Looks like its coming along well (althought i'm not feeling the ALT location) but hey gotta do what ya gotta do!
viper92086;1325830 said:lol yea its a tight fit in there. i have no idea.. its a craigslist special... guy bought it for his 280z with a 350 block on it and it was too big, so he was selling it cheap. fits perfect for me... itll take some grinding but not too much
OneJArpus;1326063 said:Looks like its coming along well (althought i'm not feeling the ALT location) but hey gotta do what ya gotta do!
sthmstr;1326206 said:Ah I see. No worries. Good info for sure. Hope you don't mind me steal your idea bout the radiator. I'm gonna be using a R154 in my 1988 but apart from that it's gonna be a similar setup. I'm super interested to see how your's tunrs out!
Also curious how you are planning to run your coolant lines to the turbos?
akito;1326349 said:i wish i have time and money to do this on my 90 ls 400. Are you going to at least regasket/timing belt and other stuff while the engine is out? Great project though!
viper92086;1329913 said:^ yup they are easy, just reverse them and done.
as for an update i received the wiring harness today, and also got it installed! very excited. My plans are to start it on Sat. i cant wait
viper92086;1332136 said:Supra runs! after Mike's help with the wiring and some small grounding issues (forgot to ground the ignitor). the motor runs!. i'm so excited to get this project closer to getting done. i have most of the codes gone, i just have to figure out the maft. i also found out i had a bad spark plug wire so as you can see in the videos below it sounds kinds funny. (fixed it in the second video but i gotta order new wires.) i sent mike a updated copy of the wiring so hopefully he'll host it up. time for some pictures and videos for your viewing pleasure
mmmm tight spaces.. i have to fit a 3" exhuast down this side somehow along with the turbo headers
milisakeracing;1332882 said:Looking good Bryan! Glad I could help out this weekend with the wiring and thanks for making the updates to the wiring guide. I warned you to keep an eye out for grounding issues. Nice to hear you did not encounter as many as I did. I'll get it hosted up sometime this week over at http://1uzsupra.com if anyone else is interested. Currently the first draft is up from when I did mine but as Bryan pointed out there were a couple of mistakes where I had failed to updated it after wrapping up the project. His updates will go a long way in wiring a pre-89' chassis for the 1UZ w/manual swap.
As for the 3" exhaust, how about tucking it under the subframe? Plenty of room under there even with the car lowered for circular pipe and if you want to save even more room, try some oval or rectangular pipe. I would suggest trimming down the metal PS line and either terminate it with JIC fittings or AN fittings. I currently have JIC fittings but I am seriously contemplating moving to AN fittings with the help of Dr. Tweak from Phoenix Tuning (I still need to shoot some pics over to him) and probably plumbing in a PS cooler while I am at it.
BTW, love the trick with the old Supra mounts! The engine could still come down another 1" or so too unless you need the room (I think you mentioned needed the room on the driver's side?). I can just fit the tip of my index finger between the front of the oil pan and the rack on mine which places the rear part of the oil pan's bottom nearly flush with the bottom of the subframe or just a little lower than it. Looking forward to seeing your engine with turbos on it and how you end up plumbing the oil lines to them!
IJ.;1332887 said:I see you're using the rad mounts from one of our vendors
Good job Bryan!