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So after being inspired by the new thermal image cameras that are used in F1, I thought it would be cool to take some of the supra seeing as I got my hands on one. Was origionally looking to see how hot the bumper round the exhaust was getting as it's been getting a bit of a roasting after the decat, but got carried away and took unrelated pics. This was after a 15 min drive to work and 5-10 min cool down.

Cheers for the well wishes Amazing pictures guys... Pretty jaw dropping back drop. Timed it with the weather perfectly.

Sorry for short notice.. Won't make it today. My old man had a stroke a couple of weeks ago and been running about to hospital etc constantly so heads been up arse. Hope you have a good one- cracking day for a spin!

See you there

+1 for the dremel, did mine last week using one with the extension to get better angles.

Cool, I'll look into them, cheers

Cool. I've still to get the gauges so it would give me time to get new plugs. How much did your iridium's cost you? Cheers for the offer with the clips. Good things to keep about Once I've got everything I need I'll give them a ring.

Cheers, me too. I still need gauges. I have my eye on a innovative AFR gauge. There is a member selling one but it's not the right colour. Want the black one to blend in with the interior. I want a depo boost guage but not sure about the silver case. I've got a 2 gauge greddy pillar pod but think it fits 60mm gauges. The AFR is 52mm so not sure if I could make it fit/ look good. The car was BPU before and it was just the decat and boost controller that were removed. The fuel cut defender is still in place. Only thing I'm not sure about is the spark plugs. I know they are a colder grade from the last time it was in for a service as my mechanic commented on them not needing changed. I can't remember what they are though, I want to say platinum but have never wanted to check myself yet from fear of brittle coil packs etc. Ive heard people say iridium are better but also that they have certain risks associated with them too. To do with detonation or something? Can't really remember. I get my new intercooler soon so after fitting that I'll contact GI Motersports for a price for fitting my Greddy profec spec II BC

Had another go at this the other night and took Chris' advice with regards to cutting the bolts. A mate gave me a loan of his dremel and it did the trick cutting through the rusted bolts I was struggling with the last time. It was pretty awkward at times trying to get the right angle on them, resulting in the use of a hack saw a few times, but in the end I cut 4 off and it was onto undoing the last 3 bolts conecting the 1st cat to the exhaust manifold. These are the 3 that I had previously worried about but had soaked them with WD-40 the night before and they came off really easy. I assumed they would come off again without protest but one of them stopped turning half way off and I rounded it before I realised. As it was about 12" away and the worst bolt to get access to I couldn't reach it to cut it off. So after all that I had no choice but to do everything back up using new nuts and bolts and limp it over to the exhaust fitter in the morning. (4 turns of the last bolt would have had everything off! Talk about a soul destroying 5 hours! lol) They sorted it out for me that morning and it only cost me £40. Was happy with that. The sound of the turbo is noticeably louder now and the car feels a bit quicker to spool so I'm happy with the end result (prob one of the only members to have still been running both cats!). It was good experiance having a go at cutting the bolts away etc so it wasnt a total waste of time either.

Welcome Keep an eye on Scottish events section and come along to a meet to show it off.

Cheers for the info Chris. I'm sure I have an angle grinder somewhere so I'd just need the 1mm metal cutting disc? I did want to keep the studs on the cat for future flexibility with MOT but if a gas bottle isn't up to the job I might try it. Don't fancy owning an acetylene cylinder to be honest, I know you will be used to them but they give me the heebie jeebies

Cheers guys, looks like torch is what I was missing. I feel like giving it another shot now, whereas last night I thought id just take it to the exhaust fitter. They are a tyre and exhaust place and they are normally ok with the guys in my work as we use them a fair bit. Helped replace a perished exhaust bracket on a mates car last month and they gave him a replacement bracket free of charge. Think I'll invest in a blowtorch and have another go when I'm off in a fortnight. Trying to reduce the hours it would take a garage to fit my BPU parts to save some money. Hopefully after this I will just need a quote for fitting a boost controller and gauges.

I was doing my first oil change on the supra tonight and thought if all went well and I got it finished quickly I would have a bash at fitting a double decat pipe I picked up a while ago. The oil change went to plan, so while I was under the car I had a look at the condition of the three bolts connecting the first cat to see what I was up against as I have heard they can be hard to get to etc. They looked ok so I had a go at loosening them using a long extension for the socket set and for the driver side bolt the angled adapter with extension took the remaining tricky one right off. I was pretty pleased and thought I had done the hard part and was on the way to listening to this little beauty... Unfortunately for me the bolts holding in the sensor on the second cat were pretty rusted. I cleaned them up as best I could with WD-40 but they were starting to round off so I had to give up. I thought about just cutting the sensor off from the wire but the double decat I've got has a hole for it so it would have left it open. I didnt like the look of the next bolts on the first section of the back cat that's on it either, so reluctantly I had to do everything up again and admit defeat. Thinking of taking it to the exhaust fitters across from work tomorrow and seeing what they would charge. Frustrating though as I thought I had it on my first attempt. Would anyone have done something further that I didnt try to get it?

is your car behind that mirror?.......

Cool mate, glad you're happy with it. Mine was on and off the ramp a lot too as was way out as well. Got mine set up for fast rd and found the settings last week when i was playing Gran Turismo 5 (im a lot better at it with a joypad lol) i put the camber settings into the supra in the game and it handled great!

I missed this over the last few days... I looked back on the Thread I used when getting mine done with him ( http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?246289-Geometry-Setup-Scotland/page3&highlight=Kenny+brown) and I remember being quoted £85 odd too and was meant to take an hour or 2. In the end it took 7 1/2 hours due to them struggling with seized bolts on the camber adjusters. It ended up costing me £195 once it was done and although it was well over what I expected before I went in, the amount of time they spent on it I knew it was going to be sore. I was happy with the night and day difference it made though so didn't complain at the time and still recommended him after this. I think it's worth noting though that that seems to have been three of us that expected to pay £85 and ended up paying a lot more. If I remember he said initially that would be the price if everything goes without a hitch. Just saying for anyone else, it's a warning not to expect the low price initially quoted as it could go a lot higher. Still a worthwhile thing to have done for me though. Did you visit the caffe westy? Any sign of the ps3? (read old thread for reminder)

Great effort mate, you don't hang about do you! With regards to ; -metallic knocking sound underneath my drivers seat, sounding suspiciously like either a loose heat shield/trapped stone - anyone had similar issues? I had a stone trapped on a small shelf in my old mkiii supra years ago but it's most likely the heat shield as you say. I've heard of folk ripping them off but when it happened to mine a large jubilee clip tightened round it stopped the horrible rattle.

Another Marcus!, welcome

They are built into the rear light cluster. J- spec has 2 tail lights each side glowing when lights are on, and UK- spec has one each side as the other 2 are the rear fogs. Think you can retrofit the j-spec rear lights to include a fog light, but don't know about the process.

Congrats, you must be chuffed. Looks nice

Dayshift sunday so I'm out. Hope it's a good day for yous

Welcome mate, good luck with the search. John was saying if he was to do the show again he would be in amoungst the club stand. His car would be the equivelant to the Lamborghini that the other club had as a crowd puller. (btw john it was nice to meet you briefly and your car lives upto it's name and then some )

lol and we were like, nope. good to meet you, and hope you get a nice supra. Make sure you take your time and buy the right one first time. Also read this... http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?67644-What-to-check-when-buying-a-Supra