that didnt take long

yeah, 87 mark III NA






the only mods to it now are a K&N intake and some crazy muffler, along with the american racing rims. The exhaust note is beautiful, but itll have a full pace setter system eventually

Also the hood should probably be color matched, the paint started to oxidize so the guy who owns it now sanded and primed it. the body is flawless, one small 2" spot of rust on the right quarter along with some faded clear coat. Bumper needs to be resprayed as well, but nothing that turns me away from it.

110k original miles, but the entire drivetrain was rebuilt ~5k ago, including metal gaskets, complete hot tank and plane of the head, new valve stems and seals etc. this guy didnt cut corners.

Not to mention it has TEMS and grippy ass seats

 

It's missing a pedal!

 

 

I didn't want to use red text because to me any sporty car that is automatic is missing the excitement pedal and shifter. ( excluding sporty cars that are owned with tiptronic, that is useful if you live in an area prone to bumper to bumper traffic.)

 

i think the cl was a better choice..

 

sorry, but i still think cops are going to look at you the same, maybe worse.

 

no turbo and no manual... fail

 

that too

 

I had a 89 NA back in high school and my bro had an 89 Turbo both were the same color we cruised in a pair around town was pretty cool at the time (Charcoal)

The TEMS is cool the car had some neat tech for the time and and I love the seats you could adjust them until they were squeezing you.

I was going to warn you about the head gaskets (major problem on those cars) but it looks like you're good to go with the rebuild.

We still have one of them sitting under a tarp that's dead at my parents.

 

autotragic and non turbo? dude, you failed.

 

Sounds like you are happy so good luck with your new car

 

I know, non turbo, automatic. but the rebuild that this guy has done including torquing the head down to the proper 72 ftlbs makes this essentially a brand new car. I wouldnt trust a 7mgte after 22 years to start tuning, but this thing is the perfect platform. as for the autotragic, can be swapped for sub 400$.. 200$ for the trans, another 200 for miscellaneous parts and a weekend with a friend of mine and voila. (if anyone here is from DE and has heard of JTUNE, my buddy Nuri is a master tech there, hes building a supra as well as we speak and would help me out with the hook up) Trust me, I thought this through before I dropped the axe.

in 2 years it qualifies for classic plates in CT which drops insurance down dirt cheap and allows me to no longer have to worry about emission too!

As for the turbo side of things.. id rather build it NA, then add a turbo later and have to worry about rebuilding the engine before tuning it. plus the only difference between the 7mge and 7mgte is the exhaust cam has a different cycle. but this is all just how my mind works at least. Reliability > initial Speed.

from one of the initial emails.. this guy has every single receipt, a stack about an inch and a half think for the work hes done.

 

Wow, that guy def knew what he was doing, sounds like you got a solid ass engine. How many miles on that bad boy?

So did you guys trade titles straight up?

 

Solid ass engine indeed, hence the reason im forgoing the autotragic lol. there is 110k original on the body, and 5k on the rebuilt engine. he even re-torqued the head after 5 heat cycles

Cars not officially mine yet, should be by the end of the weekend though. were trading titles, plus 1200$ cash on his end. make some profit off of my CL and pick up a car i dreamed of owning growing up

 

Not really my thing but I'm glad your happy with it. Could use bigger wheels and a lower drop though..

 

I know, I can read

 

what will you do with the $1200, besides get it on the road and stuff?

 

looks like a solid build, glad your happy with it. too bad its an automatic though.

 

A drop on a mark III sacrifices the TEMS, I agree though, it sits high. ill have to inquire with the supra boards about what to do.

 

hahaha forgot i put that in there

 

well, i figure itll cost me 300 in fees and taxes, which leaves me with 900. 600 is automatically going to savings, ill buy some paint to respray the bumper (30$ or so..) so with the 270 left ill start collecting parts for the manual swap, or maybe dump it straight into a 2.5" exhaust, i can get the full pace setter cat back for 280$ with free shipping.. soooo well see

 

your going to swap a 5 speed? hang pedals? by yourself?

 

with a friend... but yes, my friend and I

 

^ my friend and i*

 

 

well good luck! have something set up for transportation if it takes more than a weekend. there will be speedbumps, especially when your essentially fabricating something like this

 

yes of course, again it wont be something i do overnight. but for down then road..

 

this is a joke right? no way keep the CL. better to be caught ridin dirty then be caught red handed in a grocery getter, soccer mom, kid totin' saab wagon. my two cents

 

^ Did you even read the thread buddy? He decided not to get the saab, there are even pictures of the supra on THIS PAGE.

 

wow....

 

lol nice response

 

god forbid people actually use a car for its intended purposes right? not to mention with some tweaks and a tune.. that saab wagon could pull harder then most everything out there.. ask nate about his friend with the 400+whp one.

get this shit out of my thread, its been nice and calm so far, i dont need some fucking n00b coming in here and ruining it.

 

Id say water-s relative, but his grammar makes sense.. acura_3.0_cl relative?

 

take a chill pill y0

 

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how much did u pay? looks pretty good, but i'd have taken a t5 volvo over that, automatic or not. but hey as long as ur enjoying it, that's all that matters.

 

The transaction is unfortunatley still pending, but the trade is the supra for my CL, plus 1200 cash on his end, The t5 is nice, but when i thought about it.. id rather have the RWD

 

Careful in the rain <<< knows from experience. I turned that car around in an intersection one time :P