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  1. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    Hmmm very very tempting... pretty sure suprastick works with 2jz right?? trying to remember what I just read... bottom line is I need to sit back and really consider what path I want to take. I was discussing with my uncle and he highly recommends a 2j swap (considering the amount of money put...
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    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    hrrmm anybody run out of "bandwidth" with photobucket before??? I don't think I have yet, but I got an email saying I'm close...
  3. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    LoL!!! I thought suprastick was the ubiquitous pole that us supra owners use to hold up our hoods! haha! Yeah I read though a few transmission threads, and the reason I want to stay auto is because of the ability to let the turbo spool continuously throughout the gear shifts, resulting in a...
  4. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    LoL!!! another reason autos rule!!:icon_cool One of these days I need to create a written list of mods/upgrades I want to do. The whole engine bay clean-up, wire tuck, and filter relocation's is a must. But as you all know, my bushing situation and steering is priority, followed by...
  5. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    Thanks guys!! I'm debating to just go aftermarket with the radio thingys whenever I upgrade my speakers, and leave some space for electronics :evil2: For the buffing I smoothed it out with 3k sandpaper first then I used turtlewax "rubbing compound for medium to light scratches" It comes in a...
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    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    Ok updates for today's progress: Yep... I polished my power steering reservoir :evil2: Prep for the air filter, before After Apparently my accordion hose was coated with a layer of grease and grime... that I never noticed before cuz it looked natural... Took some...
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    This outta be good... WHAT DEFINES A RICER?!?!?!?!?!

    Damn son... and I thought my paint job was bad lmao jpjp
  8. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    LoL thanks guys!! This community is great fer reeelz!! haha Well, I'll check up on the rest of the underside of my car for loose stuff while I wait for UPS. I cleaned it up as much as i could last night and plus I put some cardboard underneath, so hopefully that'll help with locating the leak...
  9. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    Almost done... me staying here at my relatives place is creating drama... apparently it's my fault that the store I bought my air filter from didn't have it in stock for the longest time. And apparently it's my Mom's fault that I'm staying at mt relatives place. I guess my definition of "family"...
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    Bluechulappa's 89Turbo restoration

    I feel ya bro... I just fixed a whole buncha crap, and discovered even more stuff going wrong... It's ok man we all pull through somehow :D, but your work is amazing fyi, keep it up!!
  11. lithium14

    I <3 this video

    LoL thanks 2543arvin, this forum is great. As for the previous comments, it's cool, I don't mind... what get's me is that they called it rubbish... I figure we are all members of SUPRAmania, so a vid that features plenty of beautiful SUPRA's (not to mention many of the ones pictured are rides...
  12. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    ahh ok thanks!! I will go look for those tomorrow :D
  13. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    thanks for the tips!! btw you have any idea what ppl use as a buffing compound?
  14. lithium14

    Supramania's Elite Engine bay Thread...ZERO progress pics.

    methinks you need a different upper rad hose :sarcasm:
  15. lithium14

    Transmission shop in South Bay Area

    Hi yall, I'm currently in San Jose staying at relatives place getting ready to drive 2k miles to Texas. I have recently discovered my tranny is making strange noises accompanied by extremely hard shifting. Since I'm not from around here I'm wondering if anyone here can suggest a good tranny shop...
  16. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    *sigh... I think I'll run one more Prestone Cleaner through it... right now I'm trying to match the darkness of my right side light to the left side >_< maybe shoulda done both together... oh well. I really hope it's not the torque converter... I bought 12 qts of valvoline dex 6 ... gonna do a...
  17. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    LoL No problem man!! Glad to be of help :D. What should happen is when ur keys are in and turned to on, all you have to do is turn the light switch till ur running lights are on, and then ur foglight switch should work. What I was told is you are basically removing the foglights from the...
  18. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    OK so after driving around today with family behind me in a prius, I have confirmed that my brake lights and turn signals are visible in direct sunlight... so after a light sand and some clearcoat, I think I'll be set. Also I just got my BVSV used from ebay for 10 bucks. Did the hot water test...
  19. lithium14

    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    ooo... lessee I used a guide I found online... there are three that I know of... what year do you have? this one is for 89+ I beleive: http://the-ish.com/supra/?p=13 so is this one: http://gallery.sanitylapse.com/v/supra/Foglight+Rewire/ (this one has great pics, the previous one has none)...
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    88 Blue Turbo restoration/upgrade story

    One more pic... of the foglights :D