The story of my Supra....My 2JZA70 supra!

SupraClaou

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Sep 1, 2006
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Bought the car in 2001 from Germany and it was my first car with my name in the registration...and still is.
Never saw one before with my eyes (supras are very rare in Europe),not to mention in Greece where I live you could only see it on magazines :biglaugh:
Didn't know much about this car,only that it was Toyota's top of the line sports car! I liked the body style of the mk3 more than anything else.

The car is a silver metalic, 1991 Supra turbo with a Sport roof & grey interior.
It had 130k kms (80k miles) then,without leather interior.
It was fully loaded with every equipment available for the european market
since it was a euro spec MA70 Supra.

(Power everything....steering,windows,seats,aerial,heated mirrors,central locking,cruise control,automatic A/C,anti-lock brakes,3.7 LSD diff,5 speed manual R154 trans,headlight washers & angle adjustment,front/rear fog lights,
factory CD player,front lip with ducts for the brakes (still have it:sarcasm:).
Only the USDM spec options were missing cause they weren't available for the
European market....like TEMS,Super monitor,heated seats,lighted visors,TDS,
and SRS airbag. All except the airbag were added on my car by me later.

The mk3 was ALL 100% stock except for the AZEV rims....they were on the car .....and still have them. The car was in great condition,very clean!
Since I bought it from a Toyota dealer,they gave me one full year of
warranty on the motor/transmission.I was only the 2nd owner !!
I kept it stock for about 2 years and had a lot of fun with it! Hit 270 km/h
down the autobahn driving in Germany.Not bad for a stock 238 hp mk3 turbo!
After 2 years I added a Blitz turbo timer,clear front corner lights and twin dual
exhaust tips,and a Blitz SS BOV kit.
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It was a clean car....The guy behind my supra is my friend & mechanic and
I am very thankfull of him,cause he's the reason why I know so much about
'sups'.He is a mk2 guy.He is crazy about them,and a Toyota 'freak'..who isn't?

Well between the period of 2003 - 2004 I got in to trouble with rod knocks.Two rebuilds of the 7M were done by 2 foreign machine shops,and 2 rod knocks occured in less than 8 months. Nick, my friend
mechanic couldn't work on my car that time (for personal reasons).
Then,after the trouble with stupid/sh..ty mechanics went to
my friend to deal with the 7M's rods ! .......4 years and never had one
blown (stock) headgasket!!! And I live in a hot country (Greece,Athens city).

During the rebuild of the 7M with a Greddy MHG and ARP head studs/bolts I start buying performance parts from U.S. and Japan....and ended up with:
(It took me 1 year to complete the project...goal was 500 rwhp on pump gas)

ENGINE : Completely stock.Re-built with genuine
Toyota parts.New oil and water pumps,
bearings,rings,gasket kit........etc.
Checked all rods and pistons and balanced
the polished crankshaft along with the
stock flywheel & pulley for more future
engine reving,about 7000-7500 rpms!
Last, the only 2 aftermarket parts: ARP
head bolts-studs, and a Greddy 1.5mm MHG

EXHAUST: 3'turbo elbow,3'custom DP,3'test pipe,
3'Blitz Nur cat-back system, stock exhaust
manifold
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INTAKE : Big IC (core size 700mm x 300mm x 70mm),
Hard pipes (pipe size from turbo to IC 2.25'
and from IC to intake 3',Blitz SSBOV,
K&N FIPK,Greddy oil catch can,Samco rubber
hoses and connections with clamps.

TURBO : GARRETT BALL BEARING TO4, 60-1, P-TRIM
with 0.70 A/R. I measured the cold side
inlet at 66mm, and the hot side outlet
at 66mm.Got it from the U.S. and they told
me that is good for about 600 hp! With max
boost pressure at about 1.8 bar (27 psi)
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FUEL : RC 550cc inectors, Aeromotive FPR and
Walbro HP 255 l/h fuel pump.

ELECTRONICS
: Lexus V8 AFM, Apexi AVC-R, Apexi S-AFC II,
Apexi TT and Blitz TT for more readings...
Trust voltage ragulator, Hyper performance
ground wires.I haven't made any adjustments
with the S-AFC yet cause I don't have a 02
stand alone wideband unit & some more gauges!
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DRIVETRAIN
: Stock R-154 5 speed trans,stock 3.7 LSD with
ACT heavy duty single disc and clutch,SS high
pressure braided clutch line.

