I bought a 88 ST165 with 300K miles back in February of 2020 because I figured I would have lots of time, which was mostly true.
I had bought it with a blown clutch and some cool mods, at the time the fog lights didn't work, it was throwing check engine lights and the Supra CT26 turbo wastegate actuator was held on with zip ties and combined with all my knowledge and lack of experience with cars, it was bound to be a interesting money pit.
I got started taking apart the engine bay, and with the help of my step dad who actually knew what he was doing in about 2 1/2 weeks I had the engine out.
I went ahead and removed the transmission and had the flywheel machined to go nicely with a new Stage 1 ACT clutch, which should be nice for the power I was making with all the modifications done to the car.
The next weeks mostly had me ordering gaskets and tearing apart the engine down to the cylinder head to be ready for paint.
I had bought it with a blown clutch and some cool mods, at the time the fog lights didn't work, it was throwing check engine lights and the Supra CT26 turbo wastegate actuator was held on with zip ties and combined with all my knowledge and lack of experience with cars, it was bound to be a interesting money pit.
I got started taking apart the engine bay, and with the help of my step dad who actually knew what he was doing in about 2 1/2 weeks I had the engine out.
I went ahead and removed the transmission and had the flywheel machined to go nicely with a new Stage 1 ACT clutch, which should be nice for the power I was making with all the modifications done to the car.
The next weeks mostly had me ordering gaskets and tearing apart the engine down to the cylinder head to be ready for paint.