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Total cost was around £1900, £1500 for the exhaust and £400 for the pair of intercoolers. Mostly true Expected you to have been able to work this out but never mind. If you put a mild steel nut, at the lowest point behind a rear wheel, then drive over water/salt and crap for 40,000 miles, heat it up, cool it down, the chances are it will go rusty... The NA 996 engine does have a list of 'issues' that's VERY true. Thankfully,the turbo's use a different engine to the rest of the 996/Boxster range and suffer with none of these problems... No, all items i have done to my car have not NEEDED doing, apart from the intercoolers. I can't think of another 420HP 4WD Twin turbo that can do over 300,000 miles, be usable everyday, return over 30mpg, make peak tourqe at 2300RPM all the way to the red line that i would rather own. Thanks, and your old R33 GTST Skyline which you put a sequential box and built engine in, sounds like a fantastic long term investment.... At least i can use my money pit on the road and don't have a gearbox who's life span is measured in hours.... If a car is expensive to buy it's expensive to maintain - - - Updated - - - Thanks Jamie. Was reading your build thread on your new Supra the other day. Looks fantastic.

Increased fin depth/length Fit exactly as stock, no drilling, cable ties etc. New duct seal Re-fiited the heatshields More stainless fittings Intercoolers Fitted All back together with the tips! Thanks for reading folks!

Few more pics…. And shes fitted Both straps on A tip for fitting the straps, use some very thin card and wrap it around the exhaust, that way as you fit the straps you don’t mark the lovely back boxes. Next up was the intercoolers. Last time I had removed the intercoolers they were In a right mess, I gave them a good clean but i saw some heavy corrosion after I cleaned them now this was not a particular issue as they are quite old. What was an issue was the fact. THEY WERE FULL OF HOLES! The issue is it is no obvious until you have removed them from the ducts. The backs of mine looked fine, however the fronts were in a right mess. I urge you to check yours incase there leaking like mine were. If your bumpers of, take them out and check. Pics This is the backside (bit you can see by looking in the rear bumper vents) All looks fine! This is the otherside! The black bits are area’s where there were holes that I covered when I last had the intercoolers of as a temporary measure. As you can see, there are new holes! I only used the car once to try the old exhaust! I filled the intercoolers with water and they were leaking from area’s I could not even see… middle left Other side So, I was on the hunt for new intercoolers…. I did look at the GT2RS ones but I did not want to get involved with cutting the OEM parts, I am sure it would be fine, it’s just not something I wanted to do on my car. So in the end I went with FVD Sports intercoolers. They take a stock core then add deeper cooling fins, the fit exactly the same and require no mods at all. They also claim an 20% efficiency increase over stock. Not relevant to me as I am staying stock but if it helps maximise what the car originally had, and is not full of holes then that is fine to me.

Hi guys New update time! Firstly removed the old exhaust as it was a little too noisy for me. Gone for a K Line, after all the reviews and I must say it is FANTASTIC! Sounds stock, until you open her up, it’s exactly what I wanted. Anyway as I was putting a back box system back in place I had to refit the bumper heatshield. The heatshield itself was fine with no corrosion, the brackets that hold it on however has gone… Brackets at the side made of alloy Made some new ones from copper so they would not corrode again Gave it a dam good clean and fitted my new brackets Then protected with some VHT paint Seems a shame to tear it apart again.. Hint, tape the edges to prevent an accident’s when removing the bumper Liners back of, my frames still look fresh Stripped Intercoolers removed…. More on these later… Nice new K Line Innovate exhaust… Fantastic bit of kit and very well made and packaged. Welding is great! Brought some new turbo gaskets to prevent any leaks Fitted Cat’s and heatshields back on, all the holes lined up spot on!

Could be a stolen UK that's been rung with an import Vin. Bit dramatic but it would be worth a check.

Thanks for the comments guys. Dude, Nice! To be honest the exhaust sounds so crap! I am going to remove it and sell it, it drones like mad! Might go back to the stock exhaust, not sure yet, what you want for the H&S?

2nd rubber washer on the other side of the heatshield Stainless washer and nut to finish them off Drivers side While I was there I replaced some of the arch and side skirt screws with new ones as some were going rusty All bolted back together and ready for a run!

Ready to refit Now to show you the exhaust! Here is what I removed Here is what I fitted! So new heatsheilds and exhausts on using brass nuts! As I was fitting new exhausts I wanted some fresh lambda sensors Intercoolers back on with stainless hardware Got some new heatshields to replace my old rotting ones Originally the heatshields are direct on the steel frames which I imagine helps wear them away until the fall apart and rattle. So with this in mind I brought a sheet of rubber and cut washers to stop them rubbing Rubber washers around the new stainless threads I added to the intercooler frames Chassis mounts for the heatshields

Also replaced the alternator reg and rear bearing as it was not charging well I wanted to replace the side bumper heatshields as they were corroded. I didn’t want to use the original fixing method as they seem to rust up, so I modified them to take stainless steel fixings Stripped the old intercooler brackets down These hold the heatshilds at the bottom of the bumper, you can see how rusty they get So cut off the old fixings and drilled a hole out in the same location as they were in. Then welded some stainless bolts in to the holes And there we go, stainless fixings that will always come undone Also used some new arch liner fixings as the old ones were rusty Stripped the paint of the brackets and gave them a primer and paint Also gave the intercoolers a good clean! Before After Made a start fitting the intercooler packs back together New duct sealing tape on

Also as I was there I decided to do a plug and coil pack change! Old plugs 6 x Coil packs and plugs Passanger side done with new bolts Started on the drivers side This is a 48K mile coil pack! Good job I changed them New ones in place New heatshields VHT painted and left to cook on the wood burner Also stripped and repainted the coil pack covers, using more stainless bolts Looking much better now

Hi guys bit of an update! Tried a new exhaust and did a few more bits that I have been wanting to do. Started stripping the rear end, lights and bumper removed. Remove the arch liners Found one of the top boost pipes was not properly connected! Always boosted ok. With that in mind, intercooler out Here you can see the situation that greets most Turbo owners… rusty nuts! The manifold to head bolts were the same… (I removed one and then took the pic) Thankfully they all came undone with no snapped bolts! I replaced all of them with new Stainless steel bolts! The turbo’s and manifolds were not so easy… Heatshields and mounts well rusted! However after lots of heat with a Oxycet torch we had them off! Drivers side ready for new exhaust! New threads and brass nuts so no more corrosion, also replaced the turbo mount bolt and nut for stainless

Cheers guys Go for it! Amazing cars, no match for a Single on a straight road but would mash one in a corner. You get a good 570NM at 2700RPM with no lag which means leaving a corner your back on the power while the Supra would still be spooling.

Thanks guys.

Thanks JP, there a fantastic car in my opinion, if i go to a meet i get lots of nice comments like "he's brought his dads car" and "look at that knob head"