88 Supra.. new to me, and Im new to the forums!

Grandavi · 08-19-2008, 09:49 PM

Just thought I would introduce myself. I just purchased a 88 Supra. Been looking for one of these since about... umm... 1988.. lol. Finally found the one I liked and bought it for 6k CDN. No idea if it was worth it, but im older now, so its "my toy". Have had many celicas and corollas in the past and just finished getting rid of my 2000 Accord (really didnt like that car).

Here's some pics:

- Has a nice soundsystem, but comes with a subwoofer that takes up most of the back area... Im not a fan of blowing my eardrums out.. so that will be first thing to go... (my kids arent happy about that.. but... Im not 18 anymore)

- also came with the stock rims.. which I will have to restore somehow... but new winter rims. I wanted to go stock.. but my kids wont let me. The Rims are MSR btw.. couldnt tell from the center cap until I accidentally ran across some on the web.

- the previous owner bought this at 14 years old and worked "free" at an autobody shop to restore it. Then he blew 2 engines and this one has new one and new turbo in it with about 3k miles on both. (I have all documents from repairs so I did a little research). Only rust spot is on driver side right in front of tire.. just a silver dollar size spot.. first thing to fix!

I will probably become a fairly active member here as I have always wanted one of these, and now that I have it, I want to take care of it properly. Been reading all the massive amount of information regarding care, conversion and maintenance info and you guys rock!

Just a quick question... I havent been able to find this out, but for the turbo in this type of car, is there a min octane rating and are there any maintenance duties I need to know about to keep the turbo from folding?

Also, maybe wrong area for this, but the air conditioning system on 88's... is there a freon issue? Will I need to rebuild it for todays coolants?

Will talk to you all lots!

oh yeah.. I'll let you guys know what the appraisal comes out at. I may have overpaid.. but who cares! Took me 7 months of hunting to find a left hand drive supra that didnt need me to do a frame up restoration... they dont live well in Canadian climate apparently..

jonjay · 08-20-2008, 05:20 PM

To all that are thinking about purchasing any supra engine 1jz gte, 2jz gte or anything as such. i highly recommand that you do not buy off these guys. Mike and Asa have no knowledge about what they are selling. i purchased a 1jz gte from them and it was not from a supra. it came from a "CHASER" it will not fit my MK III but they claim it will. not to mention that the purduct has damage to it. my oil pan has a gaint dent on it. when i ask if they will send me a new one they gave me the run around for three weeks. then when talking to Miike about who going to pay for shipping he gets upset saying he wont pay for shipping and hangs up on me. i just lost $1000. if you seen JAPAN POWER ON E BAY stay away. they are there to TAKE YOUR MONEY!!!!! i just hope that they will not RIP any more supra owners. do your RESEARCH before buying anything.

Grandavi · 08-20-2008, 07:52 PM

jonjay.. thanks for the warning.. but I think its wrong area. Plus..if your gonna copy/paste a post like that.. maybe rewrite it and proof read it. Lends validity to a post if you can get some of the spelling errors out and not make us guess up to the end as to who you are talking about.. my 2 cents.

cme_drft · 08-21-2008, 06:16 PM

Thats a real nice color for the supra. Im jealous.

Grandavi · 08-22-2008, 05:10 PM

Yeah, I gotta give the previous owner credit. For a 14 year old (think he's 21 now, I only dealth with his Dad), he did a really good job. Hoping he didn't beat it up too badly that I find things down the road because I'm lazier now.. but if its gotta get fixed, it gets improved, so Im not too worried. My wife still thinks I'm nuts.. but is happy to go along with me having my Supra finally (wanted a 85.5 but couldn't find a decent one).

Im happy with this.

08-19-2008, 09:49 PM	#1
Grandavi walbro fp Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 410	88 Supra.. new to me, and Im new to the forums! Just thought I would introduce myself. I just purchased a 88 Supra. Been looking for one of these since about... umm... 1988.. lol. Finally found the one I liked and bought it for 6k CDN. No idea if it was worth it, but im older now, so its "my toy". Have had many celicas and corollas in the past and just finished getting rid of my 2000 Accord (really didnt like that car). Here's some pics: - Has a nice soundsystem, but comes with a subwoofer that takes up most of the back area... Im not a fan of blowing my eardrums out.. so that will be first thing to go... (my kids arent happy about that.. but... Im not 18 anymore) - also came with the stock rims.. which I will have to restore somehow... but new winter rims. I wanted to go stock.. but my kids wont let me. The Rims are MSR btw.. couldnt tell from the center cap until I accidentally ran across some on the web. - the previous owner bought this at 14 years old and worked "free" at an autobody shop to restore it. Then he blew 2 engines and this one has new one and new turbo in it with about 3k miles on both. (I have all documents from repairs so I did a little research). Only rust spot is on driver side right in front of tire.. just a silver dollar size spot.. first thing to fix! I will probably become a fairly active member here as I have always wanted one of these, and now that I have it, I want to take care of it properly. Been reading all the massive amount of information regarding care, conversion and maintenance info and you guys rock! Just a quick question... I havent been able to find this out, but for the turbo in this type of car, is there a min octane rating and are there any maintenance duties I need to know about to keep the turbo from folding? Also, maybe wrong area for this, but the air conditioning system on 88's... is there a freon issue? Will I need to rebuild it for todays coolants? Will talk to you all lots! oh yeah.. I'll let you guys know what the appraisal comes out at. I may have overpaid.. but who cares! Took me 7 months of hunting to find a left hand drive supra that didnt need me to do a frame up restoration... they dont live well in Canadian climate apparently.. Last edited by Grandavi; 08-29-2008 at 05:19 AM.

08-20-2008, 05:20 PM	#2
jonjay Stock Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: los angeles Posts: 5 Blog Entries: 1	Poor Service Japan Power Inc To all that are thinking about purchasing any supra engine 1jz gte, 2jz gte or anything as such. i highly recommand that you do not buy off these guys. Mike and Asa have no knowledge about what they are selling. i purchased a 1jz gte from them and it was not from a supra. it came from a "CHASER" it will not fit my MK III but they claim it will. not to mention that the purduct has damage to it. my oil pan has a gaint dent on it. when i ask if they will send me a new one they gave me the run around for three weeks. then when talking to Miike about who going to pay for shipping he gets upset saying he wont pay for shipping and hangs up on me. i just lost $1000. if you seen JAPAN POWER ON E BAY stay away. they are there to TAKE YOUR MONEY!!!!! i just hope that they will not RIP any more supra owners. do your RESEARCH before buying anything.

08-21-2008, 06:16 PM	#4
cme_drft Stock Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 9	Thats a real nice color for the supra. Im jealous. __________________ 87 N/A R154 94 BMW 325i 4 SaLe 84 L-type RIP 08 Jetta Wolfsburg

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08-20-2008, 07:52 PM	#3
Grandavi walbro fp Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 410	jonjay.. thanks for the warning.. but I think its wrong area. Plus..if your gonna copy/paste a post like that.. maybe rewrite it and proof read it. Lends validity to a post if you can get some of the spelling errors out and not make us guess up to the end as to who you are talking about.. my 2 cents.

08-22-2008, 05:10 PM	#5
Grandavi walbro fp Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 410	Yeah, I gotta give the previous owner credit. For a 14 year old (think he's 21 now, I only dealth with his Dad), he did a really good job. Hoping he didn't beat it up too badly that I find things down the road because I'm lazier now.. but if its gotta get fixed, it gets improved, so Im not too worried. My wife still thinks I'm nuts.. but is happy to go along with me having my Supra finally (wanted a 85.5 but couldn't find a decent one). Im happy with this.