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Supra Project

Finally got around to sorting out the knocking, was a combinaiton of a few things.

Anyway looks like this now:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29875-1/IMG_3345_s.jpg[/img]

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29878-1/IMG_3346_s.jpg[/img]

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29881-1/IMG_3347_s.jpg[/img]

Looks quite high at the front, so i think ill need to sort out a lip there. But it handles like its on rails, although ill need to figure out the dampening as its a bit over damped at the moment.

Currently im patching up the aerial hole and waiting for the coat of bog to dry over the patch. After that it needs a wheel alignment and ill drive it around for a while as it is to let stuff settle in.

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Supra Project

So speaking of the 2JZ, i got started on pulling it down last night. After an hour or so it looks like this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29866-1/IMG_1080_s.jpg[/IMG]

Nothing too drastic found. Couple of leaking cam seals which have spilled oil down the entire block, and worse in the spark plug valley.

Found that at some point in the past a wire had been crimped between the manifold and the plenum:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29863-1/IMG_1079_s.jpg[/IMG]
So ill have to solder that up before i get it going.

Oh and the one bit i already knew:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29860-1/IMG_1078_s.jpg[/IMG]

Plug is broken off the VVTi solenoid, so that will need to be replaced.
I have a new timing belt, exhaust cam gear and water pump coming for the engine, and soon ill pull the sump off to weld in an oil temp sensor bung.

All in all it needs a tidy up, but nothing drastic.

Also i ducked out and picked this little guy up:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29872-1/IMG_1083_s.jpg[/IMG]

Ill shelve that for a bit later, about when it gets some 272deg cams and an aftermarket ECU… 🙂

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

One nice thing about having two cars to work on is that there is never a dull moment when you have nothing to do. So before setting about dismantling my 2JZ i welded up the caliper brackets, and after disassembly i drilled and tapped them. As such i now have a complete brake setup as so:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29842-2/IMG_1072_s.jpg[/img]

You can see here that it still uses the stock caliper bracket, with 5mm welded to the back side for spacing, and 3mm to the front for extra tapping depth:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29845-2/IMG_1073_s.jpg[/img]

Big thanks goes to Joel (TurboRA28) for his idea of using the stock bracket redrilled to suit.

And finally here it is all together with the RCA as i was still a little concerned that it might foul.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29854-2/IMG_1076_s.jpg[/img]

I also welded and gussetted the traction brackets, so they just need to be ground back and they are ready to go too.
Tonight or tomorrow will be on the lathe setting up a bunch of spacer rings for the brake conversions.

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Supra Project

Tonight i got a bit bored and couldnt sleep so i went out and did some machining for an hour or so. Turned up two things, first was a pair of steel spacers for the tierod ends which i was having troubles with before:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29781-1/IMG_1052_s.jpg[/IMG]
Pretty simple, just need to find my split pins now.

The other is a boss kit spacer:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29784-1/IMG_1054_s.jpg[/IMG]
First time i had used the autofeed on the lathe, and boy does it make chips, and fast. The only problem is that being aluminum they fly quickly and are bloody hot. I now have 4 decent burns on my neck and one on my upper lip which are going to cane for a while 🙁

Not much news on the Supra as ive been working on the Spoonter. Just finished the steering spacer though:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29812-2/IMG_1062_s.jpg[/img]

Pretty simple.
Gotta pull the whole rear brakes apart though because i forgot to adjust the handbrake before i started… DOH.

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

After some consideration I think probably the Mazda MPV rotors will be a better option. For one it doesnt mean that i have a monstrosity of a bracket, instead i have something much flatter, as so:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29685-1/IMG_1015_s.jpg[/img]

Note that the big chunk of 12mm steel is only there so i can gauge where that flat plate is sitting. Its acting as an impromptu flat plane as i didnt have enough hands to hold the ruler and camera and a flat plane.

Secondly, it allows me to use the other set of Simmons V4s that i have had around the garage for a while, as they are +20s, and with a 15mm bolton spacer it brings them back to ideal offset and therefore scrub radius (stock/ideal is 0ish offset).
As so:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29691-1/IMG_1017_s.jpg[/img]

Thirdly i wont be cooking the balljoint as much as i have been previously with the disc so close to the ball joint. 4 ball joints in 3 years is probably too much.

Therefore i needed to redrill the MPV discs to 4×114.3, which could be a pain, but here is a simple way to do it.
Firstly machine down a chunk of metal (2011 in my case) to the outside diameter of the new disc, and then the old disc, in my case 72 and 60mm respectively:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29697-1/IMG_1019_s.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29700-1/IMG_1020_s.jpg[/IMG]
Should look something like that

Then stack the discs ontop with each one being a tight fit with the location ring as so:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29703-1/IMG_1021_s.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29706-1/IMG_1022_s.jpg[/IMG]

Finally, after lining up two of the holes (and using something to dowel them, not pictured here) use a transfer punch of the correct size to mark the disc below:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29709-1/IMG_1023_s.jpg[/IMG]

Then all you have to do is drill at the markings. Truely a piece of piss.

In addition i picked up some brackets yesterday to allow me to run slightly larger discs at the rear, some S13 discs infact:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29712-1/IMG_1024_s.jpg[/IMG]

Going to try and get around to fitting the diff gears tonight. Only problem is finding marking paste.

So tonight and over the weekend i did a bit of work on the MPV conversion.

First however, i did some work for BigPerm on his Cressida stuff:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29815-1/IMG_1063_s.jpg[/img]

Machining out tophats, oil seal rings into coilover sleeves, making little alu spacers and soon to machine his hubs down. Lots of fiddly things.

Inspired by that however i swiss cheesed the traction brackets:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29818-1/IMG_1064_s.jpg[/img]

So they are ready to weld on and then be trimmed to size.

And then setup the brake upgrade with the MPV discs:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29821-1/IMG_1065_s.jpg[/img]

Uses the stock RA28/40 brake caliper adaptor:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29824-1/IMG_1066_s.jpg[/img]

Which ill have to weld a 5mm plate to the inside of to drill and tap (along with a 3mm plate on the outside for extra tapping)

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29827-1/IMG_1067_s.jpg[/img]

Coming together nicely, i would have welded it tonight, but i had shorts and a tshirt on and didnt want to make noise for the neighbours any more than i already had.