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Project UFO ! Restoration after over 7 years of neglect


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Wow never had that before :thumbs:

 

Car is sounding wicked man!!

It's making the camera shake too :p

 

Yea, loving the flutter, I have a HKS SSQ to go on but think I will end up selling it as this sounds nice :)

As for the videography, a rookie friend did it with my camera phone, soon ill be making a much better video with my DSLR

 

VERY NICE mate, loving the flutter from the turbos mate

 

puts a smile on my face every time :)

 

please please will you make that FMIC core straight, I could not live with that :ecstatic: lol

 

looks real nice also colour mmmm,like the glanza scoop you have used... had many glanzas... scoops right at home

 

haha, I got alot of comments about the FMIC, I will be putting that on straight its my next job before the next set of pictures I take

Love the starlet scoop but its not perfect, it will do for now as I am on the look out for a carbon topsecret bonnet.

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please please will you make that FMIC core straight, I could not live with that :ecstatic: lol

 

looks real nice also colour mmmm,like the glanza scoop you have used... had many glanzas... scoops right at home

 

Broke my promise here! (not straightened the IC lol) Had a recent meet with Ric and Drew from Sheffield who are owners of some epic supras. Link to the full photoshoot can be found HERE

 

I have pulled a few out of the thread of mine...

 

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I also attended a meet at Croft, met lads from Yorkshire and the North East, the weather was poor, but it was nice seeing so many supras and old faces. After coming back the car was filthy. I fitted some number plate screw covers and gave the car a clean..

 

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Next jobs are to finally straighten that intercooler pipe, and more importantly resolve the speedo issues, and then work on the engine bay.

Im debating on some face lift rear lights but I am not sure at the moment.

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Awesome pictures mate.

 

Cheers Ken

 

Yareet mate cars looking mint and sound great. What have you done to the BOV just removed it and blocked both ends up ? Are you getting the flutter at high speeds when coming of throttle or is it mostly low revs slow speeds. Ah and I'm in love with them wheels :)

 

Cheers buddy, yes I removed the old one and just blocked it up with some silicone end caps from autosilicone hoses, the flutter can be heard at high speeds infact its probably more louder :) As for long term effects, I am not sure LOL cheers re: wheels

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Thought I would update as its been a while, cheers for the comment^

 

I bought a spare set of turbo pipes from Marc ages ago and I managed to hand them into work as we have a paintshop at work, the lads did a great job...

 

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Not bad for free :)

 

Having taken the turbo pipes off years ago when I changed my turbo I knew it was a PITA, and after loads of swearing I managed to take it off. I decided to paint the heat shield and water neck with crinkle paint whilst everything was off. I also bought some new gaskets for the water neck as well as cam cover gaskets as that will be painted next...

 

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Here are a few progress shots

 

Where it started

 

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After a clean up

 

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After painting and a few bits dipped and the spark plug cover crinkle painted

 

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Not happy about the red at the back of engine so I will be finding a way to hide that.

 

Prep and Paint

 

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Shot with the heat shield on and 2nd turbo pipe and battery stay

 

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Everything fitted (Minus strut brace)

 

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Pretty happy with how its turned out, now I need to paint the cam covers and the right side intake stuff but Im in no rush. The next job is to finally resolve my speedo issue and straighten the intercooler (i think I have said that about 10 times now lol)

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Cam Covers Painted

 

Cam cover removed to reveal the mess

 

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Cleaned up

 

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Coil Pack Clips broken

 

Luckily I had bought new ones when I went BPU last year

 

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Pipe sat behind the cam cover needed a paint

 

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New Spark Plugs

It made sense...

 

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Preping and Painting

 

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I made a paint booth out of thick insulatuon I had in the basement, and sanded the cams down to bare metal...

 

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New Parts

 

Ordered new cam washers, and breather hoses as mine had to be chopped up, these were a fortune!

I also ordered new cam seals and gromit

 

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End Results

 

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Shows that taking a little time, can give good results... Not totally happy with the spark plug cover as its a bit patchy in areas but it was my first attempt (that I made about a month ago)

 

I big thanks for Iky with soldering the new coil pack clips into the existing wiring and helping with assembly :thumbs:

 

I wont have the time to finish painting the Intake side before Japshow Finale...

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Very nice mate, come such a long way since I saw it with the red front bumper on at the anniversary meet all that time ago. Its a credit to you!

 

Dont suppose you still have your old turbo pipes do you? If so drop me a pm.

 

lol yes that was a year ago now? yes done a fair bit since then and had many ups and downs. I do have my old pipes however I plan to keep them and get them wrinked to match the cam covers...and also I have offered them out to local supra owners to get painted etc so they can do a straight swap with theirs (but returning them back to me) Sorry :(

 

Great work mate :)

 

cheers :thumbs:

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Hi Chris, I used VHT Black Wrinkle paint

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VHT-BLACK-WRINKLE-FINISH-SPRAY-PAINT-SP201-/251713042331?hash=item3a9b44379b

 

Fairly easy to use, you just have to put on 3 thick layers and use heat (in my case a gas fire) between the coats until you see it wrinkle. If you look a little further back at my battery stay you get that effect if you put it in an oven at 100c.

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lol yes that was a year ago now? yes done a fair bit since then and had many ups and downs. I do have my old pipes however I plan to keep them and get them Youve d wrinked to match the cam covers...and also I have offered them out to local supra owners to get painted etc so they can do a straight swap with theirs (but returning them back to me) Sorry :(

 

Yeah must be a while ago now. No problem just thought Id ask. Youve done a 'cracking' job on it ;)

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