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I had my rust repaired, but after seeing this thread, I am thinking of stripping the car completely down and rebuilding from the ground up. More expensive and time consuming.. but in the end I would be far happier.

I did undercoating and rust proofing for GM about 15 years back. Things may have changed since then, but generally, the tools and system were made for speed and bare minimum coverage (meaning, do it just right... no more than that.. and if you miss a spot.. nobody would really know). Bear in...

Considering.. in a lot of places.. professionally done means 2 cans...

Well.. putting the car up on stands tonight. Wondering something.. (seeing as I have 4 of these MKIII's...) how hard is it to put a 7MGTE into a 7MGE car? (I would be pulling it out of a car with rusted quarter panels and putting it into this.. so its a 88 MKIII 7MGTE into a 87 MKIII) Am...

man.. thats a hard area to get into.. so far.. no go. I may have to either live with very scratched hands or take off the fan shroud.. lol I have heard a faulty starter but I have never experienced a seized engine. You can hear the starter click in (and the lights all go off...) but it wont...

Is this going to be another one of those.. "I would tell you how much it costs, but I would have to kill you afterwards..." builds? : ) Very nice..

It wouldn't be too difficult to insulate the box on the inside I would think.

Getting to the crank pulley doesnt look as easy as it did on the old chevys.. lol. I will see if I can squeeze my arms in there with a big socket wrench (assuming its a 17 mm bolt on the crank pulley) and see if I can actually hand turn the engine. If it turns, generally it usually means its not...

I just bought an 1987 MKIII with a 7MGE. The engine doesnt turn over and the PO provided no info on what is wrong other than "it wont start". Can anyone point me towards where I can start to figger out if the engine is seized or just "funky". Currently when I turn the start, I can hear it...

oh great.. found a dream area now.. lol. There goes more $$.. he does nice work. off to adjust my parts list... Cheers! : )

I will look for Retro-Spec. : ) Just a note.. I did carpet in a Celica that I found was easier to cut the carpet when I ended up with curves causing folds. Then I hand stitched using a thick nylon thread (I used to do upholstery many many years ago). You can heat mold it, but its tough. I just...

where did you get the sunshade from? I thought you couldn't find those anymore (unless on a parted out MKIII). Very nice build!

Yes, very nice when I see someone going about it right. : ) I have to go the same path as you... so will be watching.. (nice to have trailblazers to go up against)

Just another example of common sense not being common... looking at the "trench" they have along the roadway, it did its job preventing the car from exiting the track.. but who is stupid enough to stand on a track?? Really.. people have to take a bit of responsibility for themselves. Its...

I, too need new 17's all around. I was just going to pop on Good Year.. lol.. a I non-exotic or what?? Assurance Triple Treads... thought they would be okie dokie.. although I havent given it a ton of thought. Was waiting until March or April to do that. However, I dont track, drift (purposely)...

Learning more as time goes by.. lol.. so now I am trying to figure out AEM Wideband gauges. I assume that the AEM wideband basically monitors the Air/fuel mixture in the MKIII, but past that I am just wondering how you utilize the info. Does it protect the engine or just warn you if you are...

its a cheap fix really. You will still have an issue with fuel cut with stock injectors/afm. If you are on the coast you probably wouldnt be able to go above 10 psi. Even then you would probably end up "sputtering" above 5000 rpm. (depending on how you set it up) A stock 7mGTE can run 12 psi...

Personally I think the OP needs to consider what he wants to do with the car. If your going to put it on a track and try to get the best quarter mile out of it, or just feel the pull in a daily driver. It would all depend on where the engine is at now. If you gotta do a full rebuild and its a...

Im just going to pop the Kaze widebody fiberglass panel on the quarter and then be done with it.. lol. Its the cheapest fix for me (labor-wise) and with the front fender widebody group buy happening.. if that goes through, then the car will be done nicely.

Thats the problem the guy who fixed my quarters had as well. He did very well, but not good enough to make me happy. The lip of the wheel well is extremely difficult to hand shape because of that straight edge (the width has to be consistant) along with a bi-directional curve. Of all the cars I...