Hey guys!

Been a few years since ive been around the 6gc world, in that time ive gone through school and worked my way up in life. through that time i never forgot the passion i had for my 6gc and told myself one day i would own one again. the day came and the opportunity could not be passed up. over 2000 miles, one college football game(rough night lol) and way too much in toll money got me to my dream, a dream that cant be told with words. so i welcome you, my st205 gt4.

(pictures soon to come)




This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Sep 5, 2014 - 8:29 PM

a little tease before bed

Awesome, glad you posted it! I hate the tolls on the way there and back. We always take $100 cash just for tolls.

hmm, where have i seen that car......

Beautiful

You need to come to the Midwest meet

Very clean GT4!

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^ this!!

congrats man. a total dream come true.

Thank you everyone! it really is a dream come true, ill do a little update tonight with some pictures.

As of right now the car site in the garage waiting out the hassle with insurance and then to most likely battle the dmv with the title.
(its apparent no one likes there job seeing as i say its a 12 digit vin and they instantly say they cant do it...)
currently the insurance is pending, should know for sure by today.

update!! car is now fully insured!

...commence the battle with the dmv now!

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Chop Chop - I want to see this thing when I go up for LSPR

Very Nice and what year is that Repsol. I have a 2012 1000RR (my first baby) in black.

Very nice! One of the perks living in Michigan, registering seems easy. I just thought last week of importing one since I moved here, but I'd find a LHD.. Good luck to me! lol

FINALLY!!!!!! car is now on the road. titled in Wisconsin. Michigan was cool but long story short they wanted 6 days to transfer some things and i wanted the car for the weekend.
Now that this headache and battle is over i will post more about the car with some pictures for you guys!

Clearly you have an address in WI you are leveraging?

we luckily have a business in Wisconsin! i will say i like Michigan prices though.. cost an arm,leg,and half my bank account just to tittle it.

so.... I can get a GT-FOUR in WI.... hmmmm

This post has been edited by cheela: Sep 12, 2014 - 2:37 PM

Story time!

After finally getting the car registered and insured i pretty much drove the car one full day straight haha
prior to all this excitement i had a look around the car checking the mechanical stability and possible faults i would run into.
There is no way around saying this nicely,the car lived a horrible life for a long time. what i found mechanically wrong had me baffled, and astonished this car still performed the way it did.

THE BAD....

so I decided to check and then flush and fill the cooling system, engine and intercooler.
i first found green coolant in the engine, nothing wrong with that but im pretty picky so super long life was going in regardless.
next was the intercooler, i just laughed when i saw what came out...mud...and water. so after a flush with the hose i realized there was some serious blockage going on. i decided to take the intercooler into work and flush it out some mo


intercooler (coolant....)



the junk i found in the cooling system. used CLR to clear it out.




After focusing on the cooling system and taking care of the little blemishes, i directed my attention to the suspension and drive train.
Things i found faulty...
both strut bolts on top completely loose.
sub frame bolts loose
all four strut top mounts worn
pass strut leaking
worn sway bar bushings in the front
axle back portion of exhaust not even bolted on
rear diff near empty of fluid
gear fluid black and in need of replacement (replaced)
clutch fluid black and in need of replacement (replaced)
oil and toyota filter (replaced)

(after tightening and inspecting almost all the noise from the front suspension is gone. im now only left with the strut tops making some noise.
i do plan on replacing the suspension for some aftermarket parts)

all in all it is a project car, and my pass time. i cant complain to much. the car is wonderful to drive and pulls very nicely. i will do a few more updates on some things i am working on.

some bonus pictures.

somewhere in Pennsylvania, we were tired from a long day of driving


power folding mirrors!


nothing really gets attention more then a rhd car, the looks are epic!




This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Sep 19, 2014 - 10:46 AM

Wow. I love ir. One day baby...

Nice looking Faff, I am sure you will make plenty of people jealous having a real one over there. Keep up the good work

I Like the last picture a lot.

Finally found some turbo blue in the area to address the low octane issue i feel i was having. Thankfully the car runs like a new car...funny to think how much of a difference it made. none the less i have a friend who works at a local tuning shop and he agreed to let me run my car on the dyno one night.

made an impressive 259.7whp & 237.2tq

im working on getting the dyno sheet seeing as it was after hours and we really never got around to printing it. i do have a crappy video i will try to upload though

<------ Jealous.

^ Says the guy with the Supra...

Well this is weird

Since importing my ST205 10 years ago seems like i am always close to other ST205s
First the Red one that has been around the country and white one owned by retired doctor
in Columbus area

Now i live in Green Bay for last few years and once again have a st205 close by, Awesome and Great pics .

I was just in Marinette today for work . Won't see my st205 on street any time soon as
supercharged 2GRFE V6 Mr2 is priority to get done by next spring . Neither car will get
driven in winter ever.

This is from a stop in Fond du lac to get gas August 13' towing home from sitting in friends body shop
near Dubuque ,IA for 8 years



This post has been edited by FORGMANN: Sep 26, 2014 - 10:13 PM

Absolutely amazing!! Definitely should try to meet up one time! I'm pleased to hear there is another great machine so close!

This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Sep 26, 2014 - 10:33 PM

nothing like a warm fall day, curvy roads, and spooling!!

small update

Been driving the car a lot recently, can you blame me lol
unfortunately the time is getting closer to storing it for the winter and doing some work on it. (super strut suspension is crying for help!!!) i have some questions for you guys. im looking to put the car up on jack stands, should i put them on the pinch welds or the actual frame rails?
also would anyone have the minimal rotor thickness for turning st205 rotors?

thanks for the help guys!



BONUS!!!!
my dad found this gem, looks like your typical momo shift knob..but its by far not! came in a Toyota bag with a part number. (i will post the number tonight) i ran the number at work through our system with no luck, our parts manager couldn't even run the number. i eventually came across a site on Google and found out it was only a Japanese part for the ST 205. list in 93...$203!!!!!!



This post has been edited by 4-eyed-freek: Oct 1, 2014 - 8:38 AM

Update,
TRD coil overs
big thanks to forgmann!









Going to start putting this all in tonight, lubed everything up last night to prep the car. hopefully it should be smooth sailing.
getting back to the momo shift knob, found some pictures of the part numbers and then ran it in toyodiy's web site as a jdm number only.

Awesome!

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I would go with neither, try and find support on the sub frames, make some nice wooden blocks and use that to support the car.

If you are feeling creative you could make some hub mounted jack stands.

As far as wood blocks are you just suggesting to use wood blocks between the frame rails and jacks to even out the pressure and avoid the stands being directly on the rails? or just big blocks or wood lol