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2JZA61 Supra Project

After much umming and aaahing [SIZE=”1″]about 5minutes really[/SIZE] i snapped up a Supra in Wangaratta for use as a project daily/weekend thrasher/khana/other car, similar to what Clive has his R32 for, but for the things i cant be bothered or cant take out the race car for.

Thanks to some great kindness on the part of morerevsm3 on PF, who offered to transport it over from Wangaratta to Adelaide for free, it arrived today, and i finally got to see what sort of a basket case my $500 got me.

Oh and the hillarity of getting into the drivers seat to back it off the trailer and suddenly facing the roof was all good. Oh and going to steer and finding out that the steering wheel wasnt bolted on, we got it into the driveway. After chatting all the afternoon (much to the consternation of my wife) i pushed it into the carport, and had a quick squiz.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27879-1/IMG_2727.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27889-1/IMG_2730.JPG[/IMG]
Importantly no rust in the tailgate, they are always prone for rusting there. No idea how this one survived without it.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27892-1/IMG_2731.JPG[/IMG]
Interior in the car, well sort of. All in boxes. Interestingly enough this car still has an uncracked dash and good door trims… IN BLACK. Which is about as rare as hens teeth.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27895-1/IMG_2732.JPG[/IMG]
I wonder why it doesnt run, thats high on the agenda.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27886-1/IMG_2729.JPG[/IMG]
Oh and the Simmons, which will be going on the race car soon.

All in all its not bad for the money i paid, need to assemble the interior, and refit the fuel tank (since its sitting in the boot), but im not going to complain much at all, especially as most local people wanted $3k for stuff with rust in it.
The “big” problem is the engine, as i cant just slap the 2JZ in it and take it anywhere near regency. Instead what ill have to do is put a 5ME back into it, and then get it registered before putting the 2JZ into it. All a good excuse to sort out the suspension and other bits.

List of things to do are:[LIST=1]
[]Refit interior of supra []Rebuild engine
[]Pass regency []Otomoto coilover kit for the front
[]R33/BA brake upgrade []VP rear shocks
[]SW20 front shocks []6kg front and 4kg rear springs
[]Sort suspension []2JZ VVTi
[/LIST]

I have a 2JZGE VVTi waiting in the wings for it when i finally get it sorted. Should be a good ride.

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

So i rearranged my day and came home a bit early this afternoon and got stuck into the rails.
Here is what i have come up with sofar:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27833-1/IMG_2690.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27842-1/IMG_2693.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27845-1/IMG_2694.JPG[/IMG]
Not bad for about an hours work if i say so myself.

Pretty much level:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27854-1/IMG_2697.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27857-1/IMG_2698.JPG[/IMG]
And that little unevenness can be adjusted out with the slotting on the sides of the rails.

And for GTSBoy, this is why im not going to bother cutting out the original crossbeam:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27848-1/IMG_2695.JPG[/IMG]
There is buggerall clearance under the floorpan anyway, and i need to have the seat raked back slightly to keep my knees up otherwise i have a hell of a time using the clutch as my knee locks up.

I havnt welded it in yet, as i need to remove all the fuel lines from the trans tunnel (not taking that risk) and remove anything which might be damaged by the welding sparks, cover windows etc etc.
Im not sure whether ill relieve all the sides by 3mm to fit some plate in there, im sorely tempted to, but the front will be reinforced to the crossbeam, and the outboard side of the rear is 4mm thick anyway.

While i was mucking around the other night in the garage i mocked up where the brake bias adjuster will sit:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27839-1/IMG_2692.JPG[/IMG]

Ill mount it after i have finished welding in the rails.

I think i have a bit more room than you there, im a pretty small guy.

Just finished welding it all up:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27869-1/IMG_2718.JPG[/IMG]

I was a touch worried about penetration, but a quick check revealed that i need not be worried:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27872-1/IMG_2725.JPG[/IMG]

I plated the front outer weld, but didnt bother plating the rest. Reason being that i was welding to the existing seatbelt mount points, which are already heavily plated as so:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27875-1/IMG_2724.JPG[/IMG]
(from the underside).

