jonny mac Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 moved the engine back into the workshop shed because i decided i've got too much still to do and not enough space at the front of the garage had one free afternoon last weekend, got the loom onto the engine, few broken plugs i need to change still but nothing major 142 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr then moved onto the gearbox new toyota main seal and toyota spigot bearing 143 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 144 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 145 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr then the flywheel and arp new bolts 146 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr clutch assembly mounted inside gearbox 147 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 148 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr slid box on and bolted clutch up throug inspection holes fork and slave cylinder on 149 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr inspection covers on 150 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 151 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 152 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr then onto the radiator brackets cleaned and painted 153 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr i was planning to buy a cheap radiator to throw in the car and use until i bought a koyo or mishimoto one went for the cheapest unbranded chinese one i could find on ebay i was pretty gutted when this turned up though, if i'd known it was japspeed i'd probably not have bought it in the first place, 154 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr from my older cars and various car parts i've fitted for people i've never had a good experience using their parts, however i thought i'd give it the benefit of doubt incase it was good upon removal from the box i noticed it looks like it had been thrown off a cliff 155 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr so i'll cut a long story short, tried to fit it into my car and the feet were miles away from the actual mounts on the lower cross member the top brackets wouldn't even have been close to the bolt holes on the slam pannel too it was returned, i got a refund and went out and got something else luckily my mate had a brand new mishimoto rad for a supra so i got that from him instead and it basicaly falls into place, easily matching the oem radiator fitment waiting for a nice weather weekend so i can grind down my cross members and cleant them up before engine goes in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 car has now been moved to the workshop and I'm hoping to have it running within the next week or two I've got plans to use every lunch hour on it and half an hour after work each day it'll gradually get closer and closer each day I had it trailered over here last night and todays lunchbreak was spent removing the headlights, bumper, aircon rad, aircon pipework and clutch master cylinder pics will be following on now ever few days as I get cracking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) one week on and I've been busy! so the n/a engine is sold and collected had the car trailered over to my work where we have a spare ramp at the moment, that way i can get an hour lunchtime spent on it every day and half an hour after work each day sat on some spare r34 gtt wheels with tiny tyres 156 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr so up in the air and removed the air con parts i won't be using 157 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr tt pas bottle mounted 158 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr ground back the front cross member with a wire wheel on a grinder, also done the top of the subframe to check for corrosion/holes, all good so etch primed them back up and then went for some black paint also done the brake servo as it was looking a little rusty where brake fluid had stirpped paint off previously 159 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr not great pictures but you get the idea 160 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr my mate made up a pallet with casters and wooden braces to support the engine/box combo on the actual engine mounts, saves squashing sump and oil feed inside it 161 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr then it was time for the engine to go in, still unfinished but didn't have ability to keep it hanging around as workshop floor space is tight 162 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr done 163 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr r154 bolted up nicely 164 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr pas lines adjusted as cooler was removed for fmic fitting, then bled system spinning the pump with a drill and a 17mm socket 165 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr connected up fuel pipes with 8mm push barb to m12x1.25 fittings in the filter/fuel damper valve on block mishimoto going in with cooling fan off water pump and the cracked fan shroud, unfortunately had to tie wrap back up the fan shroud but it's better than nothing 166 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr whifbitz 2nd decat with restrictor ring, mk3 supra front propshaft and shifter in also 167 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr have a 1st vvti decat coming tomorrow in the mail and hopefully it'll be bolt up solution otherwise i'll be making a new downpipe out of spare pipes fmic on, brackets made up and braced off the front crash bar too 168 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 169 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr all black silicone hoses apart from one which will be behind the bumper and is not visible oil temp and oil pressure sandwich plate ready with new sensors for gauges 170 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr gearbox filled up with this fancy blue oil, should smoothen out the tractor like shifting of the r154 haha 171 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr took advantage of the bumper being off and put on the facelift indicators i'd bought from toyota recently with looms 172 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 173 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr much better 174 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr job list still huge off top of my head: i know there's more than this on my list written down at the workshop wait for toyota to deliver throttle cable bracket, rear sump dipstick and tube wait for driftmotion etci-s dbw delete adapter to arrive fit 1st decat weld wideband bung onto 2nd decat wiring loom connect up and also power starter etc bumper and lights back on make up air intake pipes with afm fit aristo ecu to supra footwell fit clutch master cylinder make up and bleed clutch pipe at gearbox fix broken coil pack connectors on loom matrix pipes to make up and connect fit carbon cannister back in swap over wheels fit return fuel line vacuum feed for boost gauge oil pressure and temp gauges mount inside/wire up vacuum pipework at intake manifold finalised intake manifold suppport bracket refit I think overall not bad going considering it has just been lunch hours and one late evening shift Edited February 9, 2018 by jonny mac (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Fair play you've not been hanging around. Great work and really good updates to the thread. