Serious work Pete defo should be brought to Ireland for days drifting
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Serious work Pete defo should be brought to Ireland for days drifting
So stuck some oil in and adjusted the fuel pressure by eye. Bodged the maf on.
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And turned the key.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPx4x2wmUz4
Turned the fuel pressure up a little more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjihyy8UmFM
Then noticed the pressure gauge was slightly leaking. So wrapped some more ptfe tape around it and screwed it back in.
And one more time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StJs9_3uNQ
Even the cluster works. Apart from inaccurate tacho readings :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UHgMkh7St4
Bring on the clutch! Cant wait to take her for a spin!!
Im just gonna stick this stuff here. Pretty much all that I used to fire the engine up.
This diagram helps to understand the working principle of the ECU. Note however that the fuel pump relay is not in the diagram, but it still exists (Im on about the Circuit Opening Relay).
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IGSW - Receives a signal once the key is turned in the barrel.
BATT - is constant power to the ECU
MREL - Once ECU gets the IGSW signal, it uses MREL to close the main relay. Which in turn provides +B to the ECU.
+B - Switched ECU power.
Igniter and Coils also need power. My car had a wire that supplied power specifically to coilpacks once the key is turned.
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If you havent seen the triplecrowndrift.com write up on 1jz vvti wiring, I suggest you google it since it has some useful info, but I will put the pics he made below.
ECU Pinout. Specific to 1JZGTE VVTI from a JZX100. Dont use it for anything other than this engine. All JZ ECU's are slightly different.
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To start the engine, you need only the following:
#G
IGSW - Switched Ingition power
BATT - Constant Batt Power
+B - Power supply through the main relay after its been switched by MREL
Then these ones to drive
STP - Stop signal, not sure exactly what it does. Maybe deceleration map.
SPD - Speed signal from gearbox or speedo cluster. All depends on you car. But the ecu needs this signal for the engine to work properly.
#H
MREL - Switches main relay after IGSW signal is obtained by the ECU.
FC - Used to switch the fuel pump relay. If i remember correctly, this pin is grounded through the ECU.
Once again, above to start, and these to drive.
W - Check Engine Light
FPU - Fuel Pressure up. Solenoid under the intake manifold
TE1 - Diagnostics terminal
These next two pins are incorrectly marked on the pinout. They should be shifted one space to the right.
ABV - Turbo blow off ( Re-circulation) Vacuum switch
PRG - Fuel vapour vacuum switch.
You dont need anything else other than mentioned above connected to the ECU.
Then you have your engine body plugs. In these you have:
Power to sensors
Power to coilpacks
Power to injectors
Starter signal
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#2
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#3 The pinout is slightly wrong on the connector below. Use continuity test to get correct pinouts
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#4
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1fbedf01.jpg
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#5
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#6
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Ill try update the above with more info. Cant remember much more off the top of my head at the moment.
Altezza specific ECU to JZ ECU wiring
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps408a106e.jpg
Nice detailed build thread, goin to be savage when its done :D
Test fitted the JZX100 downpipe. Seems to look ok. Will probably switch to v-band instead of a normal flange for the exhaust side.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps807ad697.jpg
Rolled her out from the driveway. Oh man, cant wait to finish everything and have her driving.
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Test fitted the bonnet catch. Will need to weld a tab to the intercooler for the third mounting hole
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Should work ok
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps351df5be.jpg
Pulled the engine back out for the clutch and gearbox to go on
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Got the shifter extended.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psc4360668.jpg
Took some fine tuning with the inner linkage, but we got there in the end, haha.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9c0e2681.jpg
Aaaaand the scary part! Relocating the ecu loom into the car. Thats gonna be so much fun!!
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The bastard clutch finally turned up!
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Pressed the old pilot bearing out using a slice of bread, and hammered the new one in. Began bolting on the pressure plate.
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One of the bolts just wasnt threading in for some reason though. So I took it out, and tried a longer bolt. Threaded it in.... And just pulled it right out by hand again..... Fucking bollocks!!!
Just my luck, I got a used flywheel with a stripped thread!
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Couldnt really check it properly before, since it only became apparent once i started tightening the pressure plate on. Spoke to Garage D, and they apologised and offered to fix it. So thats being sent off to them today.
That pissed me right off, and i felt like finishing up for the night. But regardless, decided to connect the boost controller solenoid while the engine is out from the car.
Pulled the pipe that goes from the compressor outlet to the wastegate actuator.
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Dug out the instructions. Yes, I do read instructions!.
