Category: Cars

Surprisingly it sounds even better with the cat in. Removes a lot of the raspiness that it has without it. The Trutrac adds muchly to the sideways nature of it on power. Had a couple of moments this morning which i wouldnt have had with the old diff.

Regardless, this was the last picture i took of the old girl this morning:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32169-2/1000000771.JPG[/img]

Off to meet her new owner.

Ill keep this thread open for the rest of the photos i took as well as the video from the khana. But she isnt mine anymore.

Heh, half cages are legal if you get the car modplated as a 2 seater. You have to remove the rear seats too. I just hadnt got around to doing that at that point.

Car performed pretty flawlessly today at the Khana, apart from fogging up on the inside. Oh and the stupid centering thing on the handbrake balance bar popped out of the center and was all kinked, so we had no handbrake for the day 🙁 And the stock LSD is definitely more Slip than Limited now….

Pics and vids from the Khana to come, but for now here is one of Gav driving and stuffing up the course and getting his static on:

And more:

Well thought i should update this as the car has been sold, and to give a bit of closure to the thread.
Im doing one last event in the Supra, tomorrow. ToyoShow motorkhana, which should be a good bit of fun. Was hoping to have the trutrac in the car by then, but ive been screwed over by the diff shop who was supposed to put the trutrac into the spare housing. Ohwell, its still got a LSD….

Anyway, the new owner wanted a half cage in it, so i organised with Kirby to have a bolt in half cage installed to the NCOP specifications, and picked the car up again last night, gave it a brief clean and prepped it for the Khana on Saturday.
Rolled it out this morning and took a few shots before i left for work. Here are the first few:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32138-1/IMG_1540.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32140-1/IMG_1542.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32142-1/IMG_1546.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32144-1/IMG_1556.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32146-1/IMG_1564.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32150-1/IMG_1577.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32152-1/IMG_1596.jpg[/IMG]

Im sure the new owner will be on to post about the car, i think he is a member of most of the forums im on as well.

Took the Supra up through the Heysen tunnels today for a bit of fun, and aural pleasure. Unfortunately the GoPro stuffed up the first two times around and then on the second time up i had a cop blat past me. Second time on the way down i got this:

Got out of the acceleration run though because i thought i saw a cop in my rear vision mirror and it would be annoying to get it defected for the entire reason i have the variable exhaust.

[QUOTE=nash;841028336]Needs something to break up all the white in the doors and side panels. Might I suggest some flames ala the Mirth Mobile in Wayne’s World? Perhaps a red dragon to show your strength and virility…[/QUOTE]

Hahahha, a mate of mine was responsible for this:

[img]http://www.wickedcampers.com/trogdor/images/trogdor1600_860t.jpg[/img]

Dont think so for the Supra though.

Added the requisite CAMS sticker, and decided to slap an IPRA sticker on there too:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31892-2/1000000578.JPG[/img]

Tonight i machined down the spacer rings a poofteenth so i could fit the 17″ meshies. They need new tyres, because having retarded stretched 185/50/17s on a 7.5″ rim is just stupid, but they look ok. Oddly the sticker on them says 16×7, when i measure them as roughly 7.5″ wide and they are fitted with 17″ tyres.
It would be ideal if they had a touch less offset, but as it is now at least they wont scrub.
Have to get tyres fitted to the rear before i can put them on though.

Also the elbow rest thing was really rooted when i got the car, so i got some new foam and retrimmed it:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31888-2/1000000584.JPG[/img]

Not quite the family tartan, but hey, its a bit of period styling… yo.

In between being annoyed by the door lock and the hatch glass assploding on me i did a bit of tidying up in the engine bay.
Installed a radiator flow panel thingy that i picked up ages ago:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31838-2/1000000556.JPG[/img]

Added the obligatory Asahi can rad overflow bottle:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31848-2/1000000550.JPG[/img]

The custom Kelway strut brace:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31840-2/1000000554.JPG[/img]

And now it looks like this:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31852-2/1000000548.JPG[/img]

Nah, no pro tips. Just draw an outline around them and go to town.

Today i present Photochop time with Uncle Takai…
In order of luminosity:

All White:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31433-1/White_s.jpg[/IMG]

All Red:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31424-1/AllRed_s.jpg[/IMG]

Red/Black:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31431-1/RedBlack_s.jpg[/IMG]

Gun Metal:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31429-1/GunMetal_s.jpg[/IMG]

Black
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31427-1/Black_s.jpg[/IMG]

Thoughts?

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30713-2/IMG_1226_s.jpg[/IMG]
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:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30720-1/IMG_1227_s.jpg[/img]

Now im just charging the battery after i left the door slightly ajar for half a week.
Engine bay is tidied up now though;
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30717-2/IMG_1228_s.jpg[/IMG]

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31396-1/IMG_1280_s.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31402-1/IMG_1282_s.jpg[/IMG]

Installed a fire extinguisher:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31399-1/IMG_1281_s.jpg[/IMG]

And had Kirby redo the exhaust and install a Varex:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/31408-1/IMG_1284_s.jpg[/IMG]

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?