Marcus GTE

Small update on this, I noticed the positive treminal wasn't tight on the pillar. I suspect I damaged the terminal by over tightening it as it is slightly bent. Quick trip to toyota and picked this up for £20 Note the part number in the pic is for a uk spec.

Cheers dude, took a bit longer than an hour No problem Chris, thanks for the fitting tips as well. Hopefully you get some more orders as more people realise how good these are

Cool, to be honest it's more about piece of mind knowing I'm looking after the car before pushing it a bit with bpu, if I notice an improvement then all the better.

Did you notice a difference in places Josh?

I've not really given it the full beans yet mate but I'm looking forward to when I do. I noticed last year when doing a few hard pulls in the summer I had a drop in power and thought at that point I needed to get it sorted. Boost controller install and iridium plugs and ill be bpu. Was considering an afr guage but might not get it straight away. Sensible thing to do would be getting one though so 50/50.

Yeah just a bit eh? It is pretty good looking, a guy I know said "I don't know what that is , but i want one!" Think there might be a group buy on the go just now as they are made to order. If you do some reading up on them they are pretty well respected

Finally got round to installing my new intercooler. Now I know why I put it off as it took me ages but was well worth taking the plunge. I used the guide on here and found it really helpful. Just posting up some before and after pics as there is already a very good how to as I said. Think my old smic had seen better days, what you think? Old New

Welcome, Another supra owner in Aberdeen eh? Has to have one of the highest concentrations of supras in the uk! Supras in white are really nice aren't they Would look good with a trd or stock spoiler I think. Nice purchase

Great effort and write up. The lights look much better

R Thanks for the contribution Roger. I've seen lots of threads with people having starting/ running problems which can potentially save hundreds of pounds on attempting a fix as I've read people buying batteries once a year etc. all this takes is a couple of hours of your time and although it might not sort everyone with similar problems to what I had its well worth trying before parting with cash. I have an old shogun that was having the exact same problems with and I bet once I do the same procedure to it it will be fine. Makes me wonder if the new £200 alternator I bought for it was needed in the first place! Lesson learned.

Cheers dude

I've been having a few issues with the car not wanting to start all the time over the last month or so. Typically it would struggle to fire up in the morning, turning over very sluggishly. Sometimes I would get rapid clicking like you get when the battery is flat, but it was very temprimental and I was in fear that if I drove it anywhere I'd get stranded. After some searching on here everything from done batteries to starter motors and alternators being gubbed were suggested but poor earth was suggested a few times by multiple people. To cut a long story short here is how I solved my problem so you can solve yours if you've done a search and find the same symptoms. I had been doing some work removing the battery so I probbably upset the conection. I noticed the terminals were pretty dirty looking so decided to clean them up. Undo and remove the negative terminal first then before undoing the positive, loosten the top bolt that pinches the terminal to the earth plate/ wire then you can loosten and remove the positive terminal. I gave it a quick clean with a cloth, and some steel wool with a light spray of wd 40. I did the same with the negative but didn't remove it. I also gave the battery pins a clean the same way. The same goes for the plates that are on the positive side (remember to clean underneath) After putting back together I made sure everything was done up nice and tight. The only thing still to do is put some vastaline over the exposed positive and negative pins to protect them from contamination. I've read this is an old practice due to older style batteries giving off vapour that can cause corrosion and eventually effect the conductivity of the conection; perhaps someone like Chris Wilson could advise on the corect practice here as I'm unsure. I've noticed since the clean up the car starts first time like normal and seems to have fixed my problem I also had a power coupling attached that I had no use for so I removed it incase it was causing an issue. Can anyone say what I would use this for? Cheers Marcus

Should look a bit like this

Welcome mate, nice pics

Great, thanks for quick reply.

Hi, can you advise if ATF 4400 is suitable as power steering fluid please? Mine needs topped up and have some ATF 4400 Thanks

I've read people recomending to tie the sensor back rather than cut it as I think you might get warning lights if you do. The 3 bolts at the start of the first cat are a bit of a pain, mine came of ok one day and then one desided to round off under a week later. Less restriction in the exhaust system by removing the cats that cause back pressure will increase throttle response by allowing the turbos to spool a bit quicker. So that will explain the feeling you're describing. Hope you enjoy the change

There will be more folk about for the next one

As above, try admiral as I always found they gave the best quotes for young drivers

Have a look at at insurance costs before making a desission to see if you think you'll be able to live with it. I'd guess you'd spend somewhere around £70 per week on fuel including weekend based on the miles you meantioned. Things can be expensive come mot time if you need tyres etc as it's not a budget car. Having said all that, I think everyone is trying to help just making sure you don't cripple yourself running one but only you will be able to make the desission. I also think it balances out as you get a lot of car for the money compaired to the run of the mill hatchback that you can end up spending more to buy but be cheaper on fuel; a supra is relatively cheap to buy (n/a) but more expensive than average to run being 3.0 litre and old car needing tlc now and again. Personally I always just made it work and jumped in with both feet at first. Good luck

Happy bunny indeed, looks fantastic. Thanks again

Mate it sounds LOUD! Compaired to the last one. Lovely deep burble and the length was perfect and solved my issue nicely Had a cross threaded bolt that took about half an hour plus to get off on it's own, but it was plain sailing after that

I'll still be down. I'll need to show off this bad boy I just fitted

Really nice jewel green supra