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRX Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Just spent my lunch break reading through the build. Great project, thanks for taking the time to post up progress and pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) thanks for the comments guys today's work fuel pipe feed pic 175 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr thanks to paul whiffin at whifbitz for the advice and i bought a supra vvti 1st decat from him, that works perfect with the aristo engine, so no need for custom exhausts ordered this on thursday 8th feb in the morning and it arrived on friday the 9th in the afternoon brilliant! 176 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 177 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 178 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr pressure tested the intercooler pipework and core from the end at the turbo and the intake manifold, i wanted to make sure none of my pipe joins had leaks etc i had some bungs made up years ago for my little test kit, it has saved me so many times finding leaks or burst cores, or even hoses that would have blown off at high boost it's just a few solid metal bungs machined down to and one has a vacuum pipe with tyre valve fitted to add/remove pressure 179 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 180 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr held fine at just over one bar without dropping, went up to 2 bar just to be safe 181 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr got the bumper back on with facelift indicators in, they need tightened up and wired in though it's so good seeing a big intercooler behind the bumper need to trim the plastics now and undertrays as the fmic takes up all the space 182 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr Edited February 9, 2018 by jonny mac (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) lights wired in up front, sidelight loom extended down to the facelift units, also had new wiring loom from toyota 183 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr got 4 samco 16mm 90* bends from demon tweeks, also some alloy joiners, hopefully will be able to make up matrix pipework tidy enough out of that 184 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr headlights back in, put in new led bulbs for the projectors so hopefully they work as they were cheap alot less hassle than installing hid's and no ballasts under the bonnet for mot time etc 185 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr new dipstick, tube and o ring from toyota for the rear sump as it's easier this way than welding brackets onto the front sump dipstick, plus i wasn't sure if it was correct length for setting oil level in engine 186 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr getting on now! just loads of little jobs still to do, coil pack connector clips, blah blah 187 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr new clutch master cylinder and turbo heat shield from toyota arrived nothing wrong with old one just a matching a brand new slave cylinder freshly painted the body of the new one to try prevent alloy corrosion and make it last as long as possible 188 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 189 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr loctite copper gasket sealant used on decats and also on the restrictor ring plate, unfortunately there isn't a gasket for the 3" vvti 1st decat so paul at whifbitz said to use this stuff fingers crossed it holds with the pressure created by the restrictor ring, exhaust leaks really annoy me 190 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 191 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr trimmed some of the front plastics, still need to trim the undertray to clear the fmic 192 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr had an 18x1.5 wideband bung welded into the 2nd decat beneath the driver seat position on the car, this is so i can later add a widebang gauge without the hassle of removing exhausts again for welding this is now plugged with a spare dead o2 sensor i had laying around to keep the hole closed for now until i get a guage wedled in this positon because any lower and the moisture/water in exhaust kills the sensors 193 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr so the 1st and 2nd whifbitz decat pipes are on Edited August 23, 2018 by jonny mac (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) matrix pipes made up, i used 3x90* samco bends and a length of universal heater hose 16mm with a few joins 204 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr clutch cylinder heat shield now on, i need to get this fitted to the car and bleed the slave cylinder 205 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr this expensive wee piece of metal arrived from driftmotion in the states, it's a dbw deletion kit which will allow me to actually have a throttle pedal that works the shipping was ridiculous when you consider the size of it but that's just the way things go when importing parts from the usa 206 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr i realised my air flow meter was wrong, so i posted in the supra chat page on facebook looking for a 2jz vvti afm, i was offered an hks intake system which landed up being exactly what i was looking for shame it came up just 5 minutes after i'd spent 80 quid on a stock afm and intake pipe haha so i got straight onto the hks item and paid for it 207 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 208 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr it'll match my exhaust system now, hks intake and exhaust is quite a nice feature about the car now i don't know if this is a rare part or not? i'd assume so? 209 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr had to replace the top silicone joiner with a new samco 76mm as the hks one was split my last purchase this week was an ecu, i realised my aristo ecu has an immobiliser, so it's not much use for me as i don't have time to run around trying to get it decoded or removoed from ecu etc so i bought this 5 plug aristo vvti tt ecu from a guy abroad, it should be here monday so i can hopefully fire the car up for the first time once my coil pack connectors are replaced 210 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr fingers crossed i'll actually get to drive it out the workshop one evening next week without any issues. Edited August 23, 2018 by jonny mac (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 drove it out the workshop today and round the yard :D :D :D updates soon once I get pics and vids off my phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hammer Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 It's alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safcdixon Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Top work on this dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Excellent nice burble at the exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 put the new clutch master cylinder in, unfortuantely the original male nut on the pipe had a flat thread right at the begining rather than wreck the new aluminium threads inside the cylinder i decided to make a small joining piece with two brand new nuts on the end this way it screwed in with ease and had no issues and if it was going to destroy a thread when tightened up it would have only wrecked the female nut on my