San antonio

[S.A. supra]

got pic from jdmsource of my engine. looks pretty good. they said compression was 160 across the board.

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

Sounds good. I bet you can't wait to have it running. I can't wait either.

David, did happen to be your tree or your neighbors?

 

[whitehat89]

Looks nice man!

 

[slopra]

Pics look real good do you get those coilovers with it??? haha I can't wait for you to get that swap goin.

Rufus I definitely want to see your car running. When you've got it legal swing by your brothers and hit me up

Wtf David are you serious?? details, pics? how bad is it? I know of a few good body shops around town lemme know when you wanna fix it

 

[S.A. supra]

Thanks man. I am geeked to finally get this thing going. No, those aren't my coilovers those are pic from jdm source. I still have to wait to get it in.

 

[whitehat89]

Let me know if you could use a hand

 

[san supra]

wasnt as bad as i thought. just some roof scratches. i got lucky.

4 cars in the driveway and it fell in the middle and missed almost all of them

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

That's good news.

Well, we went out for a cruise last night. With my wife and son came with me. Yeah, we do it up illegal style. After cruising around for a bit my wife was asking me what all do I need to do to get it legal and road worthy. She really enjoyed cruising in it last night. I'm hoping by the end of this month, or possibly early next month it'll be on the road. Don't quote me on that. I still need to paint the bumper and mirrors.

 

[S.A. supra]

That's pretty cool rufus. It turned into a Family thing.

 

[S.A. supra]

Let me know if you could use a hand

I live far far away but thanks anyway.

 

[san supra]

Yay no blown timing cover!

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

Good thing it was just your thermostat housing gasket and nothing major.
That's a scary sight seeing that big tree fondling your poor car.

 

[S.A. supra]

That must be a ash tree.

 

[san supra]

im not sure but my friend said its a shit tree that lasts 20 to 30 years.

should i put another gasket in there or rtv?

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

Yeah, it looks like it. They're notorious for doing that. They're short lived trees that grow big fast, but die fast too. The roots on those trees like to spread out and burst plumbing pipes and break slab foundations. If you ever plant one on your property you have to be very considerate of where you're going to place them. Most poeple plant Ash trees and Oak trees close to each other and at the same time. The Ash will take off like a beanstalk while the Oak takes longer to grow. The Ash provides shade much sooner than the Oak. When the Ash starts to deteriorate around 25-30 years and fall apart they get the chop. By that time the Oak tree would be big enough to provide shade and will continue to live another 150+ years. Letting an Ash tree stand longer than 30 years will result in big ass branches falling on your property. They can damage your house and cars.

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should i put another gasket in there or rtv?

I made my own gasket with that felpro gasket material, and rtv. It's holding just fine.

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

Had a little fun out back on the farm roads behind my neighborhood. This was just a little run from 1st to 3rd gear. 20-70mph. It wasn't really going all that fast. More noise and wheelspin than anything else. Short shift to second gear, had to throttle 2nd cause the car was going a little sideways, and granny shifted to third up to 70mph.

[video=youtube;t--m99cxGAw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t--m99cxGAw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/video]

 

[justbeinfrank]

I just bought a an MK3 I'm in North West SA.

 

[Suprapowaz!(2)]

Welcome. Any pics? Where on the NW side?

 

[S.A. supra]

Cool welcome, what you got?

 

[S.A. supra]

Rufus you have another one that lives in your area. I told him to check our thread out. He lives in the patranco 1604 area.