if you havent seen the thread, here's more of the story with pics:livinasask8er;1344734 said:My first and only car, a 91 supra auto, with a sunroof, a flawless interior, stock everthing, and 87k miles on original everything except the tranny, was totaled on december 12 08. The lady driving the other car thought that, since she couldn't see the oncoming lane, that must have meant that there were no cars coming and she tried to make her left turn anyways. She floored it (I noticed her car was leaned back) and i t boned her at 40mph:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99237
after looking for over 6 months all over cali on craigslist for something I can work with, I decided that I should fix it. Then I found this 2 hours from me in Santa Rosa; a 1990 supra, grey out and cloth in, hardtop, manual, apexi power intake, 3.5in custom catback, lowered on TEMS compatible springs, 17in rims with 245/45 tires in the front and 275/40 tires in the back, apexi electronic boost controller, and 86k miles. Quite the find, it cost me more and it's a year older, but I think the stuff that comes with it costs as much as the differance. Still has the original hg (it's leaking, along with the turbo) Bought it on Sunday 7-5-09
I'd show you guys the back seats but they've been flatened to fit some other stuff that the previous owner got for the car too. Trust me, the back is just as clean.
so my plan is as follows:
-register it (as non-op)
-hg change
-send off turbo for rebuild
-have exhaust manifold and turbine housing ceramic coated
I want to get the following:
-bic rerouted ddp, also going to be ceramic coated
-electric exhaust cutout
-3in cat
-apexi dual n-1 muffler for a s14 240sx
-hks 3000 pipe replacement
-frozenboost.com water intercooler
-and some kind of tuner that can have a street and race preset
that's right, a water intercooler. I've always had a problem with the 1.5in (i'm exagerating) piping that goes from the turbo to the front of the car, drops 3 psi to fill the intercooler, comes back out to enter the passenger side fender and goes into the engine bay to connect to the 3000 pipe and THEN enter the throttle body.
I want to make new piping that makes a 180 bend from the turbo compressor outlet angled a bit towards the back (towards the firewall) and have a pipe go up from that in between the turbo and passenger strut tower, and then a 90 bend towards the fender, another 90 to go around the strut tower at the top, and then a pipe will go into a water intercooler, with 2.5in in/outlets, placed a bit back and over the air filter/afm assembly, and a pipe will go from that to the hks hardpipe.
The intercooler I want has a endtank that enters from a 90 degree angle and on the other side will be an endtank that comes out straight, it's rated for over 450cfm, and has a pressure drop of 0.05 psi (it says <0.1, I forgot where but I once read .05)
As for the 91 supra, It'll stick around until I'm sure I wont need anything from it for the 90 supra, then I'll try to sell it.
I'm looking towards possibly getting a lexus afm housing, walbro 255 pump, fpr, and 550 injectors because I'd like to see how many mpg's I can get out of a car and be able to put out 300 hp at the wheels, but I'll see first how long it'll take me to do the other stuff, and if the power that it'll put out then will satisfy enough. I know, I laughed, too.
And then I'll work on the luxuries:
-remove walmart do-it-urself tint off hatch
-find out why a/c compressor turns but air never gets cold (as in, I want to find the leak)
-fix stereo so that it'll play on the front speakers, too, and load enough to actually hear (I'm just gonna replace it all with a system)
-speaking of speakers, I want to also get 91-92 door panels
I've already started, but don't refresh the page every hour to see what I'm up to, I'm gonna work on this on my days off, if I'm not too tired, and if my dad is willing to help (he's still mad about working so hard on the 91):
I'll try to have an update at least once a week.
I'm gonna miss you... *sniff* you've taught me so much... *voice cracks* goodbye:
hello beautiful: