New Teenager with Supra?! = bad?

[YoungGunSupra]

figured i would have a different title than everything else i see below me.

Wanted to say wsup to everyone my names John im 19 from So Cal. i got a White 1987 7M-GTE. dont really know how to work on a supra myself, i really do want to learn just dont know how to go about it.. other than that ive had my supra for about 8 months now and ive been droppin in on this forum for the last 6 just reading stuff. Hope to learn alot and get in on the shit talking and learn some supra know-how!

 

[YoungGunSupra]

*PS. I will get pics up soon!

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Welcome

 

[Justin]

Its not bad if you recognize the power and potential weapon you have at your disposal. I learned how to drive a car on my Dads 88T and then got my own after I got my license. Never been in a wreck.

Just do your best not to make any stupid decisions, but if ya do? such is life

 

[YoungGunSupra]

Thank you. :icon_bigg and yea. i should be posting this in the tech question...but i really feel like my supra is under powered. i dunno if im driving it wrong but in first and second i dont FLOOR but i feel like a v6 mini van could take me in the first 5 seconds. lol shit pulls in 3rd though i love the turbo. some days it feels fast other days it feels like a slug. and i dont know what it is

 

[Kangae]

Thank you. :icon_bigg and yea. i should be posting this in the tech question...but i really feel like my supra is under powered. i dunno if im driving it wrong but in first and second i dont FLOOR but i feel like a v6 mini van could take me in the first 5 seconds. lol shit pulls in 3rd though i love the turbo. some days it feels fast other days it feels like a slug. and i dont know what it is

Welcome, enjoy the Supra.

A good rule of thumb for a lot of mysterious problems would be to check the codes, its easy and can't hurt.

http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/TechTips/engine_error_codes.aspx

 

[supramk3speed]

Don't worry, soon enough you will learn to work on it! Either that or your the luckiest supra owner i have met. If you take care of her, and i mean slave for her, she might just take care of you. Lets just put it this way in the next year you'll probably know how to change a headgasket. Welcome and good luck.

 

[RazoE]

Welcome!

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97837

come hang out with us!

 

[YoungGunSupra]

yea i think i will probably have to do an gasket job. my uncle did a engine swap on it about 10 years ago. ok basically heres the history of my supra. dad bought it off my uncle who is a mechanic. uncle imported new 7mgte from japan wi th about 20k miles on it and put it in the supra which is stock 7mgte. put in the engine at 155,xxx miles and now it has 197xxx miles on chasis so you figure theres about 60k miles on the engine. i heard head gasket problems occur around 70k. I honestly dont have the time or tools to be able to really LEARN how to do it unless im watching someone and i learn from them. i wasplanning on just taking it to Aaron at driftmotion to get the head gasket job done right and probably rebuild my tranny (its stock 197k miles) and if recommended my engine as well. ive heard nothing but good things about Driftmotion on here..

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

^ and thats all you'll probably ever hear...

Welcome... btw.

 

[smokemkevo]

Welcome To The Mania,

teenage with a supra= good. lol bc u might learn something

 

[suprachick22]

hey if i can learn what i have in the past three months on here and somewhat start to understand what ppl are talking about you so can and i'm a chick lol not saying that chicks dont know cars but i sure in the hell didnt lol. but im getting there now thanks to everyone on here. just dont be stupid when it comes to your car. dont rice it out cuz that diserves a good :kickinthenuts:.


welcome welcome

 

[YoungGunSupra]

thanks for the welcome guys. ^ and yes all my friends are like oh you got a supra?! oh do this and that and this to it. i plan on keeping it mostly stock right now..turbo timer..maybe BOV..gotta slam it like 2 inches..maybe an exhaust. nothing crazy i just wanna rebuild my tranny and maybe engine. i just bought a 300 pc mechanics tool set from sears. so...just in case i really do start working on it myself. OORRR i might just sell the tool set i bought and take it to drift motion for everything i heard they are near where i live lol

 

[suprahero]

Welcome to Supramania John and thanks for the pm.

 

[karlmk3]

welcome enjoy the best car out there lol keep the tool set you never know when you will need them money gets tight some times. plus the best thing in the world is working on the car with the lady and the kid :biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[IndyMK3]

like stated above there is nothing wrong with being a teenager and owning a supra ... you just have to respect it... and understand that it has the power to hurt you if you are careless...

As my 1st car i had a 240sx with an SR swap, got rid of that for a truck for my dad, had a 240sx with a KA... got rid of that for a Integra GSR.. then traded that for my supra... and that was all before i turned 17... after getting the supra i realized that it had the most power out of all the cars that ive owned and i matured as a driver because of it.... not everyone does tho... now going on 19 everyone says that i drive my car like an old lady lol....

so enjoy your supra but do it in a safe manner ... enjoy working on your supra because that is the only way to learn... you can read all you want on the forums (and thats a good thing dont get me wrong) but getting your hands dirty from your supra is where you will learn ... =)


OH and welcome to supramaina.... lol

 

[YoungGunSupra]

ha thanks suprahero. karlm. yea i didnt mean it was bad. i take care of my baby. i would love to get my hands dirty and learn how to work on my supra but i dont know where to start. never worked on a car before..got my manual. see where i go from there. either way i expect to be paying driftmotion a visit to see what they say. Thanks though =)

 

[Quin]

like stated above there is nothing wrong with being a teenager and owning a supra ... you just have to respect it... and understand that it has the power to hurt you if you are careless...

As my 1st car i had a 240sx with an SR swap, got rid of that for a truck for my dad, had a 240sx with a KA... got rid of that for a Integra GSR.. then traded that for my supra... and that was all before i turned 17... after getting the supra i realized that it had the most power out of all the cars that ive owned and i matured as a driver because of it.... not everyone does tho... now going on 19 everyone says that i drive my car like an old lady lol....

so enjoy your supra but do it in a safe manner ... enjoy working on your supra because that is the only way to learn... you can read all you want on the forums (and thats a good thing dont get me wrong) but getting your hands dirty from your supra is where you will learn ... =)


OH and welcome to supramaina.... lol

Cole you do drive like a grandma... lol


18, I've had three already:biglaugh: Welcome to Supramania.

 

[IndyMK3]

HEY DONT CALL ME NAMES lol ....

 

[smokemkevo]

haha safe manner pshh