I'm a long time reader, first (well, not quite) time poster.
In march 2004 I purchased a 1989 supra turbo. targa top, red, grey interior, 5-speed. I had actually looked into purchasing this car a few years prior to this, but that is neither here nor there. I bought it with 134k on it, with a new clutch, a somewhat upgraded and rebuilt ct26 (not sure exactly what, the previous owner has passed away, and when i first talked to him about the car i didn't know enough about them to find out anything more than "an upgraded turbo"), a metal head gasket, manual boost controler, and the k&n filter kit.
At this time the car was not running and hadn't ran in 2 1/2 years. I bought it for $500 and had it running in 3 days. (when they did the clutch some idiot put the timing belt on 120* off, so it wouldn't run, for obvious reasons.)
I drove the car till august, when I took a hard corner one day down the street from my house and heard what i knew instantly to be rodknock. the car ran for about 3 minutes till i got to my house where it was parked in my backyard and hasn't moved on it's own since.
School and lack of money put a big damper on things, so over the past few months i've spent time taking the motor and tranny out, dissassembling the motor, purchasing parts, and finally have some parts off at the machine shop. (I also happen to be a regular poster on team-integra, as i have owned 3 in my days, and have many friends there, so most of this was chronicled there).
So now my crank and rod's are at the machine shop, the crank needs to be turned, i spun the #3 rod bearing. i also need a new rod, according to my machinist, but all the others can be reconed without a problem. The parts should all be back this coming week.
I plan on detailing the rest of my rebuild on this thread, but decided to finally start posting it on here to gain a little insite and perspective from others in the mkIII community. My goals for the project are a fresh rebuild, all new gaskets, obviously new main/crank bearings, and getting the car back to stock/near stock shape. Hopefully here i can get some advice on rebuilding from some people who have done 7m's before, like things to watch out for and so on. I am doing this all with two of my friends, between the three of us we have done full rebuilds/custom work on both of their cars.
Anyway, please post any questions/advice/whatever here, i will be updating with pictures, etc as time passes and hopefully have the car done by spring, if not sooner.
In march 2004 I purchased a 1989 supra turbo. targa top, red, grey interior, 5-speed. I had actually looked into purchasing this car a few years prior to this, but that is neither here nor there. I bought it with 134k on it, with a new clutch, a somewhat upgraded and rebuilt ct26 (not sure exactly what, the previous owner has passed away, and when i first talked to him about the car i didn't know enough about them to find out anything more than "an upgraded turbo"), a metal head gasket, manual boost controler, and the k&n filter kit.
At this time the car was not running and hadn't ran in 2 1/2 years. I bought it for $500 and had it running in 3 days. (when they did the clutch some idiot put the timing belt on 120* off, so it wouldn't run, for obvious reasons.)
I drove the car till august, when I took a hard corner one day down the street from my house and heard what i knew instantly to be rodknock. the car ran for about 3 minutes till i got to my house where it was parked in my backyard and hasn't moved on it's own since.
School and lack of money put a big damper on things, so over the past few months i've spent time taking the motor and tranny out, dissassembling the motor, purchasing parts, and finally have some parts off at the machine shop. (I also happen to be a regular poster on team-integra, as i have owned 3 in my days, and have many friends there, so most of this was chronicled there).
So now my crank and rod's are at the machine shop, the crank needs to be turned, i spun the #3 rod bearing. i also need a new rod, according to my machinist, but all the others can be reconed without a problem. The parts should all be back this coming week.
I plan on detailing the rest of my rebuild on this thread, but decided to finally start posting it on here to gain a little insite and perspective from others in the mkIII community. My goals for the project are a fresh rebuild, all new gaskets, obviously new main/crank bearings, and getting the car back to stock/near stock shape. Hopefully here i can get some advice on rebuilding from some people who have done 7m's before, like things to watch out for and so on. I am doing this all with two of my friends, between the three of us we have done full rebuilds/custom work on both of their cars.
Anyway, please post any questions/advice/whatever here, i will be updating with pictures, etc as time passes and hopefully have the car done by spring, if not sooner.
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