*Note, this is a straight copy/paste, all questions have been answered and a few things have been changed which I will review over the next few days. The dates are now about a year old as I was building the engine last year this time. Thanks for reading!
The Story:
I remember whenever somebody asked, why did I get a 20+ year old car for my first car at the age of 15?
I usually responded with, easy to work on and not all that quick (who was I to joke, these things are fast enough stock) I’m young and don’t want to wrap myself around a pole, my car means too much to me. So after blowing my 5mge, bitching and complaining on here for what I thought was the end of the world, I bought another pre-swapped mk2 6mge, threw the 6mge in my car, the next year (last winter) I did a mild rebuild as it was in good condition. Then, I fell into a bunch of Subaru friends, and drove a WRX and fell in love with boost, I kept throwing around the idea of just getting a mk3; take the easy way out, but even with my sagged suspension, massive body roll and squat I liked how the car handled, and after hearing all the stories of the piggies lacking handling aspects I decided to stick with my Mk2 Supra. I also couldn’t stand the thought of a car that weighs so much more. I love targas, but the thought of a power plant that is supposed to power a car that weights what 600lbs more than a mk2? Awesome.
The car:
Old 6mge:
The Goals:
Power:
As reliable as possible 7mgte (I’ve had fairly good luck so far with my car)
280-330 Horsepower
300-340 Torque
10-14 PSI of boost
Cat-less
External Wastegate
Safety:
Wilwoods (Front)
Roll Cage
Harness
Handling:
Nice Corner Carver maybe a track day or two a year
Dobinsons
AGX’s
Front/Rear Sways
Bushings
I met up with Donn29 after hours of discussion of the 7mgte swap, wiring, turbos, trim, everything. We went for a rip around Waterloo while visiting Phil. Damn its QUICK! Later we had probably my favourite weekend of 2010. The Toronto Supra Meet, where I got talking to the Mark (lil’devil) who said he had a somewhat toasted 7m block sitting at home, and chatted with George about starting to assemble “The List” I bought a front sway bar off of Bruce (Yotaholic) and saw a bunch of beauty boosted mk2s at the tracking event. Along with the obviously menacing Mk4 that Bruce brought out, and some nice Supras of all generations. Thanks again TSC, had a blast!
So a few weeks later after playing phone tag with Mark I hired a friend and his truck to drive out to Bowmanville to get the block. So we pull up with a shiny black Supra on the street parts car in the driveway and a surprise and a half in the garage. 7mgte block, pistons, rods, crank. All pre-modded for oil dipstick, oil pump modded to fit oil pan, a new water pump, and two turbos. Add a some green to the deal and we are down the highway. Before we do that we also go for a rip in Mark’s 7mgte powered mk2.… HOLY HELL it was FAST.
After talking to George again at stupid hours as he burns the midnight oil like the true Champion he is, we also discuss exhaust, clutch, trims and my lacking issue of no “head” J So at some godly hour of I believe it was. He said, “wait, you need a cylinder head?….. I reply with simply, yeah?” Calls me 5 minutes later with a price and a location of a cylinder head waiting for me.
2 weeks later I drive out to pick up this beauty:
The Story:
I remember whenever somebody asked, why did I get a 20+ year old car for my first car at the age of 15?
I usually responded with, easy to work on and not all that quick (who was I to joke, these things are fast enough stock) I’m young and don’t want to wrap myself around a pole, my car means too much to me. So after blowing my 5mge, bitching and complaining on here for what I thought was the end of the world, I bought another pre-swapped mk2 6mge, threw the 6mge in my car, the next year (last winter) I did a mild rebuild as it was in good condition. Then, I fell into a bunch of Subaru friends, and drove a WRX and fell in love with boost, I kept throwing around the idea of just getting a mk3; take the easy way out, but even with my sagged suspension, massive body roll and squat I liked how the car handled, and after hearing all the stories of the piggies lacking handling aspects I decided to stick with my Mk2 Supra. I also couldn’t stand the thought of a car that weighs so much more. I love targas, but the thought of a power plant that is supposed to power a car that weights what 600lbs more than a mk2? Awesome.
The car:
Old 6mge:
The Goals:
Power:
As reliable as possible 7mgte (I’ve had fairly good luck so far with my car)
280-330 Horsepower
300-340 Torque
10-14 PSI of boost
Cat-less
External Wastegate
Safety:
Wilwoods (Front)
Roll Cage
Harness
Handling:
Nice Corner Carver maybe a track day or two a year
Dobinsons
AGX’s
Front/Rear Sways
Bushings
I met up with Donn29 after hours of discussion of the 7mgte swap, wiring, turbos, trim, everything. We went for a rip around Waterloo while visiting Phil. Damn its QUICK! Later we had probably my favourite weekend of 2010. The Toronto Supra Meet, where I got talking to the Mark (lil’devil) who said he had a somewhat toasted 7m block sitting at home, and chatted with George about starting to assemble “The List” I bought a front sway bar off of Bruce (Yotaholic) and saw a bunch of beauty boosted mk2s at the tracking event. Along with the obviously menacing Mk4 that Bruce brought out, and some nice Supras of all generations. Thanks again TSC, had a blast!
So a few weeks later after playing phone tag with Mark I hired a friend and his truck to drive out to Bowmanville to get the block. So we pull up with a shiny black Supra on the street parts car in the driveway and a surprise and a half in the garage. 7mgte block, pistons, rods, crank. All pre-modded for oil dipstick, oil pump modded to fit oil pan, a new water pump, and two turbos. Add a some green to the deal and we are down the highway. Before we do that we also go for a rip in Mark’s 7mgte powered mk2.… HOLY HELL it was FAST.
After talking to George again at stupid hours as he burns the midnight oil like the true Champion he is, we also discuss exhaust, clutch, trims and my lacking issue of no “head” J So at some godly hour of I believe it was. He said, “wait, you need a cylinder head?….. I reply with simply, yeah?” Calls me 5 minutes later with a price and a location of a cylinder head waiting for me.
2 weeks later I drive out to pick up this beauty:
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