I initially tacked it in and then bolted in the seat to measure. I now have about 2-3″ of room between my head and the rollcage with my helmet on.

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

Ok, as i said before, too many Edo spec photos in this thread. Hence here are some clear ones to even out the ratio.

Fully assembled engine:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27794-1/IMG_2662.JPG[/IMG]
With gratuitious toyota flag:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27797-1/IMG_2663.JPG[/IMG]

Remounted kill switch:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27803-1/IMG_2665.JPG[/img]

Where the brake bias valve will go:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27802-2/IMG_2664.JPG[/IMG]

And finally some of the floorpan around the seat area:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27806-1/IMG_2666.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27809-1/IMG_2667.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27812-1/IMG_2668.JPG[/IMG]
Including the cutoff bracketry.
Now looking at it again, rationally, i think ill end up mounting the sidemounts on the left side (tunnel side) straight to the floor, with some reinforcement, but also see if i can get the “nose” of the seat up over the crossbar in the floor, because that keeps my knees in the best location. I think ill end up welding SHS to the floor on the right (outboard) side though, so im not sure how that will go.

I went out and jigged everything up and made a hell of a lot of measurements tonight.
First i got the seat in the right place:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27815-1/IMG_2669.JPG[/IMG]
Right there its comfortable, i can reach the pedals, it fits (snug between cage and trans tunnel) and i dont think ill have issues with my knee being dicky at that angle (i had serious issues in our FormulaSAE car where my knee was at about 10* bent).

Then i got out my little friend/new toy:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27818-1/IMG_2679.JPG[/img]

Basically a digital inclinometer, or spirit level. But it does bucket loads of stuff and you can set it to a base reference other than horizontal (gravity) etc.

Checked on the block of wood ontop of the seat:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27821-1/IMG_2682.JPG[/IMG]
0.1deg, good enough, if that tiny angle is much of an issue i can adjust it out with the seat in place.

Got out the trusty paint pen, and made stacks of markings:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27824-1/IMG_2671.JPG[/img]

And now im left with this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27827-1/IMG_2688.JPG[/IMG]
The horizontal mark at the top is the angle of the seat rails (as they arnt perfectly square, almost but not quite), the vertical tick marks are where the holes in the rails are. In this configuration the rails are butting up hard against the cross brace, so i cant really go any further forward, and i cant go further back due to the cage. Just perfect.
The front mark with the F above it is the frontmost of the front 3 holes, 25mm from the brace. Each of the holes in the rail is 20mm apart.
At the back i have the 2 rearward most holes marked out of which im thinking ill use the rearmost as the front one will be VERY tight on the stock mount. Plus im considering keeping the stock mounts so i can mount a stock seat in for tuners to use (the seat is custom for me, and quite narrow).

Now the real thing i have to decide is whether to mount rails across the car or down the length of the car. I could do a combination of the two, but its not going to be pretty. At the front i could do just tabs off the brace, but im not convinced of the strength of that, so it will be either all the way across or all the way down.
Ideas?

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

Well between Vista dying on my work machine, and a supplier calling to say that the swaybar for the Cressy was in i packed up early today and came home.
After i put the swaybar on the Cressy i had a bit under an hour before dinner to get some work on the Spoonter done.

So ive made a start on shifting the battery and isolator switch, and started thinking about making new rails for the seat. Thinking about it anyway.

On with the Edo spec pics:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27762-1/Image219.jpg[/IMG]
Relocated isolator switch. Used to be behind the handbrake hole on the trans tunnel, but it really wasnt a very intuitive spot to reach for, so its going in plain sight.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27765-1/Image220.jpg[/IMG]
Started installing battery box, and then realised that i dont have any plate/bar steel to put into it for a base, and so its just tek screwed in. Relocated the main fuses near there now and cleaned up some of the wiring.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27768-1/Image221.jpg[/IMG]
Bling bling waterpump underdrive pulley arrived the other day from the US. Cheaper than sourcing one locally, and relatively blingy. Hopefully it will help with the cavitation problem i was having going through the kink at 8900rpm.

