My 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo
   Welcome to the Section for my 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo. I purchased this car from a gentleman in Philadelphia PA on 4/11/99. The trip there was more than worth it, besides I was quite comfortable in my friend Chets Merc SL300. We had quite a bit of fun on the way home, stock supra vs. stock sl300, supra wins;) The car was 99% stock when purchased, there was only an HKS 75mm dual tip installed when the stock one fell off. The quiet ~300 mile ride home in her really gave me time to get a feel for the car. The rattles, the handling, and of course the need for more power. Knowing why I loved the mk2 and how it felt, I knew where to start on the mk3, the suspension. Within two weeks I replaced the rims with (my older) 18s, the shocks, springs, sway bars, and lets not forget the Turbonetics MBC for a little more fun. From that time until now, I have done a few other interesting upgrades....



87 turbo picture gallery

  • The engine bay of my 87 turbo supra. ~7/20/02

       I'll keep this simple for now by putting some pictures up that I have been saving for a while. I will update this page for the rest of this winter and spring until I finish the car ( not much left, but it is in storage and I won't touch her for a few more months). Please enjoy the links to pictures of the current parts in the list of products.

       Here is the list of the mods I have done so far:
  • HKS AFM replacement
              Pictures here

  • HKS 3000 Pipe
              Pictures here

  • HKS VPC with the 550 chip
              Pictures here

  • HKS F CON
              Pictures here

  • HKS GCC 3
              Pictures here

  • HKS EVC 4 - Set to 1.4 bar so far (~20psi)

  • HKS Turbo Elbow
              Pictures here

  • LMS  Big 'ol Stainless downpipe
              Pictures here

  • Custom full 3 inch ID test pipe - No small 2½ flanges on this badboy.

  • Trust Power Extreme II exhaust( from Japan )
              Picture here

  • HKS Turbo timer 4

  • HKS TEMS controller
              Picture here

  • Greddy 1.5 MHG
              Pictures of the head, BHG, and lapped block

  • ARP  Head bolts - torqued to 92ft/lbs
              Picture here

  • Turbonetics 60 trim and custom made oil lines
              Pictures of the turbo and custom oil lines

  • HKS Racing Type 2 BOV
              Picture here

  • 550 injectors, low impedence and fit like stock, cutting the harness was not needed.
              Pictures here

  • Spearco FMIC
              Pictures here

  • AMS 2.5 inch hardpipes

  • AEM adjustable cam gears
              Pictures here

  • RPS 4 puck clutch
              Pictures here

  • MKiv  twin turbo fuel pump
              Pictures here

  • NGK laser platinum plugs
              Picture here

  • NGK  8mm wires

  • HKS  air filter

  • Greddy Fuel pressure, boost, and EGT gauges installed in a custom gauge a pillar I made at the end of July 02'.
              Pictures here

  • JIC lower control arm bar
               Picture here

  • Cusco rear strut brace
               Picture here

  • KVR crossed drilled cadnium plated rotors
               Pictures here

  • KVR carbon fiber pads

  • KVR clear teflon coated braided stainless steel brake lines front and rear

  • Suspension Techniques Sway bars

  • Tokico Illumina IIs

  • Intrax 2 inch lowering springs
              Pictures here ( before and after )

  • Custom Aluminum one piece drive shaft
              Picture here

  • AMS bushing kit soon?? Hmm, maybe AMS can also mean "almost serious"

  • Bridgestone Potenza S o3's
               Front: 255/35ZR18
               Rear : 285/30ZR18

  • 18's

  • I made fiberglass rounded tweeter pods on the normally flat triangle panel on the other side of the side mirrors loction.
               Pictures here

  • Shortened the factory shifter, but still using the lovely factory shifter knob
               Pictures here

  • Polished my 150 amp alt, as well as a few other things once I learned the process
              Pictures here

  • Turbonetics polished the compressor housing since it was only $35 with the purchase of the turbo
              Pictures here

  • Powdercoated a lot of engine bay parts gloss black, the complete intake, HKS AFM replacement, 3000 pipe, STB ends and lots of other parts.
              Pictures here

  • Placed a NA volt meter in the factory boost location
              Pictures here

  • Run all AMSoil synthectic fluids except in the tranny, "climbing gear oil" is in there, this stuff is BADASS:) got rid of all the typical tranny problems (hard into second, grinding into 2nd)

  • Painted the calipers and caliper hangers gloss black with an epoxy from germany after they were rebuilt
               Pictures here

  • A 3 way electronicly crossed-over car audio system

  • Newer style black button heater/ac controller
               Pictures here

  • I also put the super monitor in my car, which was not picked as an option from the factory
               Pictures here

  • The car was cloth, I traveled over 10 hours to Quebec City to pick up a complete leather interior out of a wrecked 87T that Helene found. Thanks Helene and Matti! Your tour was more than wonderful:)

  • One of the silliest things: When I took apart the dash for the SM install, I placed a TINY TRD sticker ( from my TRD mk4 RC cars sticker pack) on the tachometer right at the bottom in the middle. It looks like it belongs:)
               Picture here



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