Project Scarlett: 94 GT4 WRC Options

[punkxrckprincess]

@Sixgentoyota and I finally got ourselves a real GT4

After he had severe envy over our friends getting one, Jacob spent night and day and night and day and work and free time looking for a GT4. When this one came up (shout out to @enderswift on the assist) the deal could not be passed. So we hopped on the car before our importer even paid the auction bill back in June. The car got on a boat in Japan on 7-4 and docked in Tacoma, Washington July 18th. The car cleared customs in an incredible only 24 hours, and we flew out to Seattle the night of the 24th to pick it up.
We put her on a lift thanks to, again, our amazing importer (Sodo Moto if you ever want a suggestion!) and did a quick oil change, replaced the rear differential bushing, and were off for leg one of our journey home.
Seattle - Denver. Over 1,700 miles between the pit stops and the fuel ups. 1PM local time Thursday the 25th, got to our destination just after 7PM local time the 26th. Lost about 4 hours to sleep and an extra hour and a half to brief friend visit along the way. Thanks to @richee3 we were able to do a few other small 'repairs' to the car - including replace the Japanese radio and toss the fouled spark plugs so we had boost. We did some mountain driving on the 26th with their GT4, as well as two Supras on Squaw Pass southwest of the Denver area.


We left a little after 3AM local time for the last leg of our journey home- 985 miles (plus stops!) back toward Chicagoland. Rolled into our driveway just before 7PM CST the 28th.
The car held up under all the stress of over 3K miles in the span of 80 hours flawlessly. We don't know how long it sat for before we got it, but it's in excellent shape. No rust at all, clean undercarriage, minor paint fade and front fender has a little ding/crease but nothing serious.

Since we got it home we've buffed it and already taken it out for it's first play date (with @enderswift)


There will be a lot of love going into this car.

[enderswift]

My best theory is that the turbo seals on the compressor side let go. Thus boost is pressurizing the crank case via the drain tube.

I think it makes sense because the factory catchcan pcv setup was in good working order. So it would take a lot of excess pressure to overwhelm it to the point of popping a dipstick. Since the leakdown checked okay that leaves the turbo as the only source of that much pressure

Unless theres a mis routed hose somewhere directing boost into the head i cant imagine another path except through the cartridge and drain tube

[bloodMoney]

My best theory is that the turbo seals on the compressor side let go. Thus boost is pressurizing the crank case via the drain tube.

I think it makes sense because the factory catchcan pcv setup was in good working order. So it would take a lot of excess pressure to overwhelm it to the point of popping a dipstick. Since the leakdown checked okay that leaves the turbo as the only source of that much pressure

Unless theres a mis routed hose somewhere directing boost into the head i cant imagine another path except through the cartridge and drain tube

That's fair. I hadn't considered the oil seal as a leak path.