What did you do to your supra today? Pics

[mcammarn]

Looked at it under the car cover sitting outside in the cold and rain :-( I have my mom's car in the garage to replace TB, so had to kit out to the driveway. Though I am (soon) ordering a set of coilovers, for needs a new suspension to get ready for this summer...

its freezing rain here! haha luckily, my mk3 is in my garage. though its cold in there.

but what i did to my supra was trying to align the motor mounts in the hole. i got 1 on so far. im gonna put the nut on that one and pick the motor back up and push it in the v notch. hopefully i can do it fairly easy. it took me 25 mins just to get one in. haha. it seemed like once i had 1 ligned in, the other side would come out.lol

 

[Doat]

I think my clutch is starting to slip when I am in third or fourth and floor it the revs go up to 3000 RPMs then hover there while the speed increases a good amount but when I go 30mph and shift into 5th then floor it the revs don't move freely.

 

[IJ.]

Umm might be an idea to STOP doing that or a simple clutch disc replacement is going to turn into a Pressure Plate and Flywheel replacement...

 

[Doat]

yea I stopped doing it when it started happening I am taking it easy on the clutch until I can replace it, flywheel, and pressure plate.

 

[te72]

^^^ that, have fun with the 10 inch bolt bud

Remember, as per the TSRM, that bolt needs to be tightened with the car's weight on the suspension. I guess this was a cheap way of giving the Tacomas a minor lift, loosen those bolts, lift truck off the ground, tighten bolt, and align.

Of course, I didn't bother to read that part of the TSRM until after I had already tightened those long bolts with the weight off the suspension... gotta love doing things twice because you didn't RTFM... :nono:

What did I do to my supra today?



I bought a 1997 SC300 to replace it with.

Errr... replace? Surely you can't be serious? I could see adding to the garage, but replacing?

Porterfields

I second them for a stock pad upgrade, loved the R4S on my 88.

^seafoam bad. Mystery oil bad.

After reading though a lot of threads in our Oils/Lubricants sub-forum, I'm inclined to believe that anything that wasn't put in the oil by the manufacturer of the oil is a bad thing. Run the right oil for your application, get good results.


As for me, about the only thing I've done with my car lately is learn how to control it more on icy roads. Stupid winter.

 

[Doat]

I finally got around to changing my thermostat housing and was going to replace my broken BVSV valve but ended up breaking the one I bought lol. After I replaced my housing my car decided to not start up. I was cranking it and it wouldn't fire up then everything just shut off, now when I try to start the car or even lock the doors everything switches off and I have to remove the negative battery terminal to get power again but it will switch off if I try to do anything.

 

[Numba1Stuna]

Damn, did you do anything else while replacing the thermostat? Maybe something you moved or bumped?

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[JesseH]

Going from this:

To this:

and have a new lip on the way.
I also got my new injectors installed, new wideband installed and a new clutch ready to go in.... should be ready for 20lbs by spring.

 

[Doat]

Damn, did you do anything else while replacing the thermostat? Maybe something you moved or bumped?

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I just removed the 3000 pipe, accordion hose, CPS with marking lines, and the cables connected to the thermostat housing and such. I checked everything as I put it back together. When I first tried to start the car it kept cranking then I heard a pssshhh like a pressure release I've heard that sound before when I tried slowly cranking the car to get the pistons oiled up to stop the knocking on cold starts. I checked the fuses and none of them are broken, could it be a relay? I left the negative terminal off to hopefully reset the ECU or something.

 

[Numba1Stuna]

And now it won't crank over, or will it crank and not start?

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[OneJArpus]

didnt do much to it but puchased some goodies from shine auto

 

[Doat]

Now nothing turns on at all, I tried to jump it but it just cranked over slowly then kept slowing down to almost nothing. I am thinking it is a dead cell I am going to take the battery tomorrow morning to get it checked out.

 

[Numba1Stuna]

I bet you're on the right track.

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[Doat]

One quick question so I can stop whoring up the thread, if I got the 140 amp alternator from driftmotion with my stock setup would I fry or mess anything up or can I run that alternator fine with no problems?

 

[RiyadYar]

you can run it with no problems

 

[Doat]

Thanks

 

[BoostMonger]

Thanks

Voltage regulator bud, your safe, I have a 200 amp alt

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[mcammarn]

Well i got my motor in. Lined up both mounts. And started putting my driveline into the transmission. What a pita it is to do. I never realized how heavy it is! I took thedrivline apart to put it in the transmission. Lol

 

[Turbo Habanero]

Got a pic of the exhaust manifold after ceramic coating and mounting

 

[te72]

Well i got my motor in. Lined up both mounts. And started putting my driveline into the transmission. What a pita it is to do. I never realized how heavy it is! I took thedrivline apart to put it in the transmission. Lol

Should start eating your Wheaties a bit more often haha...

Also, you've reminded me that I need a new driveshaft for the widebody before we finish it. On the plus side, a carbon shaft and under tray to protect it should lighten things (and my wallet, d'oh!) up a bit.