Doing an introduction post so I dont get my account deleted for not posting since I like to do research before posting a question and these cars are old enough that almost any qestion has been answered.
So.... I recently bought a 87 Supra (7mgte) as a platform to start my next AutoX car. I know it is probably not the best choice how ever it seemed like a fun car to drive. I currently drive a 09 VW GLI as my daily which I also AutoX now but I have a kid on the way and need to keep it a family car and if a do anything else to it it will be hard to keep it a daily.
When I bought the Supra it barely ran. The previous owner had a shope rebuilt the block and then when he put it back in the car he fell short and was left with a car that idled horrible and couldnt get over 3k rpms. After I bought the car and got it home I spent about a week researching and running tests on until I got it up and running. So now it was drivable but I quickly found out that the car had been sitting so long that alot of the seals and gaskets where leaking really bad (tranny and engine). At that point I figured that since I was making this essentially a race car and alot of the gaskets where hard to get to, I might as well pull the engine and tranny and start removing stuff from the engine bay and make a few minor upgrades while I am at it.
So thats where I'm at, engine pulled and slowly getting parts I need. The most expensive stuff I still need to buy is the turbo and clutch with mostly everything else ready to go or in the mail. After I get the engine and tranny sealed up and running nice then it'll be time to get the suspension upgrades.
Here are a couple of pics of the ride and me and a buddy of mine pulling the engine.
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And just for the heck of it here is two of my daily.
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So.... I recently bought a 87 Supra (7mgte) as a platform to start my next AutoX car. I know it is probably not the best choice how ever it seemed like a fun car to drive. I currently drive a 09 VW GLI as my daily which I also AutoX now but I have a kid on the way and need to keep it a family car and if a do anything else to it it will be hard to keep it a daily.
When I bought the Supra it barely ran. The previous owner had a shope rebuilt the block and then when he put it back in the car he fell short and was left with a car that idled horrible and couldnt get over 3k rpms. After I bought the car and got it home I spent about a week researching and running tests on until I got it up and running. So now it was drivable but I quickly found out that the car had been sitting so long that alot of the seals and gaskets where leaking really bad (tranny and engine). At that point I figured that since I was making this essentially a race car and alot of the gaskets where hard to get to, I might as well pull the engine and tranny and start removing stuff from the engine bay and make a few minor upgrades while I am at it.
So thats where I'm at, engine pulled and slowly getting parts I need. The most expensive stuff I still need to buy is the turbo and clutch with mostly everything else ready to go or in the mail. After I get the engine and tranny sealed up and running nice then it'll be time to get the suspension upgrades.
Here are a couple of pics of the ride and me and a buddy of mine pulling the engine.
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And just for the heck of it here is two of my daily.
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