Delboy52

My Supra has had an examination of the brakes etc today at a motorsport company and they are all in good order. What they did find though is that with the brakes on and in drive, the car is pushing too hard. They suspect that somewhere in the gearbox system there is too much pressure and this may be causing the rear wheels to keep powering on when they should be backing off. The rear brakes don't really bite hard enough to counter this. I do have a speed sensor error code and a flashing overdrive light, possibly related?

I'd enjoy your car as Paul has built it for a while first before tinkering Should be really nice. Mine has always been de-cat. Currently running the Rush headers into custom Y pipe into a TT Tanabe Touring 3". Whip some photos/vids of your car up when you get it! Here's mine a year ago.

I have the Rush ones Neil doesn't make them anymore though. He told me his last set went to the States. These Hurricane ones look the same as Rush. There are these Xat Racing ones too. There were some IMF ones but they only seem to pop up on the Lexus forums in random group buys. Think there were some quality issues though if I remember right. Not many options I'm afraid and everything is overseas. Could always go custom..

Nice choice of motor What headers do you have in mind?

Very nice kit. The light on the dials look very even which is a pain to get right usually. Looks great Rog

Brakes could well be original. I'm going to get this all checked at the weekend as a matter of priority. Thanks everyone. These are my tyre sizes: Rear, 265 35 R18 Front, 235 40 R18 Any particular tyre brand suggestions? The ride could be smoother too.. Going over rumble strips brings on the need to wear a support bra.

Nankangs, sorry was a typo I almost put NagKings.. I know they are a cheaper brand, it's just what what on the car when buying and this is a weekend car so does less than 4k a year. Even so, car always feels like it's still pushing whilst braking. The geometry was done 2 years ago at JPS on their hunter laser tracker. Will look into those sticky pistons when I have this checked over. The engine is lighter but not sure to which 2JZ. Turbos and intercoolers probably weigh a fair bit so maybe it was to the 2JZGE. Next meet I go to I'll ask to try another Supra with J-specs. There is another V8 guy not far from Kettering so that would be the closest comparrison. Thanks for the suggestions.

Most of the time my Supra feels really heavy when braking like when going down a steep hill and trying to stop. Occasionally I get wheel lock up, ABS panic attacks, even at slow speeds on warm, dry days and after an hour of driving. The brakes are j-specs, the tyres are Nangkings with loads of tread, Bilstein suspension, auto transmission from a Soarer. Is it possible that when braking, the rear brakes are doing such a poor effort that the car could still be pushing against the fronts so much they lose grip? It's always the fronts that lose traction. This is the only RWD auto I've driven and the braking ability is way off what I would expect. My auto Celica was better, my wife's tiptronic Leon is vastly better. All FWD though so can't fairly compare. I'm going to get this checked over but I always like to have an understanding beforehand.

I like that a lot. Can they do it while you wait?

It looks like he has an office desk in the boot that has expanded outwards! Hehe.

A421 northbound above the Kempston roundabout? I'm on that road everyday and always keep an eye out for your Supra. Great pics

What a nightmare! Sounds completly different to when I was last there. Looks like we'll all have to drive a bit further out to find a quality place from now on.

Not me. I'll still be in Cambridge at that time. My tracking was done by Leon at JPS about 2 years ago and he was very good. What went wrong Tsia?

Yeah. Realised as I pressed reply.

Sorry, didn't fully read your post.. Shame it didn't go well.

Had mine done in Bletchley. http://www.jpswheelalignmentcentre.co.uk

Great Supra you have there fella. Top notch pics

What the heck is this? Knackered LCD screen perhaps? All the functions display "underneath" the noise fine.

Great to meet you all and thanks Shane for setting it all up.

What program are you running Jay? It might be able to import the vrml or fbx files I already put up.

That's just how it is from the original file. The 1st post of this thread is 7 years old

http://just.razzi.me/photos/1041406/b9e3dd8.jpg

Autodesk Showcase should be able to import FBX files. Try this attached one that I converted to version FBX 2010 and above, for compatability. The model could actually do with a qualitiy pass ideally as the 3DS file format lost some vertex normal information during the conversion. 3DS is an ancient file format and has long been succeeded. SupraFBX.zip

Great work so far fella!

Am still good for this, looking forward to it