fail waiting to happen? your thoughts?

depami · 02-13-2011, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkiiisupra

If you want a turbo supra, buy a turbo supra that was that way stock from factory.

If you can avoid the year 86.5, your best bet is a 90-92 turbo. The later the better.

If the engine is in that bad of shape and it was swaped from a 7mge then i wouldnt go anywhere near it, no telling what he messed up.

Year Diffrences
http://www.musclecarclub.com/other-c...ta-supra.shtml
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sho...nges-for-MKIII

Block Diffrences
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sho...ate-GTE-Blocks

Info before buying
http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...ing-supra.html
http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...now-first.html

Oil on top of sparkplugs
http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/...ark-plugs.html

NA to T conversion info
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sho...25-NA-T-how-to

What's wrong with an 86.5?

cre · 02-13-2011, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by depami

What's wrong with an 86.5?

Other than age and that they weren't available with turbo? Not much... Some people have found some odd differences here and there in wiring and certain parts not quite fitting from other years. The early '89 model year was another anomaly where is wasn't uncommon to fine the odd '88 component here and there.

Sonyps307 · 02-14-2011, 12:38 AM

Some people say don't get the first year cars because they may have problems that Toyota didn't find or fix

cre · 02-14-2011, 01:41 AM

Not so much the case here. Other than the odd sized part here and there there weren't any problems which the MKIII didn't keep until at least '89 (or for the entire life of the model such as the HG torque spec and tail lamp failure module).

MKIIIPANdA · 02-16-2011, 01:53 PM

ooohhh boy well i have an issue then since my supra is an 86.5 and the supra with the turbo swap is also an 86.5 hahaha what to dooo

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