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TuRbOdReAmZ87

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Okay so today i sold my 87 turbo hardtop for $700. My plan was to sell that and take a trip down to Clifton, New Jersey to look at another 87 supra. It was somewhat modded. Anyay The guy couldnt come til like 6pm. So he showed up and we talked about the car and my other one. Turns out he was interested in my other 87 parts car. But he left and i wanted to still go to NJ after this. So my friend picked me up and we headed out. We went to get some food first. So we didnt end up gettin on the highway till like 7 - 7:30ish. Instead of just going straight there my friend wanted to take a bunch of pit stops. So we ended up gettin there around 12:30 - 12:45am. Lovely huh? Well i look at the car. I start it up. It sounded smooth at first, for the first like 10seconds. Then all of a sudden it started running realllly rough. Bogging out n shit. It was idling at like 350-500rpms up and down. Then it would just die. So i took it out for a little ride. As im driving it all of a sudden a shit load of smoke started comin out the exhaust. Like im talkin SHIT LOADS!! Like it was filling the street. I could barely see the cars behind me. Also the headlights wouldnt work. I dont know why. Oh and the battery was shit. Well anyway at this point im quite dissapointed to the performance of the car. It seemed like a deal from the craigslist ad. So if i was gunna buy it, he was gunna take $3200. I talked him down from $4000. So yea i was doing that and so i went back to his house and we pop the hood and i get a flashlight and there's oil comin from the gasket of the hotside of the turbo and the DP. I was thinking oil seal? Also there was a bolt missing. But there wasnt oil coming from that. Just from the other ones. And i couldnt figure out the problem with the idling. Im askin the guy how long it was doing that for. And he's like oh it's never done this before. I ask, how long has it sat for? He tells me 4months. I ask why he stopped driving it. He tells me gas prices and something else. I dont believe him at this point. And the car's running like shit. I was planning on driving the car back to mass. But how the hell am i suppose to drive it like that? lol I'd be pulled over in a second. Not to mention the idling problem. Well after all that. We leave, by this time its like 1 - 1:30am. Well we end up getting lost. Even with the GPS i had. i dont know how but the gps got retarded and would give us weird directions. We were on this freaky highway kinda road in New York. I think it was called Palisades Interstate Pkwy. Anway we're like wtf is this? And we look at the gps and the route home. And its telling us to drive allll the way around the great lakes and back to mass. To get home. We're like wtf?! haha So we change it but still had trouble. Anyway longer story long we ended gettin home around 6am. :( And now here i am still awake. Well if anyone actually read this whole novel, if you have any ideas of the major smoking problem with the car and hte idling issue. Let me know what you think. Well i just thought it was an interesting night. Thought i would share it with everyone on here. :biglaugh:

Sorry bout the novel once again. I had to give details. Well let me know what you guys think. Thanks


Chad
 

suprahero

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$3200.00 for an '87smoking supra with no headlights? That car sounds like it is worth maybe $700.00 tops. Why didn't you just spend $3200.00 in to upgrading your with a rebuilt motor and turbo upgrade?
 

black91turbo

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suprahero;1045650 said:
$3200.00 for an '87smoking supra with no headlights? That car sounds like it is worth maybe $700.00 tops. Why didn't you just spend $3200.00 in to upgrading your with a rebuilt motor and turbo upgrade?


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Pick you poison on the smoking problem....valve stem seals, turbo, etc.. as far as the idle goes, you probably have a serious vacuum leak or the TPS is not aligned properly...just top name a few from the top of my head...
 

TuRbOdReAmZ87

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Jay: Cuz i need a supra that runs good for a daily driver for a while.

Tsuper92: yeahh im all set with that. Im pissed that i made the trip for nothing but the dumbass never told me anything about it smoking or not idling right. :3d_frown:
 
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Filling the road with smoke - LOL, I had a nissan that leaked oil past the valves all night while resting. Start it up in the morning a drive away and 5 mins later it would unleash a cloud that would have people beeping at me.

Palisades...yeah that'll get you lost
 

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TuRbOdReAmZ87;1045662 said:
the dumbass never told me anything about it smoking or not idling right. :3d_frown:

You would have never went and looked at it if he had. He was hoping and praying that it wouldn't start smoking until after you gave him the money.
 

TuRbOdReAmZ87

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^ :biglaugh: yea i know. I should have known once i seen that, that he was a moron.

easternguy2005: Yeah people were beeping and flashing their lights at me haha. I ended up taking the car a bunch of streets away and i did a burnout hhaa. Oh and yeah the Palisades are freaky lol but some sweet drifting roads.

suprahero: Yeah well it was a waste of my time and money. :3d_frown: That pisses me off. The guy just kept apoligising to me. Im like whatever shit happens. But i told him i was dissapointed.
 

drewsh666

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dont feel to bad i was going to buy this 89 targa for 3000 sight un seen and i waited about 3 years and talked the guy down to 500 bucks wich is a good deal cosedering he said it ran but i didnt so ive had it for about 4 months and havent had the time and money to fix it now i have about 5 days to get it running but i dont think that will happen becuase no one has parts for it over here
 

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drewsh666;1045922 said:
dont feel to bad i was going to buy this 89 targa for 3000 sight un seen and i waited about 3 years and talked the guy down to 500 bucks wich is a good deal cosedering he said it ran but i didnt so ive had it for about 4 months and havent had the time and money to fix it now i have about 5 days to get it running but i dont think that will happen becuase no one has parts for it over here

You're in Cali and no one has parts? You're kidding right?
 

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Try getting parts for one in Redneckville Alabama or better yet try getting parts for one in Fargo ND, like DaSoup has to do. Cali should be a freaking MKIII's best chance. There and Florida.