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Andrew`s Single turbo 6 speed V161 Build


Andrew K

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Since the Supra has been parked up over the winter months it has given me some time to do a few of the jobs i`ve been wanting to do, when i put the UK Spec bonnet on with the air scoop i`ve always intended to put the under bonnet air diverter on pictured below.

 

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But as i have a Cusco strut brace on the car it is impossible to have the air diverter above fitted to the underside of the bonnet as it fouls the strut brace :(

As i would never be happy just leaving it off i bought myself some sheet Aluminium and got creative and made my own :) i got all the parts required cut out and took it to my local sheet metal fabricator and had them weld it all in place, when i got it back i gave it a few coats of VHT Black paint and its now ready to be fitted once the plastic fittings i`ve ordered turn up.

 

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The next job was to tackle the cam covers! a few years ago now i had them powder coated and now they`ve been on the car it`s had a horrible reaction and started to blister up due to heat and what ever else that might have caused this :blink: so as it looked a total eye sore i took them off and started the tedious job stripping the powder coating off! After a day or two doing this i wish i had never got them powdered coated :( lesson learned the hard way i suppose but once stripped i will be having them painted this time.

 

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Finally :yahoo: after five days i got it all stripped off and also decided to grind down the horrible casting edge you get on the lower edge of the cam covers.

 

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I`m now going to get them Bead blasted to give them a good thorough clean and they will then be getting painted.

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Nice work on the air diverter.

 

I just sprayed my cam covers in vht engine paint. Really easy to do and came up great. I used the vht primer and lacquer as well. They do a few colours.

 

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Thanks Bud

 

Done a good job on your cam covers, may look into doing mine like that as well if there's a choice of different colours.

 

What make of VHT paint did you use as there's quite a few different makes?

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  • 2 weeks later...
Great scoop Andrew. Do you mend if I ask where you got the screw clips from as I'd like to get some for mine.

 

Thanks

 

I got the plastic screw clips off eBay but my girlfriend purchased them for me, when I see her tomorrow I will get her to look through her purchase history so I can post the correct link for you.

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  • 2 weeks later...
That looks great Andrew.

 

Looks the bees knees mate

 

Perfect Andrew.

 

Looking beautiful mate :)

 

Thanks for the nice comments guys :)

 

I noticed though when fitting the cam covers back on there's a fair few nuts & bolts that are quite rusty looking now so need to sort that out.

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Last weekend the 30th i went to the Simply Japanese car show at Beaulieu House, was the first time i have ever been to this show and it was really good and unlike the weather when i left home (raining!) it was nice and sunny there :cool: Also was good getting to finally meet and have a good chat with some other members and to put some faces to forum names. :)

 

Got a few pictures of the MKIV Supra stand and also managed to get some nice shots of my car alone :)

 

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Last weekend i went to the Japanese performance car show at Stoneleigh park.

 

Think this is only the second time this show has been held here but it was a first for me and i had an absolutely awesome day and the weather was perfect, got to catch up with a few fellow members and say Hi to some others i`ve not met before :) and as you do :innocent: i got a few pictures of my car on the club stand. :cool:

 

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