tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post6104913557704349710..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: Been Busy Tinkering on the Supradrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-10732208614014833292016-02-16T17:00:07.507-08:002016-02-16T17:00:07.507-08:00Good luck with the car. The little gremlins DO ten...Good luck with the car. The little gremlins DO tend to pop up on a regular basis... Remember, a new alignment is required when you change the geometries. I'd actually do a four wheel alignment and pay extra attention to thrust angles too.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-56295647126397047442016-02-15T11:15:45.195-08:002016-02-15T11:15:45.195-08:00SLEEP!<i><b>SLEEP!</b></i>drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-32475802330850088712016-02-15T08:54:56.370-08:002016-02-15T08:54:56.370-08:00All this begs the question: what are you going to ...All this begs the question: what are you going to do in your <i>spare</i> time? :)Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-80697882619792118952016-02-14T22:18:01.109-08:002016-02-14T22:18:01.109-08:00Looked at what I had in the garage (new, sealed co...Looked at what I had in the garage (new, sealed containers) and I bought DOT 4, so I corrected the brain-fade in the post.<br /><br />As far as lowering the car, these cars have a LOT of suspension travel, so dropping them an inch is no big deal. The only problems you start to run into are when you really drop, like 3". Then the rear has so much negative camber that your tires go away in a very short time. They sell kits to give you adjustable camber on the rear, but I'm not dropping it that far.<br /><br />I'm going with the 1" drop based on the experiences of dozens of Mark II supra owners who I've known and met over the last couple of years since I bought the car.<br /><br />And as far as tires go, I have new rims in 16x8 with the correct offset, and I'll be fitting Toyo Proxes 245/45ZR16 tires. I know several people running this identical wheel/tire combination, and I've seen their cars. It looks great, doesn't rub or bottom out anywhere, and keeps the tire circumference within .5mm of the OEM tires so you don't screw up the gearing and what the speedometer reads.<br /><br />ALL of the mods I'm doing to the car are well thought out, and have been done by many people in the Celica Supra community with ZERO ill effects.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-63213137493112115862016-02-14T21:02:55.223-08:002016-02-14T21:02:55.223-08:00Why the intent to lower the car? You could get the...Why the intent to lower the car? You could get the same effect by using lower profile tires. <br />No matter what you do, though, there tends to be a future cost when you lower the ride height of a car. Poor ground clearance is the first problem, followed by handling problems due to loss of full suspension travel. That thump when you hit the bottom of travel is stress being applied to the body, and the moving parts.<br />Towing the car may become a problem due to lack of clearance for both wheel lift and flatbed types.<br /> ---------------<br />Before you change to Dot5 brake fluid, make damn sure every rubber type component in the system is certified for it. It has the property of causing some materials to swell, which can end up being very expensive when parts stop moving correctly. <br />One problem is that one brand of component may say it's ok, but the next time you change it, it may no longer be acceptable.<br />Offhand, the only vehicles I'm aware of that specify the use of it are US Mail jeeps, and some off-road bikes.<br /><br />It is absolutely incompatible with natural rubber compounds.<br /><br />It's neat stuff if you can use it. You can polish your paint with it. But, you won't know if it's a problem until bad things happen.<br />There were lots of problems with it back in the 80's, and it developed a bad rep, that it frankly deserved, due to the stupidity of the maker.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-16020091038865732572016-02-14T17:40:40.710-08:002016-02-14T17:40:40.710-08:001985, aka "Mark II".
The original owner...1985, aka "Mark II".<br /><br />The original owner had it for 28 years, and sold it to a woman who bought it for a bribe for her son to:<br /><br />Finish high school<br />Get his driver's license<br />Get a job<br /><br />Since none of this came to pass, she sold it to the guy I bought it from who only had it a few weeks. *I* think he bought it to flip, but his story is that his live-in girlfriend came home and saw it in the driveway. She told him "You have two off-road 4WD trucks, a boat and trailer, two motorcylces, and two RHD Honda Civics that look like they came from 'Fast and Furious', and my month-old Accord, the first NEW car I've ever bought, has to park in the street? Something goes, or *I* go!".<br /><br />Can't say as I blame her, because after meeting him, he seems like the kind of guy that has tons of stuff, all of it either taken apart, or never finished.<br /><br />He was a nice guy, BUT......<br /><br />Go back about two years ago here and you'll find a bunch of pix. It was sold in Riverside, CA (desert area) and lived all it's life there. NO RUST on it anywhere, except the battery tray area where battery juice got on stuff.<br /><br />One of the things I found in the car was a box full of documents, receipts, and paid bills for all the stuff that the original owner had done to it, from new, up to a couple of years before he sold it.<br /><br />Adult owned it's whole life, never been in an accident. It's a true survivor car!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-80244255762074548692016-02-14T17:18:24.351-08:002016-02-14T17:18:24.351-08:00What year supra? Any pics so far?
It sounds l...What year supra? Any pics so far? <br /><br />It sounds like you're doing a lot of work and it should be sweet when it's done. Irishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.com