small copper pipe worked perfectly and holds pressure with no leaks 211 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr feed pipe to slave from hose made up and bled clutch system to gain a fully operational pedal 212 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr rolled outside for the first wash in a while 213 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr replaced all 3 spark plug connectors and a length of the looms to each one, they had gone brittle and hard with heat causing cracking/green corrosion on a few of the cables 214 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr ran wires for oil pressure and temp gauge to sensors on the dash for my own reference here really...ignore this bit red/black wires going into cab go to gauges, red is oil temp to gauge green input wire, black is oil pressure to gauge green input wire on oil pressure sensor at sandwich plate, wk stamped is ground, g stamped (tipexed white) is to black wire to gauge green input wire nearly ready to start 215 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr renewed the gasket between the turbo oil return Y pipe and the sump, i had used an old one when assembling with some instant gasket, it had a slight damp oil mark around the bottom was enough for me to take advantage of dry pipes just now before engine was running old one off, new one in package beneath from toyota 216 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr tested out reverse light wiring to make sure the new led bulbs worked 218 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr was waiting for around 10 days for customs to release my aristo ecu finally got here 217 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr plugged it in, cranked for oil pressure and checked gauge, all is well then first turn of the key: delighted then this happened: now moved away from the workshop so it's not in the way, it'll be stored for a short while until i can get my insurance and stuff sorted out, we are down to one wage at the minute as the wifes off work for a few months so it isn't priority to fire alot of money into insurance just now at least i know it runs sweet, i need to make sure the battery system is charging correctly, i had 12.5v on my multimeter but the battery had sat around for a while and had been cranked for oil pressure checks 219 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr still got a jobs list to do before it goes on the road interior: fuel pump 12v constant mod at ecu boot wires secure aristo ecu into holder beneath dash rpm gauge to remove resistor in chip board to work with aristo igniter readings check batt light wiring under bonnet: carbon can hose boost gauge t piece tidy up wiring and secure loom add more earth points extend gearbox loom so speedo reaches secure lambda sensor wiring loom protect coolant top hose against rubbing fan shroud bleed coolant, check thermostat opens box propshaft seal replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker705 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 well done johnny you can store the supra at mine if you want.....I'll take very good care of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 well done johnny you can store the supra at mine if you want.....I'll take very good care of it haha, I'm sure a plain supra 2j with bolt ons would get boring after 5 minutes compared to your car :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker705 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 haha, I'm sure a plain supra 2j with bolt ons would get boring after 5 minutes compared to your car :p I've not seen mine since january so I'll take what i can get. hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 well insurance is starting on the car next month now so that's pretty exciting done a few small bits over the weekend, led headlight bulbs are now in, whifbitz expansion tank is now in also but that's up the side of the battery now rather than behind the headlight as the bulbs have big cooling units on the back of them still have a few odd jobs left to finish on the car but it's getting there! I reckon another evening of work and it'll be fully road ready again then I can start looking at single turbo manifolds and some gtx or precision 6266 goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJJ Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That made for excellent lunchtime reading. Well done on saving another classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 soooooooooooooo insured it, tomorrow morning is my first drive to work in the car and technically my first road test haha, wish me luck tomorrow after I finish working i'll be spending some of my afternoon finishing the remaining jobs on the car connect up the boost guage change the power source for the oil gauges connect the gbox speed sensor and reverse switch as that part of the loom is tied up in engine bay check all the levels again fit spark plug cover I need to work out how to fit my boost controller bleed valve with the twins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) so this is a delayed update bled the coolant properly, ran it up to temp and chcecked all fluid levels set of led headlight bulbs and 501 sidelight bulbs 220 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 221 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr back on the road it's one week in, i've driven the car gently to bed in the new clutch and so on loving it! then the first day out for some road testing after a few jobs were finished i managed to take a blurry pic... 222 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr so the door speakers had always annoyed me as i knew they needed replaced bought some of these on ebay, 30 quid and they are 350mm deep which suits the surpa door cards nicely 223 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 224 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 225 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr finished the vacuum lines and had to get a few extra fittings from demon tweeks, main one i was stuck for was a 8-6mm adapter for the fuel breather 226 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr 227 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr battery system is charging perfectly the gauges were a good investment, the oil temp sits at a safe 90 degrees and the oil pressure is around 2 bar when warm 228 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr here's the mileage, this is after 100km running in so just for reference that's the shell mileage during conversion, car still in km's and it'll remain that way 229 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr water temp also sits bang on where it should 230 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr delighted 231 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr under the bonnet is also a great place to be now haha 232 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr this is the oil i run all my cars on, the nissan and the supra both get this stuff 233 by Jonny McIntosh, on Flickr Edited April 29, 2018 by jonny mac (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 and that's the car sold, payment taken tonight, it's off to spain! will upload some of the new pics of the car over the last few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 That was unexpected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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