Stavros's New Project

[Stavros]

Hey all,
Well after spending several months searching for a weekend toy/project I was pointed in the direction of Glanza's. I was looking for a car that was in working order, but was in need of some tlc.
After a bit of searching I came across an EP91 on pistonheads for £2500; after the current owner purchasing the car, the big ends went. The owner stumped out for a new/recond 4EFTE engine; whilst this was fitted, other parts such as clutch, cam belt etc were replaced.
As you'll see from the pictures, the car is far from mint and the engine bay needs some tidying, but overall mechanically, the car isn't bad. Ive spent today giving the car a once over and writing out lists of bits I need/want.
So without further ado - My EP91
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-05-08203626.jpg
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I plan on working through the car in stages... a rough outline:

Restore
The car currently has things im not happy with as you can see from the pictures. Mechanically the car is relatively sound, however the rear shocks are knackered, cv joint needs doing on the front offisde and the engine bay needs a good tidy. I will be looking to get the suspension replace with stock shocks and springs for now and get the car back to a base to start from

Bodywork
As part of the 'restoration' I will get the car mopped, the rust sorted and relaquered. As well as this the wheels will eventually be powder coated

Chassis/Brakes
Next stage, I will be looking to uprate the suspension all round with coilovers (which im currently saving desperately for) and getting a rear strut brace. Brakes are pretty good, I dont believe these are stock but there are no other markings on it

Engine
The car is currently around 130/140hp... doesn't sound a great deal but the way this car delivers the power is astonishing. Im aiming for around 200/220hp which is more than ample and is do-able on the standard internals too. There are some people running nearly 300hp on standard internals.

So, this weekend the fun begins with installing a new rad, removing the air con and swapping the rear suspension. I've drawn up a bit of a shopping this for this month, most of which i've ordered now....

Shopping list for this month:
-New raditor
-New Rad cap
-New hoses on FMIC (existing has been botched and looks sh!te)
-New offside wing mirror
-New offside headlight (current is knackered)
-New offside wind deflector


More pics and bits to follow in the coming weeks :D

[macca]

Awesome, I love it!! I really must come and see this one! :D Bloody bargain price too, for that model and age.

Loving the mechano under the bonnet, one step on from my cable-tie battery holder! Lose the stupid cam breather filter though, they don't do these cars any favour as rely on vacuum from the inlet to pull the vapours out. As it's just to atmos it will cause smoke and blow-by which isn't good.

If you're worried about oil going back in the inlet, just get a simple oil catch can as they do the job nicely.

[Stavros]

Awesome, I love it!! I really must come and see this one! :D Bloody bargain price too, for that model and age.

Loving the mechano under the bonnet, one step on from my cable-tie battery holder! Lose the stupid cam breather filter though, they don't do these cars any favour as rely on vacuum from the inlet to pull the vapours out. As it's just to atmos it will cause smoke and blow-by which isn't good.

If you're worried about oil going back in the inlet, just get a simple oil catch can as they do the job nicely.

Just remove it entirely? Ive seen quite a few with them on, so just assumed it was the norm. Oddly enough there is oil around it... that would explain that then lol.

[Stavros]

Right people... need ideas with colour schemes... Im keeping the car silver as I really cba with changing the log book etc... however, I was thinking of doing all the accessorys (calipers etc) in green... although finding ht leads in green for these is a pig

Thoughts on a postcard... :D

[macca]

Not sure on that one to be honest..

[macca]

And no, don't remove it entirely, you need to put it back to how it should be.. A pipe going to the filter to inlet pipe before the turbo, either straight in or with a catch can in between.

[Stavros]

Ok mate, i'll have a mooch at how it goes... so far ive seen alot with them like that, the only ones that got to a catch can are running different turbos. Will be easier to see when the cars in pieces lol

[macca]

The problem is it's an urban myth that the filter must be better, most people don't understand how it works. Ask any decent auto engineer and they will tell you that it needs vacuum to work effectively.

Why would companies like Toyota have gone to the trouble of fitting extra pipework and fittings, and even catch cans if they could have just put a little filter there?

I tried it when I had my old ST185 GT-Four. Took the vacuum breather off and left it to vent to atmos. Within 5 minutes of idling, it was filling up the road with smoke. Put the vacuum breather back on and hey presto, no smoke.

[macca]

And are the ones with different turbos just generally a bit more mechanically savvy?

[Stavros]

Lol quite possibly... the ones with different turbos are running the td04's/td05's... Im going to start looking in to the mechanics of them more in depth after this weekend... all my bits are finally starting to arrive :D.. rads here... :D

[AW09]

Slightly confused as to what your saying about the breather macca, Unless its different to anything ive played with/my mates mazda, the oil breather dont need a vacuum, it just needs to have a catch tank and a filter on there, so it cant build up pressure.

Mates mazda 323 has bigger turbo etc and runs a catch tank with no filter on it, just vents to atmosphere after catching any of the oil in the tank.

On topic, car looks good, not a fan of these myself so lol

[Stavros]

I'll be honest bud, I was sceptical of one...until I drove it. If we have a meet some time soon i'll bring it along and take you out in it, great bit of fun, especially around the twisty's. It redlines at 7k, so third round the lanes at around 5k/6k is great fun :D.

Im just pondering colour co-ordination now, going to take the wheels off in the week, sand them and start spraying them; can't be any worse to how they look now.

[Stavros]

Just had my delivery of new shoes turn up. Pair of toyo proxes for the front, £40 each... bargain.... (£30 to fit them, not a bargain :( )

Having the car up on the ramps tomorrow, changing the knackered rear coilovers for the standard TRD shocks and springs...they're probably knackered too but have to be better than whats on there at the moment.

A/C out tomorrow and new rad if I get chance, if not that will be sunday :D

[AW09]

Tyres T1R's? Same as what i have on the corsa atm, very very soft tyre, plenty of grip but dont last long!

How are the coilovers funked? Cheap jobbies i presume. You doing a proper job of removing the aircon? (which is a bloody big job)

[Stavros]

Yea T1R's... yea ive heard they're quite a soft compound but stick well, once the cars done i'll invest in some better rubber all round, but by all accounts they stick very well

The shocks them selves are fecked... i'll head the smallest of bump and it'll bottom out, then i'll end up bouncing down the road on the springs for 300yards lol... it's shit and I detest driving it atm for that reason. So going to pop the old shocks and springs back on for now... watching some stock front and rears on ebay atm, if they go for less than £50 i'll have them, will do me until I can save for some decent coilovers.

Yea doing a proper job; I have to have the rad out tomorrow anyway because of the swap over, so thought ide do it whilst im at it...

http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27259

doesnt look too difficult tbh; I have the 'non ac powersteering belt' needed, £8, bargain :D

[AW09]

No chance of changing the dash setup, or are they rare etc?

If they were decent coilovers they would be adjustable :(.

When you go for some decent coilovers, think about GAZ, as i can get a discount with them.

[Stavros]

Oddly enough, the coilovers on there are adjustable, but they are shot to pieces, look like a halfrauds special.

Im getting some new dials for the dash, but in terms of layout, you cant play about with them too much. I know the facelift model and the year above have dials instead of sliders for the temp gauges though.

Nice one, thanks buddy... i'll have a look in a minute and see if the GAZ do a coilover for the ep91 :)

[Stavros]

Its been a productive weekend in all; I have the use of a 4post ramp at work on the weekends at our offices... this just happens to be out in the stick about 16miles from my house... green lanes and twisty bends you can see for miles... :D

So, yesterday we managed to do:
1. Change over the knackered rear suspension with stock TRD suspension (toyota shocks with trd springs?)... can finally drive the car without breaking my spine or bouncing down the road
2. Removed the air con - Was alot easier than I thought; I was suprised quite how much it actually all weighed! Pleanty of room to relocate the air intake now :D
3. Swapped the rad - The rad that was in there was knackered, full of gunk and slowly going brown so I bought a new one and popped it in.
Over all, really enjoyable little car to work on; makes a nice change from the air cooled im used to :D

Some pic's:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-05-15130852.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-05-15145727.jpg

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[macca]

You lucky bastard, I'd love to have the use of a 4-poster :(

You gonna take the rest of the air con out from the dash? That usually weighs a few kilos too.

[Kerry_T-5R]

Nice project, look forward to reading your progress.

[Stavros]

You lucky bastard, I'd love to have the use of a 4-poster :(

You gonna take the rest of the air con out from the dash? That usually weighs a few kilos too.

Yea I will be a bit later on (on sooner as you'll read in a minute) when I have better access to it; I was amazed how much just the rad/fan/pump and pump housing actually weighed!...

By removing the front mount and fitting a new smaller aluminium performance rad to the front, there is now ample room to rehouse the air intake directly at the front, with the use for 2 x 90degree bends.

[Stavros]

Nice project, look forward to reading your progress.

Cheers for popping by buddy; hopefully this one will be a bit more indepth than my beetle project :D... (...and probably cost me twice as much lol)

[Stavros]

Right..... Things have taken a slight, erm... change? lol.

Well the idea was I was going to work through the car in stages...

Restore
Bodywork
Chassis/Brakes
Engine

....however, after firing the car up last night and seeing a plume of white smoke go floating down the road I became slightly curious... it looks like when the previous owner had the 'new engine' installed, they just reused the old turbo... this has now given up and the oil seals are wearing, hence passing through oil

Now I could seek out a used CT9 turbo and actuator and replace what I have there... however thats £150+ and as rare as rocking horse sh!t.

So, on this basis... I think I will get the remaining minor 'restoration bits' done to it:
-anti roll bar
-cv boot
-wing mirror
-air deflector

...and then start looking at where to take the engine in terms of what needs doing to reach the bhp I would like. Im gagging to get cracking on it, however this will still be a gradual process due to funds etc... should be interesting though ;)

There is a CT9 turbotechnics hybrid turbo on ebay for £550, including actuator and manifold (good for 180hp max), however, for the TD04 kit (good for upto and beyond 300hp) I would like for the car its £1200... I therefore cannot justify buying the turbotechnics kit, getting it mapped etc only to replace this within the next year for the TD04 kit... time to start saving I think

[AW09]

WHITE smoke?! Thats not oil bud, thats water!

