My baby is on life support via an engine fire i need help guys!!!

[suprabad]

Best advice:

Re-wire:

From the battery to the chassis.
From Battery to Engine block.
From Battery to distribution block.

no more wire melting.

...the spot welds on the chassis are starting to give and causing an increase in current in the miniscule ground oem wires.

If you do this you might never have to use that fire extinguisher.:icon_razz

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

Wow that sucks. sorry about your lose.

I would check over everything really carefully before you switch it over. The engine may be fine. Im sure the internals probably are but to be on the safe side i would check all tolerances to make sure nothing has warped.

+1


sorry to hear about that.it's a real bummer

 

[tbcmorris]

wow..... sorry for your loss. i need to get an extinguisher for myself. ill check my garage tomorrow for some stock turbo parts. i know i have a wiring harness, fan (w/ fan clutch), some intake piping, a few stock intercooler pipes, almost brand new accordion hose from toyota, a few lex afms, maybe stock afm. let me know if you need anything.
-pete

Wow you my new best friend I will pm you my contact info after work. Thnak you!


And someone above mentioned my plans....my plans as of right now are to swap all the peripherials from my non turbo to the turbo chasis. Take the motor out and have it checked. Clean her up. Then get all the turbo stuff that is not gonna be on the non turbo(ignitor,coil packs, intercooler etc.) Install all of that and hopefully have a running car again. Ohh there is an engine bay respray in there some where too.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Yeah I'm pretty close to you. I just got back from the dealer myself... anyways I don't have many spare parts, a turbo coil, injector resistor and fuel pump relay thats it, but I'm more than willing to lend a hand, PM me if you want help, I'm free tomarrow and I'm always willing to work on supras.

 

[figgie]

ring ring!

Da Jerky Boys!

loved there phone pranks!

 

[IJ.]

I'd guess the head is junk, I'd strip the bottom end and inspect it carefully.

 

[bluedragon17]

damn that sucks sorry to hear/see that man hopefully you can get it all sorted out and running again. From all the previous fire threads im glad i found myself a halon extinguisher. Got it mounted right in arms reach from my shifter!!!

 

[Frank Rizzo]

FINALLY someone gets it.

 

[TurboStreetCar]

would a fire of that sort really be enough to anneal the head?

 

[figgie]

would a fire of that sort really be enough to anneal the head?

yep!

all taht combustible material down ther WILL get the temprature pretty damn high!

 

[tbcmorris]

The motor will be out this weekend. I will post the news. Anyone with aprts please pm me or post here.....um next I guess is the peiferilas swap ahhhhhhhh

 

[tbcmorris]

wow looking over it for a while when i got home has really made me hate the fire department. they let her cook. and broke a headlight,the bumper, and the hood for nothing. they said the hood latch didnt work. it freaking fine. stupid people made this worse. anyway thanks for the help so far. i am goin to be stubrun and this car is not going to be scraped. i will need the help and support or another supra will die. thank good i have a semi parts car (semi cause its non turbo) or this would suck even more. again thank you and i will keep bugging you guys to help me keep this car around.

 

[IJ.]

Dude Supra's don't just burst into flames ....

Take some responsibilty for YOUR actions and YOU not having an extinguisher.

Good chance the hood cable melted and seized up from the heat involved.

You're lucky they bothered to get it open at all.

 

[tbcmorris]

Dude Supra's don't just burst into flames ....

Take some responsibilty for YOUR actions and YOU not having an extinguisher.

Good chance the hood cable melted and seized up from the heat involved.

You're lucky they bothered to get it open at all.

Wow. First thing I just bought the car so MY actions don't come into play and 2 who said I dint have a fire extiinguisher......I used the whole thing. And dude its a 20 year old car shit is gonna happen this thread is to dicuss that and help to put a supra back on the road. Not to throw around judgement. The fire depatment did a horrible job handleing this fire. There is no way around that. I'm lucky they opened it? They had no choice the fire needed to be put out. I was a volunteer fire fighter before I went into the military....so I am not just talking out of my ass. And no the hood realease did not melt it works just fine. One less part I have to replace. Thanks for not helping.

 

[IJ.]

ok so here is the background its a 87 turbo. the motor has weisco pistons, the block has been bored 20 over to fit the new piston. the whole rotating asembly was balanced new bearings and all that good stuff. the head: all titanaium oversized valves, ported and poilshed metal headgasket. turbo is rebuilt (150 mikles on it) rebuilot with larger conmpressor wheels. there plenty more to list on mods but this isnt a builkd up thread im just giving some general background to help. so here is the bad i am driving home on rte. 6 in ct and my buddy calls me and says holy shit something just fell off your car on fire. i cut the engine pop the hood and run to the front. i opened the hood and stared at armegedden. i am hoping that the motor is still good and the tranny and turbo. the fire never got to the bottom of the engine bay as the lower radiator hose and power steering houses are fine. everything around the motor is definetly toast. i have another supra its an 88 non turbo blown motor and not a good chasis. here is my plan and my questiopn to you guys. i am going to try and take all the shit in the engin bay out of the 88 and put it in the turbo car. this incldes fuse box brake master and booster, clutch master and line, wiper motor, power steering lines, i will need to but an ingnitor, coil pack, and wires. im gonna put my non turbo valve covers on. and i need to find an engine harnerness. is this doable guys and if so am i in for the worst month of my life? Do all the fuses match non turbo to turbo and so on for the brakes and clutch parts? i am gonna ditch cruise and the heater matrix valve and the ugly unbrunt fuel can. Please guys i need alot of help.

Where in this rambling barely literate dribble do you mention the extinguisher?

 

[gaboonviper85]

IJ.....dudes car just burnt up let the boy vent a little man....there is no need to call eachother out.....guys situation really blows if I do say so myself and I'd expect some venting....

 

[IJ.]

As shitty a situation as it is there's still no need to blame the fire department they did as their trained to do.

 

[VanSupra]

If your bottom end is good lmk and I'll donate a bare head to your cause, but you pay for the shipping.

 

[tbcmorris]

Where in this rambling barely literate dribble do you mention the extinguisher?

I did not mention a fire extinguisher. I also dint say I did not have one. I will rewrite my ramble. I know that's what it is but I wrote it on my cell phone at work so not only are the buttons small but the boss was around. Anyway as I said I am a trained firefighter and do not think they did a good job. I think all this is besides the point. We as a group could save a supra. This is more than I can handle with the amount of work and how costly this is going to be. I appreicate your defending the fire dept. I would apppreicate your help and with putting this car back on the road a little more. I will edit my original post to make it more clear when I get out of work toady. Sorry.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

Im only 30-40 min from you, and know the intersection in question. That sucks bro. I have some things lying around from my 1j swap, and am willing to come up this sunday and help out (for beer and pizza). Give me a call (203) 216-7256.