Thats about it for now, hoping to get some more work done this weekend.

I got some more work done on the car this weekend. Firstly rebuilding 4As is like riding a bike, you never really forget how to do it. So i popped the head on, and started tensioning up everything, but to put the timing belt back on i had to take off the alternator belt:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27773-1/Image222.jpg[/IMG]
And then the alternator basically fell off.

Found that at some point in the past the bolt holding the custom alternator bracket had sheared off the block leaving the alternator held on by only 1 bolt at the bottom.

So in the vein of Babs’ hako thread, and Edos camerawork, i put together a little howto on removing a sheared bolt.

Firstly, find a bolt that has sheared off, like this alternator bolt, soak it with penetrene/rp7/wd40.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27776-1/Image224.jpg[/IMG]
And pop a nice little punch mark into the center of it.

Then take your drilling tool of choice, in my case a re-cased Bluepoint air drill:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27779-1/Image226.jpg[/IMG]
Internals by bluepoint, casing by supercrap.

Drill a hole down the center of the bolt, carefully. I chose a 3mm bit for this task:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27782-1/Image225.jpg[/img]

I blame edo for the crap photo.

Then source an appropriate torx bit (i buy them up when they are going cheap at bunnings) and hammer it into the bolt.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27785-1/Image227.jpg[/IMG]

Take one shifter with a 1/4″ socket on the end and slowly and gently wind it out:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27788-1/Image228.jpg[/img]

Voila, one removed bolt:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27791-1/Image230.jpg[/img]

So other than that, i went and picked up my 4.77 ratio diff, and new door cards for the rear. I did end up redoing the timing belt and finishing off assembly but no pics of that for now. I need to go see a bolt store to buy a whole stack of stainless capscrews to replace the mild ones which are rusting up.

I also did some work on relocating the brake bias valve incabin just infront of the handbrake hole in the trans tunnel.

Plus i got around to drilling off the brackets for the seat rails, so i can build up some custom ones, to hopefully mount this new seat a bit lower than the old one.

Which brings me to two questions (which ill probably repost in General or somewhere).
Firstly, for the distance between the trans tunnel and the valve would people use braided lines, or just run hardlines all the way?
Secondly, what gauge steel would people use for the seat rails? Im thinking 4 or 5mm thick bar. Anyone else?

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

From when i got it in there it was on like donkey kong.

Built a new plenum, after it looked like the old one wasnt going to fit:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/4983-1/IMG_0071_001.jpg[/IMG]

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5494-1/IMG_0014_002.JPG[/img]

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5485-1/IMG_0011_002.JPG[/IMG]

New fueling system:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5033-1/DSC00181.jpg[/img]

Shimless bucket setup:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5125-1/DSC00245.JPG[/img]

Put the interior back together and finished off the wiring (yes, all the red wires are fused +B feeds)
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5103-1/IMG_0067_002.jpg[/IMG]

Got it all back together and sent it off to be caged:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5457-2/IMG_0001_004.JPG[/img]

Cage:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5461-1/IMG_0003_006.JPG[/IMG]

Came back and got an exhaust:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6087-2/DSC00280.jpg[/IMG]

Went off to be tuned, blew up an ignitor:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6135-2/IMG_0002_006.JPG[/img]

Plus the coil over plug setup was excessively hard to get readings for timing, so i cracked it and redid the ignition system:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6157-1/IMG_0015_003.JPG[/IMG]

From there on it was back to my house to finish off the little things for scrutineering:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6168-2/IMG_0019_003.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6177-2/IMG_0021_003.JPG[/IMG]

Tailshaft loops:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6189-2/IMG_0025_002.JPG[/IMG]

Killswitch:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6183-2/IMG_0023_003.JPG[/IMG]

