Mike2JZ

I wouldnt even bother changing the manifolds on an na

They mean that your supra will never be a true TT as it left the factory as an N/A regardless of what work you have done to it, so the cost will reflect this as original TT's are more sought after.

I didn't and still don't have the budget for a TT6, but I saw a lot of potential in the N/A5 that I bought even though it needed some work. And still to this day it has been a wonderful car and experience.

I've seen far too many dead W58 boxes off boosted cars in the last 6 months for me to have much confidence in them when pushing past NA power levels, though you are right it isn't 100% that the gearbox will fail. I love the idea of ITB's, but having been passenger in a few single turbo's I will be stubborn and rather put money towards turbo. I worked a few jobs in Switzerland as well, also part of the reason I could save up for a Supra. Working there and bringing the money back over to the UK a few years ago was amazing. My family lives in Lausanne, so I'm usually always there or in the surrounding areas making noise and enjoying the reactions of swiss people. I'll give you a message next time I go there and maybe we can have a mini supra meet Yeah any sort of power upgrade will have to be next year so insurance dosen't rinse me too much. cheers martin

Born and raised in the UK, just have some family in Swiss, so makes for a good excuse to drive over instead of flying It's a toyosport 3'' catback exhaust, but I think most of the volume & sound comes from having a double decat as well. Thank you guys for the nice comments. The car still has so much I want to do before I'll be content, but it's getting there slowly.

Bought some facelift rear lights recently for a bargain price off a member on the forum. However, there was lots of dust + scratches on the lenses that needed to be sorted before they could be used. Also couldn't find a set of facelift bulb looms to use, so I had to improvise a little. I cooked the facelift and prefacelift lights that I had, and used the facelift insert + bulb lenses and fitted them to the prefacelift rear housings so that I could use the prefacelift loom. Whilst the lights were split, I cleaned/sanded/polished all the bits that needed some attention and the end result looks like: Overall an easy job to do and glad everything was pretty much a straight swap between facelift/pre facelift. Loving the look of the new lights, gives the rear end some contrast colour I think

They are £5 new from Toyota, I just picked up a new one today

Tough break Could get a supra replacement

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the consensus is that it's a waste of time to apply them, especially to plastic lenses. Easier to just give them a polish when applicable.

Have you got a photo of the pipe? Might have a spare down the workshop

Welcome! I'm about the same age as you and picked up my supra as well, so it's not impossible. Hopefully see you around in a supra soon!

Passed through Calais the other day and it was a dump. Half the roads closed and streets completely littered with rubbish and debris. To be honest, it just looked like the french public and security didn't give a s*** what so ever.

Agree with everything there. Still need to come see this in the flesh sometime!

Flathead screwdriver should help persuade it

I wanted to up the power and almost bought an N/A-T Kit, but I don't really want to have to play gearbox roulette. So I think I will stay N/A for the the rest of the year and just continue tidying up the car. Will see what sort of money I can save for the winter period and maybe do something interesting then.

I second that

A while ago I got round to getting rid the rear fog light that had been put in when the car was imported to the country many years ago. Nothing too fancy, just a bit of fiberglass, filer and new paint and job done! Whilst the rear bumper was off I gave the "rear diffuser" part of the bumper a new coat of matt black and tidied up some of the edges though it's still not perfect. Job Done Next on the list of things to do was to give all the fluids in the car a service before heading abroad for a month. New Oil Filter, Toyota Engine Oil + 4Life Coolant, Full synthetic gearbox + LSD oil & brake fluid. Also started the slow process of cleaning + painting some engine components black but will get some proper photos when it's ready to be shown. Once the service was done I drove over to switzerland which took 10 hours of 35+ degree weather. The Supra made it, but I started to get a misfire on idle that developed into full blown misfiring throughout the rev range when the engine was hot a few days later. Took off the intake to check over ignition components and was welcomed with: Honestly thought that the headgasket had gone and somehow warped/cracked the head and coolant was leaking through. Luckily, it turned out to be a loose coolant hose that connects to the N/A throttle body that was leaking little bits of coolant into the spark plug wells. I also noticed that the ignition leads were looking a little dated, and had some cracks in them so took this opportunity to get a fresh set. Trying to source Supra parts in Switzerland is impossible unless you go through Toyota and even then the Swiss toyota guys put up some resistance trying to source bits for a japanese import (apparently thats not the done thing over there), so I managed to get a "tune up kit" that included new rotor, distributor, 5mm ht leads & NGK - Iridium IX - BKR5EIX-11, overnighted from the USA for £90 (cheaper then anything available in swiss or the UK, how that works out I have no idea) So after installing all the new bits the supra was purring nicely again with no signs of misfire and it was time to hunt down some decent views and swiss roads. First on my list and closest to where I was staying was the St Bernard Pass, which is at the top of a 2500 meter mountain range. Famous for the st Bernard dogs & views such as: Of course in reality, what should of been a mini paradise of driving and views turned out to be a traffic heavy, cloudy, cold, police riddled route (being pulled over at the top of a mountain for alleged cocaine smuggling was thoroughly amusing) It is definitely an awesome road to take, but you would have to go on a weekday early in the morning to avoid all the tourists and Italien bikers (yes this is the same place as above) On the way back down the mountain on the way back to the city, I remembered some old roads used in the winter used to get to beginner skiing areas which were a nightmare to drive in icy/snowy conditions, but were probably quite fun during the summer. The roads were so much nicer and less congested then the previous location and I had a good few hours disturbing the peace throughout the mountain/hill landscape. So yeah, despite Switzerland not being an immediate location for a lot of car enthusiasts due to "heavy" regulation (which I didn't have any problems with), I found the trip really rewarding. Loads of amazing places to drive, and even the most remote mountain roads are soft and perfectly paved. Got my long drive back to the UK tomorrow so I'll close out with this photo

First friday of every month. There is a thread with more info in the south east event section

Wow nice transformation there michelle! bet you and steve are well chuffed with that, looks like lewis did a good job with the paint. Will definitely need to see this once I'm back in canter. What else have you got planned to do?

Thats what I would suggest. The easiest places to check are the battery terminals, and in the driver footwell there is a 10mm bolt holding in some earths. Edit: Both of which in the past have caused my supra to cut out when either the negative battery connection came loose, or that 10mm bolt came slightly loose.

awesome man, such a nice looking supra and nice to see a different setup for once.

It is a remarkable piece of engineering for sure, but its first impression for me isn't amazing. It seems to lack a bit of character

Solved: New sparks & ht leads sorted the issue. I should of spent some time testing to see if it was the sparks, or the leads that fixed the issue, but I put them both in and no more misfire.

My only thoughts on London is parking prices are bloody ridiculous, and don't follow Google Maps blindly. Took me down some roads last time I was there that had mini mountains for speed bumps, never again! Then again I'm a London noob

A lot of the N/A-T guys are running auto boxes as well, which can take more than the W58