May
30, 2003
Spring Supra meet at Race
City. Picture album here
May
10, 2003
Calgary Spring Supra meet at Bragg Creek cruise. Picture album
here
May
7, 2003
Replaced clutch master cylinder at Charlesglen
Toyota (116,320 Kms)
April
26, 2003
Replaced platinum spark plugs with copper (115,862 Kms)
April
25, 2003
Changed oil to Mobil 1 Tri Synthetic 15W-50 and replaced K&N
Gold Oil Filter (115,788 Kms)
April
8, 2003
The Supra returns for another year (114,776 Kms). Work
done over winter:
Removed
and capped off EGR system
Ceramic coated turbo heat shields, manifold heat shields,
intake manifold, turbo elbow and HKS pipe
Polished exhaust housing on turbo
Fixed leaky manifold gasket
Replaced coolant and water wetter
December
31, 2002
The Supra goes into winter storage and will return in the spring
(114,776 Kms)
December
21, 2002
Met up with 3 other MKIII owners at Brewsters. Still have lots
to learn from them.
December
17, 2002
False alarm, everything check out okay. Maybe clogged oil return
line on the turbo? (114,496 Kms)
December
13, 2002
A "smoke screen" shoots out my exhaust pipe after
light boosting and Supra is towed home (114,496 Kms)
November
25, 2002
Supra goes back to Import
Car Service for valve seal replacement under warranty (114,089
Kms)
October
24, 2002
Clutch fluid started to run down my inside firewall. Time for
a new master cylinder (113,121 Kms)
October
19, 2002
Changed oil to Mobil 1 Tri Synthetic 10W-30 and replaced K&N
Gold Oil Filter (112,834 Kms)
October
17, 2002
Supra goes back to Import
Car Service for a transmission (Redline MTL) and differential
flush (Redline 75W-90). Exhaust valves will also be tested for
bad seals. (112,703 Kms)
September
13, 2002
Change out fouled NGK platinum
spark plugs and replaced with copper plugs (lasted 6,076
Kms). Hesistation and missing stopped. (110,999 Kms)
September
8, 2002
Factory fan shroud broke and fell on the clutch fan, broke 2
blades clean off and snapped my alternator belt (110,792 Kms)
August
28, 2002
Changed oil (110,192 Kms)
August
27, 2002
Supra goes back to Import
Car Service for installation of a custom 3" downpipe
which will eliminate both catalytic converters (110,077 Kms)
July
3, 2002
Picked up car from Import
Car Service and the break in begins (104,953 Kms)
June
20, 2002
Engine is assembled and is ready to install
June
4, 2002
Engine and turbo came out of the machine shop with the following
goodies:
Rebuilt CT-26 turbocharger
Rebuilt cylinder head complete with 5-angled valve job and ported
head
Rebuilt short block with balanced crank, new bearings, pistons,
rods, rings and gloss black powder coating
Block deck and cylinder head machined and lapped for 1.2mm HKS
metal head gasket
Ceramic coated turbo manifold
February
6, 2002
Towed Supra into Import
Car Service to get complete engine and turbo rebuild (104,923
Kms)
November
7, 2001
Flushed out the oil and coolant and put the Supra into the garage
for the winter
November
6, 2001
Blew the head gasket on my way to work (104,923 Kms)
October
6, 2001
Purchased my 1988 Toyota Supra (102,924 Kms)
