Become a pimp like richee.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
Finally brought my Supra home! - 6G Celicas Forums
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Correction: Everyone loves the 2JZ-GTE because of the power potential. Those things can be shoe-horned into damn near anything (Deloreans, Mustangs, 240s, Black & Decker blenders, Oral-B electric toothbrush, etc) and still make 1200HP. The JZA80 is just the lucky chassis that got to house it from production. Put a FE in the A80 chassis and no one would bat an eye at it. (over-exaggerating of course)
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 25, 2015 - 9:06 PM
QUOTE (cardshark525 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 12:02 AM) 
>Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Correction: Everyone loves the 2JZ-GTE because of the power potential. Those things can be shoe-horned into damn near anything (Deloreans, Mustangs, 240s, Black & Decker blenders, Oral-B electric toothbrush, etc) and still make 1200HP. The JZA80 is just the lucky chassis that got to house it from production. Put a FE in the A80 chassis and no one would bat an eye at it. (over-exaggerating of course)
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 25, 2015 - 9:06 PM
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
The 2JZ is like the LS of Japanese motors. Stupid power for cheap, and it's reliable. I wouldn't mind a 2JZ Supra or Soarer, that or something converted like a 280Z(X) or 240SX.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components.
The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff.
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You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.
QUOTE (cardshark525 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 12:02 AM)
>Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components.
The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff. >
QUOTE (Jmk91 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 7:45 PM)
>Man I wish I had your job to be able to afford one haha. This 14$ an hour life is rather depressing. Even know I'm only 24 my butt is gonna go back to college and finish up and maybe one day I'll have one.. Or at least I hope lol.
You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
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Well I guess your right. I work roughly 50-60 hours a week. I'm a sterile processing tech at a local hospital. Isn't to bad but it sucks. Having blood/bone chunk fly up onto your scrubs isn't to fun or get a mouth full of nasty bloody water isn't to good tasting either. Has only happened twice now I learned if I'm in the decontamination room don't talk to anyone unless your away from the sink lol. I might check out getting a loan but currently I have to much debt roughly 15k from all my Honda builts and 7k into my 95 Celica gt oh... And my lumbar support bed haha. Damn things amazing only ran a grand! I was thinking about a brz and doing a 2jz swap. I seen on Dr tweaks website its possible and the brz is super sexy and parts are so easy to come by. I couldve gotten a 87 turbo supra for 3k with 70k miles it was rather amazing shape just the window molds where shot. It wasn't fast at all and during test drive I think I ran it to hard... Radiator started smoking and coolant shot out haha. The guy didn't mind he said well time to fix that lol. I'll just keep with my Celica for the time being I plan on never getting rid of it. I can finally say its one car I've owned longer than 6 months. I've went thru at least 30-40 cars in last 3 years from miatas, mx3, integras, Del sols, civics, preludes, and even a Chevy caviler (paid 700$ for an 05 sold it for 1500 or else I wouldn't have owned a Chevy ...) This Celica I got I haven't had the urge to go trading or running the holy hell out of it like I did all my other cars. Next step is hopefully 4th gen 3gste swap from prime once I get enough money saved up only 4k I think Thats rather fair.
QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 9:57 PM)
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Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components. The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff.
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You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.
QUOTE (cardshark525 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 12:02 AM)
>Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.
Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).
Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components.
The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff. >
QUOTE (Jmk91 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 7:45 PM)
>Man I wish I had your job to be able to afford one haha. This 14$ an hour life is rather depressing. Even know I'm only 24 my butt is gonna go back to college and finish up and maybe one day I'll have one.. Or at least I hope lol.
You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.
Well I guess your right. I work roughly 50-60 hours a week. I'm a sterile processing tech at a local hospital. Isn't to bad but it sucks. Having blood/bone chunk fly up onto your scrubs isn't to fun or get a mouth full of nasty bloody water isn't to good tasting either. Has only happened twice now I learned if I'm in the decontamination room don't talk to anyone unless your away from the sink lol. I might check out getting a loan but currently I have to much debt roughly 15k from all my Honda builts and 7k into my 95 Celica gt oh... And my lumbar support bed haha. Damn things amazing only ran a grand! I was thinking about a brz and doing a 2jz swap. I seen on Dr tweaks website its possible and the brz is super sexy and parts are so easy to come by. I couldve gotten a 87 turbo supra for 3k with 70k miles it was rather amazing shape just the window molds where shot. It wasn't fast at all and during test drive I think I ran it to hard... Radiator started smoking and coolant shot out haha. The guy didn't mind he said well time to fix that lol. I'll just keep with my Celica for the time being I plan on never getting rid of it. I can finally say its one car I've owned longer than 6 months. I've went thru at least 30-40 cars in last 3 years from miatas, mx3, integras, Del sols, civics, preludes, and even a Chevy caviler (paid 700$ for an 05 sold it for 1500 or else I wouldn't have owned a Chevy ...) This Celica I got I haven't had the urge to go trading or running the holy hell out of it like I did all my other cars. Next step is hopefully 4th gen 3gste swap from prime once I get enough money saved up only 4k I think Thats rather fair.
