My Sob Story, by: Orion ZyGarian
Well for those wondering, I'm still alive and occasionally around lol. Unfortunately, nothing has changed on my car. It still sits on jackstands in the garage with half the dash either in my room or on the floor of the car, rear interior parts unbolted and scattered in the back, the exhaust in its boxes under the car; the stock intercooler I bought from a friend in the UCF area laying in the engine bay. Its really a sad mess. March 12th was the 5 year anniversery of me owning the car, and I never wouldve thought that I'd have so little done in that time! Basically the only differences are a new hood, switching from EBC to MBC, painted the sawblades flat black, and a MAF-T (gen 1). As of now, the list of stuff that still needs to be done before its even road worthy is:
☼: Drain the half tank of gas from 2006 out of the car; clean out the gas tank.
☼: Replace the power steering rack.
☼: Change the 2006 oil, and the filter which hasnt been changed while the car has been in my posession.
☼: Either get a FFIM, FMIC, and all the piping or put back together my intake system with factory IC. Buy an intake filter (had an HKS pos)
☼: Put the dash back together. Put the gauge cluster and A/C vents back in, wire up a relay to the switch for the e-fans, fix the mess with those wires and the turbo timer on the floor. I dont plan on doing this yet, as the car doesnt have a heater core. I was told by the previous owner that it was bypassed (because it leaked presumably). I'm basically already halfway to taking out the whole dash, so since this is still a long term (rest of my life) car and even though I live in Florida and it doesnt get cold really, Id still
really like to have one as it can be used as a second radiator if the car starts overheating.
☼: Belts havent been touched before, prolly a good idea to replace those.
☼: No idea what condition the O-rings or the injectors are in.
☼: I have no tires for the car right now.
☼: Have to put the front bumper back together. Took about half of it off when I thought you needed to in order to get to the intercooler, which isnt the case.
☼: I had been using the battery for it in my DD Miata for quite a long time, so although it was brand new when I bought the car, its old and might need to be replaced by the time everything is back together.
☼: Make the exhaust for the car. All I have for it is a downpipe, but thats not even on right now..so I'd need to turn the J pipe and muffler I got for christmas into a nice simple turn down/side exit thing
☼: I currently dont have a shifter for the car. My friend just recently finished his 2JZ S14 swap and used an R154, but it didnt come with a shifter. So for whatever reason, I let him "borrow it". It was cut/welded a bit to fit the chassis though, so he just has to buy me one.
☼: I have no idea how old the trans/diff fluids are in the car, though Id much rather change them while I have the chance. I have a pretty broken thrust washer as well, though at least it isnt fubar like my friend's. Also, the brake fluid in the car is absolutely disgusting and needs to be flushed pretty badly.
☼: No registration for it. I still have my Supra GT tag on it, but it hasnt been registered in 4 years or something.
☼: A taillight bulb is out, so that means all of the taillights are out. I resoldered the taillight warning box thing, though I dont think it needed it. The bulb still needs to be replaced. Regardless, I've wanted to convert them to LEDs for quite a while now, so maybe thats next.
This is all the result of buying a modded car; someone else's project. It was ridiculous amounts of fun when I was 15-16, and way more power than I shouldve had, but I was very careful and thus still alive with an intact Supra because of it. It really needs some restomodding; now for the stuff I'd LIKE to do:
☼: Engine rebuild, drill out the #6 coolant passage in the head, fix the capped coolant lines on the block, replace hoses and shit as necessary, etc.
☼: FFIM, nicely sized Treadstone intercooler, MAP conversion.
☼: Standalone EMS, still a toss-up between AEM and MaftPRO.
☼: Oil filter relocation...using an E38 BMW (7 series) cartridge filter setup. Also a nice oil-to-water cooler, and convert the factory oil cooler into a power steering cooler
☼: GT35R or similar turbo, ported factory manifold with ceramic coating and shits
☼: Fuel. A walbro and some 750ccs or some shit, I dont know yet.
☼: LED tails and front corners conversion
☼: New Lancer spoiler..the one like the E36 M3s. It looks real slick and is about the size of the pre89 one. Oh yeah, and those vortex generators too.
Obviously would need some modding
☼: Custom vented hood, a la MkIV Top Secret. Some of you may remember me first mentioning it back in 05 or something when I initially made plans to make it. Nothing has really changed in that regard.
☼: Digital speedo a la Back to the Future
☼: I've been tinkering with the idea of switching to BMW hubs and using both the Ellipsoid 162 style wheels (330i/335i sport package) and the new 1 series 6 pot front calipers and 4 pot rears. Alignments will be easier with those wheels as well.
Here's a bad, lazy photoshop too:
☼: Paint, likely the Ram/Evo 8/9 electric blue pearl
On top of that, in the past year and a half, I've been out of school and most of that out of a job as well. During that time, I got a full time job, lost it for stupid reasons (but on good terms), my mom got diagnosed with breast cancer (shes recovering fine now), had a close family member die in my arms, moved back home from UCF/Orlando, went to the E.R. (a bill that as a poor college student, I am still paying), and a bunch of other random shit. It has certainly set me back, but I'm signed up for community college to get my Gen Eds out of the way, then back to UCF or USF. Its not until I finish college that I'll be able to do anything to the Supra. Such is life though. Hard to believe I'm already 21 too.
