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    project who said supras are to heavy for track cars

    will need to purchase an external gate real soon (most likely a new v-band 38mm tial which are nice and compact) and make up my 3/3.5" dump (side pipe) once that is finished, i have relocated th eintercooler so will have to make up some new ic pipes and make some pretty serious ducting for...
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    project who said supras are to heavy for track cars

    well finially decided what im doing so have made a little progress of late cosmetically, have ordered a set of shineauto bomex rear addons so that should help counteract the huge front bar. since i bought a tig welder a while back yet havent really used it, rather then buying a china...
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    Wheel Fitment & Question Thread

    im sellign my sterns atm, 17x9 and 17x10.5 +47 and +50 offset. 20mm bolt on spacers all round = perfect
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    Wheel Fitment & Question Thread

    heres my latest shoes. pics are of a 17x10 +40 with a 280/680 slick (measures 294mm wide). will be replaced with a 300/640 which measures 305mm wide for those weight watches like me - wheel and tire in pic = 40.5 lbs
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    happy man today! my coilovers i purchased off yahoo japan arrived. very happy with the condition, only 1 broken plastic adjuster know which can be easily glued back together they weigh 4.7 kilos a pop compared to my old tein ha's of 7.8 and 6.3 kilos, so a nifty saving of 9.4 kilos...
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    that duct had a pod filter attached to it. wasnt concerned about anything. was just made for the gt30 and since motor currently had the t78 on it -0 it doesnt fit :(
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    even if the mounts were fully insulated, the actual core of the raditor sits hard up against the chassis. how long did it take for yours to corrode? had mine on the car for about 2 years now.....
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    took it for its first drive yesterday....... still has the squealign noises suffered before but after about 20 ks they have gone away. making me think if its the bronze shifter fork pads. gearbox felt real notchy at first but seems to be bedding in a bit. downshifts beautifully but still not...
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    about 3 years ago. if it has to come out of car one more time - will be going back to r154
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    Disturbed1's MZ20 Soarer

    back in business with a running car!! theres a dyno day on next week ill most likely slap it on. see what my street tuning equates to roughly
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    dumb tough aussie

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLoNJ7VNItA&feature=player_embedded
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    need help: gearbox/clutch problems

    problem solved. hub splines on the disc closest to gearbox are bottoming out on the input shaft splines 1.5mm made all the difference
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    need help: gearbox/clutch problems

    swapped to a 26 spline input shaft this is a bit exaggerated as they not perfectly in the same plane when takign the pic
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    need help: gearbox/clutch problems

    yeah ian - done everything to the book just thought of somethign that was touch and go and for some reason forgot to check up on it the splines on the 26 spline input shaft arnt as deep as the ones on the 10 spline. only mm in it but perhpas im running out of spline on the shaft for the...
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    need help: gearbox/clutch problems

    took the motor and box out yesterday. pulled the gearbox off and the clutch off and didnt notice anything strange went to take the spigot bearing out and it basically fell out, pulled it out with finger with ease so the tight fit on the input shaft must have become an interference fit by...
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    need help: gearbox/clutch problems

    havent had much luck asking on other forums so will copy and post details here. bit of an introduction - i bought IJ tremec box/conversion for my 7m and have had some issues with crunching syncros. the following post is how ive tried to overcome it. sorry for the long read. i...
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    project who said supras are to heavy for track cars

    was always a temporary thing having the 'nice' 7m in the supra. that motor is back in my soarer (see my other members ride thread) still have a spare 7m ready for this car one day. just need to buy a q45 tb, some 700cc injectors, make up a ffim, ad a few other little things. hopefully get...
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    project who said supras are to heavy for track cars

    test fitted the bumper on. think it needs a crazy big gt wing to pull it off. sits about 60mm lower then the stock bar but now hangs substantially lower then my side skirts :( will make a nice easy bar to ad a splitter to in the long run but. fit up pretty nice, doesnt finsh flush with...
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    project who said supras are to heavy for track cars

    thats rear wheel hp mate on the motor with the 3mm mhg. not making anything up but our dynos read slightly lower then yours so prob be more like 380-390 hp if it were in america all power figures are at the wheels on a roller dyno (not hub)
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    2mm Stopper MHG Too Thick?

    i was making 440 hp on 18 psi with a gt30r. with a 1.2mm hg (compression was about 185 psi) head gasket leaked so rather then rebuilding, moved all my go fast bits onto a mates motor i bought off him which had a 3mm hg and only other difference being a ported head. that motor made about...