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My Supra Art Car

O.K. More news: the turbo is blown after only three weeks. Albert did the rebuild on the housings and the wheels. CHRA was done at AZ Turbo and Tractor and VIP Performance did the install. The oil is getting past the seal and is being burned, leaving oil on the car. Wryann at VIP said it got a...

The car is using the e fan it used last year that is 14 inches and runs at 2300 CFM. Additionally, the cooling system has a surge tank w/ one Gal coolant in reserve hooked up this year and the cooling system was upgraded from 13 to 16 p.s.i. I do not expect to have the same results as the OAT...

More pics... Getting ready for a wrap:

Both were below 200F. OAT was 72F. Last time when the car was overheating the OAT was in the 80s.

Track Day pics:

Cavitating above 6K RPM happens due to design limitations of the system Toyota built. I've been told the solution is to run an electric water pump is series with the stock pump using an after market ECU. The electric pump would allow the engine to see more then 6K and not suffer cavitation. My...

During my sessions, I had to increase the angle of attack on the wing until I could take the corners faster. The first three runs were done without changing any other element, (other than outside air temps). Later on in the day as the track warmed up I had to let out two pounds of air pressure...

Now,here is the car as it went to the track yesterday... I noted that the hatch has stripped out bolt holes that secure it to the car. We're going to have to use through fasteners to keep it on the car to be used as a hatch... Or we may use "hood" pins. The hatch is supposed to support the wing...

They're fine for track use, as they are light weight and flexible. Unless U don't mind wavy panels, I'd steer clear for street use. I'm choosing to have the car wrapped in a camouflage graphic to hide all the imperfections on the Duraflex panels!

Within three hours of getting the car delivered to Outlaw Customs, I got an email with this attachment: :aigo: My car with the front bumper cover & side skirts mounted with Dzus fasteners! I'll have more pics tomorrow.

Jon Stewart of Outlaw Customs took one look at the fenders, side skirts and front bumper cover and said that the Duraflex parts are typical of after market body parts... barely adequate. He then looked at the work done on the hatch and just ripped into the shoddy workmanship. He said it was...

They are really trying to get up to speed, and are in a huge learning curve, but I can't wait any longer for them... The car is going to Outlaw Customs tomorrow to get the side skirts and front bumper cover attached. The week after I'm taking the car back in for them to hook up the full flow oil...

Here is a list of the items VIP Performance completed in four months: Installed upgraded F&R brake rotors, new Bilstein dampers, R&R CT26, manifold and downpipe for ceramic coating and rebuilt turbo, connected custom surge tank to cooling system, full flow oil cooler system upgrade, replaced all...

O.K. The news is mixed with this project... We started in November of 2013, when the shop business was slow, and now they are too busy to concentrate on the tasks and problems of custom work. The shop (VIP Performance), is overwhelmed with street machines needing routine maintenance, to be...

It's time to revive this thread... Yes, the torque plate is available for rent. Rental policy for the 7M Tq Plate: Deposit $355, in addition to your choice of shipping and insurance on the torque plate, shipped through the US Postal Service (Tq plate is valued at $355). When the Tq plate is...

Bump... See first thread for updated info. Thanks.

The car is going to get a wrap like this: by PDX Wraps. It'll look like a three year old with a black crayon got a hold of it... :biglaugh: The wrap is planned for the end of the month of March. The carbon hood, hatch and wing aren't getting wrapped. Cost is $2K

Thanks for sharing... I read through it all and it's worth keeping as a favorite on my phone browser to review at the track.

I've registered for six track days at PIR; two each in March and May and one each in April and June. If the car is still intact come Sept, I'll do that month as well. I plan to make small incremental adjustments to the areo and suspension to tune the handling, and document what effects those...