Head gasket sounds more like it!

[Stavros]

WHITE smoke?! Thats not oil bud, thats water!

Head gasket sounds more like it!

99% of the time ide say yes mate, but the colour is purely determined by what temp the oil is at. Its definately the turbo seal as I have oil in my FMIC.

Im going to sit down tonight and start looking at what I need to take the car to where I want it and start looking at time lines and ££££... let the games begin :P

[AW09]

How bad is the oil in the FMIC though? Usually when they go they go in one side, not both. If it is only a small amount, that is perfectly fine for a daily type car.

Dont blame you for doing engine work though :d

[Stavros]

Lol its definately not a small amound judging by the amount dripping out of the hoses on my dive.

Yea I just think it will be wise; I was going to do a complete rebuild later in the year anyway; I dont know, nor trust whats been done to the engine so will be nice to strip it down and start from scratch... followed by a nice map ;)

[Stavros]

Mini update to the project. This weekend gone I didnt do a great deal with the glanza except a compression test on the heads. Results were:

1. 160psi
2. 162psi
3. 165psi
4. 162psi

As you can see there is very little difference in pressure between the heads, so overall im a very happy chappy :D. This eliminates any other reason for the white/(slight blue) smoke lol.

I have found a TD04L (impreza turbo) for £150 and the TD04 kit (minus the turbo) for $550... time to start saving I think :D.

[macca]

Brilliant results mate, got a good base there! I would be the white smoke is probably more greyish and being a Toyota it will be the copious amounts of unburnt fuel it's throwing through the exhaust for the sheer fun of it.

A small bit of blue will most likely be because your cam cover breather is vented to atmosphere rather than vacuum, or the turbo seals could be weaping slightly. But you won't care about that if you're going TD04 ;)

[Stavros]

Lol definately not bothering me; I only drive it at the weekends so im just keeping an eye on the oil levels in the car and saving up for the TD04 kit (manifold, downpipe & lines) then I can get the turbo seperately :D... think a nice map will be in order after that :D (and maybe some bigger injectors and fuel pump :D...plus after market ecu :D)

The list is forever growing lol. But I will make sure the last little niggly bits (cv boot and anti roll bar) are sorted before I start adding engine mods.

[Ang]

Glad you are keeping yourself busy Stavros, looks great and definitly worth a good challenge!

[Stavros]

Hey ang, hope you're well :D

Just seen your post in the 'car transport' thread. Thanks for the kind offer, thankfully that car fell through lol... but thanks again :)

Well just a mini update; been paid yesterday and have a few pennies left over, so going to look at getting a few necessities done.

This month:
- CV Boot (massive split :( )
- Try and sort knocking - bit of play in O/S drive shaft (eek)
- Get a new smegging turbo
- Clean out oil from FMIC
- Fit my fogs and wing mirror (when royal mail find it, grrr)

Thats about it for this month lol. Im still umming and arring as to what turbo kit to go for...

Hybrid kit
(2nd hand) incliding manifold, down pipe, actuator and hybrid CT9 turbo = £550

TD04L:
Kit (including manifold, gaskets, down pipe, oil lines etc) £550
Turbo (and actuator) - £180
Injectors - £200
Piggy back ECU - £250
Map - £150

Mmmmmm, think I need a quick fix and the hybrid is looking favourable at the moment; more than capable of 200hp. If the oil seals had gone a bit later in the year it wouldnt of been such a problem, but it definately needs doing sooner rather than later.

[Stavros]

Scrap what I put above lol... changed my mind... again. :D

Going for a new OEM CT9 turbo with a new manifold... £500... Stock CT9 turbos at 1 bar with the supporting mods I have are capable of around 190hp... no different to what the hybrid would provide.

Shall be placing the order in the next week :D

[AW09]

Would you be interested if i put you in touch with a turbo guy i know?

Just hurry up and make your mind up, And get it bought/fitted!!

[Stavros]

Would you be interested if i put you in touch with a turbo guy i know?

Just hurry up and make your mind up, And get it bought/fitted!!

You make it sound like im indisive LMAO.

Since my last post, something has come up... wait for further updates, it'll be worth it ;)

[AW09]

Fucking LOL

[Stavros]

fucking lol

:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

[Stavros]

Further to my indisiviness... I have now purchased a turbo... Voila:

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Only done 5000 miles from new, actuator has no play, absolutely spotless... cant really moan for £60... :D

Next purchase is the manifold, down pipe, gaskets and oil/water lines :D

[AW09]

Fine until it goes wrong :p

Oh i just jinx it :p

Gerrrt it fitted!

[Stavros]

Lol im ordering all the manifold and bits in a week or two, then the uprated fuel pump, ecu and injectors next month, so by the end of next month, hopefuly, I should have a mapped, fully functioning TD04 starlet :D

[macca]

That's gonna be a very nice little weapon!!

[Stavros]

:D I most certainly hope so mate... just got to keep saving at the moment, but its not as expensive as first though... In all for turbo, manifold, fuel pump, Piggy ecu, and injectors im looking in the region of £1500... which is alot less than 1st thought.

Will probably be running around 250hp after them little mods and its setup. Next stage would be to forge the engine and run 300+... but that definately wont be just yet lol

[macca]

I think I should have bought a Starlet instead of a Supra, might be able to afford to mod it then! lol..

What piggy back are you looking at? Will it need an uprated clluch for that little lot?

[Stavros]

I think I should have bought a Starlet instead of a Supra, might be able to afford to mod it then! lol..

What piggy back are you looking at? Will it need an uprated clluch for that little lot?


Lol I forgot clutch off of that little list, ive got an exedy twin plate clutch on my list :D

Looking at a Greddy 'Emanage' Ultimate, its around £400ish, but im sure I can get it a bit cheaper off the forums. They do a slightly lower version called 'blue' which isn't too bad either.

Haha, you wont be saying that when I toque steer 300 horses in to a tree lmao. I forgot an LSD is also on the list! :D

[AW09]

No chance of my wikid-bo 12v corsa beating you then :(

[Stavros]

Lmao, i'll let you know when ive got the turbo off mate :D

When I get it all set up i'll give you a shout pal, can go for a little spin :D

[AW09]

lol You push your car, il drive mine, your still be faster lmao

[macca]

The emanage's are very popular, a lot of the Supra guys use them especially with auto boxes as you can leave the standard ECU running the autobox.

I did look at piggybacks for mine, they are good but harder to get 'just right'. Always better to get a full standalone but that's mega bucks unfortunately :(

[Stavros]

The emanage's are very popular, a lot of the Supra guys use them especially with auto boxes as you can leave the standard ECU running the autobox.

I did look at piggybacks for mine, they are good but harder to get 'just right'. Always better to get a full standalone but that's mega bucks unfortunately :(

Yea that does seem the case :(

Im going to set the car up to run around 190/200bhp which will probably be around 0.4 bar at a guess... i'll then save up to fully forge the engine and open the boost up :D

[macca]

That's really low boost for that kind of power, very nice! :) Lots of room for 'improvement' ;)

[Stavros]

That's really low boost for that kind of power, very nice! :) Lots of room for 'improvement' ;)

I cannot wait... ive decided to extend the period of when it will be back on the road; ive decided if im going to put a TD04 on there, then it would be pointless to run it at a fraction of its potential, so im now looking to forging... :d

[macca]

Lol.. little kid :D

[Stavros]

Lmfao... I dont know what you mean... and less of the little, im only 18stone :D

[Stavros]

Away from the engine for a moment.... Come home today to find my replacement wing mirror and 2 front fog lights sitting on the side waiting for me :D... I was that excited I skipped gym just so i could fit the wing mirro (sad!)

The female plug had fallen down behind the door card, so I had to dismantle the whole door to get to it, which I weirdly enjoyed!... Plugged the mirror in, on with the ignition and hey presto, works like new :D... just the other bits to address now

[Stavros]

Right, a mini update as to where the car is and where its going

Ive hardly driven the car since discovering its oil seal problem. After (finally) deciding im going to the TD04 route im driving the car very spracely and keeping a kean eye on my oil and water levels. Due to the turbo being water cooled its slowly draining my cooling fluid as well as my engine oil, so it will be rarely driven now until it goes under the ratchet.

Ive sat down and written out a list of parts to take me to a reliable TD04 set up for minimal cost. For the time being, im going to be running the TD04 @ 1bar which will produce around 220hp (my 0.4bar guestimation on the previous page was well out lmao)... 220hp is 'specified' limit for the standard internals, however, many are running 250+ on standard internals. Long term (probably winter/spring next year) I will look at forging the engine.



So, for a basic TD04 setup, with a decent foundation for forging and further boost, my shopping list is:

TD04 Turbo
Manifold and gasket
Downpipe and gasket
Oil and water lines
Uprated fuel pump
Injectors
Boost controller
Piggy back ECU
This should do me for now, the next thing will be a twin plate clutch but i'll drive this one, which is failry new, until it gives up.

Im doing a bit of shopping around at the moment; I could buy all the above parts for £1300 from a site in america, however, with a bit of shopping around I should be able to do it for well under £1000

Last night I bought some 440cc Injectors for £90 and ive found a new manifold and downpipe (minus gaskets) for £170 (stupid cheap) from a reputable supplier, so shall be ordering them shortly.

Hopefully, should have all the parts by middle of next month, trying to find extras ways to earn ££ at the moment so I can get out and enjoy it for the summer.

[macca]

Hopefully, should have all the parts by middle of next month, trying to find extras ways to earn ££ at the moment so I can get out and enjoy it for the summer.

