I got one

I finally got off my but and brought myself a sports car.
What do you think

http://www.freepichosting.com/Albums/421595608.html

haha i'll wait till i see it next week!

i'll laugh if it goes DOOONK!

congrats!!! looks nice ;)

well no DOONK... bet your disappointed about missing that, could be the blitz BOV.... will take you up on that drive some time, will be interesting to see how another one drives! should get down to the track some time too...

Congats!!

Yep, no Doonk on gear change. Had a little closer look at the exhaust. I don't think its standard, the piping looks too big. Oh well never mind :)
The air intake is standard tho, and I don't know how far I want to try and push the insurance lady on what is "minor modifications".

So now I've got the car, what do you guys recommend I do strait away in regards to some maintenance that might not have been done by the previous owner?

Change the headgasket
Change the OEM cap/rotor to OEM cap/rotor
Change OEM spark plugs and wires to OEM wires and NGK plugs
oil change
coolant flush
tranny flush

Dude! When Did The Headgasket Become A "maintenance" Item? I Wouldn't Change It Unless I Knew Something Was Wrong With It!

looks awesome. and about the head gasket...better safe then sorry i say.

Even If It Means Removing The Engine To Do It????

Man, the local Toyota service department is going to love me if I get the head gasket changed.
Any recommendations on brand/specification of transmission fluid, oil, coolant additives?

Oh and NGK spark plug numbers

Ok, went and ordered distributor cap, rotor and dust o-ring for the distributor, and so did TRD2000.
Found out that between his car and mine, (90 vs 92) they have a different distributor cap. And the o-ring they have none left in the county, so they have to come in from Japan. It will be a few weeks before this job finally gets done.

The head gaskets are known to go on the 3SGTE, but to my knowlege you dont have to pull the motor to change it.

I dunno, it's still a lot of work, Jeff's has done 200K miles inc. racing without blowing, mines at 190k km and checked out fine, have you replaced yours yet?

as for the spark plugs i'll prob have them written down at work but for NGK i think it was REP6k's that rings a bell anyway, i've got champion plugs in at the moment cause they came out on top in a fast fours test, figured i'd try them... well aside from my 1 ngk platinum haha.

Booking the car in this week for a full fluid change. I'll get the shop to check out my head gasket (and give me a guesstimate on how much it's going to cost to replace) as I think it has a small leak. Whilst I don't intend to up the engine performance for a while, is it worth me getting a metal head gasket and ARP stud bolts anyway? The main cost of this job is going to be labor, so I'm not too worried about the difference in cost of the parts, but does the block and head need surfacing to have a metal head gasket? That may put the cost out a little at the moment as I just got the car two weeks ago!
On a side note, TRD2000 and I did a bit of a car swap for a quick drive, and man my clutch peddle is soooo much heavier. I do notice that when I have the car in neutral there is a very slight rattle from the gear box (like stones rattling around), but when I put my foot on the clutch it goes away. Is there an easy way of finding out what clutch is in there?
Too many questions I know, but I'm trying to sort this car out.

The head gaskets are known to go on the 3SGTE, but to my knowlege you dont have to pull the motor to change it.
headgaskets are not a common item to "blow" unless you overheat the car or have a rebuilt engine with ARP headstuds and do not retorque them.....

i'd also recommend the OEM DENSO plugs VS the NGK crap