Its been a while, but I have been busy with a lot of stuff. I recently started parting out a car, I'm using it for a mock up base for my car. I can't stand when my car is down for months at a time, so I'm doing all the leg work on this chassis to see what problems arise and make everything "bolt on" before I tear down my car.
This was the car two days ago, I sat the engine in to the car using the swap mounts from 1uzswapkit.com, great quality parts! After the engine was mounted I fitted my W58 I had from my white car, that way the engine sits in the car at the correct angle.
"The fish" bracket was meant for the LS/SC400. They have more room in the engine bay so the unit fits, but with the MA70 chassis, it does not. To make it fit, the hatched area needed to be cut out.
At that point I thought about saying forget the SC, and go single turbo. So I grabbed my manifolds that were fabbed up previously, and started to mock them up. Then I rememberd all the problems I was having/going to have by using them, so I said "F-K IT"!!! It really doesnt protrude that far into the wheel well, I think even lowered with a wider tire so long as I keep the inner metal that I plan to add tight to the bracket I wont have any issues. I also had to grind down some points on the LS400 fan pulley assembly, where "the fish" mounts the casting was keeping it from being flush, after the grinder it went on much easier.
After I did all I could do untill my SC headunit comes in, I finally broke out the ITBs!!!! They required a little grinding as well to make them slip onto the studs easy.
When I bought the ITBs the guy said the fuel rails needed to be modified, so I stuck the fuel injectors in to see how much needed to be modified. And well, none of the mount tabs work, so they need to be cut and welded onto the right spots.
After I get a few more bucks in my pocket I will be picking up a set of SC400 headers from OBX, and them modifying them if neccisary to fit them into the MA70 chassis.
More to come!
This was the car two days ago, I sat the engine in to the car using the swap mounts from 1uzswapkit.com, great quality parts! After the engine was mounted I fitted my W58 I had from my white car, that way the engine sits in the car at the correct angle.
"The fish" bracket was meant for the LS/SC400. They have more room in the engine bay so the unit fits, but with the MA70 chassis, it does not. To make it fit, the hatched area needed to be cut out.
At that point I thought about saying forget the SC, and go single turbo. So I grabbed my manifolds that were fabbed up previously, and started to mock them up. Then I rememberd all the problems I was having/going to have by using them, so I said "F-K IT"!!! It really doesnt protrude that far into the wheel well, I think even lowered with a wider tire so long as I keep the inner metal that I plan to add tight to the bracket I wont have any issues. I also had to grind down some points on the LS400 fan pulley assembly, where "the fish" mounts the casting was keeping it from being flush, after the grinder it went on much easier.
After I did all I could do untill my SC headunit comes in, I finally broke out the ITBs!!!! They required a little grinding as well to make them slip onto the studs easy.
When I bought the ITBs the guy said the fuel rails needed to be modified, so I stuck the fuel injectors in to see how much needed to be modified. And well, none of the mount tabs work, so they need to be cut and welded onto the right spots.
After I get a few more bucks in my pocket I will be picking up a set of SC400 headers from OBX, and them modifying them if neccisary to fit them into the MA70 chassis.
More to come!
