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Mason
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Hey all, figured I would make a start on a project thread so here goes...

 

The story begins with me being a Nissan guy, infact every car I have owned has always been RWD...and either Nissan or BMW, after getting sick of my S13 always going wrong I mentioned I would consider a Supra, then one day at Pembrey racing circuit, someone mentioned they had a Supra for sale that's been stood for a long time due to a blown engine...but they had another.

 

I went down to check it out and it was a black UK turbo, looked a state it had moss over, engine was missing..front end was all off, but I'm used to rusty old Nissans so to me this was normal lol, anyway...I asked how much and he said £3k with everything, considering how much a 2jz engine goes for I thought why not!

 

Anyway, finally today I had it delivered to RocketDog Racing, some of you will know Craig another Welshie..he's going to put the engine in for me so it's in good hands, then I'll proceed with cleaning it up, I took photos of how bad she is right now because I want to look back and see the difference, please bear in mind this has been sat for 2 years...hopefully next week I'll be posting pictures of her looking much better!

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/2014-08-15%2012.30.57.jpg

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/2014-08-15%2012.31.09.jpg

 

I was going to replace the interior but, I sat in them and I was so comfortable that I may just keep, plus they are heated which is nice!

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Good luck with the build :) are you restoring to stock?

 

It's completely standard and comes with all the parts, 2jz with reconditioned turbos ready to go in..it will be modified but no matter how many kits I look at I can't help but think a stock body with a decent set of wheels is the way to go

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I'll PM you about that Tyson, though found out the mileage today and OMG :( lol

 

Went up to RocketDog Racing today, and I was shocked in all honesty..not only was the engine in but Craig said to me, just in time...we are about to start her!

 

She started up lovely, sounded so smooth..upon test though it seems one of the turbos isn't boosting, so the option I have at the moment is to go big single...and that's looking like the direction I'll be taking...here it is with the engine in though..

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13052.jpg

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13059.jpg

 

And being curious, Craig chucked a buffer on it to see what the paint is like under 2 years of dirt and moss...and it's actually really nice lol, should come up lovely!

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13054.jpg

 

Forgot to say, a customer of Craigs was also selling an exhaust cheap as he was having a custom one done, so I chucked that on..forgot the name but if your on here thank you for the bargain!

 

Here is a video of the car running, shame about the turbo but will be worth it in the end..

 

[video=youtube;-g4pMJTdDA0]

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Bit of an update, Craig has informed me that there is oil leaking out of the head and block join on the inlet side, he thinks that the people who rebuilt the engine used the old head bolts so this means the head has to come off, be checked in case its warped and a new head gasket, good news is the turbo isn't blown it's just the vsv valve so the car is now running ttc mode, starting to regret this lol

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I'll PM you about that Tyson, though found out the mileage today and OMG :( lol

 

Went up to RocketDog Racing today, and I was shocked in all honesty..not only was the engine in but Craig said to me, just in time...we are about to start her!

 

She started up lovely, sounded so smooth..upon test though it seems one of the turbos isn't boosting, so the option I have at the moment is to go big single...and that's looking like the direction I'll be taking...here it is with the engine in though..

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13052.jpg

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13059.jpg

 

And being curious, Craig chucked a buffer on it to see what the paint is like under 2 years of dirt and moss...and it's actually really nice lol, should come up lovely!

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16696719/Images/Supra/SNV13054.jpg

 

Forgot to say, a customer of Craigs was also selling an exhaust cheap as he was having a custom one done, so I chucked that on..forgot the name but if your on here thank you for the bargain!

 

Here is a video of the car running, shame about the turbo but will be worth it in the end..

 

 

Why what's the mileage ?

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