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'87 supra
12-23-2012, 12:40 PM
Well, I'm bored, so here we go.


First off, I'd like to say, I bought the car back in December, 2010 already swapped, so I don't take credit for doing the swap.

How it was when I first bought it

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/167383_172217339481190_521647_n.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/167383_172217346147856_2689771_n.jpg

Specs:

-1998 Camaro SS LS1 w. T56 6speed (working OBDII port)
-ECU Serviced - removed VATS, two o2's... little stuff
-Granny Speed Shop Subframe
-Granny Speed Shop Transmission Crossmember
-Granny Speed Shop Torque Arm
-Granny Speed Shop Engine Mounts
-Granny Speed Shop Driveshaft
-RPS Stage 3 Clutch
-CYN-R-G Segmented Flywheel
-Wilwood 7/8ths Master Cylinder
-Hinson Super Cars Master Cylinder Adapter
-JTR Long Tube headers
-3" Off road Y Pipe w. V-bands
-3" HKS Hi-Power Cat-back
-G.E.T. Coilovers
- Other little stuff.

The day after I brought it home, I went up to Atlanta to pick up a set of wheels from another member here on the boards. The day after that a friend and I started on getting the fitment right.

Rolling the fenders so I could fit my new wheels

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/166692_172395122796745_5688668_n.jpg


Wheels/specs : WedsSport SA70 17x9+20 18x10+18

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/166692_172395126130078_3173511_n.jpg

Fitment pictures for the fitment whores.

Front fitment was just ok.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/166692_172395116130079_91476_n.jpg

I was pretty happy with the rear fitment.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/166422_172395689463355_4838641_n.jpg

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/379026_10150684818898508_1188865622_n_zpsd739788a. jpg

Basically, It stayed this way, with little changes, for about a year.

Well, after about a year, I got bored of the car, changed a few things up. (most of the work was done in the dark after work, so I don't have many pictures of the work :/ sorry.)

I changed a few things up with the motor, along with the body.

Motor wise, with the help of friends, we did a heads/cam swap.

New motor specs:

Heads: TSP PRC Stage 2.5 Heads
Cam: TSP MS3
Intake manifold: BBK SSI Ported and polished. The mouth was ported to 92mm to accommodate for the throttle body, and the runners were ported to match the ports of the heads
Throttle Body: PTM 92mm

I had to get a custom adapter made as well for the throttle body to work. The throttle body was 4 bolt, and the intake was 3. so i took it to a local machine shop, and had a .5" spacer/adapter made.

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt11_zps7511e84a.jpg

And a pic with the throttle body on.

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt12_zpsbdecc69a.jpg

Engine Bay pic: (messy, its still a work in progress)

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt13_zps7ad504ff.jpg

Well, long story short, The car is finally ready to be tuned, we start tuning it, and fry the 98 pcm, which if you dont have any experience with gm engine control, suck in short.

Instead of buying another 98 pcm, I searched a ls1 forum for a nice 99-02 pcm and decided to re-pin my harness once I find one. After about a month of searching, I found a really nice 2002 pcm, and buy it. So the fun began. (again, no pics, sorry guys) So I started to re-pin my harness, which is about 200 wires. It took me about a month to do, working on it off and on. Now I'm just waiting to buy a couple more things, and put in my rod bolts, twin scroll timing chain, and ported and shimmed ls2 oil pump. Then it will be time to tune, and have back on the road again! I'm hoping to have it out at KMS in march, I wont have everything done to it I'm working on, but at least the motor will be where I want it.

'87 supra
12-23-2012, 01:02 PM
I'm also working on doing some things with the body and suspension.

As far as the body, I'm working on doing a wide body.

Here's a couple pictures of the progress:

The first thing I bought was this origin style rear bumper, i figured i'm going to cut it up anyways, so no point in buying the real thing.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532573_352830881419834_1050345325_n.jpg

Then I traded a re-amemiya style rear diffuser I had for a set of 50mm origin over fenders. The bumper, and over fenders didnt clear each other, like I suspected, so the cutting began.

First cut.

