Just bought my first supra! ('98)

[Rezwalker]

Hey all, first post (first of many!).

I just acquired this '98, NA Supra from someone in the states, and bringing it all the way up to Canada! Wish me luck!!!

Here's a shot:

http://www.originalsyn.net/004.jpg

It's mostly stock, except the exhaust and the wheels (duh!). I just had to share this, and what better place than the supraforums, which I have been lurking in for a while ;D

I am considering doing an engine + transmission swap in the future (1-2 years) but I'm not a big hp freak like most of you folks. I'm a little scared though, hp becomes an obse$$ion, huh? :/

Anyway..... h00rj!!!!!


- Rez

[Jay C]

Congrats! That Supra looks real clean!

[JustBoost]

that blue is amazing looking! Enjoy the new ride.

[IIJoshIII]

Beautiful! Congrats on the new beauty.

[IIJoshIII]

Beautiful! Congrats on the new beauty.

[clapyohandz]

i like your rotors

[Rezwalker]

Thanks guys :)

It's really nice to finally be part of the Supra family :')

Quick question however:

It's an NA Supra, but I really want to make it a 6 SPD. I'm planning on upgrading to NA-T in the near future. Right now, is it a good idea to buy a new transmission? Or should I just wait until I get the turbo kit and do it all at once?

[Rezwalker]

Doh! Double post...

[Sooco100pf]

Nice car, did this come out of WI?

[Supra109]

You could do it either way, its really up to you and how much money you have. There is no real reason to get the 6 speed now unless you found a screamin' deal on one, other than that I'd just wait to buy it all at once.

Are you going to get a USDM engine or a JDM engine when you do the swap? The JDM engines are much cheaper and there only a few differences between the two engines. The JDM engine has ceramic turbo's that are slightly bigger than the US ones and the JDM engine has 440 injectors instead of 550 like the US engine.

[Rezwalker]

Nice car, did this come out of WI?

Yeppers! How did you know? You know the owner? :)

[Rezwalker]

You could do it either way, its really up to you and how much money you have. There is no real reason to get the 6 speed now unless you found a screamin' deal on one, other than that I'd just wait to buy it all at once.

Are you going to get a USDM engine or a JDM engine when you do the swap? The JDM engines are much cheaper and there only a few differences between the two engines. The JDM engine has ceramic turbo's that are slightly bigger than the US ones and the JDM engine has 440 injectors instead of 550 like the US engine.

I'm not sure yet. The owner said I could just slap a turbo kit on the engine, may require a couple of addons, bigger injectors, etc....

I could also go with a true JDM 2JZGTE. So happens that here in Montreal, Qc, there are a couple of local companies importing JDM engines at really good prices (Less than 2k, ~50,000 mi, with warranty). Labour is probably what's going to hurt ...

[Mike R]

Looks nice!

[Supra109]

I'm not sure yet. The owner said I could just slap a turbo kit on the engine, may require a couple of addons, bigger injectors, etc....

I could also go with a true JDM 2JZGTE. So happens that here in Montreal, Qc, there are a couple of local companies importing JDM engines at really good prices (Less than 2k, ~50,000 mi, with warranty). Labour is probably what's going to hurt ...

Don't do the NA-T kit, it's not worth it. The labor for taking the NA engine out and putting the turbo engine in will be under $1k, but you need to get new motor mounts and a few other little things. You'll also either need a USDM engine harness or you can modify/extend the JDM harness, its up to you but I dunno about the prices for either of those.

[ZaZZn]

nice car man

[Rezwalker]

Don't do the NA-T kit, it's not worth it. The labor for taking the NA engine out and putting the turbo engine in will be under $1k, but you need to get new motor mounts and a few other little things. You'll also either need a USDM engine harness or you can modify/extend the JDM harness, its up to you but I dunno about the prices for either of those.

Really? I heard it could cost me as much as like $12,000... That includes everything.

Bah, I am still considering anything at this early stage anyway!

[lowboost]

nice car, I'd trade my TT 6spd for a nice daily driven 98 NA any day, 98's are so nice. Especially RSP.

Good luck with the car and please keep it clean as it is now!

[Rezwalker]

nice car, I'd trade my TT 6spd for a nice daily driven 98 NA any day, 98's are so nice. Especially RSP.

Good luck with the car and please keep it clean as it is now!

Hehe thanks man. The plan is to buy a crappy civic for winter. You will all be happy to hear that this baby will be always garaged and never will see snow! I promise!!! :P

[Supra109]

I'm talking about just the engine swap, that alone will be ~ $5k - 6k, but that's complete with tranny and it totally installed. All that other crap, TT brakes/BBK, etc. come farther down the line, no need to to it all right then.

[Wide-Wide Body]

very pretty. great find!

[DrDJDesi]

You may want to think twice about going NA-T with a 98 vvti engine. I was in your shoes as well and went with the TT transplant. Good luck!

[Rezwalker]

You may want to think twice about going NA-T with a 98 vvti engine. I was in your shoes as well and went with the TT transplant. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to base my final decision with your recommendations - You guys are the experts after all!