Fuel firewall:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6180-2/IMG_0022_004.JPG[/IMG]

Scrutineering happened, and then it was off to my first meet:
Night before:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6214-1/IMG_0033.JPG[/IMG]

Out there:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6220-1/IMG_0035.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6226-1/IMG_0037.JPG[/IMG]

Thats not supposed to happen:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6243-2/IMG_0042.JPG[/IMG]

Turns out that the booster diaphragm had busted during the fire, so i had buggerall front brakes and all rears. Lead to spinning a hell of a lot. So i only just qualified, and had race 1 then packed up and went home. Good learning experience.

Out came the booster and boosted MC, and in went of all things an unboosted 240K master:
Mounting plate:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6345-2/IMG_0003_007.JPG[/IMG]
Mocked up:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6368-2/IMG_0003_008.JPG[/IMG]
Setting pushrod throw:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6392-2/IMG_0014_004.JPG[/img]

All back together:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/6405-2/IMG_0023_004.JPG[/img]

The season that year had a bit of a break between August and November, so i took it out to a couple of practice days. At one of them my one of my bonnet pins snapped and the other came loose and the bonnet popped up at 140km/h into Turn1. Cracked the windscreen, and smashed the sunroof. Sunroof wasnt the end of the world, as i wanted to replace it anyway:

All done.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/7086-2/IMG_0186.JPG[/IMG]

I then did the last two events of the year, including the twilight meet. At the twilight meet i was unlucky enough to be pulling in at the end of Qualifying only to have the car in front run out of fuel in the pit lane entrance. I couldnt go anywhere, and couldnt go back out onto track, the marshalls wouldnt let me turn off the car (probably for fear of it not staritng again) so i had to sit there idling with no thermofan. Hit 110* before i got moving again, and so i had to do a few laps of the pits at <20km/h to try and get the temps down before parking it.
Surely enough, i had blown the head gasket. I managed to do R1 and R2 before putting it back on the trailer and calling it a day. Best times out there to date in that car too, 1:27.2 with a BHG.

When i got it home i parked the car, and ended up buying a house under a week after that event. From there on until now its been pretty busy getting the house sorted, and getting married. However, now im ready to get back into it. Parts are coming together, and work is beginning….

Stay tuned…

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2JZ Cressida (MX83) Part 1

Ok, since i have decided in the long run to keep the Cressy as a daily, i thought i would start a thread for it.

Picked it up originally in 2005 for a pretty good price, but it certainly wasnt cosmetically perfect.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3880-1/woo6181.jpg[/IMG]

When i bought it both the front and rear bumpers were peeling from not being primed properly, the tyres were pretty bald on the front, the suspension was shagged, brakes were leaking, auto wouldnt shift out of first when cold, and the drivers seat was buggered.

Decided to start with the tyres, and picked up these off a wrecked R32 GTR that had met a stobie pole:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3933-1/IMG_0002.jpg[/IMG]

Soon after i had a slight incident with one of the diagonal braking circuits completely losing power, so on with a brake upgrade:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/4104-4/DSC00077.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5098-2/IMG_0071.jpg[/IMG]

About 6 months later the right front strut collapsed entirely, leaving the entire strut tube and hub covered in shock oil. So with some mates rates i replaced all the suspension. Just stocky Pedders comfort gas, in exchange for a CA18DE short block.
Custom heavy rear springs (4.5kg ish), and Lovells 3.4kg front springs.
And i was the guinea pig for the Fulcrum/Superpro castor rod bushings, which needed SIGNIFICANT modification to fit:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5120-2/DSC00228.JPG[/img]

As a bonus they squeak continually as their exposed location means that the grease washes away after a single rainy drive.

