It's just a little turbo

[caliber676]

With two new rear quarter panels put on and a full respray I paid 5k. I bet you could get one for around 3.5k for a decent paint job and rust repair

[leeaspin]

LOL what a joke that last post is....basically Ive been selling all my motor parts and have the shell for sale and was hoping to just get rid of everything. Every day I change my mind about this car and what I wana do with it. There has been a lot of interest in the shell but nobody has handed over the cash and taken it away. Basically what I wana do is strip the remains out of the engine bay and send the car off to get some rust repaired in the rear driver wheel well and give the girl a fresh paint job. For you guys that have resprayed your cars professionally how much did it cost? I'm sure every body shop is a lot different in pricing but I'd like to get it done right. Thinkin about doing a full bushing kit on the car and probly a new suspension setup.

If the car doesnt sell those are my plans for the next few months...but if it sells I guess i'll be ordering a new car straight from godzilla heaven!

This post is absolutely pointless but had to share my sadness with the car looking all depressed sitting on jackstands, collecting dust in the garage!

[leeaspin]

Theirs a great thread about the pt6266, 6466, and 6766 with dyno sheets on all of them and great write ups. Compare those dyno charts with an EFR dyno chart and you wont see much difference. Then look at the cost of the efr compared to the precisions and their is a huge difference. With the price they want for them I'd want to see huge gains.

Caliber....I should have been done this rebuild a long time ago lol I just didnt know what I wanted to do with it. Thought about goin big twins but it was too much work. Didnt know if I wanted to keep my turbo setup and just rebuild the motor and go again with that but then I just decided to go balls deep into the project and totally change everything and make it my own. My goal is to start tuning next spring and hope for 700awhp.

[Willis]

As for the full race manifold, it's only sexy looking if it's had an EFR hanging on it!!!! Precision are some really awesome turbos but they're not EFR badass unfortunately...

I don't know about that man. I was all gung ho for an EFR but I read some bad stuff about the built in BOV and they are making the same or slightly less power than a Presision with hardly any response benefit.

As far as the Full Race manifold, I'm going with a 6boost just so I can run 1 waste gate instead of 2. Plus buying a 6boost is about 2/3 the cost so another win there. A slight weight advantage with Full Race but they are both indestructible manifolds as fas as I can tell.

[caliber676]

Sounds like your in the same boat as me, champagne taste on a beer budget salary. I hope you win the lotto (along with me) to get our cars back on the road, definitely a great build thread you have.

[leeaspin]

If I could afford that ugly ass EFR I would buy one lol.

[NismoS-tune]

The T88 probably won't sell cause it's too "little" and old technology. As for the full race manifold, it's only sexy looking if it's had an EFR hanging on it!!!! Precision are some really awesome turbos but they're not EFR badass unfortunately...

[leeaspin]

Once its finished I will be very glad lol.

Nobody wants to buy my T88 so i'm probably going to mount it on my lawnmower. Going to order a Precision 6766. Read a lot about the 6266, 6466, and 6766 on supra forums and guys are loving them. Probably going to mount it on a full race manifold, maybe a 6boost.

[Willis]

My car was down for 2 years. Got it back on the road a week ago and I couldn't be happier when I'm driving it. Don't sell, you will regret it. When it's all back together and tuned you'll remember why you kept it.

What turbo are you thinking of going with? I'm selling my HKS 2530s and going with a Precision 6266. Good turbo for the money and can make 600+whp on a mildly built engine.

[leeaspin]

I change my mind everyday about this car haha. In its current state its depressing cuz its all torn apart. But the outcome I know will be so worth it in the end. Takes forever but you know at the end you can truely say that its worth the wait.

Still deciding what color I should do my engine bay. Everything is stripped and will start the sanding and primer any day just need some motivation lol.

Weakest build thread ever.

[skreamz]

are you keeping this car now? was kinda thinkin about buying it haha

[leeaspin]

K figured it out....stupid windows.

Anyways heres a couple pics of the motor semi torn down.

look how nasty she is






some new bottom end goodies

[leeaspin]

No pictures since 2011... The hell.

Lol...car looks exact same just engine bay is different. Still cant figureout why I cant get my pictures off my phone onto my computer

[RWD_GTR]

No pictures since 2011... The hell.

[leeaspin]

Been slowly picking away at the car. Motor and transmission are out and torn down. I was hoping for some decent cams but they look stock I still need to buy an engine stand and take my oil pain off and see what crank is in there. Its probably stock crank. I had bought a machined 05U block but then I realized I have an N1 block so i will get that machined instead. So if anybody wants a freshly machined block bored to 87mm let me know lol.

I've taken out the ABS, AC, and the HICAS. Frees up so much room in the engine bay and gets rid of quite a bit of weight. I will be stripping the entire bay in the next few months and painting it. Not sure of the color combos I want to go with yet so I'm waiting until I figure that out.

Seeing as how I have stock cams im going to be buying some much bigger ones and fully build the head aswell. My turbo and manifold are going up for sale so I'm going to get something different. Want something more responsive. The dinosaur T88 is a great turbo but little too much lag for my liking. Great drag turbo tho because your always at high rpms.

Pictures will be coming as soon as my computer stops being a complete pile of junk!