My restoration project - Rusty 89
- Thread starter adampecush
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Supraholics;1178043 said:
I can actually say yes to that now...should be another 2-3 days of work and it will be ready to drive into storage for the winter...
Muzy;1178441 said:
it will be...the odds and ends will be taken care of over the winter.
Oh, and don't expect any updates for the next few days....I'll be in vegas
Got some work done tonight...finally put together my fuse box. Note the left side of the fuse box, which was previously empty...It now houses the fuses for my HID lights, audio amplifier, and fuel pump wiring. The fuse box insert is exactly the same as the one which sits beside it, and with a little massaging, in it went.
Got my turbo and exhaust system installed as well...heres a shot from the engine bay.
This weekend, I'll be putting together my intercooler piping and hopefully winning the battle I'm having with my q45 throttle body....which hits the hood when fully open (d'oh!)
Got my turbo and exhaust system installed as well...heres a shot from the engine bay.
This weekend, I'll be putting together my intercooler piping and hopefully winning the battle I'm having with my q45 throttle body....which hits the hood when fully open (d'oh!)
the underside of adams car is cleaner than my interior.......
looks beautiful! keep up the awesome work!
looks beautiful! keep up the awesome work!
gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
I'm so not happy about having to wait through another winter to see this BRAND NEW Supra run. I'm still subscribed though.
Made some major progress today - cut and tacked together my intercooler piping... all 2.75" mandrel bent. I was surprised how straightforward running the piping was. I scored a box of 20 mandrel bends on ebay for $60 and the system would have been cheap if it wasn't for the 1' section of straight pipe i needed....which ended up costing me $90 as I had to buy a full 7.5' section....but i digress...I'll be finishing the welding of the pipes monday.
Just enough clearance between the rad and AC compressor
From this picture you can see the last of my oil lines I assembled today...I'm probably going to be strapping them to the IC piping with some rubber isolators to keep them from rubbing and wearing through random engine parts. I also have this sneaking suspicion that the lower rad hose and the exhaust side IC pipe won't play well together, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
And finally, a dark picture of the rear of the car, showing off the newly installed HKS drager exhaust.
Just enough clearance between the rad and AC compressor
From this picture you can see the last of my oil lines I assembled today...I'm probably going to be strapping them to the IC piping with some rubber isolators to keep them from rubbing and wearing through random engine parts. I also have this sneaking suspicion that the lower rad hose and the exhaust side IC pipe won't play well together, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
And finally, a dark picture of the rear of the car, showing off the newly installed HKS drager exhaust.
adampecush;1169497 said:I'll get some more pictures once I drop the engine in the car...
As far as the EGR is concerned, I just need to put together some new piping, machine a flange, and braze it all together
The MK4 manifold was by no means an easy part to put on the car...there was quite a bit of hand-machining needed to fab the required adapter.
heres the adapter:
Hi
Do you have a drawing of the adaptor?, as looking to go down this route myself.
martin p;1192472 said:
Not really...this was another part that was just easier to make by hand...I took a billet piece of steel and cut it down to the rough shape, drilled the required holes for the mounts/gas port, and ground it down from there. The EGR port pointing directly downward.
As for the tubing, I'm using 1/2" OD swagelok stainless tubing, bent to shape with heat over ~2" od pipes (don't have a tube bender bigger than 3/8" unfortunately)
OH WOW! I haven't seen this thread in awhile, you just inspired me for my restoration Def. Subscribed now...:aigo:
Def. Subscribed now...:aigo:
