matthewmaw

Don't suppose you could copy me in on this too could you? Cheers 👍🏻

So photobucket has f*cked my build thread. I'd love to show you the latest updates but sadly I can't. Do feel free to suggest any image hosting sites that still work? Cheers - Matt

Ok it's been a small eternity since I updated this so here goes: I'd love to say that I've got a whole load of fancy bits but that really isn't my thing so it's a bit dull. Firstly, after sorting a whole load of bits like oil etc I got it booked in for MOT with help from Socks. First, I gave it a bath to make it presentable, call me old fashioned but I can't stand taking a car off for text covered in sh*t. So much so I even cleaned inside the arches Then off we went, fun drive over the Lincs wolds but hampered by high ambient temps and a weird misfire in the higher boost setting which I'll need to look into The good news is that it passed first go with just an advisory on the NSR handbrake being weak - winning! 😄 I've also placed an order for a cage, just waiting for it to show up now but that gives me plenty of time to get other bits done. ZZRs fitted now 😎 In the meantime, I've picked up a couple of oil leaks so I've just spent a small fortune on genuine gaskets, mega expensive oils for both engine and gearbox and hopefully I've managed to source a compete Greddy/GREX oil cooler kit with filter relocation after Socks inspired me with his 🙄 Once this little lot is done, I'm gonna treat the ord lass to a set of BYC splitter mounts and a front splitter along with a few other touches. Rob Boston has identified a slot in August that I can have to get it into their workshop for some proper set up work! (Cheeky Ginetta G55 group shot just because...) Once again, apologies for the lack of Cruise/ZEP/Varis blah blah but I'm really not interested in any of this sort of stuff 😂 It'll take time due to other commitments but this will be a quick little car once I've finished with it. In the meantime, I'm gonna go drive it, I've missed boost!! Cheers - Matt

Just read this from start to finish, talk about getting stuck in! 😂 Great project, I'll certainly follow this one 😄👍🏻

Another update: ITS DONE!!! In between house renovations, 4-day stag do in Benidorm and work I managed to find enough time to piece it all back together and I even drove it, admittedly not very far but a lap of the village is enough so far to convince me that it's ready for MOT prep etc Excuse the odd wheels, they were the first pair I had to hand. Since these were taken I've fitted my ZZRs to the Rotas and put them on the car, re-bled my brakes and found that my NSR handbrake mechanism isn't working very well so I may have to strip and rebuild the caliper before MOT. Next up is a full nut & bolt check, some wiring to tidy up, gauges to wire in and engine and gearbox oil changes before sending it off for a test! After spending a day at Blyton with Socks in his GT, we found that his oil temps were getting scary high after 5 fast laps so an oil cooler is high on my list of priorities, just need to source the parts that will allow me to fit one neatly. After that it'll be off to Rob Boston Racing for some wiring, set up and geo work and they've also agreed to fit my cage for me so I need to pull my finger out and order a safety devices cage! More as it happens 👍🏻

We have updates! My gearbox arrived last week and I got round to fitting it with the help of some friends. Not finished yet so I'll get round to finishing it off this coming week - fingers crossed it's a good'un as I've taken a gamble and sourced a used box. Really looking forward to hearing it run again, let alone drive the bloody thing! Also I collected a full set of ZZRs from Rob Boston earlier in the week so I'll get these fitted too - looking forward to seeing what sort of difference these make. Speaking of Rob Boston, he's kindly agreed to take my car in and do some prep work for me and then do a full corner weight/geo set up which should help massively as last time I drove it, it handled like an absolute nail!! More as it happens!

...and I'm back! Not much to report in the past month or so but then not much has happened, plus I've been busy with the house I'm renovating which is coming along nicely. One thing I have found is the Toyota Sprint Series! I went along for the first round at Blyton and it seems right up my street and so pending my car actually being completed at some point, I think I'll enter a couple of rounds and see how I fair! With this in mind, I figured I'd lose some extra weight and totally stripped the interior. I've kept everything just in case I ever need to re-fit any of it but essentially it's looking like my once clean and tidy Glanza is becoming a little race car! Carpets removed Seats back in Headlining has gone too, as have all the rear trims and I've recently added a 4 point Harness as well just to tie me in a bit better. TSS regs state that I don't need a roll cage due to the fact that it's sprinting, there's only ever one car out at a time although I'm still considering a cage for obvious reasons, plus it makes it eligible for other series etc. I dread to think how loud it's going to be in there 😂 In other news, my gearbox was going to cost over £700 to repair so I've managed to source another OEM lsd box which should be on its way to my shortly - it'll be back on the road soon!!!! I'm just hoping that nothing has mysteriously broken or seized whilst it's been on axle stands for the past 4 months!! Cheers - Matt