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt21_zpsa1d5c97f.jpg

I dont really have pictures of what I did of the bumper, but i cut the piece of the over fender that drops down straight with the line of the bumper, and then molded the piece of the over fender into the bumper. On a side note, I got rid of my Hi power and Cut and welded the tip of an Isis 4" blast pipe on it to help fill the giant hole for the exhaust that was cut by the PO. still Have to go back, and glass part of what he cut.

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt14_zps5ea7c6a4.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt15_zps1d387acf.jpg

near finished product
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt20_zps7432e9bb.jpg


current pic of the exhaust:

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt19_zpsc6adfcf9.jpg

'87 supra
12-23-2012, 01:21 PM
There went my tune money. project dd coming later. picked up this really clean fc shell recently. This pic was before I washed it. It sat in a field.. for about two years, paint, interior and body are pristine!

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/fc_zpse408edca.jpg

'87 supra
12-23-2012, 01:38 PM
doing the same thing with the side skirts

Cut the skirt where i wanted the rest of the over fender
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt16_zps4655cc38.jpg

Stripped down past the gel coat to the fiberglass
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt17_zps9c4eb674.jpg

first layer of fiberglass, just to hold it in place. re-enforced the back, and smoothed the front
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt18_zps9e078623.jpg

no finished result pics of the skirt yet.

junk in the trunk. (sitting high because i haven't cut my quarter panels yet, so i couldn't let it all the way down off the jack)
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt22_zps12eafb2c.jpg

Traded my stock hood for a shine spec gt hood a few days ago, pretty excited about this considering it was local, and I've been wanting one for a while.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/425698_459434714092783_1237358404_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/406629_459434810759440_708589269_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/399272_459434900759431_442769535_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/380665_459435050759416_236554982_n.jpg

Other shiz.

Ordered my gauges, didnt want to run a quad pillar gauge pod, so made a home depot racing special

on fd's theres a speaker in the center of the dash, I took all of that out, made a base plate, and mounted my "gauge pods" on the plate i made for the hole.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/393135_389138784455710_1977330758_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/487067_390596730976582_499874054_n.jpg
Gauges (in order) are STRI Oil pressure, Oil temp, Coolant temp, and AEM Uego Wideband
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/527590_391067360929519_1865803923_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/553097_400136493355939_1228779254_n.jpg
I threw this one together, I plan on making a much cleaner one

'87 supra
12-23-2012, 01:49 PM
quick video of the first start up. (sorry for the shitty cellphone quality. i have to sacrifice something so i can keep buying car parts, so shitty cellphone it is) sounds like shit since its un-tuned but you get the idea.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPKJeCc6aOU

Hermin
12-24-2012, 12:53 AM
beautiful. I love FDs, the LSx is just +++ haha but i liked it without the kit

'87 supra
12-24-2012, 04:26 PM
A lot of people say that. The wide body is no where near done. Once it's done, I'm pretty sure people will like it better. pulled my brake calipers off today. sending them out to have some gangsta ass shit done to them

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt23_zpsfedb4f3b.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt24_zps56c9dcbd.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt25_zps72941f47.jpg

Also got bored, so I played with my fitment for the new tires

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt26_zps10054c1e.jpg

'87 supra
01-06-2013, 09:44 PM
little more progress from the last week or so...

picked up my new to me oil cooler, still have to figure out where/how i want to mount it.
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/534191_461052547264333_1926931827_n_zps13f26b89.jp g

also put my new knuckles on.

before:
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/15687_461747260528195_207752203_n_zpsc65875a7.jpg

knuckles off...
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/386613_465197826849805_1837670268_n_zps77bfb7ac.jp g

i'll post an after pic tomorrow. still need to get tie rod ends at least though. still better than stock...

basically waiting to get my brakes back before i can do much else to it right now, so i havnt really messed with it a ton. i may make a bash bar soon, but for the most part, i'm at a stand still.

'87 supra
01-07-2013, 04:53 PM
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt27_zpsa3ca65fd.jpg

pic of the new knuckles on as promised. still want to get tie rod ends and spacers. but this will do for now.

SHHHH
01-09-2013, 07:49 PM
I personally thought it looked great when you first bought it and when you added the Wedsports. Once you started tearing into the body you lost me. None the less I bet its a blast to drive :goodjob:

'87 supra
01-09-2013, 08:46 PM
thanks, the wide body is still a work in progress. it'll look pretty nice once its done, it still has a looong ways to go. it wasnt too bad before. the new setup should def. be more fun though!

