LittleRedSpirit

So I have done a bit more. I fabricated what I needed to to make the tensioner work today, I'm just waiting on a machinist to turn down the m10 tensioner stud to m8 at its end so I can attach the rose jointed arm. I used a stud that was splined to mount it on the swinging part of the tensioner, it works great. I have also removed the oil pickup extension and I have ported it out and smoothed it on the inside. I also investigated the slave and its clearance around the steering, the answer being, it just fits, but will need a banjo bolted line connected to it. I also dropped th cooling pipe to Zenith for one final modification, just a slight shortening, a bend and then it will be finished in yellow zinc so its all shiny. Once I finish the tensioner 100% I will remove the engine and box and take it all over to NPC so they can modify the Y flywheel and leave me with a 100% perfect clutch and starter setup. Then its all about the chassis, as I have the motor box and diff there, just need to make a tailshaft to connect box and diff once its all in the car. I'm getting impatient so I may just get it runnign then strip the shell and paint it. Either way I'm putting it together in the christmas holdays so whatever happens happens on that front. So once I get my coil overs back, it will have its rolling gear under it. I'm torn about whether to buy those 6.8 kg neomoto 8S for it or to use my southernways. I kinda want to be able to smash dirt roads and mud puddles so I may end up with the cheap shit neomotos to just consume. Funds permitting that is. Ill probably prioritise the build before the brake upgrades so initially I will just use the ra40 fronts and the MX13 reqr drums, then maybe once its all tuned and nice, I can try to sort something out then.

Yeah the beep makes me think theres an immobiliser in the system somewhere, maybe theres some security gear gone rogue with some poor wiring and when you hear the beep and not a click its the immobiliser working?

I had a copper brass one made cause they didnt sell it whole any more but they could get cores and tanks seperately. They ordered the bits and made a stock copper brass radiator for me, and its been great. Cost $300 but.

Going good except the noise. Ill just drive the truck for a few days.

So, I was driving around today and hit a bit of planed road that was a very sharp bump. Nett result being my extractors are cracked and sh sounds like a diesel. They were some really old ones anyhow, I'm a little surprised they lasted this long. Ive booked it in to have Rick Sendall make new ones next week.

I'm kinda juiced on the neomoto rims pictured above right now. I have the nice jdm wheels on one car, but for the 2azfe build I want light wheels, in a legalish width with a lot of caliper clearance, and I want them to not be something that I cry over when I chip the shit out of them on dirt roads. I think I'm leaning towards getting a set. Horses for courses. For pure racing I'd find something better but for daily demolition it should be the ideal thing.

Shady is a car dealer, a special kind of car dealer... a smart one.

Yeah its aircon, it has the telltale alloy filler bung on it half way along, and it runs from the ac dash connections to the condenser. May have had aftermarket air fitted. Is it cold?

Decided to use y engine flywheel. This is simply because I think its less of a hassle to redrill the y flywheel than it is to tolerate a finicky starter setup. This way I have batched parts that should work with no issues, once I can bolt the Y flywheel to the unique pcd 2azfe crank. So I will have a solidly mounted starter, just like toyota intended. The trade off being that I have to go down to a 9 inch clutch from 9.5 inches on the 2azfe, but in a lighter chassis, thats a compromise I can make. I will need to lighten the Y flywheel aswell. NPC can and will do the work for me. I already have sourced the flywheel and clutch from a Y engine-w5x combo, and a fresh y bellhousing that is unmolested also.

Or both trucks... The tarp hides another.

Yes agreed, but arent they called steel blue boots? I had a pair years ago and they were the best boots I ever had. I could skateboard in them, but they were solid as.

I read somewhere the other week, that americans have a 1 in 88 chance of dieing in a car wreck.

Well have you checked your oil level? Seems a bit premature to mention that when its easy to check. If its an old exhaust, you may just have some carbon deposits coming out, it may be really rich and putting out some soot, I dunno. Have a look at it, whats it smell and feel like?

Good post, you told the people playing at home almost what they need to know to help you. Tell us what engine and chassis you have and pehaps people with similar equipment will be able to field your question. Cheers.

You should just use the flywheel and clutch that comes with the 20v as it seems you have done. Then use the t50 throwout bearing and don't forget to install a spigot bearing into the crank or it wont locate the input shaft properly and fail. Perhaps you have not got the bearing in there? Or the wrong fork or slave?

Thanks Phil but I want to use the stock celica fans for neatness and I don't want to break any fins off the core to fit anything. The idea Jake with the bleed under the car, is that I can save and reuse my coolant when it comes out. I will run the genuine Toyota stuff, its pricey as ʞ©$ɟ but lasts a long ass time, either the Toyota or the Subaru coolant as Subaru is supposed to be as good if not better.

Told you!

Yeah I'm fitting a banjo bolt to mine with a drain bung on a hose under the car somewhere for those times when you want to drain it but not remove it. It didnt fit between the ae86 rails either with bung in hole, the wingnut part is too tall.

You can connect a banjo bolt to either of the bleeds to attach more connections if you need them.

Its a side feed radiator, I don't think it matters from what side it flows. On the 2azfe the thermostat lets the water into the engine, not out, so aside from the unit being upside down, I think the flow direction is correct.

That video was cool. I like the static cameras that emphasise the speed of the rolla. Looked like it aquaplaned the creek a bit too.

Blower looks good. Does it need any work? or is it good to go?