jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) I asked Homer if it would be OK to do a full write-up of my car, it was about stock when I got it & I thought the whole process may be of use to someone as I myself have learned a lot on the way. I'll try & keep the posts manageable with 1 post dedicated to a specific mod/batch of mods done at any one time. Bear with me as I'll have to go trawling through previous threads & my harddrive for pictures and while I knock up some text for each one Edited July 29, 2008 by jevansio (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Day 1 of Supra ownership, this was the start of a very slippery slope for me . Here we have parked on my drive my black '97 facelift 6sp manual Supra the day I drove it back from Scotland. It was pretty much stock then bar a set of OZ SuperTurismos, I payed £10k which I thought was a bargain considering the low mileage. It also came with genuine OEM skirts & spats which was a bonus Edited July 29, 2008 by jevansio (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Great idea. Are you prepared to put figures up as well? e.g £'s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Great idea. Are you prepared to put figures up as well? e.g £'s He will never remember that lot:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Great idea. Are you prepared to put figures up as well? e.g £'s I'm more than happy to do that Jon, although I suspect many people will only be interested in what the tasty bit cost (ie the single conversion & engine build), for the rest of the bolt on parts I guess pretty much everyone know's what they go for anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 He will never remember that lot:D Or more like never want to work it out! PS: guys I might have to remove your posts later, just to let Jay get all his posts up and complete before the questions and comments come in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Or more like never want to work it out! PS: guys I might have to remove your posts later, just to let Jay get all his posts up and complete before the questions and comments come in Good idea homer, i hate threads that are broken up with chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 How many years of ownership Jay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 My first modification was a full set of UK front brakes. When I picked the car up the front J-Spec calipers were binding on & the disks were badly damaged. I did this within hours of getting the car . These were purchased from Michel for £500 I believe (mint condition UK Front Calipers, Disks, Pads & Goodrich Hoses). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 How many years of ownership Jay? Coming up 2 on 28th Aug 2008 Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Once the car was road worthy I turned to making it look like the car that I so badly wanted in the first place, a black 6sp UK Spec. To do this I added an original UK hood scoop which I purchased from Toyota and a UK lip spoiler which I purchased from Hodge on here. The lip spoiler had fitting issues on the J-Spec that I was unsure how to get around. In the end I removed the rubber lip from the swing mechanism & bolted it directly to the lower OEM lip using brackets fashioned from the original mechanism (good looks & lightweight ): My bonnet paint was badly damaged, so when the UK scoop was fitted I took the opportunity to have the bonnet fully resprayed (anyone who has seen the state of the paintwork on my rear arch, that's what my whole bonnet was like ). The overall effect was this: The bonnet came in at £650 & the lip was £125 IIRC (both incl spraying) Edited July 29, 2008 by jevansio (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 I had always wanted a set of deep dish wheels if I got a Supra, and I must have been the luckiest person alive when the infamous Lucifer had a set of beautiful 19" Racing Hart C4-R's (F 8.5", R 10"), brand new for £900!!!! They needed special centre drive wheel nuts due to the desgin of the wheel. With a set of Eagle F1's for £600 fitted I had a look that I was happy with for almost 2 years without change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandan Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And what happened to those wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 And what happened to those wheels? They're still on, lips are a bit tarnished now, I was going to get some CE28N's but it's hard parting with these, they look sooo good on the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 They're still on, lips are a bit tarnished now, I was going to get some CE28N's but it's hard parting with these, they look sooo good on the car Give me a shout if ya gonna sell mate PS excellent write up so far! One of my favorites on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Give me a shout if ya gonna sell mate PS excellent write up so far! One of my favorites on here They're already spoken for the second they come off the car Cheers Trig, I'll continue tonight when I get in from work, it's a bigger job than I first thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 keep um going jay. And cheers for including me hehehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Brilliant idea this projects section...good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyer864 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 That's looking good already, nice subtle changes but effective ! especially the "wheels" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Jay, you already know this is one of my favorite Supras evarrrrrrr...... Nice to see how it started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 This will be an interesting read. Would it be possible to include any problems that you had along the way and issues after the conversion too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Cheers Marc, I'm going to do my best to list every issue I've had Col, this was one of the reasons I wanted to do the thread so as people can learn from problems I've encountered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 My next task was to get the car to BPU level, an exhaust was my first step. It already had a HKS boost controller fitted even though both CATs were still in place, it was setup to run at 1.0 BAR, God knows what my EGTs must have been like, if only I knew then what I know today Anyway the exhaust I chose was the HKS Ti Racing, I wanted something that sounded mint & I was bowled over by this video/sound clip. It's 4" pipework with a titanium muffler, although 4" it sounded very quiet on tickover on the stock turbos and had a great roar when on WOT. It did however hang "really" low which looked good when people are behind you, but is a buggar for speed bumps. I also bought a full decat pipe, & the lot was supplied & fitted by Envy, I believe it was around £1k for the exhaust, maybe £1.5k all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Watching with interest, love project threads keep the updates coming:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Cheers Jamie, hopefully it won't be too long before I get to present day (been out tweaking my boost map all night ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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