Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) Well thought would finally do thread about my supra 'Sophie' I will start at the beginning, I was always into my Fords but had a thing for the supra mkiv so finally bit the bullet and purchased her in June 2011. Didn't really have any plans for her just wanted to upgrade the basics and enjoy the car. Few images of car after getting her home and giving good polish After owning car for few months decide wanted some nice wheels as wasn't fan of stock ones at all, so purchased set of 18inch TE wheels and they changed look of car totally but on same day fitted new wheels I took her out and lost control coming off roundabout in the wet and smashed into the barriers, damaging both passenger wheels, rear panel, front wing,headlight and front bumper Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) After smashing her up took her to body shop and ordered two more wheels and Bomex front bumper and was very pleased when got her back as changed look of car completely At the point had help from forum members sourcing new front wing and headlights from Inazone dad. I just decided then to enjoy the car and took her to various shows. But in 2013 I had another incident with supra and the starter motor caught fire damaging wire loom so can was booked in to have damage repaired to wire loom. After this I took her to Santa pod and my best time 15.01 seconds. Was impressed with time for manual N/A. After this took car to MGT for dyno morning and after chating to Garth decided to fit a nitrous oxide system which I went a little bit over board spending 2.5k on a set up but was well worth it as next year ran a 14.2 at Santa pod using 75hp Nos shot. Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) During 2014 my heater matrix decide to fail and leak, so went about replacing unit myself which was horrible job and used the guide on forum which was huge help. Few images of heater matrix Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) During owning Sophie I have had the car undersealed, replaced upper glove box for gauge pod, tided up engine bay, fitted Bee R rev limiter. Here is selection of pictures of car at at different shows and stages Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) Now to a few weeks ago decide to take Sophie to work one night and ended up having play with couple of cars two motorbikes which ended up with supra coming home on trailer and suspected damaged bottom end from me pushing her to hard Got her home and into garage and decided that I should finally go NA-T and rebuild block as have been taking about last few years and it's route I always to go. Got a mechanic mate round to listen to noise and also confirmed that small or big end has gone Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 After this contacted Lee at SRD and block and crank are going to him after Christmas for oil ways to me drilled and block fully refreshed ready for build. Once know state of bores will order forged pistons and rods so can get block rebuilt ready for the head which will take to work and do skim and may do CNC port and polish aswell. Then will order XS power turbo conversion kit and thinking Link G4+ ecu. Am aiming for 450+ bhp while have w58 fitted then once get body work sorted will get new gearbox and aim for 600+. I have already saved 3k as was originally going to have car resprayed over winter but now this happened plan has changed. Also have another N/A engine coming after Christmas so can use car next year as normal while build going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) Well this weekend started stripping engine parts and removing front bumper, hence reason for this thread wanted to do quick history of owning her and update as the strip down goes on and then the rebuild. Next on the list is to push car out garage and remove front wings and bonnet plus drain the fuel from tank, then can finish stripping engine and hopefully aim to have engine out in next few weeks and start stripping it down. Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Batch Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Nice engine bay a to work on, i had my lump out in a few hours when i was doing my build, be good to see this progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Nice engine bay a to work on, i had my lump out in a few hours when i was doing my build, be good to see this progress. Yea it is nice easy engine bay to work on, I would of had this engine out over weekend but just waiting for engine hoist and engine stand to turn up, can't wait to get engine out as want to smooth engine bay and then refresh it with new paint. Just unsure if stick to silver bay or different colour to make it stand out abit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Silver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Looking forward to updates on this Keith! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Batch Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 My bay was a little tired looking so its been rattled black, cant go wrong with black but then again mine is never going to be a mint example, black goes well with anything for a bay though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 I don't want it mega mint or anything just want to tidy it up, and will properly rattle can engine bay as putting all money into the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyFDMD Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I honestly think an original slightly tired looking engine bay would look better than a rattled canned engine bay. Your never going to get a nice finish with rattle cans. I thought about it with mine but then thought keeping it oem (even if a little rough in places) looks nicer and more original than a half arsed attempt with an aerosol. Il have mine painted properly once i get round to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 I honestly think an original slightly tired looking engine bay would look better than a rattled canned engine bay. Your never going to get a nice finish with rattle cans. I thought about it with mine but then thought keeping it oem (even if a little rough in places) looks nicer and more original than a half arsed attempt with an aerosol. Il have mine painted properly once i get round to it. /QUOTE] You do have a point mate, may just clean it up and see how looks 1st, would love to get in painted properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Well today managed to drain the fuel completely and removed inlet manifold and exhaust manifold. All want to do now is label up few bits on wire loom before remove that and engine ready to be pulled out. Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Forgot to add also got some parts for the build thanks to Harley NA head with xs power exhaust manifold and new water neck Plan to get head skimmed and built ready for when block finished by SRD then can look at getting engine all built ready to be refitted once get new clutch Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Little update on progress Engine nearly ready to come out, just power steering pump and system which is causing me problems as have undone the bracket and still can't free pump but will try again next weekend. And then can remove rest of loom. I have drained oil and labelled up wire loom plugs, disconnected I have also spoke to boss at work and he said can use the CNC machines to do port and polish on head before send that to be rebuilt with new parts. Have also decided going to build best block I can afford and look at knife edging crank and having engine blueprinted and balanced perfectly with fully forged internals. Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staples230uk Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Mate, this car has come along way since seeing it at the LMM meet back at the beginning of 2012. Glad to see you are still going strong with it. I sold my supe in April of 2012, and regretted it ever since, but one day I will have another. Enjoyed reading your build thread and wish you all the best with it and look forward to the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Mate, this car has come along way since seeing it at the LMM meet back at the beginning of 2012. Glad to see you are still going strong with it. I sold my supe in April of 2012, and regretted it ever since, but one day I will have another. Enjoyed reading your build thread and wish you all the best with it and look forward to the results. Thank you very much, the LMM was my 1st meet up with supra club and still have the love for my car, be good to see you in a supra again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nothing really to update with regards to getting engine out, have purchased engine stand and hoist will be turning up this week. Haven't been able to get on with supra as was involved in car crash last week and my back has been very sore and stiff. Crash wasn't my fault she drove into side of my daily while was stationary. Hopefully over next two weeks off I can get wings off and lift engine out ready to begin strip down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natony Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Give me a shout if you need a hand getting the engine out as i've done a fair few of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Give me a shout if you need a hand getting the engine out as i've done a fair few of them. Thank you Tony and will properly need extra pair of hands getting engine out just to be extra safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natony Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thank you Tony and will properly need extra pair of hands getting engine out just to be extra safe Yep no problem, just let me know when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Well today have finally got engine ready to be removed, all need to do is undo the gearbox bolts. Hopefully tomorrow can get the front wings removed so can push engine loom out way completely, just shame can't disconnect the engine loom. Also my new engine hoist has turned up so can get that built and hopefully pull engine out next week. Edited June 10, 2020 by Suprakeith (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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