Peter P

Very nice progress Krimi. Not long now my friend. Keep up the great work.

Exciting times Krimi. Looking forward to seeing further updates my friend.

Thanks mate. Bit like you with some of your bargains over the years, right place at right time. Unfortunately a good friend damaged his Supra and decided to break it for parts. Managed to bag the V161 and supporting parts for a good price. Main thinking for me was this is now future proofed as once the RPS triple clutch goes in hopefully early next year we can easily take the power levels I’m aiming for. It’s odd as with the new diff as well it’s like a totally different/new car.

Morning All, So small update but makes a big difference in my humble opinion. After the V161 swap the gearshift surround was a slightly darker colour than the rest of the dash panels. Wasn’t awful, but I saw this as a great opportunity to add some more of my beloved carbon. Alan at ABCarbon did the honours once again and it looks superb. Blends so well with the lower glovebox, centre armrest lid and steering wheel piece he did for me previously. All back together and I’m loving how it looks. Huge thanks to Alan, top job once again. Here are some photos before, during and after it was reinstalled. Enjoy! Cheers guys and gals and hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Pete

Well as we mentioned before I’m waiting patiently to see what you think and what numbers you make with that Garrett G35-1050. Hopefully it makes good numbers and with both of us on VVT-I, should be a good indicator of what I can expect especially now we are both 6-speed manual as well. Fingers crossed my friend, hopefully good things to come soon.

Hey Krimi, Whats the complication with the wiring? That new loom is looking great by the way. Got to admit wiring is my weakness, frightens me more than anything mechanical as it can be a real pain trying to isolate and fix faults. Bit easier if it’s not in the car as I spent many a day upside down in the footwell trying to reconnect everything after swapping my dash over for the flocked one, so feel the pain mate. Hopefully nothing too crazy and you get it sorted my friend. Good luck! All the best, Pete

Nice. I’ve noticed similar with the new U.K. brakes on mine. Not used much and still relatively new but the thin paint is already coming off. Think they will be redone at some stage. Keep going mate, it’s all the small details that make the build.

Nice mate. Huge congrats to you, Mike and the team at SRD. Another great useable Supra that makes all the right noises as you say. Happy for you mate, always nice to get more than you were expecting.

That loom is coming along nicely Krimi. Work of art. Impressive my friend.

Hey Mike, Yes indeed, had an opportunity I simply couldn’t afford to miss buying a low mileage V161. Plan is to fit an RPS triple clutch and then start upping the power. Not cheap, but worth it.

Reminds me of a London Tube map! Lol. I wouldn’t know where to start but I admire anyone who can do wiring like this, looking good Krimi.

Seats look great Ric. Hopefully the fit is right for you and you’re comfortable now. Time to get out and enjoy driving it hopefully. Enjoy mate! Cheers. Pete

Diff also now sold and paid for. Just the torque converter left if anyone wants it? Thanks, Pete

Gearbox and selector now provisionally sold. Still have the torque converter and diff available if anyone is interested. Just let me know. Cheers. Pete

Evening All, Looking to sell my Tiptronic gearbox, shifter and differential following the successful swap to a V161 6-speed manual setup. All parts were in good working order prior to the swap and were carefully removed by the guys at SRD tuning in West Sussex. Collection from SRD preferred once money has been received, but happy for buyer(s) to arrange shipping if needed or I can probably collect and bring the parts home which is Kent. - Tiptronic gearbox and torque converter. Asking £300ono. - Tiptronic shifter mechanism in good shape as shown in photos. Will take £50ono. - TT stock auto differential, believe this is currently stripped so will require a rebuild. Looking for £200obo. Trying to be fair on the prices but it’s tricky as not much for sale at the moment and we all know parts are getting hard to source. I’ll listen to sensible offers, drop me a PM. Bank transfer preferred as don’t use PayPal and I’ve been around a long time so hopefully folks can vouch for me in terms of honesty, good seller etc. Thanks for looking. Cheers. Pete

Morning Guys, So car is home safely after a long weekend of driving the new to me V161. Had an event to attend in Bristol, so took a day off Friday, train to London and then a train to Haywards Heath where Ash kindly picked me up. Drove home to Kent, picked up my Wife and off we went. Got to have been at least 400 miles of driving, so nice long first drive! Clutch feels good and isn’t heavy, but stop/start driving in traffic on the motorway was a challenge. Car drove great and didn’t really falter, apart from a small idle issue when pulling to a stop (seems to dip too low and almost stall before returning to normal). Lee and the guys will check the map data for me and hopefully just a small tweak to make it perfect. Car had a good spot at the show in Bristol and attracted lots of interest, big shout out to Lee, Mike, Ash and the team at SRD for getting it done in time, just need to find some time (and a large open space!) to do some figure of eights to bed the new diff in. Cheers all.

Hey Rich, Glad to hear life is back on an even keel, hopefully stays that way mate. Look forward to following your progress and seeing more updates, what are your plans for the Supra this year? Best of luck and good to hear from you. Cheers. Pete

Diff all built up and proper OS Giken diff oil ready to go in. Hopefully be back in the car Tuesday.

Few more photos/update from Lee. Do love seeing new hardware all layed out ready to be assembled. Hopefully rebuilt diff will go in early next week and then it’s road tests, dyno and hopefully collection.

Afternoon All, Had some nice updates from Lee at SRD, gearbox is in and seems to be working well. Waiting for the rear diff currently to come back from being refurbished so the OS Giken can be fitted etc. New rev counter installed with out the cut out for Auto/Tiptronic and also new Yaris steering wheel without paddles. Nice new leather 6-speed knob and also gaiter and surround done. The new pedals are sort of installed as the throttle pedal won’t work on my DBW throttle pedal which is flat. Thankfully the guys have said if I trace the pedal they will add it to their to-do list so others in the future can also get covers if they need them. Clutch plate was a little more worn than I’d have hoped, but will do for now. RPS triple going in next time which will handle any/all power needs in the future. Unfortunately car won’t be ready for JapFest on Sunday, shame as I was part of the 30yr Supra Anniversary tribute. Still, coming along nicely.

Lol, thanks Krimi. Strip down begins! Hopefully have some more photos and updates from Lee P and the team at SRD to share with you guys. Will keep you posted.

Indeed Krimi, not a cheap upgrade, but should future proof the car and help with running more horsepower when the time comes. Looking forward to my first drive with the manual box. Just need to be patient as the guys at SRD are really busy so it’s taking a bit longer. Hoping they can start soon and I’ll get some updates to share with you guys.

Very nice Krimi! I’d love to receive a pallet like that, must be like all your Christmas’s coming at once! Lol. Look forward to seeing your updates in May when work commences.

Cheers Noz. Have to say I love the look of the TwinZ diffuser, I wanted something less race car and more fast road car so this really ticks the box. Thanks mate. It was a tough call as some will recall I was hoping to run the 8-speed auto from the Lexus ISF, but sadly despite SRD’s best efforts it still isn’t working properly. Think SYVECS have a lot on their plate so doubt the finer points will get sorted anytime soon and for my power goals this low mileage V161 with twin plate clutch is perfect.

Excited to see how these new pedals look in the car.