my idle was always smooth... throttle response seems crisper now

 

Worth the money?

 

for the peace of mind.. yeah.

 

Its ok... we all buy things for the butt dyno.

 

Damn, I miss the 8. She let me drive it the other day.

 

hey is anyone selling spare rims? or anyone know where i can get really cheap tires? im in need i went from bald to "slicks" and now i got some metal peaking out. Caldrons is 60 or 100 used. (i went to 2 different locations today) so yea anyone know where i can seriously get hooked up? having money problems so im trying to find the cheapest possible before i borrow money from family and friends. thanks

 

thats gonna pop soon...

 

you can always buy used tires for a temporary solution

 

+1 for used tires if you're in a pinch for money.

 

Well found two decent ones for 120 better than the ones I had. Just in time for the rain week to I hella spun out 2 weeks ago on 680.

 

talking about tires i need some soon too... im running on t1r slicks right now and hydroplaning like a maniac! might look into the invos

 

same im gonna get invos when my escata spt wears out

 

i'm staying away from you guys til you get tires. I want my tires to die just so that i can get a new set.

Matt, my corner has water in it again! lol...

 

LOL but i think i might just swap back to stock until i get my invos in... damn its going to be raining this whole week

 

once a corner starts leaking it will always leak.. just buy new ones you cheap bastard

 

Anyone in Bay Area has Metra Axxess USB-CAB for updating Metra radio replacement kit?

May I borrow or rent it?
I'm soooooo annoyed by the clock issue.

If non of us have any, does anyone want to use it?
I might one and then we could share it.

 

I am now the proud owner of a 1983 toyota supra, that I am going to daily drive

 

pics!!!


btw, how's everybody doin'? got a couple of months left out here in the "dusties" and I should be heading back to the bay... can't wait to drive my 8 again =)

 

Bah. Removing the ECU cover is a pain in the ***. Any advice for getting the 2 plastic clips off the case so i can pop the cover off to install my parking lights? I did the drivers side but couldn't get at the passengers so now it looks like my 8 has a black eye or something. Ones nice and white, the other light is ugly incandescent yellow

 

Dj! Where have you been.

Grats on the car Zach!

 

what i did to get mine off was using a flat head or a needle nose. those are the only way i can think of.

 

hahahaha, no pics yet, but I promise, after my grinding, bondo, primer session this weekend I will take some.

DJ, its really good to hear from you, havent heard from you in quite some time. Get home safe. We'll have a big turn out for your first meet back in the states.

About the supra...

the body is a bit rough/rusty, mostly around the hatch, which is typical for MKII supras, but definitely fixable, or atleast patchable so the hatch wont leak. Few surface rust area's here and there but nothing major.

The best part about it is the mileage, the car basically sat outside with a car cover on it for a number of years, it has 92K original miles, the interior is proof, the dash is clean, not warped or cracked, the driver and passenger seats still feel like new, with almost no wear and no rips or tears, there is one very small tear in the rear driver side seat but it must have been from something that got set on the seat because the seat is not worn at all.

I need to get some floor mats as the floor carpet on the driver side is pretty worn, which is typical on these cars.

Needs some stuff, windshield is cracked on the passenger side, clean the engine area up, mostly dusty/dirty no grease or oil, needs new belts, windshield wipers, Might need new U joints or a new central bearing, yes the drive shaft is so long its in two pieces with a centralizing bearing, there is a one piece aluminum solution but its 500 bucks, but the worn U joints are also typical, even with low miles, the car has more torque than horsepower so it really takes its toll on the lesser engineered parts.

It has the infamous W58 transmission, which is bullet proof, people have used this trans, reliably, to mid 500 horses with no issue. Better than, but very comparable to a turbo FC trans.

5MGE inline 6 engine, 150hp 159lbs tq, sounds like a beast, rips through tires, 14x7" rims, lol. But it does have a new clutch, which feels awesome. The kid I bought the car from got the car from a relative that moved back to mexico, the car has basically sat for a few years, the kid wanted to do something with it but already had an FC and didnt have anywhere to keep the supra. He provided all of the right paperwork, title, registration, transfer, smog cert from 2/08/09.

Lastly, it looks like a beater, but its effing reliable, I took it home tuesday, in rush hour traffic from south city, no issues, no over heating, no failed electronics, nothing, AND I was in pouring *** rain. I have been driving it to work, I drove it to school on wednesday, I drove it in the backroads to orinda and back today. Very reliable. All this reliability for 900 bucks, I cant complain, I'm really happy to have a supra again, it hurt to get rid of the last one I had.

But the best part is, I DONT HAVE TO DRIVE MY EFFING RX8 TO WORK ANYMORE! work has been tearing my car up, which has been pissing me off. I can now leave it safe and squeaky clean in my car port with the car cover on and drive it on the weekends.

I will mostly likely drive it out next week for the meet, if there are people interested in seeing it.

 

gratz zach!

good luck Socket.. i think i endend up breaking one of my tabs when i took it off.

 

^ yea just break it... it doesnt really matter anyways. If i ever have to do it again i would really consider breaking it just because its a pain in the *** lol

 

+1 Just break it!