Category: Supra

Not too much to update, the engine bay is now looking more complete:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30326-2/IMG_1173_s.jpg[/IMG]

And i just have to put the rad back in to basically finish that part up.
Wiring on the other hand looks like this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30320-2/IMG_1171_s.jpg[/IMG]

Out of the 40 odd wires here:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30323-2/IMG_1172_s.jpg[/IMG]
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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30354-1/IMG_1177_s.jpg[/IMG]

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30357-1/IMG_1178_s.jpg[/IMG]

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30360-1/IMG_1179_s.jpg[/IMG]

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.

I havnt had the time to work on this that i wish i had. But today i got a couple of little bits done.

Firstly, i have been waiting for an MX83 speedo sender for almost two months now, so i can plug that hole in the side of the gearbox. When the seller finally sent it and it arrived it wasnt an MX83 one at all. So today i did a wreckers trawl and eventually found one and bought it (paid a bit too much, but im sick of waiting for one). This is what the MX83 sender looks like:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30178-1/IMG_1158_s.jpg[/IMG]
And then this is what it looks like fitted:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30184-1/IMG_1160_s.jpg[/IMG]

A nice 32pulse/rev unit which fits into the factory spot

As well as that i had a quick few minutes to finish off all the oil cooler hoses:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30187-1/IMG_1161_s.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30190-1/IMG_1162_s.jpg[/IMG]
And they just need to be taken out and have hose clamps attached and a small flush out. Im putting hose clamps on them because im a paranoid bugger even though the pushloc hose doesnt need it at all.

Oh and as well my Napolex mirror arrived, and is positively huge compared to the stock one:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30181-1/IMG_1159_s.jpg[/IMG]

Ive also finished welding up the exhaust, but thats a bit boring really, just looks like it did before but with welds.

I have a pair of new banjo fittings for my fuel line too, and just need to do a quick bolt check on the bottom of the car before i can get down to getting it started.
Probably not any time this week though unfortunately, pretty flat chat with work.

So I sorted through that big box of bits, and came up with a smaller box of bits:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30109-1/IMG_1133_s.jpg[/IMG]
Thats all the fittings and bits for both the Supra and the Sprinter, as well as a few other little bits.

I havnt had a chance to do the oil cooler bits just yet, as ive been doing other things, mainly on the Exhaust side of things. Finished tacking up the exhaust today:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30127-1/IMG_1139_s.jpg[/IMG]

Few little bits im not entirely happy with, but i can fix those easily when i weld it up fully. But overall it has gone together pretty well in the end.

Also when i was out in ‘Lizbeff before a meeting this morning i ducked into UPullIt while i was killing some time and found this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30121-1/IMG_1137_s.jpg[/IMG]

Factory MX73 lip which fits pretty well on the MA61, just had to trim off part of the inside to get the overlap right.

Lastly ive started fitting up the strut brace too:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30124-1/IMG_1138_s.jpg[/IMG]

Not too much to go now. Just have to assemble a small high pressure fuel hose, and fit the oil cooler stuff and then i should be ready for first start.

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30064-1/15042010194.jpg[/IMG]
[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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30011-1/IMG_1118_s.jpg[/IMG]
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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30020-1/IMG_1121_s.jpg[/IMG]

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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30017-1/IMG_1120_s.jpg[/IMG]
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:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/30023-1/IMG_1122_s.jpg[/IMG]

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…

So i finally got them out, and it was actually really clean behind there. But a crapload of thread sealant gunk holding it in place
Looks roughly like this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29991-1/IMG_1112_s.jpg[/IMG]
And those gallery plugs:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29996-2/IMG_1113_s.jpg[/IMG]

There really isnt much meat behind the capscrew socket so what im going to do is get new bolts in those sizes and turn them down to size on the lathe before putting a fitting into it. Should be pretty good imho.

Also got a chance to start fitting up the gauges into the replacement cluster. Just have to enlarge the speedo hole to suit and she is all apples:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29976-1/IMG_1107_s.jpg[/IMG]

Also almost finished off the engine ready to put into the car. Popped the blingy flywheel on, and a new spigot bearing:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29979-1/IMG_1108_s.jpg[/IMG]
Full organic clutch plate:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29982-1/IMG_1109_s.jpg[/IMG]
And then quite possibly the most terrible clutch cover ive ever seen, so horrible that i dont even have a photo of the blinding .

