1987 supra turbo ?'s

[DaBoss07]

Originally Posted by stonehenge

I'm having a little bit of a similar problem with the smoke right now. I just bought a running and driving 89 turbo for $800. What is getting me is that the engine is running strong with no lag, and it actually runs at a decent temperature. The only time smoke comes out is under acceleration, and maybe a little puff at idle. Any Ideas on if it might be an easy fix?

The seller had a HKS controller wired into the ECM which I removed and that helped an idle problem. I'm wondering if the ECM got messed up by the installation.

Yea the one im looking at only does it when it idles but not all the time.

[stonehenge]

Originally Posted by DaBoss07

Yea the one im looking at only does it when it idles but not all the time.

I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking at it to see what I can find. It's just a little embarrassing driving away from my house with smoke pouring out of the exhaust.


So two things.....

(1) today I found some damaged/loose wires at the ECM that I fixed.
(2) the car no longer blows blue/gray smoke and the check engine light turned off.........

odd...... Could this help anyone else? Probably not, but I thought I would share just in case you may have a ECM that had some things improperly installed.

[DaBoss07]

So what does everyone think? Should I offer him 1250 for the car? Because that leaves me 1250 to fix the car up or should I offer him less?

[Vacationtime247]

Eh dunno man..... Ya might wanna pass on this one. It all can be fixed, but look at the problem areas.
Start adding up what you think the repairs would cost to fix. Take the money you have. Subtract what you'd give him for the car. Then, subtract what you think it'll cost to fix. How much does that leave ya?

Also, remember what I said earlier about gettin' a bad vibe from the car? With what you've stated, the smoke, chuggedity noise, cracked glass, loose handle, faded paint, radiator fan noise, possible BHG or F'gerd up BHG fix. Do you think you can fix all those problems for $1250 or even $1500?

But, if you're dead set on buying this perticular Supra, I think everyone's right. Offer him $800 if he'll take it.
VT247

Originally Posted by DaBoss07

So what does everyone think? Should I offer him 1250 for the car? Because that leaves me 1250 to fix the car up or should I offer him less?

[stonehenge]

Originally Posted by Vacationtime247

Eh dunno man..... Ya might wanna pass on this one. It all can be fixed, but look at the problem areas.
Start adding up what you think the repairs would cost to fix. Take the money you have. Subtract what you'd give him for the car. Then, subtract what you think it'll cost to fix. How much does that leave ya?

Also, remember what I said earlier about gettin' a bad vibe from the car? With what you've stated, the smoke, chuggedity noise, cracked glass, loose handle, faded paint, radiator fan noise, possible BHG or F'gerd up BHG fix. Do you think you can fix all those problems for $1250 or even $1500?

But, if you're dead set on buying this perticular Supra, I think everyone's right. Offer him $800 if he'll take it.
VT247

When I originally found the car I bought, the guy wanted $2500, and after four months of him not being able to sell it I finally paid him $800. And as far as a description of the car......

180k on chassis, roughly 1300 on rebuild, originally maroon, rattle caned black, lots of wiring issues, suspension on its way out, and to top it off.... body work, body work, body work..... but hey, the dash isn't cracked. So it's not all bad.

What I'm trying to say here is that ultimately it's your call on what you are comfortable with paying. If you can do 90%+ of the restore work yourself (like me), it could be worth it. However, if you either don't have the skills or resources to be able to do the work your self, which leaves you paying someone to do the work for you. If that's the case, you will be buying a car that you won't see for at least 3-6 months depending on how much work you want done and the quality of work you want done on the car. That is why I'm doing the work on mine myself because I want the work done a certain way and I'm in no rush to get it done.

[DaBoss07]

Originally Posted by Vacationtime247

Eh dunno man..... Ya might wanna pass on this one. It all can be fixed, but look at the problem areas.
Start adding up what you think the repairs would cost to fix. Take the money you have. Subtract what you'd give him for the car. Then, subtract what you think it'll cost to fix. How much does that leave ya?

Also, remember what I said earlier about gettin' a bad vibe from the car? With what you've stated, the smoke, chuggedity noise, cracked glass, loose handle, faded paint, radiator fan noise, possible BHG or F'gerd up BHG fix. Do you think you can fix all those problems for $1250 or even $1500?

But, if you're dead set on buying this perticular Supra, I think everyone's right. Offer him $800 if he'll take it.
VT247

Of course your absolutely right....That would leave me with about not a damn thing left to do anything else with.....So I think I will just pass on this one....But there is a N/A one online. How hard is it to put in a turbo on one of these supras? Cause I have done it on integras and stuff but never an 87 supra and about what is it going to cost?

[DaBoss07]

Well I just offered him 800 bucks.....lets wait for the reply....

[Vacationtime247]

If you're going turbo, it really would be best to buy one with a turbo. Buying one without a turbo, then adding one on, would be more (more money, more time, more problems) than the price of a factory equipped turbo model probably.

How about this? Find one you really like in a 500 mile radius from where you live. You could probably find one on Craigslist.com or Ebay for the price you've got to spend. Search other city's listings as well. If you're in Texas, I'm sure there should be a decent variety.
VT247

Originally Posted by DaBoss07

Of course your absolutely right....That would leave me with about not a damn thing left to do anything else with.....So I think I will just pass on this one....But there is a N/A one online. How hard is it to put in a turbo on one of these supras? Cause I have done it on integras and stuff but never an 87 supra and about what is it going to cost?

[DaBoss07]

I have been looking all night and have not found a single one in texas even worth looking at....