Broke 88 n/a to gte rebuild PA

[boostrwd23]

just bought my 88 supra n/a a couple weeks ago, now ROD KNOCK!

car came with a spare gte motor, trans & wiring harness that I'm now gonna start the stock rebuild..

 

[boostrwd23]

this is what I have to start with..

 

[boostrwd23]

and a few hours later this is where I'm at..

 

[tmsperformance]

Nice. How close are you to Uniontown, PA? If close I could help you out

 

[MkIII FTW]

Best of luck dude.

 

[boostrwd23]

Nice. How close are you to Uniontown, PA? If close I could help you out

I have no idea where that is.. but I googled it and it's about 4hrs

 

[boostrwd23]

heres a pic of the n/a in the car

 

[boostrwd23]

today I got the block ready for the machine shop, just need to start tearing down the head..

it was also so nice out I decided to tear out the dash to get ready for all new wiring

 

[boostrwd23]

got the head bare for the machine shop, only ran into one problem..

one of the valve stem tubes broke at the top where the valve stem seals go, does anyone know if that can be replaced?

 

[T3rril79]

That should be a replaceable part.

 

[boostrwd23]

waiting on all the parts ordered, just picked up a 3" downpipe. anybody have any ideas on what a good price I should pay for the block work should be? inspection, deck, hone & clean

 

[boostrwd23]

work gets in the way too much!

should have block and head to the machine shop soon

 

[Jacob25]

Good luck, im doing the same thing with my 87. hows your body look? rusty at all?

 

[boostrwd23]

Good luck, im doing the same thing with my 87. hows your body look? rusty at all?

very little rust on one fender and under one wheel well, hows yours look?

 

[Jacob25]

the spare tire well is pretty much gone, two holes in the floor, one on the driver side, one on the passenger side, and then a little on the fenders, im working on fixing the rust right now, i just need to get a better welder first

 

[boostrwd23]

I got pretty lucky on my find for the price I paid except for the rod knock a month after I bought it

 

[Jacob25]

yea you did get lucky. my exterior isnt too bad, most of what i need to fix cant be seen so it doesnt have to be perfect

 

[boostrwd23]

I have gotten nowhere with my build. Hate being broke

 

[akito]

Why are you changing the interior dash harness? Is the motor/ harness from a 90-92 car?

 

[boostrwd23]

The dash harness was a yellow plug & the motor Im rebuilding was the grey plug harness.