Come mow my lawn, I'll give you a fiver to save me doing it ;)

[AW09]

Hurry up and get some more shiney bits :p

Summer will be over by the time its finished :p

[Stavros]

Come mow my lawn, I'll give you a suit case of fiver's to save me doing it ;)

... You're too kind sir, be over in five minutes :D

[Stavros]

Hurry up and get some more shiney bits :p

Summer will be over by the time its finished :p

Lmfao, im trying im trying... the main bits I need are lumps of around £300 x 3, so scavenging for cheapies atm.

If the cambelt didnt need doing on the avensis id have most of it this month :(

[AW09]

TBH, if you skimp on something, your kick yourself when it funks up and you have to spend more in the long run.

Who needs cambelts anyhow! :p

[AW09]

... You're too kind sir, be over in five minutes :D

Five mins! Il be there in 3, unless the suit case is a 10cm by 5cm thing!

[Stavros]

TBH, if you skimp on something, your kick yourself when it funks up and you have to spend more in the long run.

Who needs cambelts anyhow! :p

Exactly that, hence why im getting set up ready for more boost later on such has a decent boost controller and ecu.

Haha, its done 75k now (25k in 10months, eek), so think it needs one :(

[macca]

Cambelts shambelts!! :D

Crikey, you're piling some mileage on the girl aren't you. Surely you should qualify for a company car ;)

[Stavros]

Haha, it was briefly brought up once to one of the MD's... and subsequently swept asside just as quick. Tbh, I get 35p a mile which adds up :D

On a different note, had a quote for a cambelt from toyota today, £185... bargain!

[macca]

That's unusually cheap for Toyota!! A friend of mine got quoted £160 just to get their rad flushed!

Have you tried RDS up in Brunel Road? Behind SLM. They do all the work on the Supra, bloody good guys and the labour charge is less than half of Toyota. I don't trust many people with the Supra and they've never let me down.

[Stavros]

A few chaps at work have reconmended RDS too, will have a look pal :). I was suprised at £185, was quoted £250 from a back street garage lol... t0ssers

[AW09]

That is indeed cheep, they must be easy to do!?!

[Stavros]

That is indeed cheep, they must be easy to do!?!

Must be; I was always under the impression they are a nightmare to do on my car... ha, i'll have a phone call when its in 'Er Mr Kehoe, your model number is different by one digit, we will now charge you an addition £500 for a bolt' :d

[AW09]

lol, Il have a look at the book in work tomorrow, see how long it says lol

[macca]

Considering they charge something like £90 an hour, that does seem odd. I had a bill in my folder from about 6 years ago for brakes all round on the Supra and that ran to £1000 inc labour.

RDS are great, just watch out for Vince's daughter (the receptionist) she has intermittent PMT :blink:

[Stavros]

Considering they charge something like £90 an hour, that does seem odd. I had a bill in my folder from about 6 years ago for brakes all round on the Supra and that ran to £1000 inc labour.

RDS are great, just watch out for Vince's daughter (the receptionist) she has intermittent PMT :blink:

73



:innocent:

[Stavros]

Mini update, I now have/ordered the following in bold:

TD04 Turbo
Manifold and gasket
Downpipe and gasket
Oil and water lines
Uprated fuel pump
Injectors (tosser sold them to someone else because he knows them, grrrr)
Boost controller - HKS EVC 3
Piggy back ECU

[Stavros]

Going to pop the boost controller on the standard ct9 turbo and up the boost to a bar, see how long it holds on for :D

[macca]

73



:innocent:
pmsl!!

[macca]

I don't know what oil lines you need, but I have a spare brand new aeroquip one I got when I bought a turbo kit a couple of years ago. If it's the right fittings you can have it?

[Stavros]

I'll let you know mate; the oil and water lines im ordering are these ones:

http://www.tm-developments.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32_18&products_id=1084 (http://www.tm-developments.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32_18&products_id=1084)

[macca]

Mine looks like one of those on one end but has a union on the other end too, it's not just a bare end.

[Stavros]

Cheers mate; i'll let you know how it turns out, I may well need it at some point :)

[Stavros]

Its just become apparany supra injectors are a direct fit on to the glanza, not sure what revision these are from though?

http://id-workz.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=73

[Stavros]

Parts update:

TD04 Turbo
Manifold and gasket
Downpipe and gasket
Oil and water lines
Uprated fuel pump
Injectors
Boost controller - HKS EVC 3
Piggy back ECU
Relocated TD04 air filter kit

Last main bit of kit to buy is the ecu next month along with all gaskets and lines and I should be ready to rock and roll... can't smegging wait :D

[AW09]

stop typing, get buying, get stripped (Ohh err) and get fitting.

Il race you.

[Stavros]

stop typing, get buying, get stripped (Ohh err) and get fitting.

Il race you.

Lmfao, If I had the money this month i'd of definately ordered everything by now :P... getting excited about getting it on there though :D

Lmao, 1/4mile drag... its on :D

[AW09]

Sounds great, il start 1/4 mile in front.

[Stavros]

HAHAHAHA... wonder if I can get boost in reverse? :P

[AW09]

Depends if your car has a switch or not lol, Vauxhalls do, no boost in reverse lol

[Stavros]

I'll give it a go tonight :D

All my bits should be turning up tomorrow :D... its like xmas all over again :P

[AW09]

Days like that are fun... for us, not so much the postmen lol

[macca]

Injector link doesn't work dude? Which injectors are they?

[Stavros]

Ahh thats because I went and bought them after pasting the link lol. They are 330cc supra injectors, but they are a direct fit by all accounts to the '4E-FTE' lump...also bought a few other goodies :P

[Stavros]

Days like that are fun... for us, not so much the postmen lol

No boost in reverse... fcuking loud though :d

[AW09]

lol

[macca]

Hmm, probably mk3 Supra non-turbo injectors I would think. The mk4 Supra has 440's or 540's depending on Jap/UK. Not sure what the non-turbo has but I think they're 440's too, as are the mk3 turbos.

There's some obscure mk3 models too, so could be from one of them! lol

What other goodies have you bought then??

[Stavros]

Hmm, probably mk3 Supra non-turbo injectors I would think. The mk4 Supra has 440's or 540's depending on Jap/UK. Not sure what the non-turbo has but I think they're 440's too, as are the mk3 turbos.

There's some obscure mk3 models too, so could be from one of them! lol

What other goodies have you bought then??

Ahhh right, that would make sense. Im just waiting for them to arrive with my relocated air filter, i'll take some piccies when they do.

Well, I come home last night to find a couple of boxes in my hall way :D, was like xmas all over again. I know you've seen the turbo before, but I thought ide throw another pic in anyway :p

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-19113052.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-19113158.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-19113250.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-19113524.jpg

After doing lots of reading, it appears I can run the TD04 up to 1bar without having to change the stock ecu, aslong as I have a fuel pressure regulator (which I have)... I will probably just need someone to set it up on the rollers for me, alternatively, a very nice bunch from the starlet forum have offered to assist.

On this basis, all I need now is the gaskets, oil/water lines, uprated fuel pump, oh and some studs, washers and nuts (for the turbo to mani etc) and im away... Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[AW09]

Im disappointed, That manifold isnt very sexual :(

Should be a warning on that update though, A update with pics?! :p

[Stavros]

Im disappointed, That manifold isnt very sexual :(

Should be a warning on that update though, A update with pics?! :p


Lmao, I know, however it was dirt cheap, so wasn't expecting anything too fancy lol. A chap I know with a fully forged one of these has a rather smexual manifold on his, but cost 4x what I paid for mine, with down pipe! lol

[AW09]

Just smoothing out the welds would be a start!

[Stavros]

Haha, heat wrap hides all ;)

[AW09]

Black heat wrap i hope, not a fan of it myself!

[Stavros]

Black heat wrap i hope, not a fan of it myself!


Was going to be white tbh lol. Either that or I just wrap the FMIC piping where it passes across the manifold, not sure yet. The hardest bit if going to be butchering the FMIC pipe work to get it around the mani and on to the TD04

[AW09]

This turbo lark is too much effort for me. NA power FTW

[Stavros]

Lol, its not that much effort, if it was I certainly would be doing it! lol. Anything for an easy life :P

[macca]

Don't wrap the manifold, it'll crack mucho quickly from all the heat contained in it. I don't mean this in a bad way either, but if it's a cheapo manifold then the quality of stainless won't be amazing and will be much more prone to cracking when it gets hot. Doesn't actually do that much for increasing the speed of gases coming out either, despite popular myth!

I was going to say that the water pipes to that turbo looked huge!, until I realised that it was relatively and the turbo is only diddy! :D

[Stavros]

Don't wrap the manifold, it'll crack mucho quickly from all the heat contained in it. I don't mean this in a bad way either, but if it's a cheapo manifold then the quality of stainless won't be amazing and will be much more prone to cracking when it gets hot. Doesn't actually do that much for increasing the speed of gases coming out either, despite popular myth!

I was going to say that the water pipes to that turbo looked huge!, until I realised that it was relatively and the turbo is only diddy! :D


Ahhhh okey dokey. Well with the new turbo positioning I can completely relocate the way the FMIC piping runs, so i'll be away to keep it away from the manifold now

Well the car was put in my garage today ready to be stripped and started on; theres alot more involved than what I originally invisaged when taking the project on, such as modifying and rotating the turbo housing, making custom downpipe and turbo brackets, making a new actuator bracket to hold the actuator in position despite rotating the inlet 180degrees and so on.

So, as of next week i'll start stipping, by then all of my gaskets shall be here and reconstruction can slowly commence :eyes:

[AW09]

Get lots of pics :p

[Stavros]

Get lots of pics :p


Oh I shall... im out for the evening with a young lady tonight, however, im itching to make a start, so I think I may well start the strip after the gym tomorrow night :D

[macca]

Ooh young lady eh ;) Have a nice evening!

Look forward to seeing the pics, let us know if you need any help with it and I'll pop over! :)

[AW09]

Meet at Stavros's place, Jap crap rip up :p

[Stavros]

Ooh young lady eh ;) Have a nice evening!