Just get a SC300, same car for a third of the price. 
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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I financed mine with $0 down and a 4.3% interest rate. Kinda regret it, but eh. What can I do now but enjoy it. My NA 2JZ was knocking and the seller was trying to hide it by running a heavier weight oil. Oh well.
And yeah, SC300 is definitely a great, cheaper alternative. You can find a few cleanly swapped ones for around the $6K mark. Another option would be the 2nd gen GS300. Same thing, but 4-door swag. You can find a few swapped ones around $8K and I've seen some legit Aristos for about $12K
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 26, 2015 - 7:51 AM
QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 25, 2015 - 9:57 PM)
>You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.
I financed mine with $0 down and a 4.3% interest rate. Kinda regret it, but eh. What can I do now but enjoy it. My NA 2JZ was knocking and the seller was trying to hide it by running a heavier weight oil. Oh well.
And yeah, SC300 is definitely a great, cheaper alternative. You can find a few cleanly swapped ones for around the $6K mark. Another option would be the 2nd gen GS300. Same thing, but 4-door swag. You can find a few swapped ones around $8K and I've seen some legit Aristos for about $12K
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 26, 2015 - 7:51 AM
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
Nothing much to update, but I can't call it stock anymore. Mr. NgoFcukinWay sent me a spare go-fast part, so now I have an RMM downpipe. Sounds better than it did before! It's starting to sound more like a proper 2JZ instead of some generic muffled engine noise. Doesn't really feel any faster but it definitely sounds better. Then I scored a $7 steering wheel from the junkyard last week so I pulled out the 7th gen GT-S auto steering wheel in favor of this one. No more e-shift buttons. I was going to make them work as volume control, but meh.
Then I'm whoring some mediocre pictures, just because.
Then I'm whoring some mediocre pictures, just because.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
You need some black carpet and seats in your life.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
You want to buy a spare body and engine? We've had one at the shop for almost 18 months and this guy just can't get his ****ing money together for the turbos it needs and we're getting sick of it taking up space.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
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Really how much?
QUOTE (Bitter @ May 22, 2015 - 8:18 PM)
>You want to buy a spare body and engine? We've had one at the shop for almost 18 months and this guy just can't get his ****ing money together for the turbos it needs and we're getting sick of it taking up space.
Really how much?
JDM Part King
Well I have no idea, I'd need to ask him what he'd want to sell it for. It's parked on the corner rack with no engine or trans in it or hood on it. All the parts are in the car. There's a JDM 2JZ with no turbos, 2 JDM turbos of questionable quality, two trashed USDM turbos to be used as cores with this place https://www.speedforsale.com/supraparts/spe...rwhp-p-553.html because the owner wants to keep it all stock as possible. It's an automatic, red, with some body kit and some axle back exhaust, some ugly wheels and crap for tires. It's got around 200K miles or 220K miles on it, all from the original owner. The USDM engine is no good, there's damage inside the block and I wouldn't trust it. It went kaput once, he had it 'rebuilt' and within 5K miles it tossed a rod bearing pretty hard, there's no hole in the block but there's a lot of dents inside where things whirled around.
I'd value it as it sits now the whole package around $7,500(???)just because of Supra tax and the spare engine/head. I'm shooting from outer space though, I have no idea what these things are worth when it's a situation like this. It's a project for sure! Also a free drivers side front fender because I backed a big pickup truck that was missing a mirror into it in the parking lot while it was sitting here, new from Toyota primed and ready to paint. I ate that ****up myself.
I'd value it as it sits now the whole package around $7,500(???)just because of Supra tax and the spare engine/head. I'm shooting from outer space though, I have no idea what these things are worth when it's a situation like this. It's a project for sure! Also a free drivers side front fender because I backed a big pickup truck that was missing a mirror into it in the parking lot while it was sitting here, new from Toyota primed and ready to paint. I ate that ****up myself.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
$7,500? Try $12,000 for a shell. 
I'd definitely be interested though.
I'd definitely be interested though.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
Alright, next time he's in with another excuse I'll bring it up into the mix. If he's interested I'll try to figure out a time for you to come see it and pass your information onto him.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
$7 for that steering wheel? Hell of a deal.
we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.
Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol
we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.
Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
Next month? I saw ur name down for the 6gc midwest meet. Be there or banned. Lol
And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?
And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?
*1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS*1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser*2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun.
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I want a black interior, but monies.
I'll get it to BPU before I start worrying about the tan interior. I still need to finish remodeling my house, get hitched, take a vacation, pour concrete in half of my garage, and find a different job before swapping the interior. I went to a couple of car shows last night and all of my local car friends seem to REALLY enjoy the new exhaust note.
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I'm still on the fence for the meet. It could go either way. I was just messing around with the camera. Not really trying to get any great shots, just trying to learn how to use the camera and take better pictures with it. Those three didn't turn out too bad, except now I know that I have some residual wax on my front emblem.
QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ May 23, 2015 - 12:28 AM)
>$7 for that steering wheel? Hell of a deal.
we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.
Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol
we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.
Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol
I want a black interior, but monies.
I'll get it to BPU before I start worrying about the tan interior. I still need to finish remodeling my house, get hitched, take a vacation, pour concrete in half of my garage, and find a different job before swapping the interior. I went to a couple of car shows last night and all of my local car friends seem to REALLY enjoy the new exhaust note. >
QUOTE (cheela @ May 23, 2015 - 8:07 AM)
>Next month? I saw ur name down for the 6gc midwest meet. Be there or banned. Lol
And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?
And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?
I'm still on the fence for the meet. It could go either way. I was just messing around with the camera. Not really trying to get any great shots, just trying to learn how to use the camera and take better pictures with it. Those three didn't turn out too bad, except now I know that I have some residual wax on my front emblem.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
First comment was for Mr. Red Supra.
Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.
hahaha.
Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.
hahaha.
*1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS*1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser*2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun.
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I'm actually planning to try to see Mr. Green get hitched to Mrs. Green-to-be.
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: May 24, 2015 - 4:30 PM
QUOTE (cheela @ May 23, 2015 - 8:27 PM)
>First comment was for Mr. Red Supra.
Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.
hahaha.
Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.
hahaha.
I'm actually planning to try to see Mr. Green get hitched to Mrs. Green-to-be.
This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: May 24, 2015 - 4:30 PM
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
aaannnnddd.....i just bought my ticket.....
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
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Where are you flying into? Need a ride? I'll see if I can meet you at the airport.
QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ May 26, 2015 - 11:16 PM)
>aaannnnddd.....i just bought my ticket.....
Where are you flying into? Need a ride? I'll see if I can meet you at the airport.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
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St. Louis. I have a rental car set up at the moment.
QUOTE (richee3 @ May 27, 2015 - 12:30 AM)
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Where are you flying into? Need a ride? I'll see if I can meet you at the airport.
QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ May 26, 2015 - 11:16 PM)
>aaannnnddd.....i just bought my ticket.....
Where are you flying into? Need a ride? I'll see if I can meet you at the airport.
St. Louis. I have a rental car set up at the moment.
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
Bit of an update. I don't guess I can really call the car stock anymore. I've had an intake and downpipe on for a little while but over the last few weeks I've gotten a bit more done. Started with a boost gauge and manual boost controller. For whatever reason, Toyota felt that it was best that these cars did not come with a factory boost gauge. Instead, they offer you a clock in a perfect circle that just so happens to be 52 mm.... Or the same size as most boost gauges. Potato quality pictures but you get the idea.
I'm still playing with the mbc and trying to get it set at 14.5 lbs. I hit boost cut at 14.7 so I want to give myself a little room to play with. It seems like no matter how many times I try, I'm either at wastegate pressure of 11.7 psi or else I hit boost cut in third gear. Still gotta play with that some more and find the sweet spot.
Regardless, the increase of a couple psi was highly addictive, so Mr. Ngo got me hooked up with an HKS Super Drager exhaust. It's comically gigantic but damn it sounds good! And it's not loud at all, which is a major plus for me since I can't stand loud exhaust.
That was too much chrome for me and attracted way too much attention so I painted the body of the muffler black to somewhat hide it underneath the car. Had to leave the gigantic tip chrome because it sticks so far out. Getting the turbo back exhaust finished up really woke the car up. I used to tell people it wasn't a 0-60 car and that fourth gear is where the fun began. I definitely can't stay that anymore. This thing is starting to haul ass!
I finally took the time last weekend to tackle another project that has been bothering me. The brake calipers look like complete crap and give the car's age away. Nothing some Duplicolor caliper paint can't fix.
Still have to get rid of the horribly destroyed chrome wheels but that's a project for next year. When Alex shipped the exhaust up here, he also hooked me up with a Greddy boost cut defender. That will let me turn the boost up past 1 bar (14.7 psi) without hitting boost cut. I haven't gotten it hooked up yet since I am still having some difficulty getting my mbc set just right. No need to destroy my cute little baby turbos because of a minor oversight with a manual boost controller.
