i just picked up an 86 starion widebody, a few upgrades and repairs have been made, new trans / clutch flywheel, headgasket and head, turbo,exhaust,k&n exposed filter, hard piping and bov,... everything works except for the ac,but the steering wheel radio controls are cool, i've been looking for info all over the place and already know quite a bit about them, they seem like solid little cars, anyone here have experience or tips with them?
heres some picharz
one of the best looking cars I've ever been terrified to own.
aren't any left around here. 15 years ago they were everywhere. several good friends had them at that time as well. I have lots of random unexplainable horror stories.
If yours survived this long it must be a good one!
Pretty cool but what's up with the driver's side front fender?
it was replaced and my friend got creative with it, funny that i also knew the guy that owned the car before my friend did ...and before him an old lady owned it, go figure.
<---Jealous 
As of a few years ago (2007ish), your missing front splitter was still available at dealerships for surprisingly reasonable price (like $200-$300.)
I love those cars, but never even had a ride in one. Would love to get one, but they're very hard to find now.
Aw, where are y'all finding such stuff? I'm more afraid of the underhood piping than I'd be of the paint, but still..nice score. Time to shove another quarter in the GRM Jukebox...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjq5Rq4sSZc
Gah I'm jealous. Ever since I saw TG do the cheap Starion bit I've thought they would make really neat cars. Good catch. Whats with the funky front panel?
yeah the front airdams go for ~$400... not gonna happen for me, i'm making my own. i'm not too worried mechanically the car is pretty solid my friend who is also my coworker at the dealership we work at owned it before me and his father owns a little preformance shop, mostly rotaries and turbo/supercharged cars , i worked there before and he knows his stuff, he fixed all the things people fix on these cars, even the head has been changed to a more prefered non-jet head and the turbo has been reworked, i have the stock turbo in a box...
if u haven't found it yet check out starquestclub.com
belteshazzar wrote: one of the best looking cars I've ever been terrified to own.
Words of truth! Beautiful car though
Congrats! I just picked up my 88 ESI-R last month. I can't wait for it to warm up so I can get started on it, as well as posting more pictures.
Raze wrote: <---Jealous
+1
And Congrats . . .
just to say, tonight was probably in the mid 60s here and finnally got on it through a few gears, and this thing is pretty fun for being slow and heavy...
Tied for my favorite 80's Jap wedge with the FC RX7 and the Gen II Supra. Love this car and it haz BOX FLARE!
Did not think they were that heavy. How heavy are these cars?
~3000lbs IIRC
yeah my title says 3100lbs
stealthfighter1 wrote: yeah my title says 3100lbs
holy heavy E36 M3 batman
May I be the first to say "what an awesome garage!". Good heavens.
Color me insanely jealous.
Nice pick up too. 
holy heavy E36 M3 batman
Heaven forbid something be of a normal weight.
I less than three Starquests. Kind of hard to find in my neck of the woods, esp. without a E36 M3-ton of rust.
Vigo, Blitzed306: Sadly, the 80's saw a lot of sports cars go the grand touring route so they are fairly heavy. Supra Mk. IIs weighed around 3000lb. FC RX-7 coupes weighed anywhere between 2600-3000lb depending on trim level, whether it was a Series 4 (86-88) or Series 5 (89-91), and whether the car was turbocharged or not.
Strike_Zero wrote: ~3000lbs IIRC
20% of that has to be vacuum lines and other stuff that can be removed right?
leather interior , radio controls on the steering wheel, eleventybillion way adjustable seats,sweet 3 layer stereo and like 4 layers of carpet and covers to get to the spare and all that, plus the spare, jack n all that
oh and today my friend gave me a bunch of service record, pictures from the original owner, the window sticker from the dealership, and a bunch of other cool little stuff like a fpr meant for the car
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