Nomad's 7mgte mountain racer build!!

[Nomad707]

Okay.. so you have seen my other thread.. about how i got the car, blah blah.

Im still in planning stages.. and money gathering stages.. But im getting close to my spending spree.

no, im not swapping no jayzee's or v8's

7mgte build son!!!

going to try and aim for 400HP. (trying to keep it managable, reliable and not too heavy so i can still dominate mountain roads... Ill probly have more money in suspension then engine)

it will be a mild build... for now.

Soon im going to start teardown, and prep for paint.

I have a bunch of before pics and vids so ill go ahead and post them here.. ill update this thread with pictures and just keep posting progress as it comes.

-Ryan

Pics are kinda muddy... it rained =(

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

Ill probly have more money in suspension then engine

YEA BOY!! thats what I like to hear this seems like it's going to be a good build

 

[Bluechulappa]

Looks good. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. Good luck I'm aiming for similar power goals

 

[AF1JZ]

Looks like you have a good start with that supra. I'm taking that isn't the factory color?

 

[BlackMKIII]

Start with this:

Coliovers, whiteline swaybars, and a good set of tires. Enjoy.

 

[Nomad707]

non stock paint... as soon as i have a week or two of sunshine.. i will be taking off this crap paint and prepping for primer/ new paint.

im looking into sway bars right now.. front and rear,, and looking for good springs / shocks as well.

 

[ViR2]

will you be going to your stock red color?
For springs I recommend eibach + koni struts + tanabe sustec swaybars

That's the exact setup I have, and handling is great, not to sharp for daily use, but stiff and responding for track

 

[Nomad707]

Thanks for info... the setup you have sounds like what im probly going to get..

No, im not doing stock burgundy red.. ill be going all black with some kind of 5 spoke deep set rims in the rear, and same in the front, just more offset. i was thinking of 10's in the back and 8's or 9s in front.

 

[Nomad707]

removed some trim, and made it flush with body, today. Im about to throw some crappy primer on untill i'm ready to do the whole car. it turned out really great, ill post some pics in a few..

 

[Nomad707]

Ok well i worked alot on the welding and bondo today.. it took me about 4 hours for a small area of about 6 to 8 inches, so im terrified to finish the rest.

But here's what i did.

its still not quite done, i still have a little bit more sanding and maybee one tiny spot to fill.

More pics will be up today.

 

[kotu100]

not sure if you have experience w/ body work but you wanna make sure theres no more than 1/8" of body filler or theres an 80% chance it'll crack in the near future. also when you're done shaping it, beore you spray it put some filler primer on there and sand it off w/ some 400 just to make sure theres no sanding marks that'll show through the paint.
what color you gonna paint it?

 

[Nomad707]

its going to be black. i have almost an 1/8th of filler.

i went to my friends yesterday and he lessoned me in fillers and hardners

 

[Nomad707]

i sanded and primed the car today.. it actually turned out VERY good.. i might just go flat black for my paint job.

gunna start on more trim removal tomorow

 

[Nomad707]

Ill post more pics tomorow... i got alot more work ahead of me.. any comments suggestions or anything?

 

[kotu100]

looks nice flat black, what did u use to prime it? rattle can? if so thats a damn good job! although if u wanna keep it flat black i suggest getting some paint and a gun and spraying it yourself.

 

[Nomad707]

no i used a generic spraygun i got on ebay with small compressor, and premixed flatblack paint. this was my first primer job and im very happy with how it came out.. thanks for the comment

 

[SupraMario]

I have to say it does look nice with that flat black.

 

[MK3.0dudeman]

thank god that green is gone.lol you did a real good job.Did you paint all of the door jams and what not?good work I think some cars look good in flat black with some gloss black decals but if you do stay flat black make sure you paint it again and with a flat black color like maat black do not use just primer.good work!

 

[cruisnhard]

Any more pics of the sides?

 

[Nomad707]

thanks for the comments.. im gunna go take a bunch of pics.. im gunna add another coat and then get a flat black finish paint,