Finally im almost finished making the flange for the exhaust secondaries, and after the F1 Qualifying is over ill be back out in the garage finishing that off and then maybe tacking together some pipework for it 🙂

Yeah, i probably should. But ive already heatshrunk those, so im not overly concerned about it. Probably sort out some better stuff when i do the 2JZ conversion.

Speaking of which, i seem to be alternating my time between the Spoonter and the upcoming Supra conversion atm. Last night i spent a bit of time getting the Supra stuff sorted out.

First thing last night was getting the engine mounts sorted out:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29946-1/IMG_1097_s.jpg[/IMG]
Thats the fourth pair ive made, and hopefully the last, getting sick of cutting steel into smaller bits of steel and welding it together like some modern art piece.

Next up was getting all the engine back together, which went quite smoothly:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29952-1/IMG_1099_s.jpg[/IMG]
Ancillaries are all on, just need a belt for them, but that can wait for a bit, as i want to run it without the PS hooked up at first to make sure all is ok. Plus the PS there is attached by only two bolts, one to a thin tab on the engine and the other to a bar which leads back across to the intake mani reinforcement. To say im a bit sus about that is an undestatement, so ill be adding a third attachment point where the aircon compressor used to sit. Probably do it out of 10×25 bar Alu as i have some around.
I also repaired the wiring on the injector rail, and cleaned up the cam covers and painted them wrinkle black, replaced the cam cover seals, spark plugs and a few other bits.

Started work on the exhaust manifold too:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29955-1/IMG_1100_s.jpg[/IMG]
I havnt drilled the holes yet as my holesaw arbor snapped, and ill need to get a new one before i can drill them out.

Plus i built a simple merge collector:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29961-1/IMG_1102_s.jpg[/IMG]
Not the best welding in the world, as i kept blowing through, so i was moving quite quickly. Should have switched to 0.6mm wire, but i dont have any handy. Wish i had a TIG….

Oh yeah, this is the exhaust manifold im using:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29958-1/IMG_1101_s.jpg[/IMG]
The stock 2JZGE VVTi manifold is really quite a nice piece of kit.

Now while i had the oil adaptor out to put the engine mounts on i noticed these couple of plugs in the casing:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29964-1/IMG_1103_s.jpg[/IMG]
Im guessing from their location that they go straight into the gallery behind it. Im currently wondering whether i should simply tap a 1/8NPT hole into one of them for the oil temp sender, and tap the other for a fitting to attach the oil pressure sender.
Thoughts? It will be certainly much easier than welding a plug to the sump. I guess the real question is do those plugs actually lead to the gallery behind?

And finally:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29967-1/IMG_1104_s.jpg[/IMG]
Thats the 2JZ inlet manifold compared to the RB26 one. Dave of the Tomato has suggested that you can simply swap the runners in a 1/6 and 2/5 fashion and it will simply work. If i do that itll be a matter of figuring out how far down to swap them. Ideas?

Thats about it for now. Just gotta clean up the wiring on the engine, and sort out what will be plugged into the body loom, and terminate them into a plug for the body. All looking quite on track for an April start to the actual conversion.

Not much done over the last little while. Alarm installed, but no pics of that for obvious reasons, just driving it around a bit.

However ive started workign on the 2JZ to get it ready to go into the bay soon. Now that my timing belt and bits have showed up i got them installed:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29904-2/IMG_1085_s.jpg[/IMG]

Plus while i was cleaning things up i popped the cam covers off to put new gaskets on, and wrinkle coated them:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29922-2/IMG_1091_s.jpg[/IMG]

Plus i picked up the bits for my new exhaust, thanks to Drew at AAA Exhausts and PLAYA for the ECV:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29925-2/IMG_1092_s.jpg[/IMG]

Oh and a cheapo set of spanners to leave in the car 🙂

Once the wrinkle coat dries ill be able to pop the cam covers back on and put it all back together again, but that can wait for a bit. The weekend has pretty much been spent on the AE86 anyway. Ill probably start the 2JZ conversion in April as thats when my wife changes rotations to a more single car friendly roster.

One thing i do have to do before then is figure out how to cut this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/29901-2/IMG_1084_s.jpg[/IMG]
Basically i have to cut it down to just before the injector mounting bosses. Ive given an abrasion cutting disc a go, but it just tends to cake up. Ive heard that using soap on the disc helps though. Maybe ill try that, anyone have other suggestions?

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.