Get that hooked up, turn the boost up to 18 psi, and get new spark plugs and I should be around 400-450 whp. Which will be fun, but time to park it. I'm already making it way too thirsty.
I'm still playing with the mbc and trying to get it set at 14.5 lbs. I hit boost cut at 14.7 so I want to give myself a little room to play with. It seems like no matter how many times I try, I'm either at wastegate pressure of 11.7 psi or else I hit boost cut in third gear. Still gotta play with that some more and find the sweet spot.
Regardless, the increase of a couple psi was highly addictive, so Mr. Ngo got me hooked up with an HKS Super Drager exhaust. It's comically gigantic but damn it sounds good! And it's not loud at all, which is a major plus for me since I can't stand loud exhaust.
That was too much chrome for me and attracted way too much attention so I painted the body of the muffler black to somewhat hide it underneath the car. Had to leave the gigantic tip chrome because it sticks so far out. Getting the turbo back exhaust finished up really woke the car up. I used to tell people it wasn't a 0-60 car and that fourth gear is where the fun began. I definitely can't stay that anymore. This thing is starting to haul ass!
I finally took the time last weekend to tackle another project that has been bothering me. The brake calipers look like complete crap and give the car's age away. Nothing some Duplicolor caliper paint can't fix.
Still have to get rid of the horribly destroyed chrome wheels but that's a project for next year. When Alex shipped the exhaust up here, he also hooked me up with a Greddy boost cut defender. That will let me turn the boost up past 1 bar (14.7 psi) without hitting boost cut. I haven't gotten it hooked up yet since I am still having some difficulty getting my mbc set just right. No need to destroy my cute little baby turbos because of a minor oversight with a manual boost controller.
Get that hooked up, turn the boost up to 18 psi, and get new spark plugs and I should be around 400-450 whp. Which will be fun, but time to park it. I'm already making it way too thirsty.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
Looks good man!
JDM Part King
There's a place down south that'll take your stock turbo's as core and ship out some upgraded turbos that'll bolt right back in that are good to support around 600whp with the same or a little less lag than stock in sequential.
https://www.speedforsale.com/supraparts/spe...rwhp-p-553.html
That's them. For when the stockers take a ****.
https://www.speedforsale.com/supraparts/spe...rwhp-p-553.html
That's them. For when the stockers take a ****.
2000 Celica GTS 'slowest gts evar'1998 Mazda 626 FS-DE/CD4-E
I'm torn between the upgraded twins and a PTE 6266 for when the twins die. The single turbo opens up so much room in the engine bay, but at the same time I love the sequential setup and virtually no lag whatsoever.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
Haha, 52mm clock insert.... love it when companies plan ahead for you
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I think you should deal with those beautiful but super curb rashed wheels first.
QUOTE (richee3 @ Sep 10, 2015 - 9:23 PM)
>I'm torn between the upgraded twins and a PTE 6266 for when the twins die. The single turbo opens up so much room in the engine bay, but at the same time I love the sequential setup and virtually no lag whatsoever.
I think you should deal with those beautiful but super curb rashed wheels first.
Brand new 6gc owner! (sort of 2011)The world is moving around a sun, the sun moves around a local arm of the galaxy, the local arm of the galaxy moves around a gigantic black hole.
I say stay with the sequential setup if you're keeping it to the streets and autocross. Really the only time I can see going to a single turbo being a benefit is for big power you'd only use at the drag strip.
2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Beautiful? They weren't a fantastic design when they were new and that was BEFORE the previous owners got them. I'm getting new wheels when these tires are gone but there's no need to let a brand new set of tires go to waste.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NLU3QoUTKDA
One of the many reasons I'd love to keep sequential twins. That's way more power than I'll ever need and no lag. Just have to compare the cost of both setups. The 6266 isn't exactly laggy and supports more power than I can use. Hopefully I'm a few years away from needing to upgrade.
QUOTE (HaysoosKreesto @ Sep 11, 2015 - 1:45 AM)
>I think you should deal with those beautiful but super curb rashed wheels first.
Beautiful? They weren't a fantastic design when they were new and that was BEFORE the previous owners got them. I'm getting new wheels when these tires are gone but there's no need to let a brand new set of tires go to waste.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NLU3QoUTKDA
One of the many reasons I'd love to keep sequential twins. That's way more power than I'll ever need and no lag. Just have to compare the cost of both setups. The 6266 isn't exactly laggy and supports more power than I can use. Hopefully I'm a few years away from needing to upgrade.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.