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I have LEDs, which I know does not help at all, as they don't get hot

I would happily be a guinea pig for the dehuimidifier project - have glass headlights that condensate constantly!!

272s will be interesting! What are/will you be revving it out to?

*Updated* There's an optimum length depending on what rpm you want peak power to be achieved at. From memory though, 45mm ITBs would be the ideal diameter for <250/260bhp, 48mm would be required if chasing 300bhp+ *for 86mm bore* *I think as a rough estimate calc: for peak power at 6000rpm, the length from back of the intake valve to the bellmouth of the trumpet should be 345mm. Formula I used is (angular displacement × intake air speed) ÷ (time in seconds intake valve closed for × target peak rpm) Where: - Angular displacement I think was something to do with timing, but could be assumed to be 85degrees for rough calcs. - Intake air speed also assumed to be 330m/s - 2JZGE non-VVTI has 233deg intake cam, so at 6000rpm intake valve is closed for 0.0135 seconds * Huge caveat, doing a lot of this from memory of uni days... May have gotten all/some of it wrong! Although the answer sounds about right IMO.

£225 - no idea of that's good or bad though! But seemed reasonable to me.

Do you know how far the throttle butterflys are from the back of the intake valve with this 45mm set up?

You have a PM

My point was more for the dampening purposes - if anything were to happen, I would only lose half an engine at least. I would say £300+ for a pulley is pretty expensive; and the last Toyota pulley certainly didn't last the life of the car!

Oh one more thing! When I bought the car, was told one of the ABS sensors had been unplugged. Turns out it had been cut off! Attempt 1: Order a replacement from Toyota Failed. No stock, and no plans for production. Attempt 2: eBay OEM part from Japan. Failed 24 hours later for same reason as above Attempt 3: Amayama parts from Japan Failed again, same reason Attempt 4, ordered facelift sensors from Toyota... Success!

Haha! I wish I knew! My dodgy wiring woes are not over either, I have spotted some suspicious looking things with dash panels out, most likely linked to the Toad alarm. I don't know how someone becomes a Toad alarm installer, but EVERY car I've had with one, has looked like it was installed by a complete moron.

I figured I would go and take a crap, dark, phone flash picture, as it is now. I have no idea what the fascia panels have been painted with in the past, but it looks more like and old sheet of wet and dry sandpaper than an interior car panel!

And now we're up to this week! So a bit of background with this one.. The car came with a Kenwood double DIN screen, that didn't fit in the hole, so someone had badly widened it to 'fit'. It constantly annoyed me that the screen is behind the gearknob, yet the heater controls which are generally left on auto, with occasional temp changes are more accessible. So I'm attempting to see how swapping the positions round would work! Plan is not to use a normal stereo, but either mount a phone holder where the heater controls used to be, or potentially a Raspberry Pi / touch screen with Android Auto on. So far has been lots of chopping, gluing bits of plastic back, and googling how to make a Raspberry Pi! I'll get a picture of how it is today at some point, it is all patchworked as one thing again with plastic, next job will be to smooth out the minor imperfections with likely fibreglass/filler. But back in the car, it feels more ergonomic, so happy so far!

As the BCs were cheaper than the planned suspension + top mounts, did mean I could also get a PU splitter from Whifbitz

After ordering new Bilsteins/Eibach in June, and being met with production delay after delay, and my HSDs getting almost undrivable - I cancelled my order and went with BCs. It sits a little higher now which I prefer, and being a little softer, and not worn out - it drives a lot nicer now!

Within the same week I think, driving briskly round a big Motorway roundabout, I was met with a lot of clunking, followed by watching my crank pulley exit under the front of the car at high speed, sparking across 3 lanes! Being an non-interference NA, I took a risk with a £50 new eBay pulley - which is holding up well so far!