hey everyone, my coworker just gave me a 88 non turbo auto supra. he thinks that the head gasket might be blown. i own a vw R32 and come with alot of knoledge of that , as well as muscle and some honda experience. but that does not help me here any. any suggestions on what i should do. i just want to get it running right now. for work and back. eventually, i want to have either a turbo kit or preferably a jdm supped turbo motor. please feel free to respond, spare the flaming please

what on earth would we flame you for
you haven't given us anything to flame you for...... yet :P

now to your 7mge :)

just get a new stock gasket from toyota & brand new head bolts form toyota or you could spend the money and get arp head studs.... either way should work well ;)
when you torque the head down... ignore toyotas 58ft lbs... torque it to 75ft lbs and you shouldn't blow it again :)
just make sure your block surface is very very clean and send your head off to the reconditioner to get checked for flatness etc
if it all checks out flat an all start slappin it together ;)

i've posted on this forum somewhere :unsure: bout the na/t conversion which is fairly popular or you can just swap in the 7mgte 3.0T motor ;)

if ya wanna know any more feel free to ask :)

thanx for the info, how much $ am i looking at and where do i look

well for arp's you can get them off ebay for bout $80
and head gaskets there are quite a few... hks, cometic, greddy... prices vary...
a few supra websites you can have a look at....

www.suprasport.com
www.mvpmotorsports.com
www.horsepowerfreaks.com

ring your local reconditioners and get quotes for checking the flatness of your head and skim and checking your block.. just make sure they're not backyard reconditioners hehe

oh, i live in south florida, USA :)

thanx so much for all of your help check this web site out for our local videos enjoy

http://www.southfloridaracing.com/forums/f...hp?s=&forumid=9

http://www.vwwhoretex.com/ <this one you have to register, but its worth it ;)

hello everyone, by the way, whats a "arp" ? :blink:

arp is the brand of studs you can buy

ARP... item = head studs
just like hks
you know same diff :)

I am going to buy a compression tester today, what is normal compression?

i believe its 142psi and maximum allowance is 14psi between cylinders
i think if you get 150ish all the way you should be sweet as :D