I've been pushing this project along forever. I just leave my stuff with idiots and now I have to clean up their mess. The sad thing is, I'm on my fourth engine now, out maybe $5000 in labor and other little things (like gasket kits and what not) and my vehicle is in much worse shape then it ever was when I got it 7 years ago.
The vehicle itself is my main worry. It's been left outside for several years by several idiots who lied to my saying they were actually working on it (sued one of the guys and actually won, but I've had no luck collecting in the last 2 years :3d_frown
The body was primered by the last idiot, but it's the worst primer job I've ever seen. I never even told him to do it. He primered over the needed body work that he never did along with the tires, weather stripping, etc. What an ass! He did I really crappy job soundening the undercarriage and engine bay. I did the best I could to tighty it up.
He scratched up my new suspension while installing it and now I have surface rust on shocks with 0 miles of use. It freakin pisses me off.
The good news is the body has only 74k on it. Too bad it was neglected for so long. I've managed to clean up the car a good bit. The engine bay has been completely prepped and is ready to have the engine dropped in. There are some issues a friend made me aware of the other night. The ABS controller in the engine bay was removed years ago and the lines have been left open since. I was told there's a good chance that there is moisture in the lines and they may be no good. I'm not sure how much truth there is to this, but he may be right. Also, the hose that comes out from the firewall that connects to the heater core has been crimped shut. I was told I'd have to pull the dash to replace it since it would be near impossible to round the hose off again to the point where it wouldn't leak.
The engine is sound. It only has 3k mi on it and I have recently went over it to make sure everything was fine. It's been sitting for quite some time, but there is no rust in it. I recently pulled the oil pan and valve covers and sloshed some oil around just to make sure it stays that way. The engine has been bolted to a engine stand and is waiting installation.
As of now, the only thing installed in the car (other than a horrific ox blood interior) is the suspension.
My part list:
Engine: 7MGTE (all balanced and blueprinted)
HEAD:
FULLY REBUILD
FULLY CRAZY PORTED ($3,500)
NEW VALVES & SEALS
NEW RETAINERS
MODDED CAMSHALFS (stock camshalfs were rewelded and grind with a bigger cut to push the valves farther)
AEM ADJUSTABLE CAM PULLEYS (BLUE)
BLOCK:
J/E PISTONS .40 OVER 8.4.1
J/E PISTON RINGS
CROWER BILLET CONNECTING RODS WITH CROWER BOLTS
CLEVITE 77 MAIN AND ROD BEARING & THRUST WASHERS BEARINGS
FULLY POLISHED & BALANCED CRANK
PISTON POLISHING
NEW TOYOTA MAIN CAP BOLTS
ARP HEAD STUDS @ 95LBS
HKS 2.0 STOPPER METAL HEAD GASKET
MACHINE DECKED BLOCK
EVERY NEW GASKET & OIL SEALS REPLACED
NEW TIMING BELT
Flandaza Lighten flywheel
Modded New toyota Oil pump
NEW OEM TOYOTA WATER PUMP
NEW OIL SQUIRTERS
MSD 8.8MM Wires
Denso Iridium Spark Plugs
Converted 1JZ FFIM
Turbonetics "Bolt On" (with spacer) 62mm Turbo
(also have smaller Supra Sport Stage 3 60-1 Turbo
Blitz SUS Intake
Turbonetics RFL BOV
Largest B&M oil cooler available with thermostat and braided lines
Cooling:
Fluidyne Radiator
Dual FAL electric Fans
Giant Greddy Intercooler Core (still needs end tanks)
Tranny:
Auto to Manual Swap
R154 Turbo Tranny
Spec Stage 3 Clutch
BEECH Short Shifter
Fuel Delivery:
Rebuilt and Flow-Tested Nippon Denso 550cc Low Impedance Injectors DENSO 285lph Fuel Pump
Aeromotive AFPR w/ braided lines
Exhaust:
Becauseican Custom 3” Mandrel-Bent Turbo Elbow Divorce Downpipe with SS Flex Section, WB O2 Bung, and Ceramic Coating
Becauseican High Flow Test Pipe w/ High-Temp Coating
RSR GTII 80mm Inlet Muffler
Suspension:
Eibach Pro-Line Springs
Tokico Illumia II Adjustable Struts
HKS TEMS Controller
Gauges:
AutoMeter Carbon Fiber Faced EGT/ Pyrometer Gauge
Lotek 2 Gauge A-Pillar
Electronics:
VPC w/ plug and play harness
Apexi Black Limited Edition S-AFC2 Fuel Computer
Stereo:
Radio- Eclipse 5303r CD Player
Front Speakers- Orion HCCA 6S Components
Equilizer- Orion Concept 92.1 Dual 30 Band EQ
Subwoofers- Oz Audio Matrix 10ME’s
Front Amp- Harman Kardon TC600
Sub Amp- Audio Art 100HC
Sub Box: 3/4 Fiberglass (replaces spare tire, drops flush)
8 Gallons of Second Skin Spectrum Sound Deadener
Interior:
Black front leather seats
Custom black w/ suede center rear seats
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head. There's some pretty nice stuff I've collected over the years. It'd be great to get it all up and running.
Below are some various pics.
