April 5, 200818 yr comment_237431 My car was built from a brand new shell by TOM's Japan for Tom's Toyota Racing GB (England). its first race was Spa 24 hour(Belguim) in 1987. After winning its class in the British Touring Car Championship in 1988 & 89, it came to Australia as part of the Bob Holden team. The car raced in the Aust touring Car Championship from 1990-93. When GpA racing finished it had no class to race in so it was safely put away till I got it going again in 2007. It is still in the same format & livery as it last raced at bathurst 1993 Engine 4AG "small port" . Motec computer and quad throttles. extensive internal development transaxle C52 with TRD close ratio gear kit and LSD. short shifter brakes front AP racing 4 piston alloy calipers and full floating slotted vented rotors rear FX-GT rear discs with front calipers. Two master cylinders with adjustable pedal box for balance. no booster Suspension all custom made. front. alloy hubs with alloy cased KYB coil-overs. adjustable for height, bump & rebound. TRD rose-jointed wishbones TRD adjustable sway bar rear. factory hubs with alloy cased KYB coil-overs. adjustable for height, bump & rebound. TRD rose-jointed wishbones & tie bars TRD adjustable sway bar wheels 5 x 6.5 BBS, 16 x 7" TTA magnesium. all centre lock cooling stock fuel tank custom alloy outer tank with internal bladder. 65 litres. dry break fillers Interior TRD race seat, TRD instruments, TRD steering wheel Alloy roll cage original dash frame etc. rear seat & hood lining removed plumbed in fire extinguisher 6 point harness belt (Quad throttles not shown, Small port manifold installed for testing) I will get more pics on monday and maybe a vid of it running. Report
April 5, 200818 yr comment_237433 Requesting pictures of rear brake caliper setup please. Edited April 5, 200818 yr by AE70 Report
April 5, 200818 yr Author comment_237435 Requesting pictures of rear brake caliper setup please. That means i gotta take the bloody rear wheel off, Ha. Report
April 6, 200818 yr comment_237680 Man, how'd you get ahold of this beast? Can't wait to see more. Report
April 8, 200818 yr comment_238074 Man, how'd you get ahold of this beast? Can't wait to see more. He didn't, his boss owns it. Lol!! Looked even better with the almost 5inch air intake it had on it... Report
April 8, 200818 yr Author comment_238078 Man, how'd you get ahold of this beast? Can't wait to see more. Sorry i didnt realise you had posted, As Slim said it's not my car its my bosses, He posted it up on twincam and i transfered it all to here, I have mainly just done the work to get it going with the new engine, I also modified the seat rails so they can move on the tracks so i can fit into it too cause I'm supposably allowed a drive... He didn't, his boss owns it. Lol!! Looked even better with the almost 5inch air intake it had on it... I never actually seen the pipe hooked up in it but have seen what it was, It had to go cause it got changed to a smallport and the quads are going back on. Report
April 8, 200818 yr comment_238082 Either way it's still a phat ride just keep T busy so I can make off with it ok Trev, lol. Report
April 8, 200818 yr Author comment_238083 Either way it's still a phat ride just keep T busy so I can make off with it ok Trev, lol. Ha, I'm fairly sure that he would be able to hear it start, Its still to get up on the hoist to have the extractors joined to the exhaust, I just can't wait till it gets on the dyno and the motec gets tuned for this setup. Report
April 8, 200818 yr comment_238088 Ha, I'm fairly sure that he would be able to hear it start, Its still to get up on the hoist to have the extractors joined to the exhaust, I just can't wait till it gets on the dyno and the motec gets tuned for this setup. Ha I'll just push it down the hill and clutch it haha, just let me know when its good to go. Lol. Report
April 8, 200818 yr Author comment_238094 Ha I'll just push it down the hill and clutch it haha, just let me know when its good to go. Lol. Its good to go now, Its just noisy and isnt tuned right but is drivable. Report
April 9, 200818 yr comment_238298 Its good to go now, Its just noisy and isnt tuned right but is drivable. Not from what I just heard hahaha Report
April 9, 200818 yr Author comment_238309 Not from what I just heard hahaha Shut up :D I do feel better now that i have learnt that the car has developed an electrical fault and is the reason that it wont start, So everyone else knows what we are on about, I drove the car out to the front today (1st one to drive the car since the rebuild), I told Terry he could drive it back down the back when we were closing up since i had the 1st drive but it wouldnt start, Slim rang while we were trying to get it going again and i told him i drove it 50m's and have already killed it, Ha. I even said to Terry that i havent even hit the track yet and i have broken it. Report
April 9, 200818 yr comment_238310 Shut up :D the car has developed an electrical fault Funny so did mine, lol.. Report
April 15, 200818 yr Author comment_239649 A quick start up vid i did yesterday, It a bit too dark but the noise is great: Report
May 9, 200818 yr Author comment_245262 Took it to our dyno lastnight, Best result was 109 hp @ the wheels as we were experimenting with a few things like an airfilter, more/less fuel & wheel alignment, When we got it running consistenly and were about to tune it for more power the gearbox decided to get stuck in 4th so i will take the box out next week and see what happens, Heres some pics & i will upload a vid to youtube: One of the bogan (me), I pulled a stupid smile and the camera got the aftermath. Video - Done in 4th gear, 1st half is tuning the fuel map on the motec, 2nd half is seeing how it goes & a 8800rpm revlimit. Edited May 9, 200818 yr by Trev Report
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