Need shop advice, get a car sitting for 7 years up and running.

[Kaeghl]

Now this is a weird one.
My buddy is a game designer (worked on Borderlands 2 and other gearbox titles) has just gotten a job in Sweden, where he will be for 2 years, that his family is shortly following to join him. So he needs to get rid of or store most of his stuff as he sells his house.

Which brings us to the 1997 twin turbo Supra with 55k original miles that has been sitting in his garage under blankets for 7 years. It was just parked and left, no prep for long term storage, not even sta-bill in the tank.

The tires miraculously still hold air, its been in a Texas garage this whole time.
I am pretty sure I can get a company to get it up here (he wants me to look after it because he would trust me with his children), but where/who do I take it to get it up and running and road worthy without destroying a car that trades for $60k and up.

Any help is appreciated.

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[Mook]

Sound Performance, end thread.

 

[Mook]

Seriously, no need to continue this thread.

Go here - https://www.facebook.com/soundperformance/ > call, talk to Reid, tell him O'Malley sent you over. He'll take care of you.

 

[Kaeghl]

Well damn, thanks.

 

[Mook]

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

or just take pictures and post on internet for sale.

have someone else pick it up and deal with it

 

[Kaeghl]

Well, he wants it back later.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Good advice in this thread.

/thread

 

[RICH17]

Good people over at Sound.

 

[Kaeghl]

Thanks guys, seems the car is coming up on a car hauler the 26th or 27th of this month.
I will get in touch with soundperformance and probably just take it right to them and get it back on the road.

 

[nytebyte]

Screw all that. Just fire that thing right up!!

 

[bikrboy128]

7 years in a garage? fresh oil/fluids, fresh tank of gas, and a new battery is all that's really needed. disable ignition to build oil pressure, then let 'er rip.

 

[EmersonHart13]

7 years in a garage? fresh oil/fluids, fresh tank of gas, and a new battery is all that's really needed. disable ignition to build oil pressure, then let 'er rip.

ssshhh

go back to cleaning your apartment

 

[Spivitz]

Love some twin turbo supra!!!!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

7 years in a garage? fresh oil/fluids, fresh tank of gas, and a new battery is all that's really needed. disable ignition to build oil pressure, then let 'er rip.

I did some of that and my car that had been sitting for 12 years started right up

 

[Kaeghl]

Welp, Called Reed, he says he'll get back to me as everyone on earth just dropped their cars off for the winter projects (he has very little room)

so thats fun.

 

[Mook]

Ya, I saw a snapchat of the shop...they are slammed right now.

 

[Kaeghl]

He was a pretty nice guy. He was sorry that he just had everyone drop off everything for the winter projects in the last couple of weeks, that he would check and get back to me. Its cool.

I can store the thing until he is free and just get it onto a car hauler again.

 

[Kaeghl]

okay, so does anyone have a way to get a car from naperville (well edge of aurora), to sound performance in bensenville? Otherwise I will just call a flatbed tow truck.

 

[Mook]

[MENTION=1549]Slolane[/MENTION], any of your crew want to tow a supra?

 

[Kaeghl]

[MENTION=1549]Slolane[/MENTION], any of your crew want to tow a supra?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

7 years in a garage? fresh oil/fluids, fresh tank of gas, and a new battery is all that's really needed. disable ignition to build oil pressure, then let 'er rip.

I might add doing some penetrating oil into the cylinder bores to that. That way the first time the rings move in a long time they will have some lubrication. It will burn off near immediately.

 

[Kaeghl]

I might add doing some penetrating oil into the cylinder bores to that. That way the first time the rings move in a long time they will have some lubrication. It will burn off near immediately.

kind of hoping that the people at sound performance are good enough to know this.

 

[SMKE EM]

ATF or lube in cyls, hand turn engine, change out engine oil, disable fuel, crank engine without plugs in it to build up oil pressure with new oil. Start...

It's only been 7 years, and in storage. Would be a different case if it was found in barn with a hole in the roof and engine half apart exposed to the elements. At most the detergent packages in the oil broke down or separated