Got a bit more done today on the old girl.
Firstly, i finished spraying the cowl, and demasked everything, so now the engine bay looks like this:
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Pretty spiffy in my humble opinion.
Next, out came the S13 cambertops from Tim, and while they need a bit of a cleanup to get rid of the black paint, they fit like a charm:
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Simply have to file out the holes by a mm or so and it just goes in. Now due to the rotated design of the MA61 struts, i get negative castor as well as negative camber, which im not particularly complaining about.
Next i setup my little weeny cheap shop press which i bought on ebay for a steal:
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Its not overly large, and i mainly got it for doing ball joints and suspension bushings, but i thought i would give it a try with the rear hubs, and successfully got one hub off the swingarm.
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But all in all it was a very frustrating process due to the height off the ground of the unit and the overall size of the thing. I think ill end up welding some leg extensions to it and bolting it to the ground.
For the hub though, i really cant see why it is so damn hard to get off:
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Next on the agenda was spending half an hour or so making up engine mounts:
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Thats the exhaust side, and i have altered the design slightly, but i dont think i have compromised at all on the strength, the main reason for the design alteration was due to the extra bulk of the 2JZ intake and exhaust manifolds.
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Thats the intake side, almost complete, although i need a new tip for the MIG as its starting to stutter a lot (as you can see in the top weld).
Finally, i picked up a set of R32 GTST wheels and tyres for runaround and starting wheels.
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Ill probably move on from these once the Supra is complete and i can figure out offsets and the like.
Thats about it for now, my list of things to do is a mile and a half long, so there is much more to do, but as they say, no rest for the wicked 🙂