Hello. I'm a brand new (to me) Supra owner. I have an 89 turbo targa.
I was hoping to find a place like this to discuss my car and look for help as it will be an ongoing project.
The car came from a garage who bought it at auction. Before that it had a couple of owners and it's clear at least one of them was a negligent four-letter-word. It has now reached a loving home.
It's had a LOT of work done just to get it working, including new muffler, most of the turbo replaced, new transmission (in '04 before I owned it), blow off valve (a freebie from a mechanic friend) and other things however it certainly isn't at it's best.
The (growing) list...........
Cold starting is a real problem.
A small leak in the front join of the roof and door.
Need a replacement turbo hose on the cold side of the turbo. Current hose is a "bandaid" ribbed and bent in the appropriate way, but I need a better one, pronto.
Hood and trunk hydraulics are kaput.
Speakers for the audio system (still works! woo!) are, as expected, degraded.
A couple of "dings" in the bodywork :-(
Once these problems have been addressed I'm looking at getting it resprayed black (its currently white, yuck).
I fell in love with the old supra body style when I first played gran turismo. It was the first car I bought and raced it the most.
I hope this is an OK first post. Any advice on where to get anything for what I need would be appreciated.
I'm not too smart in terms of cars (I'm a computer guy by trade) but I'm learning. I have the haynes manual and I intend on treating this car right.
I was hoping to find a place like this to discuss my car and look for help as it will be an ongoing project.
The car came from a garage who bought it at auction. Before that it had a couple of owners and it's clear at least one of them was a negligent four-letter-word. It has now reached a loving home.
It's had a LOT of work done just to get it working, including new muffler, most of the turbo replaced, new transmission (in '04 before I owned it), blow off valve (a freebie from a mechanic friend) and other things however it certainly isn't at it's best.
The (growing) list...........
Cold starting is a real problem.
A small leak in the front join of the roof and door.
Need a replacement turbo hose on the cold side of the turbo. Current hose is a "bandaid" ribbed and bent in the appropriate way, but I need a better one, pronto.
Hood and trunk hydraulics are kaput.
Speakers for the audio system (still works! woo!) are, as expected, degraded.
A couple of "dings" in the bodywork :-(
Once these problems have been addressed I'm looking at getting it resprayed black (its currently white, yuck).
I fell in love with the old supra body style when I first played gran turismo. It was the first car I bought and raced it the most.
I hope this is an OK first post. Any advice on where to get anything for what I need would be appreciated.
I'm not too smart in terms of cars (I'm a computer guy by trade) but I'm learning. I have the haynes manual and I intend on treating this car right.
