TooColdToDrive

No one even mentioned that it's Canadian

"Hahaha, dude.... wait, what?"

Wait. I thought you played for the other team?

No way, I'm Taylor Swift. Wanna meet up?

I'll throw in my experiences. First few steps: New Exhaust or de-cat - stock exhaust won't get you very far, and is very restrictive Speed limit defencer - a 110mph will quickly start to hurt you on the 1/4mile or certain autocross events. JSPEC fuel pump/injectors - have to go at around 375bhp

Bumpers need to be resprayed. Starter needs to be refurbed. It squeeks and creaks too much in cold weather (for my liking).

I've had this problem for 2 years. Hasn't left me stranded yet, although 2 months ago it took me 10 minutes to start it.... since that restoration guide is down, I think I'm going to end up just getting the starter replaced. It's definitely not the battery - I've changed mine 3 times, and no improvement.

I have a HKS TO4Z auto tuned to about .75 bar, so about 475bhp - gets about 550km on a full tank of gas highway driving, about 300km city driving (because I play around a lot more). This is better highway mileage than I had when it was TT, but worse city. Hope that helps!

About ~25,000 British pounds for all the parts + labour (not including the price of the car). So, yeah - it wasn't cheap

.75 bar (~10psi). The turbo is capable of around ~28-30 psi. A few of the local Supras have put down 570 wheel HP on pump gas with this turbo (all I need to do this is a better tranny, and bigger injectors )

Thanks for the comments guys I'm an idiot when it comes to computers, and I've lost the link for the photo album itself on image shack... so the pictures are way too big (uploading new resized ones, but it will be about 2 hours) Unbelievable. It handles like a dream, and the turbo spools like crazy - and it just wants to keep going (even at 260+km/h) The tuner, Reg, had a pretty cool idea to preserve the automatic tranny - he set a rev limiter 50rpm right before the natural red line - so what it does is spools like normal, hits the rev limiter, makes sounds like a motor bike, spits out some gas, reduces the load on the tranny, and shifts up and continues to spool. I gave it some gas going about 120 (I had a silencer in, so the engine/turbo were easy to hear), and it sounded like a jet engine underneath the hood - it just rocketed off too.

Well, after a year and a half of work, my car is finally done. Going to post some quick before and after pictures (excuse the shitty engine bay pics, and the recent ones in my back alley - I couldn't wait until the meet for someone with a decent camera to take pictures). Tuned to just shy of 400 wheel HP, and about 420 ftlbtq at 10 psi (trying to preserve the auto tranny for 5-6 more years, while I save up for a built Boostlogic tranny). Before: http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/773/pict00033.jpg http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3916/pict00012.jpg After: (sorry for the large images) http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4554/1001973g.jpg http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/258/imgp0002m.jpg http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9551/imgp0005p.jpg http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6506/imgp0007s.jpg http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2680/imgp0011q.jpg Not pictured: FCON Vpro system + AFK Complete specs:Previously a completely stock Automatic JSpec TT - bought with 93,000km Engine/turbo: HKS TO4Z single turbo (67 trim) kit, which included a waste gate, wiring, down pipe, etc. Koyo racing Rad Timing belt + water pump change Full Turbo back HKS Titanium Racing exhaust (3" HKS down pipe , 4" catback piping to 5" titanium muffler) HKS SSQV BOV Newer side mount intercooler New coil packs 550cc USDM Supra Injectors USDM Walbro Fuel Pump Electronics: HKS VPRO + Air/fuel ratio knock amp TRD 320km/h Speedo HKS Speed limit defencer Wheels/Brakes: Brembro brake kit upgrade (pads and rotors) Kinesis k58 wheels - 10" fronts, 11.5" rears with slightly stretched 285 tires. Lights: Glass headlights HID 4300k kit. Suspension TRD Sway bars - front and back HSD Coilovers Body work: Rolled rear fenders UK hood scoop installed Tuned: By Reg Reimer at RCTS in Calgary. Thanks for checking out my finished project!

Wow! I just googled them, they're huge!

^I found my first sig quote!

Hmmm. I could use some extra indicators in the back, along with a hole to cool the exhaust.