Ultimate Supra Thread x 3..... 3,165 RWHP !!!

JoshVette · 03-11-09, 12:44

Hey everyone, I receintly aquired a new client who is a former NHRA Pro Driver for many years before he retired. However he is still very much a Horse Power junky.

That's all I will say about the owner as I don't want to give too much info.

He owns a plethera of high (1000++) powered vehicles, two of which are Toyota Supra's and the other two are Vipers which I'll get to detail next month but for now the Supra's will have to do....

Both these cars are identicle so I will split them up with another car so hopefully people reading this won't get too confused.

First of all a big thanks to Jason (MobileJay) on this forum for helping me with all these cars. I go to Houston regularly and when I do Jason basically clears his schedule to help tag teams these cars with me as I just cannot handle the load by myself anymore. thank you Jason!!

First up is a 96 (I believe) black Supra sporting a cool 1300RWHP+ that we spent a total of over 16 man hours on correcting paint, detailing the engine and cleaning up the interior a little.

Main concern was the paint and engine bay per owners request so here goes....

First off both cars were exceptionally clean but we still two bucket washed and clayed the car to properly prep it for polishing.

Before we did the exterior we spent a little time inside dusting, vacuuming and treating the otherwise pristine race ready interior.

hmmmm.... I wonder what that big bar there is for?? holding on after you hit the gas?? hmmm....

Notice the new adapted shifter. This is a converted trani from stick to auto for drag racing, I believe it's a 3 stroke powerglide (if that makes any sense to anyone please explain it further)

I noticed the big drag slicks in the back had caked melted rubber from burn outs all over the underside of the rear fenders and so I tackled that while Jason began to wash and clay the car.

Notice the rubber even on the muffle which I later removed but did not in these pics.

My basic plan of attack was to degrease the heck out of it with Simple Green 1:1, let it dwell for a few minutes then scrub the heck out of it. This was not working effectively so I stepped it up with some TW Bug and Tar Remover. I dowsed it on an older mitt I use for such occasions and generously worked it into the bonded rubber and let dwell for a few minutes. This was starting to cut it so I stuck with it.

Here's the tools of the traid for removing caked on rubber....

This crud was everywhere.....it felt like slime....

Almost done

Rinsed and ready to be dried, I had to do this on both sides.

Now that the car has been decontaminated head to toe, we quickly dried it with my Toro 230+ leaf blower, just enough to start taping up. I am not worried about spotting as we're about to polish it.

After taping.

In the background you'll notice the next project awaits.... (we actually did it the day before, but I'm posting in order of HP so this one's first)

I've got 3 Supra's total to post up about so stay tuned.

chromecarz00 · 03-11-09, 12:56

Yeesh...insanity.
The shifter I think is basically a manumatic, like you see in race cars, where there are 3 gears and you have to shift but no cluctch if that makes sense, like in an automatic there is a computer which determines when to shift, this doesnt have that comp..
but looking pretty good, how long did it take to get that rubber off?

JoshVette · 03-11-09, 01:04

Now that it's taped off we can begin to polish.

Sorry I do not have a lot of documented pics due to time restraints, we fully worked 4 cars over a short 3 days spending a total of over 50+ hours so I just could not document everything....

Here's some simple shots that I managed to get. I couldn't get great sun shots due to over the 3 days the sun showed it's face for a total of maybe 35 minutes.
Before

50/50

After

My process on the paint was basically Menz SIP with white LC pads at 1700rpms then jeweled at 1100. Second step was Menz Micro Polish (FPII) with black LC pad at 1200rpms then jeweled down to 900.

After this it was about 97% perfect. I was happy with the results as was the owner and he asked us to come back to complete his collect including the 2 Supras, 2 Vipers, 2 Escalades, 1 CLS55 AMG.... ALL BLACK!!!

Here's some afters of this Supra.

shine · 03-11-09, 01:06

Nice work! Isn't black great?

JoshVette · 03-11-09, 01:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by chromecarz00

Yeesh...insanity.
The shifter I think is basically a manumatic, like you see in race cars, where there are 3 gears and you have to shift but no cluctch if that makes sense, like in an automatic there is a computer which determines when to shift, this doesnt have that comp..
but looking pretty good, how long did it take to get that rubber off?

Sorry, but it is an Automatic transmition, the owner told us so himself. Not a 3 speed stick shift or padel shift as you're saying, it's a drag set up trani and not designed for human shifting of any kind, just pedal to the medal and hang on.

I know it looks like a manual, but it's not.

Took me about a total of 20-30 minutes to get all that junk off, maybe a bit longer.

Josh

Apollo_Auto · 03-11-09, 01:13

Holy poo I love that car... really, it's my attainable dream car! Nice work, too! Could you hook a brother up with some engine shots?

JoshVette · 03-11-09, 01:17

After rewashing it to remove Menz lubes, we applied some Collinite 915 or Vanilla Moose liquid carnuaba?? can't remember. (trying something new)

The monster within....

Big Turbo

I know it looks like your typical fart can, but that is followed by a 4" exhaust that the massive turbo dumps into.

I've got two more to post up full write ups on, but have to run a few arrends so I'll be back in a few hours.

Thanks,
Josh

JoshVette · 03-11-09, 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apollo_Auto

Holy poo I love that car... really, it's my attainable dream car! Nice work, too! Could you hook a brother up with some engine shots?

I wasn't done with the pics, you now have your engine bay shots.

The next two look even better, just wait and see.

Give me a couple hours and I'll have the other two posted up.

Josh

Auto Concierge · 03-11-09, 01:44

Bad a** car, I have been the passenger of a car like that..... not fun. Great correction Josh!.

jdoria · 03-11-09, 02:00

Looks like a cool garage to hang out in.

Nice correction on that beast.

Barry Theal · 03-11-09, 05:47

josh great job man!!! buy that thing looks fast vroooom vrooom!! good job!

MobileJay · 03-11-09, 06:51

Thanks for the shout out!
The tranny on this one is a chevy 400, but like Josh said, its traditional auto. He said he broke his leg so he couldn't use the 6spd so he swapped it for an auto. Crazy cars these were. Very fun to work on. I will see if I have pics that you didn't post, basically they are all the same.