Things I don't like about Supras

BosoMKII

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Ok, we are all Supra fans here. Toyota enthusiasts. We are all fans of I-6 motors right? I am, just so you know I am not trying to start anything.

However, why the heck did Toyota not put service door for the fuel pump? Maybe I am a dolt and could not see the obvious way to get the fuel pump out without dropping the whole frelling tank. But thats what I did. What a PITA. :biglaugh:

Other than that nothing really. I was laughing at THREE throttle cables and associated brackets.

Anyone else? Guys with Supras that actually run?
 
shaeff

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you could alwasy make a service door, like Jimi87-t. :)

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  • front passenger side control arm bolt
  • head torque value flaw
  • center ds bearing that seems to wear out every 60000miles on the dot
thats all i can think of right now.
 
Nick M

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The airflow meter should have been a mass air flow sensor, instead of a volume air flow meter. Like all their new cars have. If they were conscerned of a debacle like GM had, just buy it from Hitachi like Ford did.

Aluminum block to lower weight, but it would have cost more. And yes, full electronic control of the transmission, not half and half.
 
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Well the car was designed in the 80's, the technology wasn't up to par with what we're used to these days. And it's only 3 cables on the automatics, 2 cables for 5spds :)
 
BosoMKII

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I was looking at the AFM. Looks more like a mouse trap than an air flow sensor with that goofy trap door thing.
I am busy cleaning up the engine and striping it down to the minimum it needs to run well. One throttle cable will remain!
Dist bearing? I will be sure to replace that as I go over the engine replacing gaskets and other wear items.
 
lagged

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BosoMKII said:
I was looking at the AFM. Looks more like a mouse trap than an air flow sensor with that goofy trap door thing.
I am busy cleaning up the engine and striping it down to the minimum it needs to run well. One throttle cable will remain!
Dist bearing? I will be sure to replace that as I go over the engine replacing gaskets and other wear items.
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youre using an NA afm you dont count. :)
 
BosoMKII

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Oh yeah I see in that photo the N/A AFM looks different. Eh, no reason for me to mess with it, unless signifigant HP gains are to be had by switching to something else?
 
TONY!

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I really love the MKIII, and not just saying that because it is cool to say it in front of other enthusiasts. Very sporty, targa top feature, all the options/loaded, very roomy (you could even sleep in it if you had to)...the perfect vacation mobile or tourer.

Things I hate about it...or things that I hate about Toyota:

As lagged mentioned, they really should have torqued the head bolts a bit more.
When they realized it was a problem that they did not torque them enough, they should have made a recall just to retorque them 20 more ft/lbs.
I just think that upon finding out that they made a big mistake, they should have looked out for their buyers! Instead, they said F them and did not fess up to it.

Gas consumption is a big deal too. For a 3.0 liter, it consumes more gas than a 6.6 liter Vette of today.
Even back in '89, a 5.7 Liter IROC Z had slightly better gas mileage--much to my surprise!
I thought for sure that the number of cylinders, displacement, weight, aerodynamics would be the just about the only factors in gas mileage.
I would think that the IROC and the Supra have very similar weights as well as aerodynamics, and that the biggest differences would be the displacement and number of cylinders.
I thought wrong.
The IROC Z 5.7 liter gets slightly better gas mileage than the MKIII.
What a real disappointment that is!
According to this site (that mrnickleye posted for me), that is what they state:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/comp...e=Chevrolet&model=Camaro&hiddenField=Findacar
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/compx2005f.jsp?year=1989&make=Toyota&model=Supra&hiddenField=Findacar
Referred to from this post:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9505&highlight=tony

One thing that no one has ever mentioned:
I always thought that the steering wheel blocked the instrument panel.
The top of the wheel was right smack in the middle of my view of the tach and speedo.
Does anyone else have that issue?
I am 5'11" if that is at all relevant, but I would think that my height would be what they should have made the car for, since I am the average height.
 
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