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cars coming along fast now hopefully getting it back for the end of the month Bonnet, doors and spoiler all in paint really happy with his work and progress Getting the loom stripped back now as ill be doing a fuse box tuck to the boot, took the whole loom to a local vehicle electrician and had him size up all the wires and ordered them. I wont start the job until the cars back and I can lay it all out. Ive had a full engine harness made up as I didn't want any miss fires or things letting me down being as the cars over 20 years old, just need to make a resistor pack up now hopefully with a bit more help from Marksupra again

Engine and box out for me do the job put back in, faster and cheaper on the swear jar

Im back!! where to start After I sent the car to Dave for paint I had the engine to concentrate on, Gosnay Engineering sourced me some new piston rings and gave the bores a fresh hone, the crank was measured and bearings to suit, I had everything balanced and checked. The head was quite coked up so I stripped this and realised it was going to need a valve grind as they was pitted quite bad whilst having the valves ground in I received a call to say two of them was bent I managed to find the part number still on the valves, and after speaking to real street performance, had a pair on their way. Once all the valves had been ground and lapped in I spent hours cleaning the ports and all the parts ready to be rebuilt. I really enjoy engine building and love the thought and workmanship that's gone into the 2jz engine. Big thanks to Markssupra for coming down and helping with the cams and dialing them in started work on the cam covers and throttle body, I removed the old spigots and welded some -12 fittings on. The throttle body has been mounted upside down so I needed to tidy it up as all the water lines ran through out come the hacksaw and files to reshape it ready for polishing Because of my intake I need to relocate the powersteering tank so Ive cleaned and painted the pump and made a kit up with aeroquip fittings and braided lines, just need to get it all back in the car before I decide wheres best to mount it. the heater matrix pipe that attaches to the back of the water pump was horrible and because a lot of the original spigots were blanked I decided to make a new one from stainless and added a bleed valve. Was hoping for the car back from the body shop a lot sooner but Daves been busy, so I have had to pull the car and give to another mate who said it will be done by the end of feb. Daves worked on a side getting the lines im after so the kit has a bit of shape to it keeping some of the original lines The car was picked up from Daves on Friday and works started on it already, My friend Jay has told me there will be three people working on prepping it for paint over the next couple of weeks .

Does any one have the cam card or specs for the HKS 280 cams? pretty please

All sorted now had to use a 6pk1930 in the end that left the tensioner roughly in the middle for play

Thanks a lot just ordered one down the road hopefully see tomorrow

Been searching on here but most results are for a standard bottom pulley which I doubt are the same, I have a Titan under drive pulley and the aircon removed Thanks

I'm in the process of making up a new heater matrix pipe that comes off the back of the water pump housing, deleting all the other bits no longer needed and reducing chance of leaks. My problem is not having the engine in my supra so I can't see how much room I have to play with, I need a measurement from the bulkhead to the heater matrix spigot that comes off the back of the head or even the bulk head to back of the head?? I've attached a pic of it helps make things clear.

Sounds fun

Time for a Thread revival I have a cut and shut pipe from the back of the water pump that Tees off, one part to the heater matrix the other to a spigot on the block that I assume used to feed the oil cooler. Being as its a few years on and hopefully more projects have been done can I just blank the oil cooler spigot off and fabricate a new pipe from the back of the water pump direct to the heater matrix??? I don't want any risk of hot spots in the engine if its best to keep the spigot plumbed inline as is ill remake the lot.

Only way to get that out is a small flat punch on the welding spatter should come off easy enough then run a tap through it and the rest of the threads for piece of mind

Make sure you use large penny washers to spread the load, mount the rails and pack out until you are not bowing the runners when tightening.

It's just him working so juggling around running his business aswell but it's coming along now so not long now hopefully

Mines been in paint shop nearly a year

I believe it was 8500, I don't want everything on a knife edge like a race engine, As with most I want to keep on the reliable side

Thanks for all your help I've spent so much time and money shimming to get them all spot on its a shame to bin an start again if they are upto the job. I have read that shimless buckets are lighter and overal a good weight saver I guess that with no risk of losing a shim is all positive factors

Final stages of my engine build and hearing scary stories of the shims getting spat out with high rpm engines. I'm using 280 cams, raising the rev limit and looking at numbers between 800-1000bhp, are many people staying with the oem over bucket shims?? Or would you advise shimless? Thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Still got a few sets left over John

Have a look into hydro dipping just had mine done in carbon

that's no problem, long or short?

All paid sets at being collected tomorrow you will receive before the weekend. I have two sets of ally remaining And 3 in steel if any one WANs a set let me know John

Well done mate give it 6 months then you will crave more power lol

I've fabricated a load of steel ones up, will need payment up front on ally as need to order more material in but can have these made before the weekend. I would advise going with the ally sets as the steel ones are heavy!!! Postage £10 on top my paypal is [email protected] As soon as payment is made please pm me with all your details

Ok making these up tomorrow they will be ready for courier to collect tues I need to know who wants what Short or long Ally or steel Painted black or silver

Nope that's what I'll be using on my next project