My First AWD Turbo!!

[GofaST4life]

Whats up guys?

A few of you may have seen this thread: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/427961-3sgte.html

I picked up the car last night, and she is a beauty!

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Her first bath!

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I'm very excited about this car, the platform and building it.

Took her out last evening and gave her a good run. I was very surprised by the power/torque still left in the stock system.

 

[Abe'sGST]

that's a nice car bro! ....how much did you pay for it after all?

 

[GofaST4life]

Picked her up for $2k.

I'm the third owner, and I have a binder of maintenance receipts dating all the way back to 1995, when the stock turbo was replaced under warranty at 45k miles. Reading through it all was awesome, timing belt replacements, wheel bearings, struts, brakes, lines, clutch, flywheel, tires, oil changes, EVERYTHING!

Yes, she does need some simple maintenance, but overall, i'm loving this thing.

 

[Abe'sGST]

That's a steal man! And all the maintenance paperwork is a huge bonus...how many miles on it?

 

[GofaST4life]

An amazing deal IMO.

I had to jump on it.

She has a little over 156k on the clock.

 

[1990whitetsiawd]

Aren't parts really hard to find for these? I have heard a lot of people say they are less reliable than a Dsm. Gl with the car.

 

[Quick92RS]

Parts are all over the place for them. All the engine parts are the same as the mr2 turbo.

 

[GofaST4life]

True, the after market is not nearly as large as the DSM scene. But I have been finding parts very easily.
Biggest issues when finding parts would be drive train components.

I've joined up on alltrac.net and 3sgte.net, and after talking to many about reliability, its very much compared to that of our DSMs. Treat the car well and stay up on your maintenance, she will last. A few guys are running stock blocks/heads with over 200k miles, and have not had any major problems.

 

[GofaST4life]

New shoes and a the BOV and MBC setup.

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[GofaST4life]

17x9's w/ 245-40-17's

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[noavgjoe]

I've always loved that car. I remember seeing it in magazines and drooling as a kid. Congrats!!!

 

[GofaST4life]

Thanks!

I'm loving it! She runs top notch and the full 3" turbo back really woke this car up!

 

[LandoAWD]

The old Lando wants to smack the "new" Lando for this, but...needs a bit more low.

Looks awesome, though.

 

[GofaST4life]

I agree Lando.

Next season though. I wanted to get a good set of rubber and real wheel set to take advantage of the stock wide body. She looks awesome rolling down the road. Tires are so wide!

Coil overs next season for sure!!