Supra interior

[3XBrownCutty]

I'm helping my buddy work on his '89 (I think) Supra budget build... The stock inline 6 is toast so he picked up a............wait for it.........OLDS 350!!!
:lol: He's pairing it up to a th400 from a caddy. he wants a decal that says "classy shifts"

We lowered it in the engine compartment tonight and it fit nice. Guys have done small block chevys, so he thought, why not olds. His other buddy is a welder, so they will fab up some motor mounts. that will be a tough job. Biggest thing is the driveshaft, I think.

Don't worry, he's not hacking up a nice supra, Ill just leave it saying he used a gallon of bondo on it... When the 6 was alive he gassed it in the mud and the inside of the rear window got all muddy :lol:

ANYWAYS..... He has a set of racing seats for it, and He said I could have the stock buckets If I want them. they have adjustable lumbar suppourt, headrest, and sides. They need recovered pretty badly, but they are pretty slick looking seats. Should I pick them up and just set them off to the side somewhere maybe for later??

 

[3XBrownCutty]

These^^ only in gray and wore out.

 

[STL84Calais]

Two words: BAD *ss! That has got to be the coolest swap I've seen in a long time.

 

[Blake442]

Hell, if they're free, why not?

Sounds like a fun swap he's got going... 8)

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I wince in pain at the thought of that swap but... oh well. Anyhow, I would take the seats and then take a class in upholstery to recover them . They are head and shoulders above ANYTHING GM ever put in a G body, or anything else in the 80's or 90's short of a Corvette.

 

[3XBrownCutty]

yeah, I think I'll take them and just set them aside. Hopefully I'll find a spot in the basement to put them where my dad won't complain about them.

If they end up in my car, the only trick would be wiring up the power... everything. and finding a brown fabric that matches.

 

[Longroof79]

Those are nice seats...grab 'em! Didn't Supras come with turbocharged inline 6's?

Should be an interesting swap. I had a buddy with an XJ-S Jaguar with a 455 Buick in it.

Also, is that car right hand drive, or was the photo inverted??

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Those Supras either came with a 5M-GE or a turbocharged 5M-GTE. Later ones came with the 2JZ-GTE or the 2JZ-GE, which is the engine that so many people boost to 1,000+ WHP on a stock bottom end. It also saw use in the Lexus SC 300, GS 300 and IS 300 as well as the 1JZ-GTE in the Toyota Soarer. The funny thing is that the U Pull it yard by me has started getting in GS 300's with their engines intact. I wonder if I could put one in a 1969 Rambler American Wagon with a big single turbo...

 

[Longroof79]

My thoughts were...performance wise, why switch out the turbo inline 6?
I realize it would be a funky car with a V-8 in it.

That probably would be a bad *ss engine in a Rambler wagon.

In one of my older car magazines, it featured an early '60's Rambler American (2-dr) wagon with a Ferrari V-8 in it...talk about different.
It was a well built and engineered car.

Jack

 

[3XBrownCutty]

his inline 6 was non turbo, if it was, we would be rebuilding/upgrading it.

I'm not sure about the pic, I just found it on google.

I hear of diesel truck guys doing the same thing, 1000+ WHP on a stock bottom end. Crazy stuff