Black Ruby MKIII

[1SLOMK3]

Here's my POS. Previously owned/parted out by Clint G. When I heard he was parting it out, I couldn't help but think about what happened to his old gray car RIP and I couldn't let that happen to this one so I decided to buy the shell and save it from a sure death. I picked up a 1JZ August of 2012 with the intention of putting it in my white 87 but plans changed and the motor has been sitting ever since. Now I am just trying to piece together the swap and get this thing back on the road.
Enjoy!

Car info:
1989 Turbo 5 Speed Targa 126K miles

Exterior:
Black Ruby Pearl
Euro Clear/Amber turn signals
Euro Manual Folding Mirrors
JZA70 Front Lip
JZA70 Bubble Side Markers
JZA70 2.5 Twin Turbo R Trim
Bomex Whale Tail
Rear Sunshade
JDM Tail Lights
New Windshield
New Tint


Interior:
Gray
JZA70 TT-R Recaro Interior
JZA70 Rear Carpet
JZA70 Limited Steering Wheel
JZA70 Tach
Fiberglass Center Bezel
Carbon Fiber Arm rest
Stock Cluster W/ Voltmeter
Dual A-Pillar pod
Apexi Boost Gauge
Apexi Exhaust Temp Gauge
Prosport water temp
Innovative Wideband

Motor:
1JZ-GTE
Solid mounts
BorgWarner s256
Twin scroll chinafold
HKS 50mm wastegate
3" Downpipe
24x12x3 FFIC
3" Intercooler Piping
Tial BOV


Cooling System:
Koyo OEM Radiator
2JZ Fan/Clutch
2JZ Water Pump

Drivetrain:
R154
Poly mount
JZ Bellhousing
JZ flywheel
Spec Pressure Plate
Spec 6 puck
1992 Weir Maxgrip kit #2 Built rear end

Suspension/Wheels:
JIC Magic Coilovers
New Steering Rack
New Bushings
Drilled/ Slotted Rotors
ADR Cypher Wheels
18 x 8.5 (235/40)
18 x 9.5 (275/40)

Fuel System:
Dual Walbro 255 Pumps
Aeromotive AFPR

 

[ForcedTorque]

Awesome to see Clint's old car getting the respect it deserves. Props to you for saving it from death!

 

[Beals]

that car was so far along before i can't believe he parted with it just like that. I like the jdm front lip, I actually prefer it to my Type G. I think I'm going to change mine up when I get a bodykit. I have a true twin turbo r but it was already missing from the get-go. =(

 

[suprarx7nut]

Looks like a good resurrection.

Mines a black ruby pearl as well. Don't seem to see too many in good shape.

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[Clint]

that car was so far along before i can't believe he parted with it just like that.=(

It was no easy choice to part with this car, and to go about it the way I did. However, when Jeff approached me with offering to buy the car as a whole made making my dissension much easier. In a way I passed the torch to Jeff with this car, as much history I have with this car I decided it was somebody else's time to enjoy it how I use to. I felt Jeff would be a perfect candidate to take possession, he is an enthusiast and has a lot of respect for these cars, I would of never of sold this car to just anybody nor send it to the crusher like what happened to my 88' with the last owner.

Looks good Jeff, I'm happy your taking your time with her.

 

[1SLOMK3]

Hey guys sorry its been so long since I've posted on this but.....Update!

Here is when I got the motor from an owner who attempted to a 1jz swap




Tear down! Notice the nastiness :barf:



Paint





Belts/ Seals



LC1


Picked up an R154



A used 6 puck...

 

[1SLOMK3]

Radiator Came in!




Got the motor on the stand



Albert came over and we tore it down to inspect the bearings and paint the block. The rod bearings looked amazing! Super happy about that




During the cleaning of the block we discovered a little problem :unsure:/>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu5FhvGiimg


Paint!



I decided to paint a few other things and mock it up. Looks so tits




Cleaned up the upper pan.... took fooorrrrrevvvverrrrrr.



Took all the Sh*t back off, popped out the freeze plugs and replaced them

 

[1SLOMK3]

Took the casings off the R154, cleaned and painted them. Took forever! Everybody that drove by looked at me like what the hell is this guy doing.






Bell housing came in so I painted it and slapped it on




Found a flywheel on Craigslist for a decent price, got ARP flywheel bolts put it on and mounted the trans

 

[madbear]

nice! xD

 

[1SLOMK3]

After all the work making the twins look good, Albert talked me into going single. After trading a few parts he gave me this.

Borg Warner s256, AGP 4960 Anti-surge housing 4" inlet 2" outlet, Master Power .68 A/R Exhaust housing. :wackit:



Ordered a few goodies from DM. After waiting for what seemed like forever they finally came in!

 

[1SLOMK3]

A year of bugging the hell out of my friend about his JDM tail lights finally paid off. Looks so much better with the TT-R trim than the American ones.




The cars current state



There is still a ton of stuff that needs to be done before I can drive this thing but it's getting there.
Here's a list of things that I'm waiting on

Map sensor
Intake temp sensor
Coils
Wiring
Oil line kit
Manifold/wg modified
Exhaust

Probably a lot I'm forgetting at the moment but I'll keep you guys updated as progress continues.

 

[Sinistr]

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[supraguy@aol]

Great to see such serious progress.
Sweet car.

 

[Silver MK3]

Nice car, I always saw it in your signature but never knew it was Black Ruby. That's definitely a very pretty color. Also, I like the three car garage filled with three Supras. Very Nice!

 

[akito]

Gotta love it when you read a thread just by looking at pictures nice build you got there!

 

[1SLOMK3]

Update!!!

Picked up an uncut JZA70 harness, ECU, map sensor and intake temp.

Harness ran



Ran fuel lines for the dual walbros to a stock rail





Modified the chinafold for the wastegate to fit and welded a 90 on the turbo

 

[1SLOMK3]

First start!!!!

http://youtu.be/KYdNGlIwn_0

As you can hear the motor isn't firing on all cylinders. The previous owner of the harness was running a 2jz ECU and had the injectors set up for sequential. He said he changed it back to batch for a stock 1j ECU. I couldn't figure out the issue so I pulled car out to run some tests on the wiring for the injectors



Spent at least an hour trying to figure it out when I noticed the check engine light was on and thought I would check codes. When I popped Open the diagnostic box there was a jumper from FP to +B... Took that out and the car ran fine

Second Start!!

http://youtu.be/I6TlbwDZNYU

 

[jugodegolf]

So this is Clint's old car. Good save & congrats on the save.

 

[1SLOMK3]

First night taking the car out. Had about 6 months of dust on it

 

[MkIII FTW]

Very nice, the car looks awesome man