Look forward to seeing the pics, let us know if you need any help with it and I'll pop over! :)

Cheers mate, had a rather spiffing evening :)

Yea i'll give you a shout; I think this weekend is going to be spent getting everything off (unless I find time in the week :eyes: ) and getting back to a base really. Need to clean out my FMIC and piping then start looking at adapting the turbo and pipework... should be interesting :D.


Meet at Stavros's place, Jap crap rip up :p

Lmfao... Come home to find a load of vauxhall stickers plastered all over my glanza.... :d

[AW09]

Now theres an idea :p

[Stavros]

Had a bit of a chest infection this week so ive had a week off from the gym. I was rather bored this evening so I decided to start stripping down the glanza, feast your eyes on a semi naked engine bay:

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23191602.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23191612.jpg



CT9 turbo - Cant get the last smegging nut off from the manifold to releas the turbo - note the oil on the turbo where the oil seals have gone and has been blown through the FMIC

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23191637.jpg




Crack on the manifold on the 3rd head where it is most restrictive. I think the guy before may have tried upping the boost without changing the manifold and cracked it
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23193657.jpg

New 330cc supra injectors
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23202721.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23202734.jpg

[AW09]

I hope your doing lots of cleaning and painting.

[Stavros]

I hope your doing lots of cleaning and painting.

Haha, I will be at the weekend im sure... contemplating priming and spraying the FMIC pipes but not sure on colour ;)

I will be giving the block and gear box a good clean off; might even spray the rocker cover if you're lucky :p

[macca]

Those manifolds will crack anyway, standard cast GT4 ones crack along one of the ports even on standard boost. First thing you notice is a nice ticking sound coming from the engine bay where it's blowing past it!

Make sure you flush that FMIC through with plenty of petrol, and all the pipes. Cap it off and shake it up until the petrol is coming out clear :)

[Stavros]

Those manifolds will crack anyway, standard cast GT4 ones crack along one of the ports even on standard boost. First thing you notice is a nice ticking sound coming from the engine bay where it's blowing past it!

Make sure you flush that FMIC through with plenty of petrol, and all the pipes. Cap it off and shake it up until the petrol is coming out clear :)

Funnily enough, I was about to ask that question; I was going to use petrol as I presume the vapours will evaporate quickly. I'll be cleaning this out at the weekend so it will have a good couple of weeks to dry out anyway :)

Shit day at work so not even attempting to work on the car today, off to bed in a minute I think

[macca]

Yeh petrol is good, it'll clean the oil off nicely and evapourate within half hour. What doesn't is called 'octane boost' ;) lol

[Stavros]

Managed to get the nod from the parents to use the garage whilst I do the TD04 conversion...
So far today I have stripped everything necessary out the way, i.e. FMIC, rad, mani and CT9. Looks like the previous owner gone over something too fast and sheered the exhaust flange off of the exhaust piping... so in their wisdom they have welded back on to the exhaust pipe but they have also welded the nuts to the plate :slap: so thats a job for next weekend.
I have also (with assistance) managed to finally seperate my turbo and rotate it :D. Ive offered it up in position and all seems well.
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23191612.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-23191637.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-25230424.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-25234322.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-25234329.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-26003125.jpg

Bits left to do:
1. Remove existing down pipe
2. Find a method of attaching the actuator bracket
3. Install boost controller
4. Install uprated fuel pump
Probably going to spend tomorrow giving the engine bay a bit of a clean and getting the oil out of my FMIC and piping

[AW09]

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-06-25234329.jpg

Bugger, Mine is a workmate 1 :(

Anyway, good progress, engine looks clean

[macca]

Judging by the state of you half hour ago, I can't see you spending tomorrow doing very much at all!! :D

[Stavros]

Judging by the state of you half hour ago, I can't see you spending tomorrow doing very much at all!! :D

Lmao; cleaning duties today I think :D

[Stavros]

Little progress update :D

This weekend was rather productive... got up at 8am, cleared out the garage of a load of sh!t that was constantly in my way and made several trips to the tip :D... Now much more room to work in (not sure if my parents wanted half the stuff that went to the tip though....ahhhh well)

I spent over an hour on saturday cutting through the weld on the exhaust flange where the previous owner had hit a bump sheering it off... and in his wisdom welded it back on, along with one of the bolts to the flange...................muppet.

After ide finished bastardising that, I then looked at getting the manifold that wouldnt fit, to fit. I went through 4 dremel sanders, but eventually shaved off enough to allow the manifold to slide over (with gentle persuasion *cough* Mallet *cough*) the studs. With that in place, I set about making the actuator bracket. By the end of saturday I was in a position to bolt it all back together on the sunday.

Sunday comes around and I head out to get it all back together when I realise I am missing 1no. male/male waterline fitting... which in short, fcuks everything as once its all bolted on, its a pig to fit it. So I spent the rest of the day sulking and managed to fit my uprated fuel pump which oddly brought a smile to my face.... :D

I also managed to clean through the FMIC... took a whole 5ltr of petrol before it was running clear! Couldnt believe how much oil was in it, and in the pipes.

However, I did get some picture smuttage as I offered the turbo up in place and retro fitted it. :D

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-07-04142452.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-07-04142447.jpg

The culprit Male/Male fitting:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-07-04184643.jpg




Also, I have a question with regard to the turbo..... on the actuator theres this small nib... wtf do I plug in to that? I presumed that my boost controller went on to it, but if I dont put the boost controller on, what fits on the end :S?

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/2010-07-05201604.jpg

[Stavros]

Another update.... :D

Well, theoretically, this should of been the weekend the car was revived, however, as per normal, something cropped up.

This project has been challenging, the engine bay is very compact and the contraints you have, even down to oil and water lines in tiny. It took me nearly 3hours to make an actuator bracket the other night due to angles etc, finally get the bracket welded up only to find the next day that the route I have planned for my hoses now clashes with 2mm of the bracket, grr.

It has been tedious; however, please find below some pretty piccies:

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/DSC_0005.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/DSC_0007.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/DSC_0006.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/EP91/DSC_0008.jpg




After spending all of today altering the FMIC piping and hoses, the car was finally ready to be started up... only to find out my new 5ltr tub of red toyota rad fluid had leaked out in the car footwell, so after emptying what was left from the two bottles i had laying around, I am 1ltr short... :rolleyes: So hopefully I can get some tomorrow and get her fired up :D

[AW09]

As long as you are making progress on it, its good in my book!

FMIC looks like it has seen better days. Is it bent?
What i really mean is, its not shiney lol

[Stavros]

As long as you are making progress on it, its good in my book!

FMIC looks like it has seen better days. Is it bent?
What i really mean is, its not shiney lol

Yea its twisted and has a dink in the front... its definately had a small knock on the front as theres a sodding great indent on the u/s of the sump and he had sheered the exhaust pipe away from the flange.... shlong!

Haha, well im taking the fmic for a refurb this week I think; I dont know how clean they will get it but hopefully she'll be like new.... except for the twist lol.

Progress has definately gone well, its taking alot longer than anticipated but I cant cant believe how much custom work is involved. Cant wait for the next stage ;)

[macca]

Good work dude ;)

[Stavros]

Cheers mate

Well, tonight was the night... her battery was flat so i connected her to the avensis... primed the turbo... reconnected the king lead and then took a keep breath...

She fired first time and sounded fcuking amazing. The exhaust tone is completely different, and I can tell now that the previous manifold had a crack in it as theres no more tapping sound to her any more

I went around the front to top of the rad fluid only to find a fcuking great pool of oil on the floor. The hose that connects the oil out on the turbo to the sump is too bug for the turbo, and no matter how i try and fit it, it just blows it off. So, a new elbow has been ordered.

Slightly gutted she isnt on the road this evening, however, she fired first time, sounded fine and I couldnt see any other leaks, so all is looking positive. Just have to wait for this new elbow to arrive and hopefully she'll be ready :D

[Stavros]

*****UPDATE******

Following my last update, I ordered a 16 - 19mm silicone elbow, got it fitted and carried out the above procedure again. Car fired first time again and sounded really nice.

I took the car out for a little drive, first 4 miles seemed fine, stayed off boost for the best part of it. I then proceeded to enter the dual carriage way to head home when a chav and his sti ridden walking make up bag pulled along side me in his fiesta st, revved it and took off. Obviously, I had no intentions of trying to keep up with said vehicle as I was merely test driving the car. Subsequently, I dropped it to second and over took him :D. The initial over whelming warth from inside was soon dulled by the huge puffs of smoke coming from my exhaust.

The engine seems to have developed a smoking problem. It would be fine all the time the cars cold, but as soon as the cars warmed up it would smoke between 2500 and 3000 rpm, just as the turbo is beginning to spool. As soon as I got home I carried out a compression test, all four cylinders were alot lower than they should be, but there was no significant difference across the four. After speaking to a few people, it would appear either piston rings or ringlands.

After alot of thinking, I decided that if I was going to rebuild the engine, then it would be going back in forged. I want to do it once, and once only (like thats going to happen), so I went about doing a parts list. Just to forge the engine (inc boring block etc) it worked out to be around £1900. A guy on the forum has a forged engine which has just cracked 3 main caps whilst going down the strip. The engine has only been running 250hp and done around 10,000. He put the engine up for sale for £800 along with several other parts, one being an exedy twin paddle clutch rated to 350+hp which he paid over £400. I managed to get the lot for £800 :D

Theres one of two ways I can go about it. Get new main caps machined, although this would be relatively expensive. Alternatively, I can have my existing block bored, honed, skimmed etc and fit all the forged bits straight in to it :D. Pick the bits up from sunny wales a week saturday, and I cant wait to get started on it :D

[AW09]

Bad time turned into a good one! Sounds ideal!

Shame your not a bit closer could do the boring and honing at work.

[Stavros]

Bad time turned into a good one! Sounds ideal!

Shame your not a bit closer could do the boring and honing at work.

Really? Hahahaha I can commute lol.

