n00b. Should i buy?

[pwpanas]

Originally Posted by 530transam

He has owned it since 92, there werent any on the road til 93 but you could order and pay for them in 92 correct? My uncle managed a toyota dealership i remember him saying you could order them in 92. Anyway, i just meant since he has owned it. And i think a car speaks for itself, im not going to swear by service records alone. I'll trust the independent supra specialist like you recommended.

by "proper" i mean that when i go to lower it or modify its suspension, i will take my time and decide on a proper set of coil overs or springs and shocks. Im not going to buy some $60 coil overs or some cheaply made Chinese springs.

By engine re-map i meant i would have it custom tuned or buy a mail order tune, but i didn't know that was hard to do. I just figured with a turbo engine its one of the best places to start, but see, im here to learn these things .

I'll start researching a Supra mechanic. And again, i don't think those records are fake, it was my mistake. But even still if a mechanic who is familiar with it is looking it over, the car will speak for itself and the service history should be obvious. Thanks for all your help so far.

There weren't any on the road till MID '93 (AFTER JUNE). You could order one early '93, but NOT '92. In '92, they were still selling the MKIII. If you see maintenance records for an Mkiv Supra from '92, they're fake. Period.

Agreed you shouldn't get "cheap...springs". They'd most likely be WORSE than the oem coilovers. Again, the Mkiv Supra Turbo already comes with "proper" suspension, that's proven itself in several roadracing events including One Lap of America and Pike's Peak. The great oem suspension is one of the other really special things about this car.

Yep, a "re-tune" is really hard to do. After you've triple-checked and corrected all maintenance issues (yes, there will be some! Be diligent!), the first upgrade is to go BPU:
http://www.mkiv.com/faq/faqtt.html#bpu1
http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/index.html#bpu

Lastly, that paint on that Supra. looks too good for a '93 with 191K miles. Even without seeing it up close and in person, I'm already almost 100% sure that it's been repainted. Be sure to check the CarFax.