What did you do to your supra today? Pics
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A local guy here has 4 of my stock head bolts, with which he mounted a 2JZ to a stand, so yes. They work, but of course the length needed depends on the stand.Doat;1950263 said:
My Clutch Start Switch went bad, so I ordered a new one from Toyota (only 8 left in the country) $62. When I went to remove the old switch, it is seriously big time frozen in there, so I jumped the wire and taped it up and now have a good switch I don't need 
Oh well, live and learn.
Oh well, live and learn.
Cleaned out and vacuumed my interior. Was getting tired of driving around a toolbox/parts carrier. Now all I have in there is jumper cables, my wrench set, and a screw driver. Now I just need to clean the carpets real good and it'll look almost brand new
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Yea I've read I might need washers too, thanks for the confirmation bud.Dan_Gyoba;1950289 said:
Shane;1950324 said:
The wife will try to do that tomorrow...she's more persuasive than me! They probably won't take it since it is an electrical part, but oh well. She is very persuasive! I can use that $62 for clear corners!
im to lazy to document my build thread. But I pulled the engine of my supra the other day after it developed a knock. So today, i tore down the engine. I had a TON of metal shavings in the oil pan. I'm scrapping the turbo, the header, the power steering, and a few other things. Upgrading to a 63 Presicion, and a t4 manifold, and ill have to buy a V band elbow to attach to my downpipe. I bought an alternator relocation bracket today as well so when i do eventually have the money to hack up my intake manifold, that part of it is already done.
WIth a bigger turbo, i should have the 550's and the 255 walbro right? then a wideband and SAFC to dial it in?
Is a AFPR needed at this point to or can i upgrade to that in the near future? Any help would be appreciated
WIth a bigger turbo, i should have the 550's and the 255 walbro right? then a wideband and SAFC to dial it in?
Is a AFPR needed at this point to or can i upgrade to that in the near future? Any help would be appreciated
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We made up a heat shield to try and diffuse some of the heat away from the ECU in the engine bay, and I now have the turbo blanket on. Hopefully this will keep the ECU from getting too hot.
On another note, in our rush to get this up and going we forgot we left the old valve cover gaskets on during mockup. When we tightened everything up to specs we forgot to pull the covers back off and put on the new gaskets, hence why I was leaking oil. We pulled off the covers, pried out the old gasket, and resealed it up good and firm, and I'll check the bolts later this week to be doubly sure.
Thirdly, the fan thermostat was an easy fix, it just took a little time to figure out what was happening. We had it wired in correctly and it should have cut on everytime it hit operating temp, but for some reason it wouldn't. We had a dongle wire on the fuse we could pull and put back on to manually control the fans, but for awhile we were stumped, until we looked at other setups.
A lot of times, those people using electric fans are also using a metal top hose or drilling into the rad for the fan therm. Our setup had a metal hose inbetween two silicon hoses, and only one wire coming from the relay.
The sonovabitch wasn't grounded.
So, we ran a wire from the plug to the fam mount bracket holding the assembly to the radiator. Problem solved!
On another note, in our rush to get this up and going we forgot we left the old valve cover gaskets on during mockup. When we tightened everything up to specs we forgot to pull the covers back off and put on the new gaskets, hence why I was leaking oil. We pulled off the covers, pried out the old gasket, and resealed it up good and firm, and I'll check the bolts later this week to be doubly sure.
Thirdly, the fan thermostat was an easy fix, it just took a little time to figure out what was happening. We had it wired in correctly and it should have cut on everytime it hit operating temp, but for some reason it wouldn't. We had a dongle wire on the fuse we could pull and put back on to manually control the fans, but for awhile we were stumped, until we looked at other setups.
A lot of times, those people using electric fans are also using a metal top hose or drilling into the rad for the fan therm. Our setup had a metal hose inbetween two silicon hoses, and only one wire coming from the relay.
The sonovabitch wasn't grounded.
So, we ran a wire from the plug to the fam mount bracket holding the assembly to the radiator. Problem solved!
I think I found where I'm losing coolant... in the combustion chamber
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Finished the work that started a couple months ago... new fuel system and twin plate clutch installed, back on the tires and running around the city.
I miss my BHG oddly enough, that summer was probably the best summer I've had sadly it was just so nice and relaxing working on a motor til 3-4am all by yourself with music.Austin2048;1950523 said:I think I found where I'm losing coolant... in the combustion chamber
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