slide86 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Christmas comes everytime I come home from work these days, fortnightly delights: In these we have: Overflow tank with the bracket: A heap of OEM stuff, including throttle gasket, shifter gasket, tail light gaskets, injector orings, fuel rail spacers, brake line retaining clips, clutch fork clips, inlet manifold studs: So I test fitted the coolant bottle, cause well, I got excited: I have gone and done something drastic. Ive removed the heater and associated lines. To fit this problem I hit up old mate Sam Q, and ended up with this: Fitted up like a glove. Pics tomorrow. I had to check something today, all those years ago when I built this engine I can't remember fitting a spigot bearing. I wanted to make sure there was one there, and if not, I have one here I can knock in. So I got too it, not to hard when I already had no exhaust, tailshaft out and no starter. I just sat the gearbox on the jack cause it was a 2 minute job to inspect and fit if required. Turns out there was one in there. HAHA just my luck. All up it only took 45 mins to take out and put back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 First job of the day was getting some brake lines to fit up to the new master. Interestingly the LHF brake line will fit up to the s13 master. I made several sample pipes out of an old fuel line and took them to the local brake shop. They worked their magic and for a reasonable price I got replicas of the templates and fitted them up. I supplied them with the bulkhead grommet before they flared the lines so they could refit it. Here is the finished line on the car, with new brake line clips and AJPS braided soft line. I need to mock the engine up so I can run the wiring and work out loom lengths, I had to test fit the inlet manifold. RWD manifold with T3 TVIS deletion plate and two oval inlet gaskets, new OEM studs: Engine mocked and harness ready to go. Note the lack of heater pipes and tap ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Gets pretty damn cold in Radelaide.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Yeah specially cold in Pt Augusta where I am. Down at the storage shed the wind whips through there.......nice 8-10 degrees when I'm working :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabiscuit Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Not a bad set of gear you're building there. I didn't see a mention of 'cams' at the start, so I was a little curious as to how you were planning to make use of all the other shiny bits...... Found it! All of the OEM stuff is straight from your local Toyota dealer isn't it? I got a headache trying to get a smallport inlet manifold gasket from them last time I was at mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Amayama is the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Yeah I only use Toyodiy and Amayama. Went to my local Toyota dealer once, the woman behind the counter just had a total blank stare when I tried to buy something for this car. Totally useless. Speaking of cams, HKS 264 8.35mm cams purchased last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_257 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 how good is the local toyota dealer here in port augusta huw, haha like talking to a brick wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Makes my head hurt. Couldnt even get me wipers for the Kluger when I went in there......all to hard apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Came home for a bit, more parcels await: Had some fun online buying new fasteners: Such good value, all of that stuff was bout $80 delivered to me. I set about doing a few little jobs, I gave the cam covers a scrub and a quick lick of paint: Then fitted them upto the engine, using some of the new stainless bolts from the kit. How much better does it look! I'm happy with that: Parcel from last time, heap of relays and elec stuff to get the ECU squared away: I fitted up the bulkhead connector and made some cables to run from the alternator and starter. Just gotta get a smallport starter now! I also got these, they wont be going in this head. I'm going to build up a smallport head, as I have an aftermarket manifold to go with a smallport head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide86 Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Guess I should update....... Moved house again, back to the big smoke. In a house of our own now, with a overrated shed. Loaded car up, borrowed ute from work and made the 350km journey. Had to prep the workshop before I could move into it: Now that's done, I could move in: Spent some time on the oiling side of things, a turbo feed and drain needed to be made: I'm using a -4 line with Speedflow steel fittings for the feed line. I had to run the line off the block fitting because the oil pressure sender would not fit there. My first attempt at making my own lines, I think it came out pretty well: The GREX adaptor has a 1/8 bspt to -4 fitting in it to run the feed line: I needed a new seal for the GREX housing, I went and bought a Z386 and stole the oring from that: Fitted that up, also had to fit a 1/8 bspt to 1/8 npt fitting in the block for the Autometer electric oil pressure gauge: Got the line fitted up, I made it the perfect length: Next, I started on the drain back. Start with a length of -10 braided hose and some Speedflow fittings: Fitted it up and its just long enough: While under the car i fitted up a modified sump I bought a while ago. I had a -10 Speedflow weld on fitting welded to the sump for the turbo drain. The sump has baffles in it and should almost give me 1 litre extra capacity. Next we need to filter that oil, have a oil filter block and two -10 Speedflow fittings. I have decided to mount it on the chassis rail: Did some other miscellaneous jobs here and there. Removed the cold start from the throttle body, just to neaten things up a little. Installed a new genuine Toyota throttle cable while I was there, along with a JDM accelerator pedal. Got all the steering done, new boots on the rack, using genuine boot clips. The clutch is all done, new master, slave braided hose and all bleed up. Works great. The brakes have been fitted. New wheel bearings were packed, hubs and rotors installed. New pads and rebuilt calipers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogs Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Nice build mate, loving the detail you've gone to! Subscribed for updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP_JAMES Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Agreed, looks sweet man. Like what you've done with the bulkhead connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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