CampbellsChunkySoupra's Build Thread...

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

pics of when i changed the valve covers and the cps o-ring...bare with me, they are from my phone!

enjoy! engine bay is cleaning up quite a bit now.

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

here are some other updated pics as she sits right now. dirty from the recent rain...

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

hopefully some people check into this thread alittle bit. but ive been doing some thinking here tonight and am looking at picking up a block with crank, pistons, rods, all in it. i have a spare cyilnder head too. would it be too terribly hard to build a motor up from scratch and make it all work? i figure taht if u have most of the internals, all ud have to do is send it to the machine shop and get her put all nice and start from the ground up. might be cheaper in the long run. im just looking for another 7m-gte to have just incase mine poops on me... ideas?

 

[suprahero]

Looking good sir. If you have a motor to rebuild and you have the money to rebuild it, then it would be a great idea to do. Once you get it built, you could swap the motors out and sell or rebuild the old one. Good luck either way.

 

[csnow]

Looking good. It's not about the money, it's about the pride and care you give your car. I would rather see a young guy who takes care of and appreciates his MKIII rather than a spoiled brat whose parents bought him an MKIV.

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

hah. thanks for the advice. i scrapped the idea of building up a spare motor until i have the money for the FULL build. for now ill just keep maintaining this one. i need to pay for school, the car itself, and the girlfriend/wife ...lol... jokez.

thanks for the input so far. ill have more updates here in a week when i get my guage pod and other little goodies. should be fixing a front main seal leak soon too.

-Tyler

 

[MK3_Turbo]

i would say wait til you have the money to do the full build too.

here are some vid/sound clips of your supra(well before i sold it to you), these vids and the pics i have are all i have left of her.

at idle
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2024978435

the BOV(it was hard to drive with one hand and also try to look at the road and also try to keep the digi from shaking too much)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2024979001

 

[jdub]

You really *should* blur the tag number out in post #22.
That is unless you want the whole planet (including thieves) to know where your Supra is

 

[Keros]

Looks great so far Tyler, I'm taking notes for my build

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

hah. thanks for the compliments guys! ill be sure to have more done to it. thanks for the videos Loka. ill make sure i archive those. shes coming along nicely now, just in time for summer. i think i have to replace the front main seal though :-\

purchased/installed some yellow fog lights today. i have some pics that ill put up. they are at nighttime though. ill post them here in a sec.

thanks for viewing!

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

pics!

the 2nd pic was showing up very blurry in photobucket so i dunno how it'll turn out. enjoy! more to come, i promise!

 

[MK3_Turbo]

ur welcome for the vids. those new yellow fogs look good..i was gonna get some.

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

yup. i just got the lotek pillar pod installed. i got the burgundy one and i have an oil pressure guage installed now. so shes coming along pretty good. ill have more updates in a few days when i order the stuff to fix up my oil leaks for good. then shes going to the track!

 

[MK3_Turbo]

sweet! let us know ur times.

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

here are recent pictures of the guage install with the pillar pod.

Autometer Sport-Comp Boost Guage
Megan Racing Electric Oil Pressure Guage

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

contemplating whether or not i want to pick up a 1jz head/block and play with that for awhile or there is this 1g-gte complete motor too. my mind tells me yes, but my wallet is telling me no. we'll see.

any thoughts/opinions supramania?

 

[Supraholics]

oohhh boy...here we go with the engine recommendations. This might turn into another "battle of the engines"

It really depends on your purposes and which engine you prefer (for looks, performance, feel, etc)

We all know any Supra engine you choose is a nice engine.

 

[MK3_Turbo]

i agree wit him^^^ mkiii-driftking^^^ it depends on the purpose...


but if i didnt sell the supra and had the money i wanted to do a 1jz swap w/ bpu for DD and a lil weekend fun.

but yea i guess it also depends on ur budget too.

 

[MK3_Turbo]

i agree wit him^^^ mkiii-driftking^^^ it depends on the purpose...


but if i didnt sell the supra and had the money i wanted to do a 1jz swap w/ bpu for DD and a lil weekend fun.

but yea i guess it also depends on ur budget too.

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

yup. ive almost got the car completely paid off. i decided that getting it completely in my posession is the first thing that needs to be done. so ill have more to come after that. should be ordering my cooleeze accordian intake pipe here after shes paid off.

-Tyler