At the minute im speaking to sumo power in rye. Dad gets on with the owner so hes going to see what he can do for me. If the price is right i'll just give him the whole block to transfer everything over. Alternatively i'll just get it bored and honed then put it back together myself.

Cant wait for it to be back on the road. Got the beetle back up for sale now too, hopefully get that gone then i'll have some funds to go back in to the car ;)

[AW09]

Sounds good bud

[Stavros]

Engine spec list:

Block freshly re-bored to 75mm +1mm oversize
Weisco Forged low compression Pistons
Wiseco Racing Piston Rings/Pins
Forged H-Beam Conrods
ARP connecting rod bolts
New OEM Toyota Valve Seals
New OEM Toyota Gearbox oil
New OEM Toyota coolant & flush
New OEM Toyota Headbolts
New OEM Toyota Oil pump
New OEM Toyota Water pump
New OEM Toyota crank front and rear oil seal
New OEM Toyota Main-end bearings/Shells/Thrusts
Complete Toyota engine gasket set
Complete new bottom end rebuild
Head chemically cleaned
Re-Shimmed head
Block chemically cleaned and painted black
TRD Headgasket
Powder coated rocker cover
New Tensioners
New Timing belt
New Auxiliary belts

[Stavros]

Aiming to have the car back on the road by september, hopefully get a few weeks of sticky tarmac before the weather turns sour again :D

[Stavros]

Mini update; all the work on the glanza is bearing on the beetle being sold. Ive had it up for sale for months, had alot of interest, but all seemed to die a death. Every one seems to think because we are in a recession they can ask stupid money for it. A guy offered me a 180sx (aparantly valued at 4k by his insurance company LMFAO) and £500 cash. I saw some pictures of the car and I genuinly thought it was dumped lol.

Any way, Ive got a chap coming to view her today, hopefully she'll go, ive lowered the price by a grand just to get it gone. Can then start forging and getting the glanza finally sorted :D

[Stavros]

Guy bought the beetle on sunday; he left a deposit and picked it up tonight. Was sad to see her go, was a tad surreal seeing someone else drive off in it after owning her for 6 years... sad times...

..and way, enough of the boo hooing!... on to the next project ;)

Off to wales this weekend to collect my new engine and clutch :D

Once I have the engine back i'll be taking my existing one out and stripping it down as I want the bottom end. I'll then get this machined and fit the head back on to my old bottom end... works out cheaper than having 4 new main caps machined...

Time to start looking at turbo setup and ecu's ;)

[macca]

Are you changing the turbo set up again then?

[Stavros]

Are you changing the turbo set up again then?

Yea kinda... the kit I had on there was a real budget set up, the mani and down pipe was an ebay special, the turbo was 2nd hand TD04 from a forum etc... worked out cheaper to upgrade to a TD04 set up than to buy a new CT9...

My new turbo set up with be a TD05, possibly a ball bearing set up; I know the owner of the company that manufactures them has just had 370hp out of his, but they are specifically built to order. Im going to have a full custom mani and downpipe made to suit :) The TD05 ball bearing has the spool of the TD04 and out put of the TD05, so should be interesting :D

Edit:
I may end up purchasing this:
http://www.tm-developments.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32_18&products_id=1022

Theres a company in Malta too that make custom turbo set ups for glanzas; the owner offered me his newest kit for $3200 (about £2000) today and be the 1st car in the country with it on, but I just dont have the pennis :(... its delightly named 'the godzilla'... its based on a garret GT2861rs (from memory) turbo.... its a beast, good for 380hp plus :O... but tbh, I dont want that much power, i'd like to just break the 300hp barrier

[macca]

I'm very jealous, I wish I had the money to do this stuff to the Supra :( £1500 is a good price for a quality new kit too.

I think it's sensible not to aim for top top power, you really can have too much power in a car especially a small light car that's front wheel drive. Fine if you're aiming for a drag monster but if you still want to drive the thing then you can completely ruin it.

[Stavros]

I'm very jealous, I wish I had the money to do this stuff to the Supra :( £1500 is a good price for a quality new kit too.

I think it's sensible not to aim for top top power, you really can have too much power in a car especially a small light car that's front wheel drive. Fine if you're aiming for a drag monster but if you still want to drive the thing then you can completely ruin it.

Lol, tbh im like a kid in a candy shop at the moment :D... never had £3k sitting there willing me to spend it on the car lol.

Yea I agree mate, i'd like to just break the 300hp mark for the strip/dyno, but tbh, 260-280 is more than ample for fun. I want something I can put around the twisties and not understeer in to a hedge everytime I turn the wheel. lol. Plus there isnt the weight on the car to get 350+ down on the ground, even with anti lift kit etc..... mmm AWD upgrade next ;) lmao

[macca]

That's the problems with small light cars, getting the power down. But also on the flip side you don't need that power to put some bigger heavier cars to shame.

I should imagine 300ish in your car would make mine look like it's standing still. Especially from standing starts and out of corners as mine takes a long while to wind up. Yours will be very responsive and quick to spool.

[Stavros]

Ive just decided im going to pull £500 of my shares to cover the cost of the ball bearing TD05 kit, gets an early and responsive spool with big output. Id guess mine is running about 160bhp at the moment and even that is pretty nippy, made a fiesta st look like a tonka toy when Ilast took it out, so im frightened to think what 300hp will produce. Once the engine is sorted the next thing will be chassis. Braking will be incorporated in to this part of the build :)

I think this one is going to be interesting. I think im a bit odd though, the one thing im really looking forward to the most is cleaning my bay and fire wall once the engines out lmao... think i need to get out more

[macca]

You'll get on well with Alex then, he loves cleaning his engine bays!!

[AW09]

Plans sound good again, about time you actually got to drive this car lol

Macca, i like setting fire to engine bays after cleaning em :p

[Stavros]

Lol I think a southern petrolheads meeting is necessary once my engines out.... bring your cloths, jet washers and meguirs ;) lol

Right, update time...

I have the engine!! Picked it up saturday from Cardiff; I cant get over how big the clutch is, i'll pop a few photo's up tonight, its ridiculous lol.

I then drove down to guildford to buy a few interior body panels and ended up purchasing a Civic dual core rad and catch can too, all for £80... I then had a text from the guy that evening saying 'Did you know that radiator is worth £140 on its own'... to which I simply replied with 'Yes' lmfao... penis.

Then last night I was mooching through the forums when someone put up for sale an Emanage Ultimate with harness etc for £520.... BARGAIN, so i've bought that too

Oh, and I have also purcahse some 460cc injectors too... again, bargain lmao. Just need to get them flow tested now.

So all thats left to do is get the engine out, bored/honed/skimmed and rebuilt. I also need to decide what turbo route im going down too, ohhhhh the choices. Should also buy an LSD tbh lol

[AW09]

lol that is all i have to say lol

[Stavros]

lol that is all i have to say lol

Hes pretty pissed I think; should of done his homework first :p

[Stavros]

Ladies, Gentlemen, Boys and Girls... pre/post op's alike...

Having spoken to Sumo Power in Rye, they currently have two other glanza blocks booked in for boring/honing/skimming etc; theyve therefore asked me if I can get my bottom end in to them in the next week so they can do them all at once.

So tonight, I set to it, not much to really see at the moment, just much the same as before I put the new temp turbo set up on. Ive started labelling up the wiring etc and will be marking up fuel/oil & vac lines tomorrow along with removing inlet mani...

Folks... I welcome you to 'Project 300' :D

Engine bay semi stripped:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0052.jpg

Forged Engine with three cracked main caps:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0053.jpg

Denso 460cc Injectors:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0051.jpg

Civic Dual Core rad:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0054.jpg

New clutch:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0056.jpg

[macca]

I thought you said the clutch was massive?! lol..

Have you seen Sumo's workshop. Proper drool-worthy!

[AW09]

Thought about getting the injectors ultrasonically cleaned?

sounds goood, now get it done, ps clutch is tiny :P

[Stavros]

I thought you said the clutch was massive?! lol..

Have you seen Sumo's workshop. Proper drool-worthy!

Lmfao, diddyest thing ive ever seen. When he gave me this little cardboard box and said 'oh the clutch is in there'... I thought he was kidding.

Lol its pure smuttage. My dad is their postman and was telling me all about it; the guy thats doing the machining said hed give me a tour when I go up. Im going to be leaving a snail trail behind me on the floor walking around lol

Thought about getting the injectors ultrasonically cleaned?

sounds goood, now get it done, ps clutch is tiny :P

Ive though about it, but its only a small about of surface rust that will clean off, they're being florwtested next week whilst the blocks machines.

[AW09]

even so i would have it done tbh

[macca]

I struggled to lift the clutch for the Supra, no wonder the thing takes ages to get up to speed lol.

You'll love the workshop, we went to the open day and it's the most amazing workshop I have seen by a large margin. Everything from the million pound machine room to the car lift for the first floor. Awesome.

[Stavros]

Lol, the two turbos the size of my head wouldnt have anything to do with lag would it? lmao.

It sounds awesome mate, I cant wait to go up there. Friend of mine is having a mapping session and dyno run one evening so going to go up there with him.

Mini update... pretty much everything is off the engine except PAS and alternator. The inlet mani was a pig to get off, took 2 hours and several beers before it came away. Just got to figure a way of getting the engine out now without an engine crane lmao :D

[AW09]

Get the car up on axle stands, big jack under the engine with a piece of wood on top and put place the jack under the sump, take the weight of the engine, remove the mounts, lower the jack and get another jack to lift the car, or lower the engine onto a pair of skate-boards or similar ( i have used tyres in the past though), and then jack up the car. Pull engine out, job done.

I king of vauxhall engine out with no hoist lol

[macca]

An engine hoist is one tool I'm missing :(

The turbos on the Supra are surprisingly small actually.. I suppose because there's two they don't need to be?

[Stavros]

Get the car up on axle stands, big jack under the engine with a piece of wood on top and put place the jack under the sump, take the weight of the engine, remove the mounts, lower the jack and get another jack to lift the car, or lower the engine onto a pair of skate-boards or similar ( i have used tyres in the past though), and then jack up the car. Pull engine out, job done.

