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I'm sorry to hear about your new problems :( But you seem to have the will and go to make it road worthy pretty soon :) Are you just going to change the head gasket or are you doing anything else with the block and head?

Just a note. Whats been said in this thread goes for all cars with some miles and years on them. You can't expect to take a 20 year old and double its power and think it will hold up like it did when it was new. For example: I have an mazda 626 hatchback -90 which I have installed my own...

and here is a pic I found in Kai's thread (satans little helper) where you can see what's missing:

I know that some of you are expecting updates around now but I'm afraid I don't have any :( I got stranded in the daily (volvo 850 SE -95) on friday when I was picking up my girlfriend. After an hour and calling a friend over we noticed something wrong with the ign. coil it was giving out the...

OK, well I'm not much for that kind of shave. I'm just shaving the rubber strip on the molding. I don't think just using bondo is a good idea for a complete shave since you will need to use a lot (never a good idea) and it will also sink... When my car is on the street again I have something...

-:|Update - 2010-03-23|:- The idea was to start on the front of the rear wheelhouses and make edged to fasten the trim to but I ran into a problem. I had rebuilt the front of the left wheelhouse wrong so there is a 1cm gap between the trim and body. Nothing else to do but to start cutting...

Thank you very much :) and as you can see, I'm already done with that lip (if we are thinking about the same one). hmm, higher wheel wells might be a good idea :P is there any need for that? besides when slamming it? which I'm not doing since this will be a street/track car. What kind of...

-:|Update - 2010-03-22|:- Two more things completed, the edges need to attach the bumper and trim. I think I will remove the folded edge where there is no trim to get some more clearense. Pictures: Completed edge on the right side and on the left side

-:|Update - 2010-03-21|:- Added metal to the left side and removed the bumper. I focused on the left side and welded everything. Some grinding is required. Pictures: Heres what the right side looks like with the bumper removed Did a bit more on the left side

Thank you guys :) It's always nice with some comments :) I'm not far away from paint so I'm already daydreaming about the first start-up :P The new forum system doesn't allow me to post new updates in separate posts as quickly as I want to so there are some updates waiting to be posted. Does...

-:|Update - 2010-03-19|:- Today I added the trim and started on an outer edge on the right side. Pictures: Right side with a beginning of an outer edge Left side without any metal

-:|Update - 2010-03-14|:- Now it's time to start on the small details, like how to fasten the rear bumper and trims. It took some time to dig out all the fasteners that I needed (I didn't sort everything in small bags in the beginning). Then I looked through my box of rusty metal that I...

-:|Update - 2010-03-13|:- I'm now done with the reinforcement beams and the spare wheel holder :) The beams needs some cleaning but that will have to wait till it's time to do a final cleaning sweep of the whole undercarriage before paint. Pictures: Completed with reinforcements...

-:|Update - 2010-03-12|:- The work continues with the beam and it's not far from completed. Just need some grinding and then it's done for paint. I also cleaned of the subframe another time to make it look even better. Pictures: Cleaned of the subframe a little bit more Welded...

Thank you :)

I noticed that from the first drive in it....my plan was to use the drivetrain and suspension on another car :icon_redf but I fell in love with my supra :love: and the plan was changed. We have some factory stock cars in the family and as you say, those are nice now and again but most of the...

-:|Update - 2010-03-07|:- The work continues with the beam. I also did some stuff with the rear subframe since it's sitting beside the car with rust and dirt which is a bit depressing. So I used the wire wheel and then some rust eater (which stayed on too long). But I feel better when...

hehe well thats how I feel and have felt with my other cars and one of them is an never ending project. Just to clarify, I meant that I will appreciate it more since I'm doing this from the beginning instead of just needing to buy it, replace the plugs and then drive. I think I then would...

Haha I would be too :) But there are positive sides of this. I feel that the car grows on me more when I get to do all this work. I think that I will be happier when it's time to turn the key compared to if I only had to change the spark plugs. And I will also know all the ups and downs with...

-:|Update - 2010-03-06|:- I just had time for a small visit to the supra today. But the beam is ready for rebuilding. I will reuse the parts I removed, just clean them and straigthen them out. Pictures: The parts of beam I needed to remove to gain access to the rust Where the...