Tinkering Since 1999
Almost ready to get the car back on its wheels, and lo and behold Murphy reared his ugly head.
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2mm of clearance to the water pump for the fans, and 3mm from the fans to the radiator core…
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Time to get new thermofans.
Not too much to update, the engine bay is now looking more complete:
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And i just have to put the rad back in to basically finish that part up.
Wiring on the other hand looks like this:
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Out of the 40 odd wires here:
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Im using a huge total of 5, possibly 6 soon. Lots to tidy up and heatshrink out of the way before i remount everything.
Mini update.
Heatshrunk and tidied up the wiring:
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And then promptly realised that i had miswired the engine, because it wasnt reopening the ISCV after shutdown. So that needed a little bit of rewiring, and so now i have a new MREL relay, which is separate from the factory COR which is now essentially a glorified fuel pump relay.
Hooked up my little circuit which triggers the COR from the FPC pin of the 2JZ ECU and that works a treat too, so all is well and good. Just have to tidy up the 8 wires i use and put the interior back in.
Also finished off the intake on the car:
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The intake pipe is 3″ PVC pipe, which hopefully will hold together in the heat. On the Cressida i used an Alu pipe which had a really nasty resonance around 2500rpm, so i was keen to avoid that on this one.
At the end of the intake you can see the stock airbox:
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Which isnt quite so stock anymore. Hides a little pod filter in it, and with a bit of black plastic shrouding will be completely invisible.
Just waiting now on some new radiator hoses, and added silicone vac lines so i can hook up the breathers and she will be good to go. Next big thing will be the new dash going in.
Little mini update. First of all i found the photos of that car above:
[QUOTE=takai;279821]Found the original pics, and then mirrored them here:
[url]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/v/cars/random/ae86/martinharjani/[/url]
Pity the pics are still pretty weeny in size, but hey beggars cant be choosers:
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Unsure as to the charcoal bumpers and whether i like them or not, but the rest of it i do. Will end up doing mine white with a black bonnet and then possibly some red in vinyl. Possibly a cross between Martins and Yates’ TRD colourscheme.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=takai;279823]Found a couple of higher res ones too:
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[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30287-1/002to9.jpg[/IMG]
Wish people would fix the white balance on their cameras though :([/QUOTE]
So thats probably the colour scheme ill be going with.
As for progress on the car, i stripped out the engine bay on the weekend, and it now looks like this:
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Painted the guard inners, rad panel front and lower cowl a nice matt black, and then started bogging up the spare bolt holes in the engine bay:
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Gotta give it a sand and then hit it with more 2pak white.
While ive been sick i also fabbed up a little box for the fuel gauge:
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Thatll sit in the rear window with a switch so i can check fuel levels.
Also picked up a TRD N2 rear wing copy:
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Will be attaching that and bogging it in after i clean up the rear. Will have to figure out a new boot release though as that will cover the key.
Expect to have painted the engine bay by the weekend, and then be onto bodywork.
First start
YES YES YES YES YES YES…. two wins tonight.
Firstly and most importantly Webber won the Silverstone GP.
Secondly, the Supra LIVES!
Fired her up after the GP after i stuffed up the timing belt installation. I interpreted a picture of the VVTi timing gear as being fully retarded as being how you installed the timing belt. For the record you align the marks…