I heard NA-T can have its share of issues. I'd rather pay a little more and go with a full transplant without issues. *knock on wood* :D

[Supra109]

I had the NA-T on my first Supra and I owned my engine running only like 8 psi, that was the end of that.

You'll be fine doing the swap, just take your time and don't rush anything and don't cut any corners cause that's when shit goes wrong.

[UmeshT]

Looking good my friend!!!! Welcome aboard! :wavey:

[marc3]

very nice car, it's nice to see some awsome looking supras in montreal!!
were actually having a supra meet in july.
it's the weekend of... just a second...
13-15 of july
congrats on the new car

[na-tsupraking]

nice car, I'd trade my TT 6spd for a nice daily driven 98 NA any day, 98's are so nice. Especially RSP.

Good luck with the car and please keep it clean as it is now!

It's not RSP. it's 350Z blue. Oh and nice car. Didn't the last owner just get this couple months back?

[cjsmuscle]

It's not RSP. it's 350Z blue. Oh and nice car. Didn't the last owner just get this couple months back?

this is the one owned by a guy that kept getting banned and he even had a nitrous backfire that dented the hood.......at least i think this is that car.

[Rivard]

Welcome and nice car.

Be careful driving it in Montreal. ;)

[na-tsupraking]

this is the one owned by a guy that kept getting banned and he even had a nitrous backfire that dented the hood.......at least i think this is that car.

yea that's him. He used to spam soo much in the other cars section to get his post count up so he could sell it. I think his name was my98twinturbo6speed or something like that.

[DarkCerberus]

very nice car, it's nice to see some awsome looking supras in montreal!!
were actually having a supra meet in july.
it's the weekend of... just a second...
13-15 of july
congrats on the new car

wait, Supra MEET in montreal?? noooo... IM SOOO THERE! i just hope im not on my way to Europe on those days. imeither leaving that weekend or the one after, and i REALLY hope its the one after!

[marc3]

wait, Supra MEET in montreal?? noooo... IM SOOO THERE! i just hope im not on my way to Europe on those days. imeither leaving that weekend or the one after, and i REALLY hope its the one after!
that' s right buddy!!

[DarkCerberus]

nice :D im there guaranteed! hope my car is done!

[supraman1995]

[QUOTE=Supra109;5142909]I had the NA-T on my first Supra and I owned my engine running only like 8 psi, that was the end of that.

So you blew the engine running 8psi? I have a '95 NA-T that I turbo'd 2 years ago with the Turbonetics kit (which I guess is no longer available). I haven't had any problems with mine, and I drive it pretty aggressively. I want to eventually upgrade the fuel system (after putting in thicker head gasket) so I can run more boost.
I'm curious what setup you had, and what caused the failure on yours.

[Supra109]

I had the NA-T on my first Supra and I owned my engine running only like 8 psi, that was the end of that.

So you blew the engine running 8psi? I have a '95 NA-T that I turbo'd 2 years ago with the Turbonetics kit (which I guess is no longer available). I haven't had any problems with mine, and I drive it pretty aggressively. I want to eventually upgrade the fuel system (after putting in thicker head gasket) so I can run more boost.
I'm curious what setup you had, and what caused the failure on yours.

I don't really know, one day after pushing it hard and I think the boost spiked and it owned my engine and I started to get rod knock.

[Rezwalker]

yea that's him. He used to spam soo much in the other cars section to get his post count up so he could sell it. I think his name was my98twinturbo6speed or something like that.

lol, yep I talked to him about this and it is him indeed. He's a really nice guy though don't be fooled by internet forums... Also, I'm pretty sure the car never had nitrous installed, that guy owned a couple of Supras so it could have been another one.

By the way it's the 350Z Daytona Blue color :)

The only thing I'm disappointed with is the right headlight was "restored" and became foggy very quickly. Now it's ugly as hell. Ima buy a brand new one next month or so!


Thanks for all the comments guys! See you at the meet!!!

[RFFG]

That looks nice!

Congrats...

[vinbon63]

Nice looking car, seems to be very clean, good luck!

[asmos101]

Looks great. Nice color.

[Griffon]

Great looking color. Im actually thinking of painting my 95 hard top this same color.

[max teg racing]

very nice car dude keep it clean!!!!

[36Chambers]

Congrats on getting a supra

[SaleenKiller]

Nice ride! I really love the color!

[Rezwalker]

UPDATE:

Wow. What can I say, other than NEVER EVER deal with this fool who sold it to me. His name is Brandon and from De Pere, Wisconsin. (Yes, the guy who was spamming the forums all over the place). I'm not going to post his personal info, I'm not that low.

This crook actually removed the headlights and let me have his old 93-96 headlights that are all fogged and he tells me to %$*! off ... What an loser :die:

You guys were right about him all along. The good news is that everything else is cool with the car. It's just gonna cost me another $750 to get a new pair I guess...

Anyway ...... Internet = ALERTED!

[txsupra11]

congrats bro , thats a clean ass supra. sorry to hear about the headlights. i just got a brand new glass pair off of ebay for $400.

[jatt559]

Nice car. Crisp condition.Good luck with it
Have fun

[SupraBMH]

Brandon is a good guy. Headlights? who cares? you got like a 25,000.00 car for 20k. I wouldnt complain if I were you.

