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I have been wanting to get in the cbus scene more this year and with my new project coming up, I figured no time like the present. I have started working on this for quite some time, and I cant wait to get the project together. My project car is a '93 Supra. I have built this thing backwards (buying almost all the parts before I even have a car)... I plan to pick up a roller this coming weekend, so hopefully I will have some good roller updates soon! Anyway more of where I came from... I had a saturn sky that I had some simple bolt ons and made some decent power for what it was. The 2.0L turbo (swapped with a garrett 2871) made 350whp and 380lbft. I took this car all over the country, anywhere from SC to Toronto Canada and all across southern ohio with the hills and curves. Here is the dyno vid from when it was tuned in SC: The day I sold the car: http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/255463_10100437063268892_1217441097_n.jpg The last local car show I had the car at with my fathers C6: http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/426605_10100386299090712_1495125553_n.jpg I began to hang out with some of the locals in boardman who had evos and other dsms... some of the 500whp cars made me want more power.. unfortunately the sky has a ton of limitations being a newer DI motor and mostly older owners. I ended up becoming bored with the car and sold it late this year. I finally decided that I want to have a supra. Problem is, living in ohio, Supra's are about as common as finding bigfoot riding a unicorn. So I have started amassing parts and have been looking for a car for a while... more on this later. I knew from the beginning that I would be building it from the ground up. So rather than trying to find a car and mod it from there, I have decided to go the pile o' parts and roller approach... Anyway I have been reading an watching some threads all over the supra forums on what people have been doing with their cars and I made some goals. I want over 600whp on pump and over 1000whp on e85. However I am really not too hung up on the dyno numbers. Overall I just want it to be safe, reliable, street-able, and untouchable on the highway. I did the nimble quick corner hugging with my sky. And so the quest for parts began... I started out pretty strong with a motor, turbo, and a lot of the engine bay components from a car that was being parted out. The motor has zero miles on it and has never been fired since it was built. Unfortunately the motor had a rough start. When I got it, it was unbelievable how much corrosion it had picked up. http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s480x480/424796_10100498280284502_24605923_n.jpg So I got to work sanding and painting the block and making it semi presentable. http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/559076_10100392441356562_97523921_n.jpg After that I mocked up the turbo kit that I got in the motor deal. http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/561106_10100417983035832_712051052_n.jpg http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/296585_10100412017775262_1345314758_n.jpg It is a Garrett 4708 (journal bearing) with a greddy manifold and hks WG. The manifold is a T4 and there was a home-made adapter flange that raised the turbo up to make it stick out of a custom hood. As appealing as it is to have the compressor housing hanging out of the hood, I plan to drive the car on the street... so I dont think it would be the best setup for my purpose. I took it all back off and found a nice T6 manifold w. a tial 60mm wg (thanks Alex) and mocked it up. http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/405093_10100486389279172_2060080027_n.jpg I have modified the water neck to work, and now have to work on the hardware and studs to make it bolt up properly I have a few things to button up on it. After the engine, I need a good trans. I had been watching on the forums, but was unable to find one at a decent price. I was able to work out a deal with a JDM importing company and I took the drive to NY to pick up this little guy: http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/p206x206/404149_10100393880846812_1706707111_n.jpg The OE clutch in this trans looks brand new... So I am hoping that a quick fluid swap, and she will be ready to go. Intake manifold... picked one up from Z-Gad and began working on it to suit my needs. http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/75124_10100439158265502_230617875_n.jpg I have already filled the holes on the plenum and am working to get it polished up... still a work in progress. I got pcs and parts of an NX kit, so I decided to slap those on the bottom of the runners and powdercoat it black. The oil stains were just not appealing, so I figured black runners would be better than the alternative. http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/577124_10100452751065422_312100303_n.jpg I have been picking up odds and ends along the way. CCW's, 4" Exhaust, HKS triple clutch, muffler, some polished valve covers, starter, motor mounts and transmission mount, 6 speed differential, etc. http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229927_10100459148559792_2132681555_n.jpg http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/17116_10100462462199232_2016346376_n.jpg http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/252205_10100495668728082_911690892_n.jpg Black Friday put a new dimension in the project. I went ahead and got a pair of Tial Q's from the MVP BF sale, and went full out and picked up some FIC 2150s as well as a full pro-efi setup with all the bells and whistles. All of this has lead back to one thing... I still do not have a car to slap all these parts in! Hoping to fix this issue this coming weekend. The goal is to break the motor in and be able to have the car running by spring. Probably get it tuned late spring/early summer and see what it will do. I hope to come down this summer and see what Columbus car scene has to offer. Sorry for the long thread, Thanks if you took the time to read it all!

Went to an Armed2Defend all day class in Cbus yesterday and finally got this done after talking about doing it for a few years. There was an interesting mix of people in there (there were 70+) and some of the questions asked (seemed like over and over) by a few people reminded me of this scene from Armed and Dangerous... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yKKhbNnoJQ

My wife and I are booked for the December 29th class at Maximum Defense thanks to MJ

This is a poll not who is right or wrong. Oil change interval can be based on mileage or drive cycle. If you drive like a little bitch or bang off the rev limiter on a track should dictate when you change your oil. Even depends on quality of oil you're using. I choose to change mine at the end of season because I ride it hard and it's one last thing I have to do come spring time.

I would make the clutch a device on the seat where I had to squeeze my ass cheeks to switch gears.

How very internet tough guy of you.

It looks like more than just body damage...

Yes, it was and thanks for the post, chic.

Any fool can ride fast and most fools do.