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Used what I had lying around, and connected everything up. Mounted the solenoid at the back of the turbo intake.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3ca5a052.jpg
With another pipe getting reference boost from the intake manifold, with a t-piece that will connect to the in-car boost gauge.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a551628.jpg
Intake shit is slowly arriving.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps16df6069.jpg
Cheap fluids for the 'flush'
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And then I had nothing to do, I was bored, so I decided to sort out the wiring loom. relocate the ECU inside and tuck all wires inside bar the wiring for the lights, horn, washer bottle etc...
So out comes the dash
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For reference, this is what was in the bay originally
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Loom feeds though the bulkhead though the pass and drivers side. So need to unplug it from both junction boxes in the footwells
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And pull all the shit out
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This was the picture I was once I pulled everything out. Originally i only planned to move the ecu inside, leaving all the relay boxes in the pay as they were originally. But after seeing how clean this looked, I decided to go full retard.
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Loom layed out on the floor
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Stripped and radiator fan relay wiring chopped out
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Then separate the loom a bit and were left with something like this.
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Lights and ECU separated. Then proceeded to sort the drivers side and continue removing unused wires in the process. Airbag, old Altezza ecu wiring (trc etc..) So ended up with something like this. Arrows where it will go through the bulkhead.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6a6e2897.jpg
Next, unbolted the dash mount. Unbolted the heater stuff and pulled everything back. Removed the aircon condenser hoses. Lifted the center bit of the heater up and fed the loom through there.
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Guided the loom in places where the pedals wont come into contact with it, and stuck it down so it wouldnt move. Drivers side plugged back in and all done.
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Pass side required a bit more tidying up
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Fed the ecu loom to the airbag location. And tucked everything up and away. Taped the relay/fuse box up as a temp measure.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa10902d.jpg
Just to see what it looks like with the dash
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The ecu will live here
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And this is what we ended up with in the engine bay. Still untidy since the wires arent organised and are just all over the place just now. But they wont be visible at all once the engine is in. Mega clean imho. Some will need to be extended slightly to reach the lights. But not a big issue at all.
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And with the aircon pipes removed, it opened up this for the JZ engine loom to be fed though.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps354a1d3e.jpg
All the leftovers....
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Relocate the battery next. Anyone recommend any decent fuses or solutions/tips for the relocation?
Been tidying up the wiring in the engine bay. Kinda hard in this cold weather, especially with a weak ass soldering iron. Finished extending the wiring on the pass side. Whole loom wrapped up is about 10mm in diameter. Will run along the chassis leg out of sight.
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And a lifestyler pic of the 'show cars'
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Pretty cold here last few days. Made a little enclosure haha
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All wiring extended, just the the stuff inside the car left to do. And the remainder of the engine wiring (gearbox speed, reverse...etc)
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Mint came round last night with some goodies from Japan. KTS pulleys, cause my alternator one was bent to shit.
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Note to self: Dont do conversions outside during winter again. Its cold!
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Made the airbag lid 'push-to-open'
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Stuck the interior back in
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Ended up leaving the relay box in the passenger footwell incase I ever need to get to it. Dont want to be pulling the dash apart to change a fuse :wack:
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Then finished the intercooler mounting.
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All bolted up and rigid as fuck. Should be ok
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Then pulled the lights out, chopped them a little bit more to prevent any fretting
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And sealed them up
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Savage work....loving the ecu position. Keep in goin man
This is amazing work! Fair play for keeping such a detailed build thread!
Unreal. Every update is better and better. Top work man.
You must have serious patience! My heads melted just looking at the wiring diagrams but it's a great help as I'm currently planning a 1J or 2J conversion at the minute and this has given me a great confidence boost. All I want is for it to drive so seeing what you've done here makes my idea look like a filter change :eek:
That wiring would make me cry, fair play fella :)
Cheers dudes. Been busy for the past month, so nothing has been done on the car. But I did make some progress since the last update...
Flywheel arrived
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And fitted
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Bolted the box up. Struggled a bit with the clutch release bearing. The ACT clutch came with a weird release bearing spring. Ended up using oem w58 spring.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psacb65d82.jpg
Then I thought, fuck it, might as well drop it in. When in Rome...
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IS200 propshaft, straight fit. Perfect!
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psb454a100.jpg
Clutch lines connected and bled. Not keen on fuel line location. Will be relocated when I run braided lines.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps393f359c.jpg
Shifter location is spot on. But the angle of the mk3 supra shifter is shit. Got a gangster lean. Will be chopped and modified to be straight at some point.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps304120c8.jpg
All piping hooked up. Idles like a beast, neighbors love that shit!
