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I finally got a windshield gasket!

FB link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/24546213091739826/ Located near West Bend, HMU if you want them!

Glad to see it back on the road 😁

The hikfab plate has saved my pan so many times, it owes me nothing. If it’s bent bad you can straighten them in a press (ask me how I know) Glad to see the car made it relatively unscathed

Long story short, turns out back in late may 2023 I cracked the head on this car which explains the “expansion tank” issues I was having. I raced/codrove it like that for a year without much issue. In April 2024 after an event I decided it was time to dive in as the “expansion tank” issue was getting worse. did a compression test on it and every cylinder checked out great which was weird did a leak down test and cyl 5 took a shit cracked from exhaust valve to spark plug sourced 2 spare heads, took them to the machine shop & they fixed them all up & then they cracked them both in the fixture when pressure testing lol. (Clamped them wrong) IMG_4260.mov Shit happens and they ended up sourcing 2 heads fairly quickly - just something to note if you’re dropping these off at a shop that normally doesn’t touch these heads, make sure they clamp them down from the head bolt area and aren’t just putting a bar across the top of the head. Raced gf’s Supra for most of 2024 & didn’t have much motivation until recently to get this back together. turns out a few of the bores on the cam trays had some pretty bad scoring so grabbed a set from my spares since I had to reshim the solid lifters anyways this is usually the longest part of the process but it’s pretty straight forward, putting the cams in/out a few times to measure is the longest part also did valve seals because everything was part anyways Just in case anyone is curious since I had to buy spare motors to source heads lol: slapped it back together over the weekend with oem headbolts, Running distilled water&water wetter instead of coolant because I hate cleaning up coolant. Also don’t let me forget for the winter lol. plugged the laptop into ms3, hit the key, everything still worked & it fired right up. beat on it a bit & temps held around 190-195, didn’t have any weird leaks, expansion tank issues, etc -so hopefully it’s good to go. Still need to drop the current oil/filter, bleed brakes, check PS fluid, move fixed seat forward, address dumb valve cover leaks & re tape radiator gaps might run this at the next RA event or just wait for a USAIR lapping day to fully shake it down

Bravo! Glad you finally got to do this and I would love to join some year as well. Also post some exhaust videos!

Maintenance > photos Oil change: 208,357. Used a Mann filter and trying out the Liqui Moly Classic 20W-50. Seems okay for a car of this age and appears to have a little more ZDDP than standard Castrol GTX, and falls under the FCP euro lifetime guarantee, most importantly. It’s not like M20’s are overly picky about their oil. Also installed a new valve cover breather hose, and most importantly, my Strömung catback! The perforated old one that despite being so rusty it sounds like a maraca, weighs a good 10lbs more at least: It was fantastic!! You. Absolutely. Should. It’d be awesome to have an alpine e30 convoy! Bonus pics of my skidplate that saved my trip: Also found a busted headlight lens I missed. Booo!