I king of vauxhall engine out with no hoist lol

I read this post about 10minutes after id dropped it all out lmao, damn it. Thats the way we did it, except for the use of a big jack and skate boards. I wasnt reusing the sump on the existing engine....thankfully ;) :D

An engine hoist is one tool I'm missing :(

The turbos on the Supra are surprisingly small actually.. I suppose because there's two they don't need to be?

Its one of them tools you rarely need, but the price you pay to rent one is unjustifiable. I will need one to get her back in carefully though lol.

Ah right, I always assumed they were big mofo's

Will update this thread tonight with pictures etc etc etc :eyes:

[macca]

These are the stock turbos (albeit with some weird wastegate mod) - http://www.97supraturbo.com/Engine%20Turbo%20rebuild/Turbos.jpg

See compared to the vacuum hose, quite small really!

And, compared to the stock 6-cylinder manifold - http://turboimport.com/temp/jdm_2jzgte_twinturbos.jpg

[Stavros]

These are the stock turbos (albeit with some weird wastegate mod) - http://www.97supraturbo.com/Engine%20Turbo%20rebuild/Turbos.jpg

See compared to the vacuum hose, quite small really!

And, compared to the stock 6-cylinder manifold - http://turboimport.com/temp/jdm_2jzgte_twinturbos.jpg

That is an odd wastegate setup, its as if ones welded up for an external waste gate and the others on an actuator, but theres a sodding great actuator on the downpipe? how weird lol.

Heres a comparison between a CT9 and a CT12, not a great deal of difference in housing size.

http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread.php?67970-DIY-Hybrid-CT9-using-a-Supra-CT12-*

[Stavros]

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0058.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0059.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0060.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0061.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0062.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0063.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0064.jpg

One Engine:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0073.jpg

Two Engines lol:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0074.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0075.jpg

My New Emanage Ultimate ;)
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0078.jpg


Ive now dropped my parts off to Sumo for machining.

They have:
1 x stock block to machine bore, hone, notch and skim
4 x 460cc injectors to flow test
2 x cranks to crack test and polish

Cant wait to have 'em all back, get this build underway :D

[AW09]

Coool lol

[macca]

Getting excited now? ;)

Good comparison, they really are tiny aren't they! I suppose though when you consider there's two, so 1.5l of engine driving each one isn't so different to the Starlet.

Toyota Supra - just like two Starlet GT Turbo engines welded together LOL :D

[Stavros]

Getting excited now? ;)

Good comparison, they really are tiny aren't they! I suppose though when you consider there's two, so 1.5l of engine driving each one isn't so different to the Starlet.

Toyota Supra - just like two Starlet GT Turbo engines welded together LOL :D

Lol, very excited. A couple of guys from a performance tuning company are coming down and a guy with a 1.5 AWD 360whp animal to rebuild it and get it in... genuinly cant wait, im like a kid in a candy shop! lol.

Haha, nice comparison there lol

[Stavros]

Mini Update:

Spoke to Sumo today and they have had to get ultrasonically clean my injectors 5times to get them to flow properly! Mildly pissed off!

On the plus side I had a phone call the other day from sumo, a guy had come in with a load of work being done on his glanza, but his crank wasn't right for his setup. I had two cranks in being crack tested, was going to sell one on... and he had it off of me for £100, so thats a few quid off of my bill atleast.

Im dreading what the end bill isnt going to be though lmao. Ive decided im going to get a custom horn mani and decat made up and then run the rings in on the TD04 I have in the garage. Once the engines bedded i'll order myself a TD05 ball bearing... mines on reserve so will be the first in the country to run one on the road... cannot wait :D

[AW09]

Aint you done this yet :P

[Stavros]

Aint you done this yet :P

Lmao, perfection takes time ;)

Its getting there, all the engine parts will be back from sumo in two weeks, need to get my piston rings down to him so he can set the gaps etc... New mani with ext wastegate and decat with screamer have been ordered now, that should be here in the next week or two :D

[Stavros]

I got a little bored this afternoon so spent an hour cleaning the bay... admittedly its not a thorough job by any means, but Ive got the worst of it off...

Before:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0085.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0086.jpg

After:

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0088.jpg
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0089.jpg

Just have all my gaskets, mounts etc left to buy and it'll be time to put her back together... then comes the bedding in part :D

[macca]

Looks good for a nice clean mate!

[AW09]

Hanging a magic tree on the slam panel wont help lol

Deffo looks cleaner! Me being a picky sod would repaint (Maybe stone chip) the front lower panel.

[Stavros]

Hanging a magic tree on the slam panel wont help lol

Deffo looks cleaner! Me being a picky sod would repaint (Maybe stone chip) the front lower panel.

One step ahead lol, ordered the paint already ;) lol... it was niggling me, so going to prime them this week and hopefully get the paint through this week and finish them off... cant see why they scrimp on such a small area when they sprayed them lol.

Haha, that magic tree was to mask the smell of gearbox oil *pinches nose*

:D

[Kerry_T-5R]

Looking better!

[Stavros]

Parts will hopefully be back next week :D... however im now waiting for my piston rings to arrive from america, got to wait another two weeks :(

In the mean time ive been doing a touch of spraying... not the best, but looks better than how it started

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0104.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0107.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0109.jpg

Primed:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0112.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0113.jpg

Several coats later:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0115.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0119.jpg

One for comparison:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0086.jpg

[macca]

Ooh lovely, looks a lot better!!

[Stavros]

Cheers mate, its not perfect by any means, but just tidys it up a bit :)

[macca]

I'm sure it's good enough that most people wouldn't be able to tell mate!

[Stavros]

Bumper covers it anyway ;) lol

Phoning sumo tomorrow, hoing to get my parts back asap, might paint the block and sump too :idea:

[Stavros]

Phoned sumo day, they still have the crack testing of the crank and honing of the block to do... oh and notching the block, getting slightly pissed off with how long its taking now. Theyve had it for 6 weeks, but the one bloke who can do the honing has been on holiday for two weeks so it hasnt been touched. He said that they was going to notch the block with a grinder but thought better of it and have sent it for machining... wtf?

So in 6 weeks all theyve done is flow tested and cleaned my injectors, bored and skimmed my block... my nan could of done it quicker.


Any way, rant over, on a more positive note, had a large box of goodies arrive earlier :D

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0124.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0125.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0126.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0128.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0129.jpg

Just need the engine parts so i can fit the smegging thing!!!

[AW09]

Coolies. Cam cover is bright.

I May have missed it, but does the block have oil squirters?

[Stavros]

Oil squirters? The rocker cover has an upstand for a breather and one pcv valve that connects to the inlet mani, but these are going to go in to a catch can when its back in?

They whats taped up on the rocker cover

[AW09]

You mis-understand, in the bottom end, on tuned engines it is usually a good idea to have squirters that squirt oil onto the bottom of the pistons to keep the temps down on the pistons.

Quick google image
http://www.michaelrenz.com/oilsquirt.jpg

[Stavros]

Its not required buddy, oem oil pump is more than suffice for lubrication, only mod ive ever seen interms of lubrication on higher powered glanzas are baffled sumps lol

[AW09]

Your gay jap world isnt as far forward then :p

[Stavros]

Your gay jap world isnt as far forward then :p

Haha... either that or we just make superior oem parts that dont require upgrading should we up the power :p lol

[AW09]

Pah, keeping pistons cool is a good thing no matter what make/engine :p

[macca]

I'm suprised it doesn't have piston squirters, the 3SGTE and 2JZ-GTE both have oil squirters to reduce piston temps. Barely needed on a standard engine but very useful when you tune as it gives you a little more allowance on in-cylinder temps and mixture.

[Stavros]

I'll stick it on the forum but im pretty adamant they havent, even those running the strip with 400+ dont have them.... However I may well be wrong, i'll have a mooch

[macca]

Sorry dude, I didn't mean I'm surprised as in I think you're wrong. I'm just surprised as Toyota normally do in their turbo or supercharged engines (I'm pretty sure the 4A-GZE from the MR2 supercharger had them too). I wonder what their reason was for not doing it.

[Stavros]

No no, i didnt take it like that fella, it was something I was interested to find out too, but I never saw them on the crank (i premsume?) when I dismantled both the blocks. Ive searched the site and cant find anything, will ask a mate of mine when I see him on sunday :)

[AW09]

There on the block, its hard to explain lol, Got any pics looking straight down the bores?

[macca]

They're bolted to the block at the base of the cylinders and pointing up.

I've attached a pic of one on a 3SGTE lump, the little pipe thing bolted next to the crank.

http://www.i-macca.co.uk/stuff/IMG_0211.JPG

[macca]

Sorry it's fecking huge, couldn't be arsed to resize it..

[Stavros]

Ooooooooo I c, nope def hasnt got them lol

[AW09]

Im used to seeing ones like these (Non-standard i should add)

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/8969/sdc10934.jpg

[Stavros]

Ahh right, im 99% sure mine didnt have any in and im pretty cert even the big power ones arent running them.. havent had chance but I will ask the question though.



Engine build update...

STILL NO FCUKING ENGINE


Long story short, bottom end is still at sumo to be machined, its been 6 weeks and my bores still arent honed and my crank still isnt crack tested. So much for intenting on running the car down the strip at Jap Show Finale.

On a bit more of a positive note, theyve FINALLY told me a 'rough' cost of how much the machining will cost, so ive managed to order all of my bearings, bolts, gaskets, pumps, filters etc, all totalling to around £1100 *sigh*... will be worth it though im sure. All thats due end of the week along with the piston rings from the states


Not long left...........I hope

[macca]

I hope you're getting a discount for them being shit? Are you assembling it yourself or are they doing it? If they do it you'll be lucky if it's ready for next year.

[Stavros]

I hope you're getting a discount for them being shit? Are you assembling it yourself or are they doing it? If they do it you'll be lucky if it's ready for next year.