Another quick update, no exciting pics or anything but after two weeks I finally heard from the gearbox specialist (even then I had to ring them 🙄) and the result is that 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th synchros are all goosed, also the dog ring on 2nd gear is damaged too which apparently has led to further damage meaning basically, I need a new second gear. Synchros are £145 inc vat for all four from Toyota so that's not too bad but 2nd gear with dog ring is just shy of £300!!! Yesterday I was down at Donington Park and Socks kindly spotted a gearbox for sale on my way home at Ilkeston which I picked up for £35 - advertised as crunching but worth a gamble for £35 so I picked it up and I'll strip it down tonight and see if I can salvage 2nd gear from it - fingers crossed it's ok 😬 🤞 Updates as they happen! Cheers - Matt

Another quick update, not a great deal to report really. Managed to find time to drop my spare wheels of with Bim at Pugz Polishing for refinishing and he's done a top job of them! Before During The finished product. Decided to go with white to match my Rotas. These will be fitted with Hankook V12 Evo tyres whilst the Rotas will be fitted with a set of Avon ZZRs which are a Road legal semi-slick tyre. Both sets were kindly supplied by Rob Boston Racing in Gainsborough, a team I have been working with recently, assisting them in the day-to-day running of the business allowing them to concentrate on what they do best - winning! (Shameless plug there 😂) Rob has also agreed to perform a full geo set-up and corner weight my car for me too once it's all back together which a massive help, especially with the knowledge and experience they have in this field. Updates as they happen!

Morning folks, Just starting to look at wiring in a set of gauges and I'm looking for a neat solution to wire up three units, together then off to a power source etc. What's the best place to tap in to for power/earth? Also, how have you guys wired multiple gauges up? I'd sooner have a nice neat solution going on behind the dash rather than a ton of wires taped together! Cheers - Matt

Typically a wet/lead acid battery will put out fumes and in the event of a crash, could rupture so most folk suggest a sealed battery at least. If you're going to the trouble of relocating it, I would recommend a proper race battery like a Varley or Odyssey - this is the route I'll be taking when it comes to battery relocation 👍🏻

That's heartbreaking to see, such a clean car! I knew I should have bought this when I had the chance!! Fingers crossed it'll live to see another day.

They don't look to the best quality but they'll do for now, I've spotted that they were a bit flimsy inside already and so I've seen to that before starting to fit them. For what I gave for them, if they last a month I'll be satisfied. The long term plan is to replace all the gauges with Defi but I've got bigger jobs to do first.

Haha well spotted! The short answer is that Mk1's aren't built for Turbos/intercoolers/60mm alloy rads and so it was the only place we could put it. What you can't see is the huge gap beneath it between the chassis leg and inner wing and so it had more than enough air flow, plus I typically ran it with no grill and so we curved the intercooler end tank and angled the air filter so that you could actually see it from the front: direct air flow 🙂 Think this angle kinda shows what I mean. Either way, it worked a treat, I had a thermostatic sandwich plate set at 80 degrees and it rarely saw triple figures, even under hard use 🙂👍🏻 Cheers - Matt

Not much to update but the weather is ok so I did a few little jobs today as and when I got chance. This one is more for reference than anything else but now the box is off I can clearly see that it's recently had a Fidanza lightened flywheel (Socks sold the previous owner this) and also it has a Comp Clutch Stage 4 clutch kit which looks to be in great health. (171,074) Apart from that, I've recently bought a set of gauges, nothing flash, just some electrical gauges so I can monitor oil temp, pressure and water temp as a back up. I've already got a HKS boost gauge and my EBC shows boost pressure also. I had a 3 gauge din panel left over from my Mk1 that I never used so figured I'd ditch the stereo and slot them in the centre console. Fit neatly so far, time to test out where they'll work best. I reckon this looks better but turns out that I can't get the gauge panel to stay there due to the mountings so it'll have to go on the bottom but the next issue is that the accessory pocket won't mount in the upper position 🙄 Back to the drawing board for now.