Tuner.87's 87 Supra Build

[Tuner.87]

Well its been a long time coming and I have been doing a lot of work on the car as of late. I figured I would start my build thread finally. I don't mind constructive criticism but I don't wanna here all trash talk. This is my first supra.

I got the car in July of 2011 My brother went down to pic it up for me because I found the car in Southern Mi for 1300 bucks and 71000 Miles. I was in the military stationed in VA SO He drove the car back to his place in northern MI only to realize it need a few things. But the first thing to fix was the blown out exhaust gasket the burnt a hole in my wireing harness. Heres the pics from when I first got it.

I went an picked it up from Mi at the end of August of 2011 after he replaced the gasket for me and drove it all the way back to Va with no issues. First thing I did was replace the Armrest and shifter Boot.

To be Continued...

 

[Tuner.87]

then I got a cone filter and adapter.


Then I wanted to get rid of that horrible paint job it had so I thought I'd try to paint it myself. I put a tent up over the car so they wernt ideal condition's. We got a big wind storm and the tent blew over so it wasn't percfect. But I have now been trained since being in the NAVY so in the future I will do it again. But it looked a 100% better.







Sanded Down



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[Tuner.87]

After 3 coats of primer, 3 coats of base white and 4 coats of clear I had to put it all back together. Unfortunatly I cant find my after pic but you will see them later I have one before I pulled it in the sun but at least it something.


Then I got the 3inch exhaust from a member on this site.


Heres just a random pic of my collection. Just the Land rover Missing.


Then the motor seized from a spun rod bearing so I had to pull it and dropped in a JDM engine.



while I was swapping engines my XXR 526's showed up. 18x9 front 18x10.5 rear with my falken tires.



Before even driving anywhere I rolled my rear fender and installed my coilover's I don't recall who made them. I bought them from a member in here that made them for our cars but stopped his business.



I raised the front after this picture. It was a little to low.


to be continued...

 

[Tuner.87]

more pics of after the new stance.



After That I just drove it for a little while. Eventuallt I bought a Grimm Speed Boost Controller and turned it up to 12PSI. Along with installing a aem wideband and Boost gauge but I haven't come across the pictures yet.

After a long wait I found this in my garage


Got the last few left over from the buy on this website.




Bought a Nashman Short Shifter from a member on this site. and got rid of the horrible bullet shift nob from the previous owner.



Switched my headlamps out to the Hella E type's


I made a trip to the dyno a hit 259whp and 284 torque. I was running very rich at that point.
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After that I Got a walbro fuel pump and did the wire pump relay mod, 540 injectors, and aem FPR and bypassed the j tube. Didn't get pictures of this yet.


Still more to come.

 

[Tuner.87]

I then began to tear down the old motor.

Spun bearing



Rod Damage


Crank Damage


I then decided why not build it.
Off to machine Shop


Eagle H-Beam Rods


CP Pistons


Fresh Crank


Fresh head


Taped Off

 

[Tuner.87]

Painted



Ordered BC 264 cams


I ment to add earlier that I had put in the lexus v8 maf that I had also gotten from a member on here.


Polishing valve covers



Polished Fuel Rail



Theres lots more I will post up of the build progress but I must go to bed. I try to load more in the next couple of days. Maybe find a bettr spot to host my photos so there no so small.

 

[mcammarn]

Sweet looking build man!

 

[super51fan]

Looks good. And a spare engine laying around. Never a bad thing. Good luck.

 

[supraguy@aol]

Very nice work.

 

[Tuner.87]

thanks. I got a lot more pictures to post as soon as I get time. Im hoping to get more up tonight but well see

 

[Tuner.87]

I was driving one evening and My 3rd Gear started Growl only when I would give it gas. If I woulf let off it would stop. Car still seemed to move fine but just the growling noise. So it was time to pull the motor and trans and I figured while it was out I might as well finish the engine and make everything look pretty.




Forgot to mention as you can see in this pic I have a Fadenza Flywheel


Oversized Clevite bearings main bearing

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Bearing Clearance Checked


Main's Tightened Down with ARP Studs


Ring End Gap Put in limits



Piston's and Rods Finished

 

[Tuner.87]

Installed Pistons and Rods With ARP Bolts and oversized Clevite Bearings




while waiting for parts it was time to clean up this mess


Gutted




Parts arrived to install

 

[Tuner.87]

HKS MHG and ARP Studs


Head with BC Cams


Gates racing Timing Belt


More Progress

 

[Tuner.87]

Time to fix the Radiator Support from the chain breaking.



Cleaned Up


Ready for paint


3 coats of Primer




3 Coats Of Jet Black

 

[Tuner.87]

4 Coats Of gloss Clear




All Unmasked

 

[Tuner.87]

Engine Finished





Just dropped engine back in





That is where I am currently. I hope to have it running this weekand. This is my first engine rebuild ive ever done so I am hoping it all goes good.

 

[jseriesmkii]

Absolutely fantastic job. How much of a PITA was the paint job? I know getting under the abs block must've been challenging

 

[Tuner.87]

thank you it was very hard I just kept doing very light spraying around it several times until I was happy with it.

 

[Tuner.87]

Well I got the motor running today. Still need to address the idle cant seem to get it to idle it self but with fot on gas it runs good. Timing prolly still needs adjusted a bit. But I started the break in process and got it down the rd from my cousins house where I was turning around to bring it back home and BOOM. The fan and fan shroud went into pieces over my winshield and a piece of it went into the radiator. So I pushed into my cousins driveway where it now sits. I need to get a radiator and some new houses and I think a new temp sensor. After that I can get it back home and change the oil and hopefully address the idle issue that im still pretty clueless about as of now. I do have the aftermarket cams so Im thinking I need to adjust the idler screw also.

 

[xCxHxRxIxSx]

Nice car and good progress!

I`m sorry but I had to laugh when I read about your fan shroud exploding because the exact same thing happened to me after my rebuild. I took the car for it`s first drive with the fresh engine and heard a huge crash from the engine, no flying debris though just busted shroud and a big gash in the rad.

Iirc a new fan shroud from Toyota is about $100