tintinmt Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Was there not a guy on here from Holland? that did an ITB engine install etc. a year or so back? It was a silver car - I recall that much. I liked it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 if anyone has any ideas, let me know Can't measure valve shims and can't use a tape measure. Maybe it would be a good idea to give the job to a "Mechanic" who understands how to measure things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erachter Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Can't measure valve shims and can't use a tape measure. Maybe it would be a good idea to give the job to a "Mechanic" who understands how to measure things? Everyone has to start somewhere and sometimes these challenges make a project more interesting. Besides that as far as I understand these were parts that he already bought from somewhere, not machined or built for this specific build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Everyone has to start somewhere and sometimes these challenges make a project more interesting. Besides that as far as I understand these were parts that he already bought from somewhere, not machined or built for this specific build. Correct, the part was specifically made for a Supra 2JZGE so would have thought they'd have made it to fit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Can you not reduce the length of the intake runners? it would be a shame to start chopping things up, but reducing their length alongside cutting down the trumpets would give more clearance. That's what we're thinking, but as you said it seems a shame to start cutting things up, especially as it should have been made to fit. I've emailed EFI with pics so hoping to hear back from them. Interestingly, when they first started making the systems for Supras in 2014, the manifold was angled upwards so would have helped us with clearance, no idea why mine is different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Can't measure valve shims and can't use a tape measure. Maybe it would be a good idea to give the job to a "Mechanic" who understands how to measure things? It's not that he couldn't measure valve shims, it was more that he preferred to send it off to a specialist who already had shims and valve seals ready to go and had more time to spend individually on that part. He's still got to make a living Your old manifold is on and heat wrapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Maybe they have sent you inlet runners for 2JZA80GE Lexus GS300 instead of N/A Supra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 That's what I was thinking, but I did specify it was for a Supra several times to them, I'm anticipating a bit of back and forth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanj1142 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Following with interest. Such a cool idea! cant wait to hear it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Cheers bud! Just to keep people updated, the company have got back to me and have offered for me to swap the throttle bodies (and trumpets) for a smaller versions they have (they would cover shipping costs to AUS). I'm a bit worried this would affect the performance, plus I paid for the larger throttle bodies so think they should really be adapting the manifold/trumpets before changing the bodies themselves, will let you guys know what comes of it! In the meantime, my mechanic has found a local company that have offered to shorten the manifold itself for £70 an hour labour (around 2-3 hrs), so I'm tempted offer that idea up to the ITB company as an alternative and charge it back to them. The cost of posting bits back to them in Australia and getting bits shipped back could possibly exceed that anyway, especially if they then have to adapt the manifold their end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Hi mate, just wanted to ask if you could give us an update on your build? Has it been finished in the meantime? Would be nice to hear... Regards, Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 8:59 PM, Herb said: Hi mate, just wanted to ask if you could give us an update on your build? Has it been finished in the meantime? Would be nice to hear... Regards, Herb Hi Herb, thanks for checking in! It's been a bit of a nightmare journey to be honest, the full kit had to go back to Australia and be changed for a smaller kit to fit in the engine bay. Massively annoying as everything takes so much longer to get sorted at the moment and Melbourne has been in and out of lockdown. Thankfully the company paid for the delivery both ways and I also got a refund for the difference as the new kit is a cheaper system. Bit of a shame as I now have 45mm throttle bodies rather than tapered 48mm but not the end of the world. My mechanic is setting to it on the 30th Nov so I'll update with any more info once I get it, hopefully not long until we hear it running! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 6:44 PM, Eightdip said: Hi Herb, thanks for checking in! It's been a bit of a nightmare journey to be honest, the full kit had to go back to Australia and be changed for a smaller kit to fit in the engine bay. Massively annoying as everything takes so much longer to get sorted at the moment and Melbourne has been in and out of lockdown. Thankfully the company paid for the delivery both ways and I also got a refund for the difference as the new kit is a cheaper system. Bit of a shame as I now have 45mm throttle bodies rather than tapered 48mm but not the end of the world. My mechanic is setting to it on the 30th Nov so I'll update with any more info once I get it, hopefully not long until we hear it running! Thank you very much for the update! Sorry to hear that it caused you so much headache with sending it back to Australia and so on. Still a very interesting conversion. Would be nice if you could keep us updated on here! All the best for the project progress! Herb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Ok so small updates, Liam (mechanic) has has to skim the oil filter housing to make things fit but the kit is now on and mounted. I've had to order a new longer throttle cable, and the throttle position sensor is wired in. Loom is to be tidied up. Problem we've run into is that there are no take offs built into the manifold, plus as we have larger cams in there I've had to order an electric vacuum kit as we'll have no vacuum from the inlet for the brake servo. Gone for a Hella UP32 kit which apparently is pretty good and what a lot of the hot rodders tend to go for. Hopefully it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wile e coyote Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 That is going to sound emense Make sure you post up a video of it running 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 I'm beyond excited to hear it on full chat! Will definitely get you guys a video once it's up and running. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Only just noticed this thread. Nice to see someone trying something different, and can't wait to hear it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L337 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Do you know how far the throttle butterflys are from the back of the intake valve with this 45mm set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 3 hours ago, L337 said: Do you know how far the throttle butterflys are from the back of the intake valve with this 45mm set up? Not 100% sure to be honest! Why do you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Thank you for updating this thread! It looks amazing!! Do you plan on using a plenum and airfilter? There is a company in the UK called „Reverie“. They offer custom plenums for ITBs made of carbon fibre. Also how are you going to get this mapped? Are you going to use equal length vacuum lines to a vacuum block and measure MAP there? Or are you going to map it with n-alpha? Regards, Herb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightdip Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/25/2020 at 10:43 AM, Herb said: Thank you for updating this thread! It looks amazing!! Do you plan on using a plenum and airfilter? There is a company in the UK called „Reverie“. They offer custom plenums for ITBs made of carbon fibre. Also how are you going to get this mapped? Are you going to use equal length vacuum lines to a vacuum block and measure MAP there? Or are you going to map it with n-alpha? Regards, Herb Thanks Herb! I'm just going to use filter socks on the end of the trumpets, really want to let them sing as much as possible! I have someone lined up to map it and to be quite honest I have no idea what his process will be as there's no take offs for a MAP sensor in the manifold. He seems confident he can do it though so I guess I'll see I went up to go see the car earlier last week and theres not a huge amount to update on unfortunately, Christmas rush for customers cars has put mine on a little bit of a back burner but Liam has fabricated a throttle cable bracket and we've put the cable through to the pedal. Will hopefully have some more progress 2nd week of Jan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jim_supra Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Coming along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Very cool. Hope I get to see this in person when it's done. Why not create elbow outlets? So they point upwards, if their direction is an issue. Edited December 29, 2020 by Noz (see edit history) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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