'87 supra
01-21-2013, 05:29 PM
The car is pretty much at a stand still right now. Just been playing around with the widebody some. Here's a couple pics of the progress. (it still has a long ways to go; also, everything is just taped on, so that's why the lines aren't quite lined up for the most part.)

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt28_zps049cea4f.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt29_zps0aa2b06d.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt30_zpsabaa6cbe.jpg

Hopefully I'll get my brakes back soon, and finish up the motor and get it running. I plan on driving at kms in march, the wide body most likely wont be on it though. I'm shooting to have the wide body at least on by the time IA comes around in april. Like I said though, it has a long ways to go. Still need the other set of side skirts, and front fenders, and to finish the body work, which is getting somewhat close to being done on the passenger's side at least.

'87 supra
02-13-2013, 04:22 PM
Hey guys, i'm still around, I have a few more progress pics to show, and a couple more things for the car. but between the rain, and breaking my collar bone, it's slowed me down a lot. especally since its my left collar bone and i'm left handed -___- i'll try to get pictures of some of the progress some time next week

'87 supra
02-25-2013, 08:40 PM
ok guys, heres a quick update:

Picked up a couple new pieces for the wide body. Finally found a set of Origin front fenders within reasionable driving distance, and they were brand new, so that was a plus. also fabbed up a QUICK bracket so i know how to build my lines for my oil cooler, IE what fittings to use, how much line I need etc... Also got a sexy style tail light cover, which I couldnt be more excited about! We also started to cut my quarter pannels so I can perminantly mount my over fenders.

Just ordered a few parts this afternoon as well:

-Katech rod bolts
-Improved racing oil pan baffle
-Improved racing oil cooler adapter w/thermostat
-TSP Twin scroll timing chain set
-Super now outter tie rod ends
-Pbm tie rod spacers
-Mazdatrix adjustable sway bar end links

As you'll see in some of the pics, I'm still waiting on my brake setup.


Ok, heres a few pics of the progress over the last few weeks

http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt42_zps3db92a52.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt43_zps0140933d.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt31_zps5eaa62d2.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt35_zps54fd8515.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt36_zps8a8ba681.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt37_zps33457129.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt38_zps7aab19b4.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt40_zpsb2fbd9a7.jpg
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt41_zpsae17493e.jpg

Relentless
02-25-2013, 08:45 PM
Gona be sick !

Black R
02-25-2013, 10:00 PM
I like it.

Boosting EG
02-26-2013, 08:42 AM
very NICE

Sammich
02-26-2013, 11:12 AM
i was saying wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf wtf until i got to like the last 3 pics...lord....now i'm anxiously awaiting the finished product

'87 supra
02-26-2013, 06:49 PM
Haha thanks guys, the widebody still has a ways to go, but as far as how many pieces left to get, I still gotta find a roof wing, but thats pretty much it... I might do canards too, idk. then its just a matter of finishing the fiberglass work with the side skirts, and then painting it, and eventually getting wheels. I think I'm going to have to remove the heads again to upgrade my lifters, so I have to pretty much re-do everything I've already done, but I dont want to cut any corners with this car. Picked up a fairly small oil cooler today (stock 2011 chevy 1500 cooler) that I'm going to make my diff cooler. still debating if I want to do a trans cooler for my t56, and if I want to put a small PS cooler on it once I get power steering back in it or not too.

§treet_§peed
02-27-2013, 01:46 PM
Looks good man. I always liked the FD's.

'87 supra
02-28-2013, 07:25 PM
The first of the parts started to come in today. i dont really plan on getting any other parts until next week. might get my timing chain later this week, but still...

improved racing oil pan baffle and thermostatic oil cooler adapter... now i just need to gut the stock thermostat in the fc oil cooler, and then have the an lines made.
http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/ksnew1992/bt44_zpsb03cc5e3.jpg


also found a crash bar i really like... going to base my crash bar off of this one.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/526129_489734091062845_778108013_n.jpg

'87 supra
02-28-2013, 08:01 PM
Woop! Found my diff bushings finally! Been searching for these things for like 6 months now lol... better put them in the car before I lose them again -__-
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559718_490111757691745_1058093906_n.jpg

'87 supra
03-05-2013, 11:51 AM
got a few more parts today!

