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Supra Project

Have i ever said how much i hate interior? I spent a few hours each day this weekend putting it all back together again, after being apart for the dash and the ECU shenanigans.

Plus i had to replace the roof lining after the cat got to it last year, although thankfully i found one in good nick on a car i was pulling the hatch from anyway.

Put the dash all back together:
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Only to find that the speedo pushes against the back of the steering column support. Arrgh. Ill have to space it out from the fascia, but its in there for now.

Fitted my Aerocatches too, which really wasnt as hard as everyone has made it out to be:

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Now im just charging the battery after i left the door slightly ajar for half a week.
Engine bay is tidied up now though;
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Going to dump the water in the rad on Tuesday and put proper Toyota Red in it when i get some.

Biggest hiccup now is that the barn doors which lead out from the carport/garage area through to the street have swollen so much with all the wet weather that we are having that i cant get them open, despite much kicking and shoving. Just gonna have to wait.

Not much to report really. Been driving it on and off for a while. In that time ive cleaned up the dash and interior:
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Installed a fire extinguisher:
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And had Kirby redo the exhaust and install a Varex:
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Sounds like this:

Also got my speedo all working. So its down to just tidying things up now.

That said over the summer we are looking after a friends car as well, so i figure its as good a time as any to repaint the car. The problem is deciding on a colour scheme. Im thinking either the same as it is now, or pure white.
Thoughts?

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

Just a little update. Not much has outwardly changed on the car since the last track day. I didnt make it to the state round as i didnt want to be spewing oil all over the track, although it seems that someone else did that for me.

In the mean time ive stripped down my spare engine to just a block and bits and delivered it all to TK along with my shiny Wiseco pistons and Belfab rods. That should be a goer soon, although im always tempted by these cheap 3SGTEs and BEAMS which keep coming up.

Anyway, the big moment of insanity has come in the form of a pair of Wilwood calipers and trying to squeeze 298mm discs under 15″ wheels. Tonight i quickly borrowed the BA Falcoon discs from my Supra and testfitted:

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Still needs the 25mm spacer with those wheels as they curve back a fair way. But i think i might be able to get away with not needing a spacer with other designs of wheels.

Its still pretty tight though:
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Thats about it for now, ill get started on rewiring the car soon, but for now it sits dormant… like this:
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