SteveR Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I bought a GS300 Sport for a charity rally I'm doing in May, when we get back I'm having the wheels as a spare/trackday set for mine, but what else shall I nick off the car before the bulk of it goes to the scrappy? Engine (NA) - maybe Gearbox (Auto) - much call for these or not really? Diff - maybe? Are the diffs the same? IIRC the manual and auto diffs aren't the same, but is the GS300 diff a straight swap for the Supras? Prop shaft - different length? I may turn the seats (front & rear) into living room furniture and stick them on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock on Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 You may be able to part it out on clubaristo.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 TBH, I doubt if there is much of a market for any of it. People often can't give N/A engines away because they never break. Probably no demand for the gearbox either. Diff is the same as the other big RWD Toyotas, but it won't be LSD, so, again, no demand, really. Brakes are the same as J-spec Supra, so might be worth a small amount. Weigh it in or find some wheels and sell it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 If its got a grey leather centre arm rest with cup holders, il have that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thanks for the replies guys, as I thought then I guess - may as well chop it up just to see how its put together! I got the whole car for £400 and apart from having a car for this charity rally, the alloys are worth twice that to me, so I'm still a happy chappy! If its got a grey leather centre arm rest with cup holders, il have that Sorry, the leather is a kind of light tan colour. It does have cup holders in it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Rrrrrubbish, they're like the holy grail these days! Well when/if you do part it out I'll be interested in a few bits, headlights, gear knob and surround, a/c unit, sport grille etc etc And the answer is well, it's very well put together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Rrrrrubbish, they're like the holy grail these days! Well when/if you do part it out I'll be interested in a few bits, headlights, gear knob and surround, a/c unit, sport grille etc etc And the answer is well, it's very well put together! Ok Swampy, no problems, I'll give you a shout when we're back form the rally and the dismantling begins. It'll definitely be stripped for bits and taken apart, the bodywork is a bit shabby: one previous owner has dinged the back left quarter (looks like it stepped out on them and they lost control) and then done a brilliant bodge job of the repair. It's done nearly 150k miles and is a horrible burgundy colour so not worth the effort making pristine again, despite that damage being the only thing wrong with the car as far as I can tell. Besides, I'm having the wheels off it and who wants a car with no wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Cool, I'd appreciate that you didn't buy it off Driftworks did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Cool, I'd appreciate that you didn't buy it off Driftworks did you? Nope, bought it at the tail end of last year from some bloke off ebay. The exhaust fell apart, he didn't have the cash to repair it and wanted a 4x4 to set up as a mobile mechanic so I snapped it up. Runs fine, it had MoT till a couple of weeks ago... needs tyres and exhaust for a MOT but hopefully that's it (I'll swap the wheels around from my Supra for the rally, and bodge the exhaust back together with individual pipe sections cut & welded just to 'make do' and then stick the existing back boxes back onto that.) Should be fun! We get back on the 8th May so give me a shout after then with your wish list and you can have first shout on any parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Nice one, cheers There's one identical on Driftworks right now. Enjoy the trip, great cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Are either of the subframes or any of the wishbones common? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Subframes, the rear, don't think so, the front maybe. Suspension arms, front uppers, yes, lowers, no. Rears not sure, Gareth is the walking EPC so I'm sure he would know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) The rear subframe is the same part number as a Soarer, and a Supra rear subframe fits a Soarer, but the Supra part number is different, so... As Craig said, the front suspension design is different. Sometimes suspension parts are interchangeable although they have different part numbers, perhaps because they have different bushes. Edited March 16, 2012 by garethr (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Thanks guys, all useful info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Any ideas where I can source a replacement exhaust/parts cheapy cheap? The whole thing is pretty shot TBH. The replacements parts only need to last 1 month/3,000 miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Gotta be eBay, here's plenty of breakers on there. I binned a cat back system last month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Cheer Swampy - keeeping an eye on ebay but there's nowt at present. Might need to fabricate/bodge something together 'that'll do' stylee, the car's being stripped anyway when we get back. As you trace the under-car sections of the exhaust, from the front of the car, have i got the boxes/cats understood correctly here: downpipe - single cat box - pipe into Y piece - twin mid silencers - twin wiggly pipes that dodge between the suspension and diff - twin back silencers with integrated tailpipes I'm thinking that if the two boxes immediately after the y-piece are just silencers, I'll skip replacing them and just put a straight through pipe into the final reap boxes. If they are cats though, I may have to do this the hard way. Cheers! Photo off the net showing all of the above apart from the downpipe and the box I think is the cat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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