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Still a few minor issues with bleeding the coolant system. But I'll get there. The rad is lower that the hose, so a bit of an airlock present. But there is hot air coming from the heater.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psfae2ca33.jpg
Hooked up the rest of the wiring. Alternator is now charging. Reverse beeps and hopefully the speedo works as well. Havent tested that out yet. Just need to tidy shit up now.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps02668223.jpg
The cleanest engine bay ive ever had
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psefb29afc.jpg
I did drive her for a few meters while pissing PAS fluid everywhere. The difficult part is done.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psc495f839.jpg
Just a checklist for my benefit:
Buy/connect PAS lines
Make fan shroud, fans and coolant expansion bottle
Exhaust
Relocate battery into the boot
Run braided fuel lines with proper bulkhead fittings
Tidy up wiring & get tacho working properly
Crash bar and oil cooler mounting
Straighten out the gay bent mk3 supra shifter
Then she should be ready for a shakedown
Nice work man
Very good write up. Goina chance this with an e30.
Be cool to see prices
Top notch bitta work there my son keep up the work cant wait to see more!:D
Remember counting the spend so far a while ago. Off the top of my head it was coming up to £4k for all the bits that have been put into the car. Reckon it will be 5-5.5k all in by the time its finished.
top class work man fair play
REAL ORIGINAL WHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lifestyler ass bandid. Minty.Fluff Lexus.
Such a cunt ^
Sounds awesome
Whoa! Found this on the second page, haha. Been a while, I guess.
As seen above, I have now driven the tezza and its pretty insane. It actually pulls like a train and likes to spin the wheels up just by flooring the pedal :thumbs:
Been busy with the turd, but now that its through its Mot, I can get on with the work on the Altezza
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6brxg3ue.jpg
Sold my cosmis wheels to a local lad.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4d6723f1.jpg
Had to test them out on Eds soarer before they went though :nod: Note: 18x10 et0 on a soarer is :thumbs:
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psam4jxsrh.jpg
Bought the remainder of bits that had to be fitted like hose clamps and pas lines and fitted everything up
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pswfhaumky.jpg
Took the bumper off to fill in the cut outs that were left from the old intercooler. Reinforced it a little bit more...just in case
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psstfo5gyy.jpg
Got some federals fitted to the fronts
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psyvaefeds.jpg
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Sitting patiently waiting for an exhaust, which should be getting done in the next couple of weeks.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psdghq12ov.jpg
Last couple of months have been so hectic and filled with a load of random stressful shit that I haven't had much time to make any progress with the Altezza. So I took some time off work to make some progress.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psjy7bkjnp.jpg
Started off by installing the battery in the boot. Used all existing bits, just creatively bodged into place.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pswdxqeph4.jpg
Grounded in the engine bay
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psfe0cze3i.jpg
Positive in the glovebox through a junction box
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And the end result, still not secured down. Will sort that in the near future
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Next was to finish the wiring inside the car.
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Whipped my soldering iron out, finished off all the outstanding wires and tucked everything in my secret ecu stash compartment
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Boom! Job done
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Finally finished my carbon spark plug cover..
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My housemate got some wheels for his soarer, so it would have been rude to not to try them on the altezza.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psuqfbg6sp.jpg
Tight fit, and thats 18x9.5 et0
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I then went and got these 18x9.5 et -9 and a set of 5x114 faces to swap into them.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7ppiicwn.png
My roof wing I made last year got blown off the car in a strong wind a few months ago and smashed on the floor. So that needed a rework. So I thought I'd go ahead and make a version 2 of the roof wing.
I didnt like how the old wing was pointing upwards too much, looked odd from some angles, so I decided to make the new one a bit flatter.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pssql4rigd.jpg
Got the rough shape I wanted using high density foam and fiberglassed over the top.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5bqft2wp.jpg
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pszhhxrwsl.jpg
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Quick test fit... still a fair way to go until the end.
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My wheels got delivered.
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Swapped the centers over and test fitted them!!
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Got some bits from Japan. Sard jet pump for jzx110
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68 degree thermostat
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Lets not forget the tee and hoodie from Jimmy Up with the altezza on it
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Along with a massive dildo to hit myself in the face with
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Time has come to get some decent wings...
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http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pslo0czn9a.jpg
Look way nicer than the rusty, tyre rolled oem wings....Not for long though!
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Then we decided to have a play to see if we could match the offset of new wheels using some old 17x9 and a 35mm spacer. Got within 1mm. Rim poking past the side-skirt is what every BN kit needs.
