Month: April 2010

Well not much progress as ive been really busy with other things, such as being alive and married (outlaws over for a bit).

Last night i did get a chance to scurry into the garage and fab up the exhaust mani:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30061-1/15042010193.jpg[/IMG]
All just tacked together at the moment.

Also got a chance to mount up the oil cooler and relocation bit:
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[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30067-1/15042010195.jpg[/IMG]

Gotta do the wiring soon, but thats pretty easy, and build the rest of the exhaust as well. Oh and get more stuff in from the US for the oil cooler bits, and generally tidy some stuff up.

But still, progress.

I tidied up all the wiring diagrams and figured out the wiring for what i need to do.

Also got a chance to test assemble the dash:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30076-1/29042010204.jpg[/IMG]

Which i think looks pretty decent. Just have to pop the little plastic clips back in where the empty gauge slots were. Need to do the wiring behind it too, but thats not hard.

Also wired up this little sucker:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30073-1/29042010203.jpg[/IMG]
Which will let me trigger a 12v fuel pump relay from the PWM output of the ECU.

Thats about it for now, hoping to get out there this weekend to do more stuff.

Here we go here we go here we go go. Since its April the 2JZ conversion is full speed ahead.

Firstly though, i assembled all the adaptors onto the oil filter bracket:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30001-1/IMG_1115_s.jpg[/IMG]
And popped it on the engine:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30005-1/IMG_1116_s.jpg[/IMG]

Fits nicely there

Next up was all the boring bits of getting stuff ready to be removed, which only took a couple of hours:
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Only problem is that with the nosecone still on the car i dont have the reach to be able to take the bonnet off on my own, so i had to wait for my wife to come home from a friends.
That means engine out tomorow, which should be quite easy.

Oh and this is where it will live for the next few weeks.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30008-1/IMG_1117_s.jpg[/IMG]

Welcome to Phase 3….

Picking up from where we left off yesterday, my wife helped me take the bonnet off last night and so this morning i pulled the engine out. Under 30mins later it looked like this:
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I was originally going to put a brass bushing into the gearbox to replace the shifter bushes, but after seeing this i decided not to:
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Thats pretty much as it is brand new.
I tested the slop in the factory bush and the brass bush and in my case there was actually more slop in the brass bush. Saved a heap of work.

After that, the new bellhousing on:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30026-1/IMG_1123_s.jpg[/IMG]

5M left to sit in the naughty corner and cry:
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And after a bit of trouble with forgetting to buy more M12 bolts to attach the gearbox, and a few issues lining up the splines with a sore back and then adjusting angles on my engine crane, it now looks like this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30029-1/IMG_1124_s.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30032-1/IMG_1125_s.jpg[/IMG]

All went in nicely after a bit of adjusting of the crane.

Not too many more pics as i only had 5hrs to work on it today as we have friends coming around for dinner and i should be cleaning the house a bit right now.

More to come soon…