Advice needed. Newbie looking to do a restoration right

[damdog05]

the targas can develope leaks and the back hatches kinda have a problem with it too. check in the spare tire well and if its rusty then the back hatch either does or did at one point leak. i dont think tho that its a supra specific problem. more like a normal wearing out of the weather stripping thing.

[Murd]

Some Targa's leak, check the seals, take it through a car wash to be sure it doesn't leak.

All turbos came with the wing, some N/A's came with the wing as a dealer install.

All turbos have LSD, if it's a 92 like you're looking for most likely it's a 3.73, pre-89 came with a 3.90? and N/A's with the sports package for all years came with a 4.30.

Another thing, the 89-92 had the 3 piece spoiler/different front end/full face tail lights, so if you don't care about year that opens up your options on what you're buying.

I saw you didn't really care about turbo so you may or may not find an N/A with the wing on it. I have an N/A that I'll be installing the 3 piece wing on soon. Not for sale though!

To find a NICE rolling chassis look to spend 1-2k. One with dings/bad paint but no major damage, anywhere from free to 1k.

I THINK all the info above I gave is correct, I could be wrong on some of the LSD stuff as I'm just going by memory.

[j3pz]

Originally Posted by Murd

Another thing, the 89-92 had the 3 piece spoiler/different front end/full face tail lights, so if you don't care about year that opens up your options on what you're buying.

also the 89+'s side moldings are plastic. the -89's are metal and tend to rust and warp.

also the 7m engines are known to blow headgaskets due to underrated factory torquing (factory: about 50 lb/in, should be: 75-80lb/in).
http://http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/showthread.php?t=5873
http://http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/showthread.php?t=3296
a few other threads about buying supras