1990 Mk 3 Supra (NOW SOLD)

Yeah it's a turbo, stock untuned so still at around 230bhp I think.
I've had loads of cars that I wish I'd kept, funnily enough they were mainly J cars. I had a 2lt GT celica when I was in my teens, under fathers insurance obviously. Then I drove to the other side of the country about 10 years ago to pick up another 2lt GT that I started to restore and ended up selling it half done for about £1500 only to see it on ebay reach nearly £8K and not hit its reserve a couple of years ago. It had been stripped of its interior by this stage, yeah we live and learn

Hello from a fellow Mk3 owner! Nearly finished mine now. All legal, MOT'd and such - just interior to source, which is proving difficult.

Two words spring to mind - head gasket! Has it been done? Took a chance on mine and sure enough it started to show the signs bang on 100,000 miles. Fortunately got to it before things started fusing together!

Ha ha found out how to post pics finally.
First job needed new front shocks as one was leaking, so I decided to change all four whilst I was at it.
Took the springs and had them blasted and sprayed while I had them off.

Hated the original alloys so bought some TSW alloys and some new rear tyres too.

New tank straps fitted as the old ones had had it
Next job is take the tank and rear exhaust section off and get the twist knot tool on the back end as although solid it is starting to get a bit dry and surface rust is starting so need to get it all off, primed, painted and cavities waxoiled.

I did have an intermittent engine stall when I first bought the car which turned out to be a cam position sensor wire, hence the connector block in the above photo. Found this out when replacing the CPS oil seal as it had a leak. Glad I found that .
I also had a flat spot as the turbo started to boost which turned out to be a dirty air mass meter. This was obviously the last thing I checked after changing plugs, checking timing, changing all vacuum hoses and testing all sensors on the car as per Toyota manual .

When I first got the car first job was obviously a full service and new cam cover gaskets to cure the odd oil leak here and there. It also cured the oil in the spark plug gallery problem. New LSD oil, automatic oil fluid and antifreeze change, which is when I discovered a repair to the rad. It doesn't leak but I bought a replacement rad anyway and a new crank pulley as the old one had failed and put my timing marks out by about 90 degrees that had me stumped for a while as I thought they were solid and not bushed. Thanks to a friendly Toyota mechanic who happens to live not too far from me it was diagnosed in about 10 minutes. Cheers Andy So still to fit rad and pulley.

I hope that's a rad and pulley anyway, never got round to opening them.