How I spent this months allowance .......
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suprarcr89
The Juggernaut has my old
looking great so far.. I seen you post on racevideoforums and decided to check out your thread on here....
keep up the good work and keep us updated...
Im not that far from you. you ever make it to jackson at all...
keep up the good work and keep us updated...
Im not that far from you. you ever make it to jackson at all...
Another month, another update...
This month I I had to step back and pour a little money into my daily driver. It is an 89 Celica ST. It needed a little engine refresh. It got .020 pistons, new oil pump, new radiator and rebuilt head. Assembled the engine this weekend. Should have it dropped back into the car this week and running again. This will allow me to tear the Supra and start doing some real work....maybe.
Would you beleive this water pump has less than 500 miles on it?
This month I I had to step back and pour a little money into my daily driver. It is an 89 Celica ST. It needed a little engine refresh. It got .020 pistons, new oil pump, new radiator and rebuilt head. Assembled the engine this weekend. Should have it dropped back into the car this week and running again. This will allow me to tear the Supra and start doing some real work....maybe.
Would you beleive this water pump has less than 500 miles on it?
post a pic of your celica 
I'm a fan of 5th gen celicas myself
Here's a pic of my old beloved Celica GT-I with 3s-ge in it
I'm a fan of 5th gen celicas myself Here's a pic of my old beloved Celica GT-I with 3s-ge in it
Kckazdude;917837 said:/QUOTE]
Nice dress:sarcasm: I know all about daily drivers that cut into Supra work time:biglaugh:
This month went back to the Supra. Started with tearing down the turbo engine I picked up. Was able to 100% confirm BHG.
The claim was that they had just replaced the HG the month before and it still overheated. They ordered one of the Ebay motors and I got this one for cheap.
The claim was that they had just replaced the HG the month before and it still overheated. They ordered one of the Ebay motors and I got this one for cheap.
Then I got an entire turbo motorset to swap over to my car. Originally the guy wanted to swap cars. After looking at his I decided that was a no go. Then he proposed swapping drivetrains. My NA motorset for his turbo motorset. His is suffering major wiring problems and mine runs fine. After some consideration it is underway.
Here are some pics of his car and why I didnt want to do a car trade.
Here are some pics of his car and why I didnt want to do a car trade.
Yikes, that looks worse than the harness that was in my car. You should be able to pick a decent used one up for $100-150 and be ready to rock...
The black on blue color scheme is definitely a no-go :thumbsdow
The black on blue color scheme is definitely a no-go :thumbsdow
Have already found another harness and ECM for myself. The pictures really didnt capture how crap-tacular the black paint is. It was either a rattle can or sprayed on with too much pressure. Really bad orange-peel going on. Plus the mouldings are painted black as well. The door pic was taken straight on. That is how far it drops when opened. Much like many older Chevrolets.
suprarcr89
The Juggernaut has my old
that supra is in bad shape glad you didnt trade..... what in the world did he do to his wiring.... some people need to stay out from under the hood of a car especially a supra... keep us updated on the swap...
Am in the process of getting the turbo engine out now. Everytime I take soething out of the way that harness and engine install looks uglier.
A little background on the turbo car. He bought the car and immediately blew a HG. Had that reapired and drove for almost a year when it blew again. This time the shop (which will remain nameless for now) talked him into getting one of the Ebay low mileage motors. They swapped the motor in and botched the wiring from there. It only ran for 3 days since the motor install. He has spent an embarasing amount of money and even more time trying to fix it with no success.
More taken apart pics in a few when I get them sorted and uploaded.
A little background on the turbo car. He bought the car and immediately blew a HG. Had that reapired and drove for almost a year when it blew again. This time the shop (which will remain nameless for now) talked him into getting one of the Ebay low mileage motors. They swapped the motor in and botched the wiring from there. It only ran for 3 days since the motor install. He has spent an embarasing amount of money and even more time trying to fix it with no success.
More taken apart pics in a few when I get them sorted and uploaded.
The pics as promised.
These wires are just rubbing metal and have been taped together. No telling what is hiding under the tape.
Some of the most excellent splice jobs ever.
I always hate when the lock tabs get in the way.
Another wire just running around metal. This one is exposed.
I dont want to know.
These wires are just rubbing metal and have been taped together. No telling what is hiding under the tape.
Some of the most excellent splice jobs ever.
I always hate when the lock tabs get in the way.
Another wire just running around metal. This one is exposed.
I dont want to know.
suprarcr89
The Juggernaut has my old
that right there is the main reason I do all the work on my car myself no shop is getting near my car except to tune it and I will be right there then....Im very picky when it comes to my car...
also I hope he knows an n/a will blow headgaskets too if run hard and mistreated though not as much as a turbo car will but its so much easier to install metal headgasket right once than to install headgasket after headgasket you will spend alot more money in the long run trying to go the cheap way in these cars than you would to do it right the first time..
also I hope he knows an n/a will blow headgaskets too if run hard and mistreated though not as much as a turbo car will but its so much easier to install metal headgasket right once than to install headgasket after headgasket you will spend alot more money in the long run trying to go the cheap way in these cars than you would to do it right the first time..
damn that's ugly! i cleaned up allllll my wires before hand. soldered, heat shrinked, loomed and then taped. i think wiring is fun, but that just looks terrible
-t3d
-t3d
lol at the black wire. I had that too on mines. Is it connected to a brown wire on the cps plug. I found mines leading to the ecu. Connected to another black wire which I think was the ground wire.
After seeing the motor in person, its mechanicaly pristine...but the wire harness is fubar. That "black" supra is in poor shape as well...glad you didn't swap cars.
I forgot to grab those heat sheilds, but the 3000 pipe will be finished soon! What color do you want the 3000 lettering?
I forgot to grab those heat sheilds, but the 3000 pipe will be finished soon! What color do you want the 3000 lettering?
Kckazdude;917837 said:Would you beleive this water pump has less than 500 miles on it?
Christ, not another engine with the water pump on the timing belt. That has to be the worst idea ever, especially for any engine that is interference(not sure if the celicas is). Water pump seizes, shreds the timing belt, piston slams into valves.:3d_frown:
Other than that good luck on the 7MGTE.