out. started wiring up my Maft Pro system but waiting on my aem uego wideband to show up i ordered today so i can finish wiring it up

 

[IJ.]

What's your HP goal for this?

 

[sheedy126]

When I first bought the car I figured I would just daily drive it and keep it close tp stock HP.
But now every time I hear the turbo spool I think a few more HP wouldnt hurt :icon_bigg

I would say around the 400-450hp range with the turbo I'm picking up in a few months from a friend

 

[IJ.]

Clearences are a little tight for that then

 

[BrandonW]

nice build, like the paint on the 3000 pipe and turbo

for some reason that hg looks weird to me

 

[sheedy126]

I'm not 100% on those numbers. Hopefully they are a little bigger than I think they are.

This is my first motor rebuild and has been a good learning experience for me,
Why might tighter clearances not allow for higher horsepower?

 

[IJ.]

7M Blocks move around quite a bit under power, this distorts the Mains Tunnel and you'll see some funky wear patterns on the bearings.

 

[sheedy126]

got some work done while i had some time off this weekend.

tried my had at polishing up some89+ brake lights for my car, i didnt like the pre 89 lights that came on it for some reason...
and threw some drag tires on just to see how they would look

hoping to get my wideband in the mail soon, get er wired up and tuned by my buddy soon!

 

[jessemkiiis]

I need those slicks. what size are you running?