The engine bay looked like this:
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The car was untuned and was running rich,but still it felt very powerfull!
I was streetracing from time to time...I was never beaten.
I was very carefull with who I was racing against...xexexe !!

Only thing I was waiting was to tune the 60mm turbo with the S-AFC and boost it to 24 psi...cause I was only pushing 14-15 psi .

Never got the chance...One night fire started in the engine bay while I was driving hard .I did not have a fire extinguisher with me and I was waching my engine bay burning for 2-3 minutes...real fire:icon_mad: I was shocked. I though I will loose my car. After 3-4 minutes I went into action.
Near me there was a back yard with flowers and small trees. I told my friend to come and grab the mud / sand & ground dust from the yard and throw it over the fire...After some minutes of throwing a lot of ground dust and sand
the fire went off.All the plastic parts,coils,wirring,some valves,radiator &
shroud,coolant/vsv hoses were destroyed !
BIG lesson...always have a fire extinguisher! I almost sh..t my pants...

After I bought another mk3 (burgoundy 89 model) for parts,so I can start
the rebuilt of my engine bay the way it was!
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With my engine bay 'renovation'...I decided to add some other parts also.
To improve the 'looks'...performance and handling!

#I will update soon (have more to write and show you guys)

Feel free to make any comments:sarcasm:
 

SupraClaou

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Racer-X;1295877 said:
Love those AZEV A rims! However, you should have cleaned them a little...

:biglaugh:...The picture is about 6 years old. It was made rundomly on the
street. I do clean and wash my car every week...:sarcasm:
 

SupraClaou

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akito;1296139 said:
IS that a stock rear defuser??

No...:nono:
It is a 'Regulus' rear under spoiler....custom hand made since Regulus stopped
making body-parts in late 90's :icon_mad:
But yes...it has a rear black custom made FG diffuser in the middle section!
 
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SupraClaou

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Next on my story...:sarcasm:
Lowered my car with eibach pro kit springs and Tokico IIs for TEMS.
Put new disc brakes allaround and rebuild the calipers.New pads also,and
LIPP (jdm) stainless steel braided high pressure brake lines.

I installed some exterior parts:
# Regulus rear under spoiler
# Bomex side skirts
# Painted the stock front bumper grills black along with the
stock JDM spoiler lip (which has the air vents for the front brakes)
# Added rear carbon covers on the rear lights and middle section,but
still kept the stock rear fog lights.
# Added the US spec side markes and it's moldings .
# Tinted the windows all around 36%
# Installed a 3rd brake light on the top of the rear hatch.
# Clear/lexus style front turn signals (which I've mentioned it before)
# Clear crystal lenses on the front pop-up lights
# 8000k HID lights (xenon) into the pop-up lights
# Aero fiberglass headlight covers with vents
# Rear diffuser

Here are some pics.:
Just to mention,front grills are painted black now.The picture is quite old...
OHHHH...and the rims are super clean !

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The car with these add-ons changed it's appearance and looked 3 times better!
And haven't put on another (aftermarket) bumper :biglaugh:
Also,the car was re-sprayed (painted) with it's original toyota silver colour,code 176.
And the rims were painted in grey (metal) silver colour,and now they shine more!
 
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SupraClaou

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NokaoiMK3;1296486 said:
sweet car man... i defiantly like the blitz nur spec better than that dual exhaust it came with....
:biglaugh:

Blitz > Anything else ....:biglaugh:
The sound,the exhaust note,the quality and the performance is superb
with this 80mm (3.15') exhaust.
 

SupraClaou

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To continue my story......
After I fixed my car and was running ok....I lost compression on 2 cylinders.
Anyway to make a long story short,I sold the 7M-gte with all the aftermarket
parts (turbo,fuel kit,intake,IC) to a guy tha he was willing to start a mk2 7M
project :sarcasm:

After 1 month of searching I found this 200 miles away from my home...
went there and bought it: 2jzgte (aristo 60K miles motor)

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And the mk3 2JZA70 project had just began :biglaugh:

Start buying a lot of Toyota parts & some aftermarket ones for my
JDM 2jzgte engine (checked main bearings,rod bearings...all ok)