Katech rod bolts
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/299759_492212434148344_1388291522_n.jpg

Super now tie rod ends
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/522580_492212490815005_1338174332_n.jpg

Mazdatrix adjustable sway bar end links
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/313490_492212547481666_804208463_n.jpg

Just waiting on my twin scroll timing chain to come in, then I can start putting all the bottom end stuff in! Waiting on my tie rod spacers to come in still, but for the most part, I have everything now. Still need to make a summit trip, and get my diff pump to finish my diff cooler, and to get new head gaskets, and head bolts as well.

'87 supra
03-09-2013, 08:04 PM
meh.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/482469_493669207336000_588115100_n.jpg

Sinfix_15
03-09-2013, 09:24 PM
hoping for the best since i love me a v8 rx7..... but some of those body work pictures make me cringe. Waiting to see the finished product.

'87 supra
03-09-2013, 10:57 PM
hoping for the best since i love me a v8 rx7..... but some of those body work pictures make me cringe. Waiting to see the finished product.

haha yeah, i kinda jumped in with little experience as far as fibergalss. i have done all i can to make sure i have a little body filler as possible on the car though. not caking on a ton of bondo or anything. so it should look ok. once you get right on top of it, my inexperience will probably show, but watching from the side at a drift event, it'll look fine ;)

'87 supra
03-12-2013, 09:58 PM
More shiz:
LS7 Lifters
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/388849_495549990481255_224892919_n.jpg
Cometic Head Gaskets
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/157079_495549103814677_353305287_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/577334_495549430481311_368082038_n.jpg
ARP Head Bolts
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/580456_495552593814328_376827562_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/544173_495550200481234_1629702293_n.jpg
LS2 Timing Chain (decided to ditch the double roller due to draw backs caused by it)
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/62738_495550717147849_1949721845_n.jpg

'87 supra
03-20-2013, 07:16 PM
Got that new new. more updates tomorrow. finally got my brake setup back, couldnt be more happy with it so far! well worth the money!

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/576079_498300036872917_517311919_n.jpg

'87 supra
03-21-2013, 06:22 PM
Finished mounting my dual brake caliper setup made by RaceFAB today. just have to run the lines and it'll be ready to test out! (once the car is running)
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/581815_498612006841720_1488562818_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/5783_498612156841705_157080679_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/263776_498644283505159_727294568_n.jpg

'87 supra
03-31-2013, 03:25 PM
Update: pulled the motor today, checked everything out, a lot of things are not how they should be, tearing down to bare block and starting over fresh with all new bearings. so far no plans to upgrade pistons/rods/crank, but that may end up changing. Just kinda have to play it by ear.

'87 supra
05-30-2013, 09:07 AM
Haven't posted on here in a while, so heres a little update. The block, heads, and crank will be ready to be picked up tomorrow. I got the deck re-surfaced, and the walls honed, the heads cleaned up a bit, and re-surfaced, the crank polished a thousandths over. Picking up main and rod bearings, arp main bolts, dimond pistons, a competition clutch plate, and flywheel segments on saturday. Then back to re-assembling the motor. I also picked up a roof wing i did some work to, i'll post pictures of it later today.

'87 supra
06-03-2013, 11:19 AM
Heres a few pics of the oem style roof wing i've been messing with lately. debating doing vortex generators, but cant make up my mind.

the oem roof wing has a tear drop in it to give the rear window squirter on the hatch room. well, my car being a base model chassis didnt have one, so i decided to shave it.

Heres some pictures of the progress

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/414_524251544277766_949386526_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/576641_524251477611106_294395817_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/944304_524251574277763_885731997_n.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/969890_524251560944431_1574661751_n.jpg
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/960180_524251430944444_1935495540_n.jpg
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/426669_524251377611116_44684834_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/419091_524251244277796_34816498_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/945501_524251164277804_1402098932_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580248_524251080944479_1097267187_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/395217_524251054277815_1164311598_n.jpg

Quick cutouts to give myself an idea what it would look like if i decided to make vortex generators
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/601170_524251044277816_241691324_n.jpg
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/580404_524251020944485_120100717_n.jpg

Still undecided if i want to do vortex generators or not. If i build a rear diffuser to go along with it, I think it would look pretty good. But debating if I want to put all of that work into something just for it to eventually get smashed up. Hopefully the rest of my internals get shipped to me sometime this week so we can start putting the motor back together.

whatever210
06-04-2013, 02:25 PM
I Hate....HATE ls1. Other than that its looking good!