DIY thank fully mate, was thoroughly fcuked off yesterday lol... and im still waiting on a phone call back, its mad. He recons hes going to try and plate/coat the bores with something they use on their track cars, as a good will gesture, which will allow me to go straight to mapping and bed's the rings in on the first drive.... still wont be able to get down the strip at finale though :(... saves 1000miles and a shit load of petrol though I guess lol

[macca]

How long will it take them to do the coating though lol

I really hope they get it sorted soon for ya mate!

[AW09]

As long as the bores are lubed up (even with normal oil) the rings bed in quick anyway, i know of plenty of cars that have been built and then driven for 30miles before being ragged like fuck.

IMO, build it, rag it.

[Stavros]

As long as the bores are lubed up (even with normal oil) the rings bed in quick anyway, i know of plenty of cars that have been built and then driven for 30miles before being ragged like fuck.

IMO, build it, rag it.

Lmao, after spending £2k on a forged engine rebuild, I think id need someone else to do that whilst im hidden somewhere far far away lol.

Its a funny thing with bedding in... some people vouch one way, others vouch another. Theres disadvantages to both I guess. We shall see lol

[macca]

I totally agree with Alex, run it in hard. The science backs it up, muppets with stupid ideas don't :)

[macca]

Ok, excellent article, the one that made me decide to run my GT4 in hard - http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

And another - http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm

[Stavros]

Cheers for the links buddy, i'll have a mooch when I get home :D

PICKING THE ENGINE UP TONIGHT...WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Just spoke to sumo about bedding in, he reconds mineral oil to run in and keep it between 2 and 5k on stock boost for a few miles, up and down hills and make the cylinders work...then welt it. lol

Going to do that and run it on clean oil and then have her mapped with the bigger injectors.

[Stavros]

Driving home tonight and I get a phone call from sumo... pin on the honing machine snapped, cant get the part for another week, hes going to try and machine something... so far I have a bottom end with one honed cylinder lol..... this blocks jynxed

[AW09]

lmfao

[macca]

Jesus wept.. Are you posting your progress with Sumo on other forums? Not a very good advert for them is it...

[Stavros]

Yea im adding comments to my progress journal on a toyota gt forum which sumo is a registered trader on, so hopefully this will feed back. Its just absolute madness, think im in week 7 now. I could of done the work myself just using my teeth

Going to phone and get an update today, found out last thing monday that he couldnt machine something and is waiting for a part. Only problem is, I know he goes away the end of this week, if not hes gone already....... hmmmm

[macca]

Fingers crossed for ya dude. If you need anything collected give me a shout as I often work in Hastings and sometimes have work in Rye so if I can bring something back to help you out, it's not a problem :)

[AW09]

Id deffo tell him your unhappy when you pickup the stuff. Like i said to macca on msn last night, the work isnt even a days work.

If he hasnt done it by now id be asking for the stuff back and not even let him see your wallet!

[Stavros]

Cheers guys... completely agree. I phoned up earlier to see whether the part is in yet for the honing machine... he ordered it yesterday and is due imminently, but hes away in spa until sunday night. So by monday morning it should have arrived and the honing should be done.

My piston rings should be here today so im going to drop them down there, he said as an apology hel gap them for free... im also going to take my bearings, thrust washes and arp main cap bolts... he can rebuild the bottom end whilst hes at it imo.

All being well, should be getting collected on monday.... this progress thread will turn in to a build thread at some point, i promise!

[macca]

He'll gap them for free? Is he taking the piss?!

[Stavros]

Lol, that what I thought, hence why ive taken all the bearings and main cap bolts, he can rebuild the bottom end for me whilst hes at it. Got a funny feeling I wont be going back to sumo once this is done

[macca]

Funny that!

[Stavros]

I came home the other night to find a nice big box waiting for me in the hall way :D

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0155.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0158.jpg


Oh and today, I purchased myself a new pair of front seats... Now originally I was going to get a set of evo recaros, however, these came along and, well, for the price, I had to buy them....

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0161.jpg

.......both for £30 :d

[AW09]

Cool

[macca]

Scumbaru seats! Tainted...

;)

[Stavros]

Lol, I couldnt resist. Eventually they'll be replaced with recaros, but they do the job lol. Talking of scumbaru, im still trying to find a td05, they're like rocking horse shit at the moment. Loads of TD04's about though :(

[Stavros]

7/11/10 UPDATE
Since the last update, things have really progressed. The engine is now in the bay, wired/plumbed up and everything connected. Its been nice taking our time with it and doing it bit by bit, some serious hours have been put in to it now but its been worth every second.
Anyway, a few pics :)

Toyosport FMIC - my blitz one was fecked
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0166.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0175.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0179.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0180.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0325.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0318.jpg

New front bumper & lip offered up :D
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0305.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0317.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0306.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0328.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/Project%20300/DSC_0329.jpg


Just got to fill her up and she's ready to fire.... feel like a kid at xmas :D.

Bit of a spec list:
75mm wiseco pistons
Wiseco forged rods
1.4mm MLS athena head
460cc injectors
Zisco mani with screamer and ext wg
Zisco Decat
TD05 16g
Polyflex Mounts
Toyosport FMIC
Blitz Nur Spec exhaust
Exedy 3puck paddle clutch

Emanage Ultimate
AEM AFR
Autogauage Oil temp gauge 52mm
Autogauage Oil pressure gauge 52mm
Autogauage boost gauage 52mm
Impreza STI front seats
98 Spec front bumper
Live sport front lip

Im pretty sure theres loads ive missed, but thats about it for now :)

[Kerry_T-5R]

Nice update, looking really good!

[macca]

Thought you'd fallen off the planet! :D

Looking good mate, well done!

[AW09]

Me like. Back on the road soon then? :)

[Stavros]

Cheers guys :D

Lol it feels like ive fallen off the planet, spent nearly every eve for the past few weeks in the garage putting her back together and tidying her bay up, has been really good and huge learning experience.

The initial fire up was meant to be last night, primed everything and the oil pressure light went out. The efi fuse was put back in and king lead reinserted, turned her over.....nothing. Lol checked all the ignition and all was ok, I then did a compression test and was low on one cylinder, so I popped off the rocker cover off and it looks like my cams are slightly out. Will be rebuilding the head tonight, so fingers crossed :)

[macca]

Good luck with it mate, little teething problems are to be expected!

[Stavros]

Cheers buddy.

Head off and cams realigned..... fired first time and my god does it sound stunning! Sorting fueling out tomorrow evening and sticking my old tatty '96 bumper back on tomorrow. Need to get some funds together and get my new bumper sprayed once its been modified to accept my fmic.

[macca]

I bet it sounds all the more sweet for all the hard work that's gone in to it! It's a good feeling when they fire up :D

[Stavros]

Yea definately does mate :D. Its MOT expired last saturday so got mine booked in this coming tuesday, its being done up in east hoathley so have a nice little trundle up the a22.

Think im going to leave mapping until after the new year, largly due to funds. I could run the car in in a week, but ive just bought myself a practically brand new lsd which is a bit of a necessity really lol, but thats extinguished my mapping fund. But the way I looked at it, theres no point having it mapped if I cant put the power down lol

[AW09]

As long as its not going to melt, or fail the mot emissions?

But. Your running it IN?. DONT FFS!. Start it, go easy on it until its up to temp, then rag the fucckkk outta it.

[macca]

Don't run it in gently for gods sake, it'll be a waste of all that hard work!

Is it safe to run without a proper map considering the mods? Last thing you want to do is melt a piston. Not much point being able to put the power down if there's a hole through the middle of the engine.

Seen it happen too many times :(

[Stavros]

Hey guys, little update, she passed her mot today and she is officially bedded in ;)

Yea was safe to run without a map mate , im running a rising rate regulator and fuel cut defender. Ive got an AFR so was keeping an eye on the air/fuel which was fine, I played with it a bit to get the fuel pressure right last night and was faultless to drive today.

Paddle clutch takes a little to get used to, but was nice. I had her motd at 1pm and went for a little spin, and yes I did hoof it. Even with 0.4bar of boost, it pulls well :). Going to run her on running in oil for a few hundred miles then switch over to fully synth.

[macca]

Brilliant news mate, well done! :D

Performance clutches do take some getting used to, mine was a bastard at first, you get used to it soon enough though.

[Stavros]

Cheers bud, was a pretty awesome day, just spent it driving around in the glanza :). Must admit, my ring did tighten a bit when I gave her some, but it was pretty awesome. Shes only running 0.4bar of boost atm but still pulls; once its managed to finally spool up lmao.

Yea im starting to get used to it now mate, I quite like the clutch, just need to get my handbrake cables sorted now as hill starts are a bitch lol

[macca]

It'll be totally different once it's running decent boost, turbos like that don't really work properly until they're wound up and on their efficiency island. Lots more fun to come ;)

[Stavros]

Yes definately mate, altering the timing will help immensly. Looking at other things for next year like a smaller FMIC and pherhaps getting one adapted to back door entry. Also hoping to have some head work done towards the latter part of the year to help.

Macca, random one, but do you have a blitz nur spec system? If so do you use the exhaust baffle? lol

[Stavros]

Just looked on here, crikey, been a while since I had an update.

Well once i'd finished paying for christmas, I bought a few more parts, then got hit with a lovely insurance renewal. In fairness, it werent too bad, they wanted £600 for the glanza or £800 with all mods declared, then I had my avensis too which rounded it up nicely to around £1600... that shagged any thought of parts.

Well whats happened since I was last here, hmmmm. I had a bit of a parts spree, i've decided im going to use the car on the occasional track day, so this builds kind of gone away from the initial 'cheap forged rebuild' id originally intended.