To make the interior slightly more comfortable i found this Lotus wheel when at a wreckers:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5378-2/IMG_0070_001.JPG[/IMG]
and a set of Bride copies, to replace the stock seats which fat people had lived in so much that they had bent the sliding rails:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27032-2/IMG_0385.JPG[/IMG]

Replaced the auto. Added a big trans cooler:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5384-2/IMG_0072.JPG[/IMG]
And drove it around like that for a few years, towing stuff, doing long distances with only a couple of issues (related to heater hoses wearing out and fracturing).

The week before my wedding we had a minor heat wave in Adelaide and it started running a little rough, but i kind of ignored it and hoped that it would soldier on to the wedding.
Which it did, and soldiered on for a couple of weeks after we got back from our honeymoon, at which point the rego ran out and we only needed one car, so being concerned that i might have a BHG i did what any sensible Cressida owner does and sourced a 2JZ.

I didnt really want a turbo daily with the hassles of regency, so i simply got a 2JZGE.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/26984-2/_MG_7064.JPG[/IMG]

After i got the bits together, ECU, loom, front sump, mounts. It was really a bolt in affair.
Only minor notable things such as a W58 and clutch stuff got in the way.

Oh and the engine mounts were slightly different, being adapted VVTi 2JZGTE mounts:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27149-1/IMG_0414.JPG[/IMG]
Should hopefully stop the cracking that they experience.

Only other issue was really the exhaust. Which i used as an opportunity to learn to weld pipe, and fabricate exhausts. badly at first, but got better:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27263-2/IMG_0457.JPG[/IMG]
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27272-2/IMG_0472.JPG[/IMG]

Oh yeah, slight issue with the jap water pump having the pulley flange fall off:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27332-2/IMG_0500.JPG[/img]

Once that was done it was just finishing it off, which happened over about 6 months as riding bikes and going to Tanzania got in the way.

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27356-2/IMG_0511.JPG[/IMG]

Currently as it sits it makes a pretty good daily, comfortable. The suspension is getting quite annoying though, with it not really being progressive thorugh to oversteer in the corners, likes to bodyroll into oversteer instead.
The front strut tops are dying as well, and the diff is now an open LSD…

So on the list of things to do:
[LIST]
[]Modify subframe for Supra diff []Sort out rear suspension bushings
[]Source front suspension bits []Decide whether to go with coilovers at the front or not
[/LIST]

Thinking about MA70 supra coilovers for the rear as well, as they pretty much bolt up.
The MA70 supra diff modification is a bit of an unusual one, but theoretically will stop the issue with cracking rear subframes around the diff attachment points as it has two ears on the front of the diff, rather than one.

Im thinking about using MR2 shocks in the front with a 5kg or 6kg Otomoto coilover kit as well as the 4.5kg or 5kg rear MA70 setup.

Still needs the rear bar to be painted though, and some general cosmetic sympathy.

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Garage Takai IPRA AE86

Ok, a touch bored at work, so where was i.

Oh thats right, the entire thing blew up on me, and so i had to rebuild it.

That year was pretty busy, being my final year at uni and all, but i ended up bringing the car back to my little flat in North Adelaide and working on it when i could.

Looked roughly like this when i started:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/554-3/IMG_0001.jpg[/IMG]

Proof that heat shielding stuff actually works.
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/527-3/IMG_0574.jpg[/IMG]

So i started cleaning things up, and since i had to rebuild the rack anyway, i thought i would get a Quaife rack… which failed.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/581-3/IMG_0007_001.jpg[/img]

Got one of the batch which needed to be returned, took almost 18 months.

Got started pulling the engine out, and at this point i decided what the hell, lets go racing seriously.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/614-3/IMG_0018.jpg[/img]

Grinding down for seam welding
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/617-3/IMG_0019.jpg[/IMG]

Got a new C’s short shifter
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/629-3/IMG_0023.jpg[/IMG]

Kept cleaning stuff up

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/785-2/IMG_0002_003.jpg[/img]

Stitch welded, and then painted the engine bay in POR15

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/794-2/IMG_0005_004.jpg[/img]

JDM 4A bellhousing for fewer clutch slave issues

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/791-2/IMG_0004_003.jpg[/img]