98 in that condition with all those mods....i mean COME ON.


Also brandon has moved on too I guess...he bought a 98 RSP twin turbo 6 speed(really low miles I heard) :) pretty sick. I think this is his video of it! :)

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/1998+toyota+supra/0/d3a63455-6355-452e-8052-994b01430b46.htm

[speed_vision]

Congrats!!

[Rezwalker]

Brandon is a good guy. Headlights? who cares? you got like a 25,000.00 car for 20k. I wouldnt complain if I were you.

98 in that condition with all those mods....i mean COME ON.


Also brandon has moved on too I guess...he bought a 98 RSP twin turbo 6 speed(really low miles I heard) :) pretty sick. I think this is his video of it! :)

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/1998+toyota+supra/0/d3a63455-6355-452e-8052-994b01430b46.htm

Yes I know he has a RSP Supra, I also got his ass banned. I guess that makes us even. The greatest thing is that eBay will pay for them, so I couldn't care less.

Can't wait to have money to put more power into it though! Where would you guys start? Are cams worth it if I'm gonna swap the engine later? Can I keep em? I already have a decent air intake (could be better) and 3" pipe.

[Madanik]

Congrats, you will love it.

[BoostHappy]

I would do NOTHING to that car..it looks amazing the way it is... I would leave it until i had enough money to make it a 6spd TT. if your not a HP freak then the swap will be MOREEEE then plenty for you... if you have never driven a TT before i suggest you find one and test drive it lol youll never go NA again.

[94RZ]

I think most of us could've told you that the headlights were early model just by looking at them, if you showed them in the pic. You bought the car as it was. If he had replaced them for aesthetic reasons, or because they broke would you complain?

Most privately owned cars come with a concrete gaurantee, once you drive it from the concrete it's no longer gauranteed. I wouldn't be too put out though, it's a nice car for a nice price.

[DarkCerberus]

^^^ the pictures that rez received and posted for all of us to see had the 98 headlights in them... when rez showed me the car in person, im the one who pointed out that he got screwed and that his car now had 93-96 lights. even on the ebay add, the seller had stated that the car came with 97-98 headlights.... either way, its still a sexy biotch

[94RZ]

Ah, in that case I take it back. Yeah, it's still a very nice car. I didn't realise that he was advertising them as late model headlights. Live and learn I guess.

[wolf]

damn. makes me want to settle for a NA supra myself... *sigh*

[TurboPK]

Nice! dig the blue!

[Drift It]

Congrats

[kyle1jzsupra]

thts one cool supra id like to get a mkIV in the future

[$9ktt]

I'm painting my black NA 350z Blue just because of THIS car !!! Leave it alone.

ps: is the engine bay painted too?

[DarkCerberus]

from what i rmeember, the whole car is painted 350z blue including the engine bay ;) its really an attention grabber!!

[AndrewLindquist]

Nice! Welcome to the forums!

[Dljohns6]

NIce ride hope u enjoy

[Rezwalker]

Hey all, I decided I'd write a little update:


I have just purchased a pair of BF Goodrich G-Force KDW (285/40/ZR18) and going to buy Megan Racing suspension next week. Nothing fancy, but there's more...

I have settled with a full 2JZGTE swap, which should happen in the next few months, possibly next spring. Overtime is a bitch, but hey :) I plan on keeping it in the 550-600 range to begin with.

I will take plenty of pics for you guys and keep you posted!

[DarkCerberus]

nice bro, glad to hear ur gona do the swap :D did u decide if ur doing 6spd or auto yet??

ill be back in MTL on monday, and my plane lands at like 3-4pm, so ill give ya a shout later that night!!

[supracabra]

You know what you should do...
On a cool, clear night, take the targa off, recline your seat, and sit back in the middle of nowhere listening to Pink Floyd and looking up at the stars. Should be an easier task in Canada than it is in the middle of Dallas, eh?

[DarkCerberus]

^^^ wow, good idea :D im definately trying that!

[$9ktt]

You know what you should do...
On a cool, clear night, take the targa off, recline your seat, and sit back in the middle of nowhere listening to Pink Floyd and looking up at the stars. Should be an easier task in Canada than it is in the middle of Dallas, eh?

That's one HELLUVA first post !!!!! :agreed:

[twoin]

Congrats nice car

[Rezwalker]

nice bro, glad to hear ur gona do the swap :D did u decide if ur doing 6spd or auto yet??

ill be back in MTL on monday, and my plane lands at like 3-4pm, so ill give ya a shout later that night!!

Dunno yet about the 6spd, I definitely want it, it all depends on the money hats :D

[Rezwalker]

You know what you should do...
On a cool, clear night, take the targa off, recline your seat, and sit back in the middle of nowhere listening to Pink Floyd and looking up at the stars. Should be an easier task in Canada than it is in the middle of Dallas, eh?

lol, I WILL be doing this for sure!! Great post.

[fulanititoo]

Nice color I think those wheels would look nicer with a black lip as well though.

[nightrider760]

good luck

[DarkCerberus]

holy thread revival batman...