Since last posting ive bought/fitted the following:

Custom 3" straight through exhaust
One off Hi flow fuel rail with -6 fittings and lines
K sport 6pot brake set up
New FMIC setup with smaller core than the one that looked like it had come from NASA
Had a rocker cover made to a custom spec
Custom catch can
Cusco Rear ARB
Custom panhard rod
Lower arm
Cusco whiteline front ARB
Impreza seats
luke harnesses
AVCR boost controller
Tial 38mm BOV
Whiteline Anti lift kit
Cusco 1.5 LSD
98spec front bumper with live sports lip
New boot lid, without the chavtastic duck spoiler and no rear tints

Just a couple more bits to do like modify a civic rad to fit. Also just bought some tein coilovers as well as a tein EDFC, these will be going on in the next month.

Now these mods are on, i'll be looking at mapping within the next month, looking to run around 1.7 bar, should produce a healthy, lane hopping figure all being well :)

Few pics of her recently (except wheels are now black).

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/DSC_0725.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/2011-07-07140041.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/2011-05-08141101.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/2011-06-25132135.jpg

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz165/K3HOE88/2011-07-08094253.jpg

[AW09]

Looks cool, Plans sound good aswell...

What kinda power are you hoping for? If its under 200, I'll race you when mines finished lol

[Stavros]

Cheers mate, shes certainly coming together now.

Im hoping to break the 300hp mark, which will give me around 350hp/per ton so should b interesting, hence the 6pots lol

[macca]

Christ, should be! The fat-arse Supra comes in at about 250bhp (and it's probably got less power now than 4 years ago when it was RR'd!)

[Stavros]

Yea, im a tad anxious lol. Im probably going to get the chap to road map it to a bar for a month then i'll strap it down and get him to wind it up to 1.7/1.8bar.

In one weekend I installed the rear arb, front arb, front lower arm, and panhard road along with the lsd box and 6pots. For a FWD car and shite T1R's it sticks pretty well. I'm only running budget gas shocks and TRD springs whilst im waiting for my coileys to arrive but certainly suprised me how much difference, especially the rear ARB, made to its handeling.

Next few weeks i'll be wiring in my Emanage ultimate (piggy back ecu) and AVCR boost controller. Just in the middle of splicing the extension harness at the moment, looks like spaghetti junction. Once they're on, i'll fit my custom fuel setup and injectors and away we go :D... oh and got to replace a knackered lower ball joint at the weekend, boo. lol.

Hows the supra mate? Been a while since I last saw her!

[AW09]

That lot sounds good, And don't diss T1R's, I think they are awesome for the cost, perfect on the road, Track is a different matter as the blocks move around. I've pushed mine and they didnt let go but the car did lol

[macca]

She's off the road at the moment to do some work on her that needs to be done. More to the point, she's off the road to save some money to be *able* to do the work.

I've got a very shite Pug 306 TD (£260) as a runaround at the mo. Hopefully not too long til I can get her sorted and now I've got the Pug I'll keep that as the work/daily hack and use the Supra for weekends etc.

[Stavros]

That lot sounds good, And don't diss T1R's, I think they are awesome for the cost, perfect on the road, Track is a different matter as the blocks move around. I've pushed mine and they didnt let go but the car did lol

For £40 a corner, they're a good fast road tyre, but not suitable for the power im looking to run. I'll most likely invest in some 888's for the track

She's off the road at the moment to do some work on her that needs to be done. More to the point, she's off the road to save some money to be *able* to do the work.

I've got a very shite Pug 306 TD (£260) as a runaround at the mo. Hopefully not too long til I can get her sorted and now I've got the Pug I'll keep that as the work/daily hack and use the Supra for weekends etc.

Bargain run around there mate! What needs doing on the supra?

[AW09]

Deffo 888's for track, T1R's are no good on track due to the blocks moving around.

After feeling the grip of 888's they are emmense

[macca]

Front tyres, valve stem oil seals and a load of paintwork. Just the tyres on top of tax meant it had to be laid up for a bit :o( Pug is saving me loads of money though which is very nice!

[Stavros]

Front tyres, valve stem oil seals and a load of paintwork. Just the tyres on top of tax meant it had to be laid up for a bit :o( Pug is saving me loads of money though which is very nice!

Ah crikey mate, did the paintwork ever get sorted out by the dust cart people in the end? Can you do the valve stem seals on yours without having the head off? Yea thats understandable, I def couldnt run the glanza as a daily, the noise would make me deaf and the pockets would definitely be dry, however insurance and tax renewal came up the other month and was close to lodging the glanza. Thing's we do for our cars eh :rolleyes: lol


Car update:

Well not too much has happened, replaced the lower ball joint and tidied up and a few bits that were getting on my boobies like my gauges needed tidying up, fitted the fire extinguisher and a few other odds and ends

Coilovers and EDFC are due on monday, i'll pop them on and need to get a day off to get my geometry done at sumo. As much as I hate them, their equipment is the best round here and managed to get it at a silly price. Once thats done, i'll be mapping.

Just and oil cooler and some decent rubber and shes ready for some fun

[Stavros]

Right, bit of an update.

Since my last post things have changed a little bit for me personally, i've had to move away for work and only come back on the weekends now, boo. So time I can spend on the glanza is a bit limited, but I think we've finally made it lol.

Coileys are now all on, geometry sorted, 6pots fitted and custom fuel setup is now on. I was due to be mapping the weekend before I moved away, but shit weather and a mapper with a stomach bug put stoppers on that. Anyway, fast forward a week and i'm just getting in bed, when I get a text from my mate just saying "1.47 bar and its fucking insane".... needless to say my mate and the mapper had been out on a late night run and been fiddling.

I took it for a drive on the saturday as soon as I got back and can confirm, shes savage with lots of timing and fueling left to come out of it. And the most suprising thing of all, I have traction in every gear, goes to show how much all the chassis mods can make such a huge difference.

Sadly it looks like the map sensor on my avcr has shat itself, so I have one coming this week and she'll be back out for the last bit of tweaking on the road before strapping it down. Needless to say, christmas has come early :D

[macca]

Nice to hear from you dude! What happened with work then?

Glad she's coming on, be good to see some vids of her in action sometime. What kind of power are you thinking she'll put out and how much does she weigh? Who have you got doing the mapping? And lastly, what ECU is it again? lol..

Those AVC-R MAP sensors are quite weak, luckily they're also pretty generic so easily replaced!

[Stavros]

Hello mate; well we had some redundancies at work and I had been working in the office waiting for a site to come up for a few months, then I got offered a site up in Bordon, near aldershot so I grabbed it. Its all worked out not too bad, got a company house with my assistant living with me whos sound, just a bit naff because theres not much to do in the evenings other than going to the gym.

I try and get back on most weekends, but if I have to work a saturday it pointless coming home as its almost a 2 1/2hour drive on a good day.

I'll try and get some vids next weekend, shes pretty lively lol. At the moment I think shes sitting around 270hp-ish, hopefully after a bit of tweaking and winding up to 1.6bar, I should be around 310-320hp hopefully. The car weighs around 900kg, prior to me putting my large arse in it lol. It was mapped by a chap I know called Paul, he does it as a hobby, but I wouldnt trust anyone else mapping it, he really does know his stuff, plus hes efi qualified, so he maps syvec's, motec's and pretty much all standalones too. Its running an emanage ultimate, which for a piggy back has alot of feature's and is more than enough for what I need. Just need to get the launch control set up on it now :D

Yea they are the weak point of the avcr sadly, it was telling the boost solenoid I was running 2.35bar with just the ignition on, poor solenoid was going like the clappers trying to bleed off the boost lol.

How you going mate? I see you've got the supra mot'd :D

[macca]

That's mental, some serious bhp per ton! I went out in a Pug 205 with a 2.0 litre Xantia turbo in it last weekend, 237bhp and similar weight to yours. It was vicious! Awesome fun though.

I'm all good thanks, over in Hailsham still which is good for work all round really. Works pretty all over the place at the moment, local authority isn't really the place for a stable job any more!

Yep got the old girl back on the road at last. Cost a damn fortune by the time I'd bought a new battery, two front shocks and MOT'd it! Glad to have her back though. I've started trying to get her a bit tidier but need a load of bodywork doing and it's difficult to find somebody good and at a reasonable price :(
I've got a MAP ECU for her now so need to get a map on that and tweeked. I might have to tap you up for info on your mate, it would be good to have a chat with him and see what he can do and for how much etc.

I'd still love to see the little pocket rocket!!

[AW09]

Awesome that its mostly finished :)

You got a LSD in it?

I wish my project was finished haha.

[Stavros]

That's mental, some serious bhp per ton! I went out in a Pug 205 with a 2.0 litre Xantia turbo in it last weekend, 237bhp and similar weight to yours. It was vicious! Awesome fun though.

I'm all good thanks, over in Hailsham still which is good for work all round really. Works pretty all over the place at the moment, local authority isn't really the place for a stable job any more!

Yep got the old girl back on the road at last. Cost a damn fortune by the time I'd bought a new battery, two front shocks and MOT'd it! Glad to have her back though. I've started trying to get her a bit tidier but need a load of bodywork doing and it's difficult to find somebody good and at a reasonable price :(
I've got a MAP ECU for her now so need to get a map on that and tweeked. I might have to tap you up for info on your mate, it would be good to have a chat with him and see what he can do and for how much etc.

I'd still love to see the little pocket rocket!!

Hey mate, sorry I didnt get a notification and completely forgot to check here.

Ah thats cool mate, is the MAP ecu a piggy back or a standalone pal? What are the stock ecu's like, are they mappable or locked out?

Crikey yea i bet that little lot cost a small fortune. Bet you're glad to have it back though pal.

The pressure sensor for the avcr is a nightmare to get hold of, ordered mine when I posted last on here, still waiting. No where stocks them and they have to come direct from apexi, :(. Thankfully a friend of mine had one kicking around. Cars going for some more mapping this month and dyno early next month. Went out in it on saturday and had some fun :D.


Awesome that its mostly finished :)

You got a LSD in it?

I wish my project was finished haha.


hey dude; yea got a 1.5way diff mate, plus practically every chassis mod going lol, made a world of difference with traction.