'87 supra
06-04-2013, 03:39 PM
I Hate....HATE ls1. Other than that its looking good!

Haha, honestly, I'm not a big fan of them either. It's Just the most cost effective/reliable setup for me. I'd much rather still have a 13brew in it, or even a 2jz over the ls1, but like i said, it just makes more sense for me to have the sbc in it.

'87 supra
08-30-2013, 05:48 PM
Progress has been pretty slow lately. Honestly lost motivation to mess around with it. I'm starting to piddle with it again... started building my headlights, and mounted most of the wide body.

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Rough idea what they'll look like when they're finished.
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Nearly everything is mounted... Still need to attach the side skirt and rear bumper to the over fenders where they meet, and still have to figure out a better way to mount my tail light cover other than double sided tape. Already wanting to change up the side skirts some, and I'm not feeling the front bumper anymore at all. Going to get a version select V2 when the opportunity arises. In the mean time, time to start prepping the car for paint!
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'87 supra
09-04-2013, 05:12 PM
Decided to ditch the green and go battleship gray for now.. I'm sure I'll end up re-painting it some other color shortly after it's running again, but this will do for now. the only pieces I had prepped were my roof wing, and tail light cover... Going to prep my hood for paint this afternoon and spray it tomorrow after work.

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'87 supra
12-13-2013, 08:38 PM
forgot I had a build thread here. lol whoops.
I'll sum up the progress...
painted the car gray. hated it.
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Made a home made soda blaster and cleaned a bunch of internals
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Changed the color
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Made another gauge pod for the rest of the gauges
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'87 supra
12-13-2013, 08:46 PM
Got new wheels
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and started building my motor
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... Put the heads on, went to clay the motor to check the PTV clearence and found out my valves and pistons are playing patty cake, so now I'm waiting on the machine shop to fly cut the pistons.
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... the car is pretty much at a stand still... just chiling in the garage until I get my pistons back.

blcksi
12-13-2013, 10:26 PM
Holy molested 7.

'87 supra
12-13-2013, 11:44 PM
Holy molested 7.
:blah: I said from the beginning I'm not building a show car ;)

YoshiFD3S
12-16-2013, 08:35 AM
From one engine-swapped FD owner to another..

I applaud you for all of this work that you're doing yourself.

:D

You went with a R-E-A-L-L-Y aggressive offset, though! I'm wondering if maybe you should have gone about +10 farther in?

'87 supra
12-16-2013, 09:54 AM
From one engine-swapped FD owner to another..

I applaud you for all of this work that you're doing yourself.

:D

You went with a R-E-A-L-L-Y aggressive offset, though! I'm wondering if maybe you should have gone about +10 farther in?

Thanks dude, It's getting there lol


It's not really that aggressive for the fenders. I have a buddy of mine running a 12-40 rear on the same fenders. I just need to lower the car a little more in the rear. the front should fit pretty good, but I'll need to run a spacer, my inner barrel hits my lca with the modded kuckles. again, not a big deal. they're only 10-3... I have friends who have ran 10.5-15 on a
+25 fender, so I should be fine there as well. Just have to get the motor in the car so I can play with the front fitment.


Dropping off the motor at the machine shop to have the pistons fly cut today :D Hopefully I'll get it back in a week or so.

'87 supra
01-31-2014, 10:02 PM
Still waiting on the thicker head gaskets to come in... In the mean time, I've been passing time by playing with my 945 garage headlight buckets. I made a couple alterations to them. I like it, I think I'm going to roll with it. It's something a little different from what you usually see.
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'87 supra
02-02-2014, 06:32 PM
Got the car out in the driveway and snapped a couple pics of the head light buckets sorta on the car lol.. lowered it a little more too in the rear. Hopefully It'll be going to paint by the end of the month. Maybe I'll have it running before ia... that'd be pretty sweet.
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'87 supra
02-13-2014, 07:01 PM
Ordered a few more parts for the car today. Messed with the head light buckets a little more today too. they're almost ready for paint. just need to peel the plastidip off and fix a couple spots where it's low.

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'87 supra
02-18-2014, 08:25 PM
Diff brace came in yesterday. Got my coilovers in today. pretty happy with everything overall. Can't wait to get the new coilovers on the car.
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I've been under the hood of the poopra the last couple days as well. I think it's finally running right
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WhiteAccord
02-18-2014, 09:35 PM
Pics of poopra?

'87 supra
02-19-2014, 09:54 PM
It's nothing special by any means. just a dd. haven't bought coilovers for it yet so 4x4 status for now... which is kinda nice with the shitty roads around here lol. I want to get a decent set of wheels for it too. Maybe rpf1's or nt03s or something.

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'87 supra
03-02-2014, 06:19 PM
put my tie rod spacers on this evening and lowered the car in the front since I got new coilovers and will have to play with them anyways to get the fitment I want when I get the motor back in it.
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AnthonyF
03-02-2014, 07:30 PM
Congrats on the build. It takes a lot to cut up your on vehicle.

'87 supra
04-16-2014, 12:35 AM
Thanks man. it's coming together slowly.
been off of here for a while. here are some recent pics of things that have happened.

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Still havent actually mounted the headlight buckets, they're just kinda propped up in place, that's why they're not gaped right.
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Decided to make my other gauge pod less ghetto. Still haven't finished it, but here's the progress so far.
First I used expandable foam and shaped it back to the contour of the dash. Then I used spray adhesive and put a piece of fleece down to start the base of the gauge pod.
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Then cut off the excess.
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Applied resin
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started shaping it once dried
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cut out the shape of the gauge pod, and fiberglassed it in.
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Just been shaping it the past day or so, hopefully I'll get it finished on my day off. then time to wrap it, or paint it, still haven't decided which to do.
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'87 supra
06-08-2014, 10:20 PM
Back from the dead. here's some update pictures. enjoy.
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Pretty much sums up every day I try to work on the car.
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got the motor back from the machine shop, assembled it the rest of the way and threw it in the car.
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started actually mounting the headlight covers. Still need to finish prepping them for paint.
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and this is how it sits as of today. Got the headers in, which was kind of a pain in the ass. Had to drop the subframe to get the headers to go in place. Just need to do a bunch of little stuff now and it'll be ready for a tune.
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'87 supra
06-21-2014, 09:48 PM
well, harness is plugged in, ready to go, drained the old gas, double checked the pin out from where I re-pinned the harness, and plugged in the pcm. as long as all goes as planned, I should be starting this turd up for the first time in nearly two years! https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10455836_691070197595899_4771888340190484588_n.jpg

'87 supra
06-28-2014, 09:15 PM
cranked the car up for the first time in over two years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaqEXNwfyWA

5spdfrk
06-28-2014, 09:55 PM
Bet that felt good!

'87 supra
06-28-2014, 11:26 PM
yeah, it felt awesome! there were so many variables that could have been wrong. I was surprised it fired right up!

'87 supra
06-30-2014, 05:54 PM
refinished and started rebuilding my brakes yesterday. Got the fronts rebuilt, then got distracted and went and played disc golf with friends lol.
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also, just for kicks.
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'87 supra
07-02-2014, 07:08 PM
Finished up the abs delete kit that my buddy makes today! There's so much room for activities now!
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'87 supra
07-17-2014, 06:46 PM
The car was stuuuuuupid loud straight piped (go figure) since it's a street car I decided to quieten it up a bit. Pretty happy with the results overall.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTPtBAFcjKg

'87 supra
07-19-2014, 05:26 PM
Ended up deleting the cable hand brake mechanism on the hydro hand brake calipers. I'll still have my cable mechanism on the factory brakes so I can still use the factory hand brake to park the car or whatever. Hopefully they still work fine lol. I don't see why they wouldn't. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
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'87 supra
10-06-2014, 11:43 PM
Back from the dead. I finally got my shit together and got the car running and stopping under it's own power today. Here's a couple of pictures of it out of the driveway for once.
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