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

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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