ManwithSupra

Well done rob..

Hi All, This may be a bit of a long shot but here goes. I have the below front lip on my Supra. I am building a air cooling system to the brakes on my track car and wanted to know if anyone knows of any brake duct intakes that would fit the cut outs on the above lip. If not then I can make some out of carbon fibre but first I just wanted to see if anyone knows of a aftermarket item that will fit to save me a little time. Thanks all.

Moving the engine back as far as it is involved cutting the entire firewall and floorpan out and replacing it with a semi space frame chassis - Lots of work! All credit goes to Ryan.G though as this was his car and was only in his possesion up to 18 months ago. Since then I have done some more changes/improvements but all the Major work Ryan had done. If you want to have a look at the build head over to his old build thread or click my FB link below and look in the Photo Albums section.

Actually any ones in particular? Or Just general overhead engine bay shots?

Will do mate, will send them tomorrow.

Hmmmm it would be worth looking at for sure, although I would imagine having a custom one made would be mega bucks. There would be no harm in asking though.

£100 + Delivery for the pair??

A good price will be about £280 for a set. It may be worth noting they will need some sort of coating to stop galling between the nuts and the studs...

Hi All, As some of you know my engine is quite a bit further back than a standard supra My question is simple... Do you reckon a Greddy Intake Plenum and Q45 Throttle body will be able to fit in nicely behind the Suspension turrent with room to sort the pipe work?? (excuse the tape on the fuse box that is a temporary measure).

Nice one!!

Really? I have never heard of that, although that’s not to say that you are wrong (It’s just that I have never heard it) but it begs to ask this question, surely if the wheel nuts need to be weaker than the hub/studs then why don’t manufactures fit alloy nuts as standard then? I suppose it would be down to cost, but then if it is, it can’t be a major enough issue to worry about? The thing is I really REALLY do not trust Alloy wheel nuts; I had a bad experience with them before and will never use them again. They will either stay Steel or be replaced with Titanium and I will only go Titanium if it’s worth the outlay at which case it’s not at the moment. The only reason I want to use Titanium nuts is to reduce unsprung weight. The only risk of tearing the hub up that I can see befalling me would be if I were to hit a large pot hole (I have never come across one on a track) or in the worst case coming off the track and into a barrier to which I would probably have more than just the hub to replace surely then in that case using Alloy, Steel or Titanium nuts would make no difference at all (as lots of things will be bent)

I have a set of Frames for the Supra for sale if you want. No Sliders though.

Ideally less than £20 each which is what I can get them for at the moment (I Cant justify £400 for a set of nuts)

I would be interested in standard length hollow nuts at a good price. Anything to free up a few more Unsprung Grams...

If a garage done the work and they didn’t notice the car was running on 5 cylinders instead of 6 then I would not be taking it back there! If they did break/damage a connector and that is found to be the reason why it’s not running correctly why didn’t they simply replace it?? Questions need to be answered... I would be fuming...

These don't look adjustable to me? The Öhlin shocks that I had on mine had a thumb screw at the top, you didn't need a key in order to adjust them. Looks like that either your shocks were never adjustable or someone has removed the thumb screws and therefore I am sad to say probably knackered them.

Cheers, yeah had it for over a year now.. how time flies lol

Bottom of my Sig

Will do - But only if you like my page too (done anyway)

Shame thats a bit too far for me to drive in the track car, that is unless I somehow get a 4x4 and trailer to come up The tracks I am planning to go on this year are.. Goodwood (My Local) Castle Combe Silverstone Brands Hatch

Anyone have any Track days planned this year yet? Would be good to meet up and fly the Supra Flag...

Or alternatively use Nimbus Lite heat shield. That’s nice and pliable http://www.nimbusmotorsport.com/ProdShop2.asp?id=752

Zircotek do Composite coatings... http://www.zircotec.com/page/composite_coatings/22 I am making a fair few parts in carbon for the track car where I will be using this coating...

Looking forward to getting mine back on the rollers Nice result by the way