My black widebody MKIII with 2JZ-GTE and V-160

Turbo Skegget

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This started out with me just going to change the exhaust system in 2003 but the car hasn't left the garage since. The project grew day by day and now 8 years later I am almost positive it will see the roads again this summer.

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The car before the madness begun

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New steering wheel

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New poly bushings

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Shifter location after some welding

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Rear end fittet with aluminium bushings

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Passanger seat fitted

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New Toyo R888s, 245/17 front and 315/17 rear

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New pedals with new mastercylinders

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Test fitting wheels

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Fuelpump and filters under fuelcell

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Battery located in the trunk

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Fuelcell lid

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Driveshaft adapter

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RPS clutch

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Modifying car to accept new pedals

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My race engine getting built

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Driveshaft

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Testfitting turbo etc.

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Stout hood

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Modifying the trunk

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Painting front and rear suspension parts

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Testfitting fuelcell

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Testfitting engine, IC etc

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Testfitting

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Testfitting oilcooler etc.

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Modifying driverseat

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Testfitting driverseat

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Empty enginebay with manual Flaming River rack

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Spacers

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Testfitting bigbrake kit from Arizona Performance inside 17" rims

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Muffler

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Aluminium bushing

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Spoiler modifications done by Hällzons Båttbyggeri

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Finished spoiler by Hällzons Båtbyggeri (not my car)

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Testfitting new white turning signals

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and testfitting black aerocovers

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Widening begun

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Albert

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which flaming rack did you use? the 5.0 mustang one or the rx7 one?

also where did you get the solid alum bushings? curious cause I make them
 

Turbo Skegget

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Thanks everybody for your kind words.

The alu-bushings I measured and my friend made them, also sold some on Supra-forum here in Sweden.

I used the Flaming River Mustang 5.0 quick ratio rack.
 

SupraClaou

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Woooooowww. That's a great build thread. Congrats on your efforts to take your mk3 to another level.
Euro Supras rock! LOL. One question though : what rear end/diff will you use? Also what diff gear? 3.7 is the
lowest oem diff on our cars. Maybe you have the rare 3.54 gears.

I did study the installation of the 6 speed Getrag on our mk3 Supras and found out that the only way to get close
to the mk4 Supra turbo manual rear gearing (3.1 export / 3.2 import gearing) is to use if possible :
-V161 Getrag trans (the V161 trans has the first 4 gears longer than the V160),
-3.54 rear diff ring and pinion (the 3.54 is the longest gear we can fit in the mk3 pumpkin),
-Big diameter wheels , rim/tire combo. (like 265-45/17' or 285-35/18' or 295-30/19),
-Built head with cams/springs/retainers etc. for higher revving/redline using a standalone EMS (8000rpm or 8500 should do)
With the above stuff the 1st gear will be very very usefull..like having the stock 3.1 mk4 rear differential !
 

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Regarding the rear-end I have a 3.54 from Mark Williams installed using some part from Nissan Kingcab. Sorry I dont have more info on this than that because I had it made by an rear-end expert here in Sweden. I do have an AEM EMS and 315-35/17 tires so I do think first gear will be ok.
 
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hvyman

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The day you drive it will prolly be the day you have the biggest smile youve ever had!

Good work cant wait to see the finished product on the widebody.

Couple people have installed the mk4 diff.