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Then Paul 'The Fabricator Mate' as everyone knows him now, gave me a shout over the weekend to head over and get the exhaust made up!!
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psdg0og5yc.jpg
Downpipe
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pswnnmxf8v.jpg
And the exhaust
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With some sexy tig welds
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...pssoopsfsf.jpg
Also I now really appreciate the benefit of vbands. Best invention ever!
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Sitting nice and high. Well, as high as it can be anyway.
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Ran out of welding gas in the end, so didnt get the chance to finish the tail pipes yet. Pretty fucking happy with the exhaust, shame no one will see it under the car :cry:
Car sounds insane!
Great work pete
Serious work Pete. Say its sum difference between the power, say ur foot is welded to the floor ha
Its more so the difference in torque thats huge!!
Theres no getting tired of looking at this thing!!
Havent been able to get on here for a while for some reason. Some updates are in order.
Exhaust done
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Nice little trophy
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Welded a beefy wear patch onto the part that usually scrapes on these cars
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How it currently sits
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Was too busy having fun on the drives so far. Not had the chance to take many videos. The only two I got...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4qwEyUWtd0
Idle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ol1jqyaY4
Dont forget to tune in next week for "How to Fit 9.5 et -8 in Stock Arches"
I got a mig welder to help me finish the rest of the bits on the car.
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Came in handy first day. Modified the shifter so that it doesnt hit the center console.
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psf7jk3shh.jpg
For some reason the supra ones have weird angles and the gear stick just ended up in shit places. So a few cuts and tacks later I had it positioned exactly where I wanted and welded up
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/...psioqopeka.jpg
Much better! And I get to keep my cup holder! Win!
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Then everything started going bad, but I think the worst was when I took the car for a quick blast and found that I lost a sideskirt along the way. Went back to look for it, traced the route about 5-6 times, checked fields, ditches... Nowhere to be found. So some pikey now has a BN sideskirt lying somewhere that he cant use. Great!
But despite that shit experience, the car felt absolutely spot on! Think the boost was peaking at 1.1 bar with no sign of fuel cut.
After an absolutely shit day at work I got a text message that made everything better. Steve, the tyre guy came across my sideskirt in a field on the way over to my house!!
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Had a quite nice collection of wheels going
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Got a set of old and solid tyres fitted that I have had lying around for ages
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:rolleyes: Ill just leave these here...
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Also mint kindly gifted a set of rear brake pads to me :thumbs: Cheers man
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Been called away for work, but managed to get a few more things done before I went away.
Carefully rolled the arches....with a jack handle. Still need to sort the bumper mount point as it still rubs.
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And took her for a blast! Pretty happy with the end result. Paint next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVaUuvbsdZ4
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Was hoping to get the roof wing finished, but the filler I got turned out to be acrylic based, so its still soft. Back to the drawing board
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Then I made a start on the bar
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No pipe bender, so was all slightly cut and bent by hand
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Took a few hours, test fitted and tacked up
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All welded up
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Then went on to think of a place to mount the cooler. No space on the side of the car. Fog light, bumper and load of other stuff get in the way. So moved to the front... Not ideal for air flow to the rad, but meh.
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Need to do the same for the pas cooler when I eventually get one. The bar is right up against the bumper, so small nudges will no longer cause the bumper to explode. Also gives the front end a bit more rigidity.
Then went on to de-pikey the fuel pump... From this
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To this
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Also installed a sard thermostat. And blanked the bov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2foNNJcTYmM
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Thats looks fantastic, bet it goes rightly too.
Who done the exhaust fab? Looks real tidy.
This has to be one of the most detailed threads on the site, makes for good reading! How do you find the r-tec welder? I have been debating buying one
Love this yolk and the updates!!
Absolutely class ..
Its nothing amazing, only running 0.9bar of boost. But its so much nicer to drive now than with the 3SGE engine. I never knew that turbo engines had so much low down torque ;) Spins the wheels up in a blink of an eye
A mate of mine did the exhaust. Hes a fabricator by trade, so has some welding experience, haha. I didnt want to mig the exhaust as the welds look untidy in my opinion....
The R-tech welder is pretty damn good! So nice to use, compared to some other mig welders I tried. Definitely worth the money! I would definitely recommend it ;)
Has to be my favourite build thread on DI!
Fair play dude, cool car
Haha!Thanks!!
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More updates coming soon. A change of color as well. Dont think you need to be a genius to realise what color it will be going...
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