1988 Supra NA ?

One of my parents friends has the car forsale, its got 285000km, needs a fan relay, and an short in the trunk needs to be found, its a nice looking car, no rust, needs some paint work. anyone know how reliable these motors are? and is it worth getting a 7mgte and dropping that bad boy in it over the winter?

Head Gaskets, etc. etc. If you get a 7MGTE, make sure to change those first before dropping the engine in. Also, if its a manual, make sure to ditch that W58 transmission for either an A340E Automatic or an R154 Manual. The W58 has reliability issues just handling the power from the normal 7MGE.

what about the reliablity of a 7mge with 285 000 km, i dont want to drop a bunch of money into the motor over the summer, then swap it out in the winter.

*cough* 2JZ swap *cough*

maybe a jz swap, like the 1990 tt supras, not sure if the motor mounts line up, havent researched that swap, but 2jz is out of the question, i cant drop 5g into a motor. i would like to put a 2jz into a 2wd t-100 truck but thats also out of the question because im not loaded, and wont be for along time

The 7mges are good engines besides the headgasket issues. I wouldnt bother with the 7mgte, if your gonna swap go for 1jz

Fd3S wrote:

*cough* 2JZ swap *cough*

with NOS!

Well, I know of a 1992 BMW 325iS, that the guy swapped a 2JZ motor into with a skyline rear differential. Then the diff siezed on him and I haven't heard from him since. His name is Steve Kozan, but if you see a red BMW with carbon fiber hood on it parked somewhere, thats him. He might be interested in parting it out, or sellthe the whole car? I don't know, just throwing it out there

does anyone know how much the guy at majestics had invested into his supra motor, i was thinking about going that way, just a half cut of a supra turbo, pull the engine and possibly get it built up at that HighPerformanceTech, nothing too crazy, just enough to handle maybe 10-15 pounds of boost. and the pretty chrome valve covers

Fiorante wrote:

does anyone know how much the guy at majestics had invested into his supra motor, i was thinking about going that way, just a half cut of a supra turbo, pull the engine and possibly get it built up at that HighPerformanceTech, nothing too crazy, just enough to handle maybe 10-15 pounds of boost. and the pretty chrome valve covers

That guy is a friend of my dads, all my dad told me is he is running out of money with that project lol..

Fiorante wrote:

does anyone know how much the guy at majestics had invested into his supra motor, i was thinking about going that way, just a half cut of a supra turbo, pull the engine and possibly get it built up at that HighPerformanceTech, nothing too crazy, just enough to handle maybe 10-15 pounds of boost. and the pretty chrome valve covers

Judging by his turbo and obvious obsession with automotive competition, I wouldn't be surprised if he spent $8-$10k on the block alone. Suppporting mods probably hit the $20-$25k mark. I'm no Supra expert, but power and reability are really expensive when they are the same goal on any vehicle.
IMO if you plan on running only 10 to 15 psi, I'd suggest looking into auxiliary injection of some sort as that might be more cost effective. Like I said, I'm no Supra expert, but 10 to 15 psi on any trim Supra engine shouldn't be too bad without beefing up the internals. It would be easier to offer suggestions if you had a hp goal though.

300-350hp, nothing to crazy. but reliabilitys more important.

if you want 300hp just drop in the 2jz( i know you said its out of the question) but really arent they up there in those numbres stock?

ya, they push 300 stock. im just not able to do that much fabrication work, and not taking it to a shop to get it done, any person can get a shop to do what they want if they have big enough pockets which i do not have

i was just saying.

1JZ? haha

well, the only way i can go that route is if i find a half cut or full parts car, which unless i can find one to import it might be tricky, i might have to be cunty and do soem body vandilism to Thai-kun's car then buy it from sgi, last resort

Fiorante wrote:

well, the only way i can go that route is if i find a half cut or full parts car, which unless i can find one to import it might be tricky, i might have to be cunty and do soem body vandilism to Thai-kun's car then buy it from sgi, last resort

thats not funny at all

JP wrote:

Fiorante wrote:

well, the only way i can go that route is if i find a half cut or full parts car, which unless i can find one to import it might be tricky, i might have to be cunty and do soem body vandilism to Thai-kun's car then buy it from sgi, last resort

thats not funny at all

thats not funny at all

BigSteve wrote:

JP wrote:

Fiorante wrote:

well, the only way i can go that route is if i find a half cut or full parts car, which unless i can find one to import it might be tricky, i might have to be cunty and do soem body vandilism to Thai-kun's car then buy it from sgi, last resort

thats not funny at all

thats not funny at all

i agree it may have been a joke but knowing what that guys gone through iono bout you but my cars my baby like if someone touches it they fucked with the wrong guy cause noone wants their car that they put blood sweat and tears into wrecked so even joking about it is inappropriate

CamJohns122 wrote:

BigSteve wrote:

JP wrote:

Fiorante wrote:

well, the only way i can go that route is if i find a half cut or full parts car, which unless i can find one to import it might be tricky, i might have to be cunty and do soem body vandilism to Thai-kun's car then buy it from sgi, last resort

thats not funny at all

thats not funny at all

i agree it may have been a joke but knowing what that guys gone through iono bout you but my cars my baby like if someone touches it they fucked with the wrong guy cause noone wants their car that they put blood sweat and tears into wrecked so even joking about it is inappropriate

in shorter terms, hes agreeing and basically saying, that its not funny at all.

i lol'd

ahahah, actually, I lol'd as well, a bit on the cruel side for a joke, but funny nonetheless, no biggie you guys

lmao i wasnt trying to be serious or anything, oh well

ya, i would never do anything to a beauty car like that, but if you do ever get in an accident, and sgi wants to right it off, tell me as soon as possible, and ill buy it from you 100% unless you would plan to get it all fixed up