Soon to be on the road again

7M-ERIK · 06-05-2008, 01:24 AM

Hi everybody, new guy here. I've had my '89 Turbo 5spd Targa since last September, and I've had a bit of bad luck with it so far. Back in January I had a bit of a misshap with black ice and slid into a tree and smashed up the front left corner real good. Since then I've been fixing it up myself with help from my uncle.

Need to take more pics, these are just from my cell. Replaced bumper, header panel, hood and fender.

A few weeks ago it was almost done, took it out for a spin, and what do you know my head gasket blows. Cyl 6 was nicely steam cleaned and #1 was on its way. I just put the head back in last weekend, wasn't as bad as people at work were saying it was. Waiting for a new non-bottleneck DP and new radiator hoses before I put the turbo back in.

Mods so far are: 3" budget custom exhaust (my uncle who is a Mercedes tech pieced it together using mild steel and bits from an SLK 55 AMG, works great), 3" DP, SupraSport elbow, big FMIC with 2.5" cheap ebay piping, Tein HR coilovers, ARP studs, TurboXS MBC, Apexi SAFC, Lexus AFM, NGK Iridium plugs and wires, Greddy timing belt all I can think of now

Since I was a kid the MKIII Supra has always sort of been my dream car cause I would always use it in the first Gran Turismo. Some of it so far has been a case of don't meet your heroes but I really hope to get it for the summer because I'm sick of driving my dad's Buick

burton51m · 06-25-2008, 06:35 AM

Looks nice and mean lowered and black like that.

jdgomez · 08-09-2008, 01:58 AM

Looks like you have some pretty bad luck with your supra these days. It looks good anyway. Hope you don't have any more trouble with it in the future!

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87mk111 · 04-02-2009, 02:54 PM

Good luck, I know buicks are only fun for a little while.

7M-ERIK · 04-05-2009, 09:35 PM

Fast forward a year. It's been back on the road since last June/July. It now has a new head gasket, wheels, intercooler, and I have a stage 3 clutch and lightweight flywheel on the way. I now also have real pictures, the whole car needs to be buffed/waxed:

Engine is a bit messy:

Once I finish school next year and I get some money saved up I want to do a 1JZ-GTE swap.

burton51m · 04-16-2009, 04:09 AM

wow! nice job on the car. looks great.

Beals · 07-14-2009, 07:49 AM

Yeah that's a beauty right their. All I gotta do is swap my motor back in and my car will be road worthy, I'll be sure to post some pictures soon. But I have a quick question, with the lexus afm are you using stock injectors? and Is it running rich or actually making quite a bit more power? I was kind of debating buying one for my next upgrade.

Knig6 · 07-27-2009, 12:06 PM

the car looks very great,
hope it runs great to man, cruising like Eazy E
simple and clean= ]

jeneliachrist · 10-02-2009, 07:59 AM

Its sad to hear that a small accident made your car look ugly.But don't worry soon it will be in its previous stage.But your car was really mind blowing.

97SupraTT · 10-02-2009, 05:31 PM

Wow, Looks like you really turned that around. Good Job.

06-25-2008, 06:35 AM	#2
burton51m Lexus & 550's Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 536	Looks nice and mean lowered and black like that. __________________

04-05-2009, 09:35 PM	#5
7M-ERIK Stock Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11	Fast forward a year. It's been back on the road since last June/July. It now has a new head gasket, wheels, intercooler, and I have a stage 3 clutch and lightweight flywheel on the way. I now also have real pictures, the whole car needs to be buffed/waxed: Engine is a bit messy: Once I finish school next year and I get some money saved up I want to do a 1JZ-GTE swap. __________________ '89 Turbo 5spd Targa - 3" exhaust, RT Downpipe, Suprasport elbow, big fmic & pipes, Tein HR coilovers, NGK plugs/wires, Lexus AFM, Apexi SAFC, ARP head studs, TurboXS mbc, removed all A/C garbage, elec. fan, rebuilt CT26, mild port matched turbo hot side

04-16-2009, 04:09 AM	#6
burton51m Lexus & 550's Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 536	wow! nice job on the car. looks great. __________________

10-02-2009, 07:59 AM	#9
jeneliachrist Stock Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: folsom Posts: 24	Its sad to hear that a small accident made your car look ugly.But don't worry soon it will be in its previous stage.But your car was really mind blowing. __________________ Toyota Fortuner 2009 Toyota Performance Chip

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06-05-2008, 01:24 AM	#1
7M-ERIK Stock Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11	Soon to be on the road again Hi everybody, new guy here. I've had my '89 Turbo 5spd Targa since last September, and I've had a bit of bad luck with it so far. Back in January I had a bit of a misshap with black ice and slid into a tree and smashed up the front left corner real good. Since then I've been fixing it up myself with help from my uncle. Need to take more pics, these are just from my cell. Replaced bumper, header panel, hood and fender. A few weeks ago it was almost done, took it out for a spin, and what do you know my head gasket blows. Cyl 6 was nicely steam cleaned and #1 was on its way. I just put the head back in last weekend, wasn't as bad as people at work were saying it was. Waiting for a new non-bottleneck DP and new radiator hoses before I put the turbo back in. Mods so far are: 3" budget custom exhaust (my uncle who is a Mercedes tech pieced it together using mild steel and bits from an SLK 55 AMG, works great), 3" DP, SupraSport elbow, big FMIC with 2.5" cheap ebay piping, Tein HR coilovers, ARP studs, TurboXS MBC, Apexi SAFC, Lexus AFM, NGK Iridium plugs and wires, Greddy timing belt all I can think of now Since I was a kid the MKIII Supra has always sort of been my dream car cause I would always use it in the first Gran Turismo. Some of it so far has been a case of don't meet your heroes but I really hope to get it for the summer because I'm sick of driving my dad's Buick

08-09-2008, 01:58 AM	#3
jdgomez Stock Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New York Posts: 5	Looks like you have some pretty bad luck with your supra these days. It looks good anyway. Hope you don't have any more trouble with it in the future! _____________________ Blog by autopartswarehouse

04-02-2009, 02:54 PM	#4
87mk111 3" Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: akron, ohio Posts: 226	Good luck, I know buicks are only fun for a little while.

07-14-2009, 07:49 AM	#7
Beals Intake Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada, Alberta Posts: 32	Yeah that's a beauty right their. All I gotta do is swap my motor back in and my car will be road worthy, I'll be sure to post some pictures soon. But I have a quick question, with the lexus afm are you using stock injectors? and Is it running rich or actually making quite a bit more power? I was kind of debating buying one for my next upgrade.

07-27-2009, 12:06 PM	#8
Knig6 Stock Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 3	the car looks very great, hope it runs great to man, cruising like Eazy E simple and clean= ]

10-02-2009, 05:31 PM	#10
97SupraTT 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Guam Posts: 56	Wow, Looks like you really turned that around. Good Job.