Formerly McKenney's, now Thaison's Kouki Levin Coupe

[McKenney]

Decided to finally post a build thread. Here's my 1987 GTS coupe. Slowly turning it into a Levin GTV coupe(which they officially never made). I'm in the process of sourcing the rest of my rhd swap as my friend in Japan hasn't contacted me since the second quake(I sincerely hope he's ok). I bought this car on Groundhog's day 2009. I've been thru hell and back with little issues here and there but I love this car and don't plan on ever getting rid of it.

I'm building a "bastardized" 4AGE for her as we speak and my eventual goal is either a supercharged 1UZFE or a turbocharged one. I've been lucky to find parts for cheap and be given alot of the parts I've acquired for free. Trading and dealing my way to where the car is now has kept the wife from being too upset at me, too. Though she still says I spend more time with the car than her(cough,maybe because the car gives me less grief, cough).

[McKenney]

Parts List:

Levin front end conversion
Pass Racing front coilover conversion
T3 RCA's
Tein camber plates
Bilstein shocks
Swift springs 9.5kg F and 6.5kg R
F1 Racing 6 puck clutch and lightweight flywheel
T3 Panhard
Weir Spool and SC/Turbo axles
TRD short throw shifter
XXR 002 15x8" +0
Cross drilled front rotors
TRD header and midpipe
ORIGINAL ungutted cat
TRD wires
Accel coil
Rebuilt 3rib(temporary motor) with ZE intake cam
EGR and crossover deleted
TVIS always open
Custom under axle exhaust
old school TRD Supra muffler
Corey Woodard coolant reservoir
AW11 MR2 seats
Custom trunk light
AutoMeter electric water temp gauge
deepdish steering wheel with NRG quick release hub

[JDMwhiteboy]

Corey Woodard coolant reservoir

Hahaha

[McKenney]

Hey, gotta give credit where credit is due

[UncleTonyBerman]

very nice

[dr.occa]

Man, this thread is boring without ANY pics in it! Nothing but blah blah blah...stop being a homo McKenney, NOW!

[McKenney]

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[McKenney]

There!

[dr.occa]

There!

You know I love you man.

Awesome!

[bt20v]

man i remember everyone of those steps.....

[McKenney]

There's ur GTS all stock in one of them

[bt20v]

no i think the suspension was on there already cause that is when mark brought the wheels over

[McKenney]

Nope, still stock 4wd ground clearance. Only mod was the panhard

[JDMwhiteboy]

Yea bt20v I forgot how ugly your car looked stock

[McKenney]

Yea bt20v I forgot how ugly your car looked stock

+1 but it looked better than both yours Tedd as well as mine.