NEW TOYOTA PARTS

-7m 90-92 radiator/with red toyota coolant
-7m radiator cap
-7m oil pressure valve (for the gauge cluster)
-7m water valve (for the gauge cluster)
-7m fuse box upper panel/cover

-1jz bellhousing
-1jz oil filter bracket (for the block)
-1jz engine mount brackets

-2jz throttle cable
-2jz PS reservoir
-2jz upper & lower front sump oil pan with buffle
-2jz front pump oil strainer
-2jz oil strainer plug & gasket
-2jz oil dip stick and tube
-2jz coolant and radiator hoses
-2jz front & rear crank seals
-2jz vacuum,pvc,intake hoses
-2jz thermostat
-2jz mechanical water pump
-2jz radiator fun,coupling and pulley
-2jz timing belt and accessories drive belt
-2jz timing belt cover gaskets
-2jz cam covers gaskets
-2jz cam gears seals
-2jz oil filter
-2jz flywheel bolts
-2jz battery terminal (-/+) covers,and info labels for the hood

Drained and filled new differential oil,R-154 transmission oil,brake
fluids,PS fluids,coolant...

PERFORMANCE / AFTERMARKET PARTS

- ACT heavy duty clutch/single disc
- Jun lightweight 1jz flywheel
- MK1 short-throw shifter
- Isotta shift knob
- Walbro 255 HP fuel pump
- Trust 3" downpipe
- Trust voltage regulator
- Trust high performance ground wires
- Titan 3" test-pipe
- Blitz Nur cat-back 3" exhaust
- Blitz DD BOV super sound kit
- Blitz oil filler cap
- Blitz oil cooler & oil filter relocation kit
- Blitz radiator cap 1.3 bar
- Blitz SUS x2 air filters /w custom polished aluminum intake pipe
- Custom polished aluminum intercooler pipes
- Custom big Intercooler 70cm x 30cm x 7cm
(from turbos to IC 3" diameter & from IC to throttle body 3" diameter)
- Custom intake/cold air induction system
- Pro x2 hose adaptors (for coolant temp.valves,for A/C,elec.fan,gauge)
- Samco & Blitz intake & IC hoses along with vacuum hoses
- Heavy duty IC hose T-Bolt clamps
- HKS DLI II twin igniter
- Spal 12" electric push fan (940cfm)
- Greddy oil catch can
- Greddy front strut bar (replica)
- Greddy BCC
- Greddy speed cut defender
- Greddy underdrive pulleys
- Greddy performance oil filter
- Sard low temperature T-stat (160'F)
- Sard magnetic oil pan drain plug
 
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SupraClaou

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Some pictures of the stuff/parts and generaly of the project:

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A friend of mine and Nick (my mechanic) throwing the motor in...I was just
looking....:biglaugh::love::biglaugh:
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And some aftermarket parts!

JUN chrom moly flywheel
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Big IC
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Custom polished twin-intake for twin filters
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Twin Blitz filters
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Blitz SS BOV kit
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GReddy oil catch can
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ACT single disc clutch
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PRO water/coolant adaptor with ports for valves
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Trust voltage regulator
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MK1 short shift & Isotta knob
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IJ.

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I come from a land down under
Sort of reminds me of an old "Greek" joke I heard here ;)

Q: What does a Greek Bride wear?

A: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Something Green, Something Purple, Something Red, something Yellow....... :D

Car's nice just a bit too fussy/shiney/blingy for me. ;)
 

SupraClaou

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IJ.;1297399 said:
Sort of reminds me of an old "Greek" joke I heard here ;)

Q: What does a Greek Bride wear?

A: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Something Green, Something Purple, Something Red, something Yellow....... :D

Car's nice just a bit too fussy/shiney/blingy for me. ;)

Hi IJ ! Greece saluts you.
Never heard of that Greek joke :sarcasm:
And you haven't seen nothing yet.....:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

I think the pictures look to 'fussy' and 'blingy'.....:sarcasm:
Stick to my thread and I will enjoy your time!
 

SupraClaou

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Nick Stonawski;1297986 said:
Badass Mr. Klaountio. :evil2: Gald ur puttin up the build progress. always enjoy these!

Hey Nick....!
Ready to show up the badass CF hood :biglaugh:
I wonder how that hood ended up by my door...and who sent it...:sarcasm::biglaugh:

The 'import tuner magazine' king.... is "da man" :biglaugh: