So I picked up this car about 2 years ago from a very.................... lack-of-knowlegded kid:1zhelp: I found it on craigslist for sale not too far from my house. Initially he said $2000/trade. When I checked it out, it looked somewhat clean but I didnt think it was worth it and he didnt want to trade for my car so I left. He called me 2 weeks later and said he had to move to southern california in the morning so he wanted to trade. :icon_bigg When I got to his house, THEN he mentions that he think he blew the motor and now it wont stay running once you step on the gas. :nono: Too make a long story short, I told him there was no way I was trading a perfectly running car for a broke down car, so he asked me to tow it away to where ever for him since I had AAA and he had no where to take the car. He gave a few dollars for my time, the keys, the CLEAN title, and went in the house irritated. I towed the car home. The next morning, I popped the hood and immediately got excited. The engine wasnt blown...... the lower intercooler piping fell off :3d_frown: So I put the piping back on and and there was my new daily driver :icon_bigg
The car is a 1986.5 5speed. He had a friend do a horrible NA-T conversion with wires everywhere. After about a month, the engine started knocking :3d_frown:. so I went on craigslist and found a 7mgte for sale. The guy told me it was a good engine, nothing wrong with it. At the time, I knew nothing about mechanics so I took his word for it and he swapped out the engines for me. I had a few supras before and I could tell the it didnt feel right but he insisted that everything was fine, so I went home. 6 months later, I'm sitting at a stop light with my girlfriend on my way to eat. The light goes green so I casually start rolling and then POP!!! goes the motor..... bhg and rod knock
So the car's been sitting for about a year now. I finally got tired of watching it sit so I'm now starting a build. I thought it would be a good idea to make a build thread so I can get some knowledge from the more experienced. i've been doing my research and learning alot from this forum so I have some ideas on what I want to do. My goal for now is 400-450rwhp but ultimately I will be shooting for 600 down the road. All comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Thanks for checking out my build
The car is a 1986.5 5speed. He had a friend do a horrible NA-T conversion with wires everywhere. After about a month, the engine started knocking :3d_frown:. so I went on craigslist and found a 7mgte for sale. The guy told me it was a good engine, nothing wrong with it. At the time, I knew nothing about mechanics so I took his word for it and he swapped out the engines for me. I had a few supras before and I could tell the it didnt feel right but he insisted that everything was fine, so I went home. 6 months later, I'm sitting at a stop light with my girlfriend on my way to eat. The light goes green so I casually start rolling and then POP!!! goes the motor..... bhg and rod knock
So the car's been sitting for about a year now. I finally got tired of watching it sit so I'm now starting a build. I thought it would be a good idea to make a build thread so I can get some knowledge from the more experienced. i've been doing my research and learning alot from this forum so I have some ideas on what I want to do. My goal for now is 400-450rwhp but ultimately I will be shooting for 600 down the road. All comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Thanks for checking out my build
. And last week, I picked up an r154 for $250 ::hooters:: Today me and a friend are going to work on getting the rest of the engine bay cleared out so i can scrub it down, and if we have time after that, we're going to sort out some electrical issues while the car is gutted. Pictures later tonight
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