Hi. Best of luck with the restoration. Looks like the body may be a bit rough, but nothing a little elbow grease can't restore.
The underhood picture looks essentially stock, the best way to buy a Supra, especially a turbo. You don't want one that has been modified and beat unless you really know the former owner. One thing seems odd. The black charcoal canister (for fuel tank vapor absorption, to the passenger side) is horizontal. All I've ever seen are vertical, standing up on the bracket.
I'm sure by this point you know about the head gasket problem. If OK now, retorque the bolts to 72 #-ft. But in the final analysis, a metal gasket and proper block and head finishing is the only way to go. The only other problem is the location of the oil pickup: It is too far forward and starves the pump on acceleration if you have modifications. I moved mine back when I did I built a JDM engine and did a swap, but you can otherwise run the oil one quart high, and watch it like gospel.
I had a '90 before the '91 and it served me well for well over 10 years, eventually turning to rust here in NJ. The stock (retorqued) HG blew at 160K miles, so I sold it and got my '91 shipped up from Houston. No rust!
Good luck. Collectively we need to keep the MkIII alive.
BernieK
'91T, non-targa, refreshed JDM, Walbro, Lex, 550cc ND injectors, 57 trim turbo at 17 PSI (at 3000 pipe), '98 wheels and engine mounts (strong!), Lipp, modified stock FPR, Treadstone IC, hardpipes, Cometic, ARP, Random Tech 3" single cat downpipe, HKS LET-T16 exhaust, Cometic, ARP, Exedy organic clutch (street use), Cr-Mo light flywheel, Raptor BOV (recirculated), deflashed valve bowls, exhaust helicoils, tower strut.
smokemyocum;1331764 said:
Whats Up, Supra Mania!
Just Bought A 1990 MK3 Supra 7M-GTE For $400 Needs Some Work But Has Potential. Im From Kentucky And Im 20 Years Old. This Would Be My Second Project Car, First Was a 93 Mazda MX6 KLZE. Needed More Speed. lol
Some Pics Of course:
Thanks For Your Time!
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