If the gear lever feels sloppy then you need a new shifter bushing, this is a bit of a pain in the ass. The R154 should feel a bit truck like though and is a very strong gearbox. It won't let you shift into 1st while moving unless you really push it hard and if the owner is doing this then the thing is most likely a bit fucked.
The clunking noise you hear is probably the LSD which needs new fluid/ backlash setting or a rebuild. If you don't have a clunking noise and it's a turbo then the car has been well cared for since all turbos came with LSDs.
These are great cars and I wish I hadn't sold mine but they are quite a bit more work than other japanese sports cars and as much as I miss my old turbo the thought of buying another makes me curl up. That being said, I do plan for another one a few years into the future and it's defnitely a car worth owning for the interior alone.
Jaxson Campbell
oh and get used to not being able to park in car parks and having to origami in and out thanks to thos gigantic doors
Aaron Hernandez
Really in depth, senpai. I learned a lot and I've owned mine for a year already. Thanks.
Isaiah Powell
i have a MS135 Crown with the same drivetrain as MA70 Supra, do the headgasket and get aftermarket headbolts and torque the head to new spec. my headgasket started to go at 80k km when i went past 140kmh, they almost always go by 120k km
im going to get flamed to hell for this but MK4 Supra are complete shit unless you get a 6spd twin turbo, NA 2JZ VVTi engines are complete junk. my girlfriend had a 1998 Toyota Aristo NA and that engine was one fucking problem after another that i was fixing it more than it was driven. hell my 1979 Toyota Supra is more reliable than a NA MKIV
despite nobody else liking them i love 7MGE, theyre balls easy to work on and once you change the headgasket theyre bulletproof.
Christopher Robinson
damn thank you for the detailed advice, i'm actually going to screenshot this so i can reference back on it if and/or when i decide on getting one :)
Gabriel Hill
hahaha
Alexander White
Fuuuuuck thank you so much user. I was wondering why so many Supras I inspected to buy were completely rusted at the trunk
Benjamin Campbell
thank you for the advice, i didnt plan on buying any earlier than '88 also i dont care much for the targa top desu. damn, sorry to hear about your tail-lights
Brayden Morgan
I'm lucky to be in California, which is why the car has no rust anywhere else. I've read about some ways of making your own gaskets for them. Getting new ones costs about 70 bucks, and I'm not spending that on 25 y/o pieces of foam rubber.
Leo Garcia
Buy a turbo model hard top. I used to have an na hard top but sold it once I bought a targa turbo. Don’t drive much with the top down. Way to much attention. And the windshield flexes a lot when it’s down too. Better to just buy a hard top.