With some of the wiring issues i had before, i went a bit OTT on wiring up the new loom.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/809-2/IMG_0010_001.jpg[/img]

Crimps, solder and heatshrink.
Wired all to a 20pin quickrelease ATX style connector

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/842-2/IMG_0007_1.jpg[/img]

New dash cluster

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5278-2/IMG_0015_001.jpg[/img]

Working out on the balcony:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3789-2/IMG_0016_001.jpg[/img]

with the blue tarp to keep the rain out.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3792-2/IMG_0017_001.jpg[/img]

Junk everywhere

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3795-2/IMG_0018_001.jpg[/img]

Car outside underneath the deck.

Decided while i was at it that i would rewire the entire car

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5282-2/IMG_0019_001.jpg[/img]

Rebuilt the struts incase of heat damage

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5287-2/IMG_0024_001.jpg[/img]

Dash cluster

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5309-2/IMG_0050_002.jpg[/img]

Started work on the airbox

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/4811-2/IMG_0051_001.jpg[/img]

New brake lines

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5311-2/DSCF0055.jpg[/img]

Coil over plugs

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5313-2/IMG_0051_003.jpg[/img]

That about took me until December when i finished up my exams. Pretty hard getting much done with 6 subjects at uni, and other committments.

That summer though, i got heaps done. First of all a mate opened a workshop, and in exchange for the use of my engine crane and trolley jack i got free storage/workspace out there:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5314-2/IMG_0050_003.jpg[/img]

Where the real fun started.

More on that soon, post limit stuff.

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Scott Voltage 4X Bike

Here are all the bits which went on the bike in that vid:

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Recoil chainguide

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4 gears for a nice straight chainline in gating gear (16T)

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140mm Jetblack rotor, only 67g

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Carbona jockey wheels to replace the plastic ones which were thrashed out. 17g the pair

[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27691-2/IMG_2587.jpg[/IMG]
Larsen TT for a bit of arse end grip without being super heavy…

Thats about it for now, have to get out there and keep riding it now. It only needs a longer derallieur stop bolt…

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Scott Voltage 4X Bike

Hones came in on Tuesday, fitted them up and its lovely. Lighter than the Hussys.

Updated Pictures:
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Hanging scales shipped today, so ill have a weight for her soon.

Well the hanging scales arrived today, not quite as light as i had hoped to be honest:

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And thats while its SSed, im planning on putting gears back on her.

Suggestions on weightloss programs?

Let the weight weeny begin.

Firstly, out with the heavy old saddle that has cracked rails:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27643-2/25032009049.jpg[/img]

And in with a 238g Selle Italia Initiale which i had lying around (ergh photo corrupted)

Next up is the seatpost.

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27648-2/25032009050.jpg[/img]

This old sucker has actually narrowed around the middle which means that it constantly slips down in the tube nomatter how tight the clamp is. Time to meet the pipe cutter:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27660-2/25032009053.jpg[/img]

Thats about it for now, not really going too overboard for now 🙂 But out of curiosity i weighed the mech and shifter:

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And i will replace the seatclamp which is pretty busted as well:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27664-2/25032009055.jpg[/img]

Sofar a weight saving of a touch over 350g for a total added cost of $0. Plus it gives me a chance to play with my new toys, the scales. Primarily bought for matching engine pistons, they obviously have other uses 🙂

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Giant Reign AM Bike

I got a new toy today, and not one which will relieve any of my weight weenie tendencies:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27639-2/IMG_2503.JPG[/img]

That said the Reign is a bit lighter than i was expecting, i was expecting over the 16kg mark.

Got an order in from Toronto Cycles with a bit of bling.
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One of the jockey wheels was already flogged out, and with the stock plastic ones being about the same price which Toronto Cycles charge for those bling ones i figured why not.
$4 for some bolts as well…. woot

Went for a ride yesterday:

[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/27699-1/Image106.jpg[/img]

Kinda wet. Hoping it will be dry in Canb mid year…