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Added an oil pressure gauge to the car this week. Bought a prosport gauge and used a remote adapter line that fits into the factory oil pressure switch to fit the sensor. I had to make a bracket to mount the adapter and sensors just above the gearbox. Also added a heat protective sleeve to the oil line because of its location near the turbo and downpipe. I decided to carefully disassemble and remove the insides of the dash clock so that I could run the wires for the gauge neatly through the dash. Got the gauge wired in and up and running. Just need to stick it

Thanks Tyler, good to hear. Yeah it is really, been a little bit unsure which route to go down with regards to the management. Ive decided it would be better to go straight for a standalone ecu set up similar to your own. Going to start putting some funds aside for it and will see how things go next year.

Thanks mate, yeah really pleased with it. Looks so much better than it did. Thanks Claymore, found your thread on the walbro pumps helpful to make sure I got the right one .

Got to work on removing my fuel tank over the past few weeks. Managed to get it off the car after draining all the fuel out and disconnecting everything attached. As you can see there was quite a lot of surface corrosion so got to work buffing it back to bare metal. Once I was happy I gave it a good clean and hung it up for painting in the garage. Started by giving it a few coats of red oxide primer to protect the bare metal. Once that was fully dry we went over it with some coats of black and left it to dry. Also painted the fuel filler t

Thanks mate, yeah he was okay with me but seems Ive had better luck than others with him.

Haven't updated this in a little while. Ended up having to swap out the tuning developments hose kit for a roose motorsport one after a lot of issues with the TD hoses leaking coolant through the cords. The roose hoses seem to be much better quality and I havent had any more leaks since fitting them. I Took the car down to Japfest at silverstone in september and went on the UKSO's stand. Had a good day and saw lots of starlets. First time ive done a long trip in the car and it drove well, did around 300 miles there and back. One thing I did pick up on though was that the

Yeah thats the plan, looking at tee'ing into the oil pressure switch on the front of the block for a sensor. Added an oil temp gauge to fill the last gauge pod this week. Used the spare port in the oil filter housing to fit the sensor, another M16 x 1.5 to 1/8th npt adapter was required. I used locktite 545 thread seal on both fittings to prevent leaks. I then had to drill a hole into the lower power steering bracket to run the wire through. I ran the wire around the back of the power steering pump out of the way of the belts and up through the firewall. Got the gaug

Fitted a new water temperature gauge to the car at the weekend, wanted to keep a closer eye on the temps as the stock gauge on the dash doesnt fill me with confidence. Noticed there is a spare blanked off port on the thermostat housing on the glanza's, so decided to use that to plumb in the sensor using an M16 x 1.5 to 1/8th npt adapter. Once installed I wired it up with some crimping connectors and ran the wire through the firewall into the cabin. Then I got the new gauge fitted into my a pillar gauge pod trim and got it all wired up. It only needed a 12v positive, a ground and a si

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Looking for a single wire o2 sensor with the plug and a working interior light for my glanza. Thanks

Yeah think your right sam, the front wishbone bush is superpro and the anti lift kit is powerflex. I think powerflex do two different hardness options for every bush though depending on how stiff/soft you want the ride to be.

I bought an anti lift kit and new poly front wishbone bushes for the car recently. Had some time off work this week, so decided to get them fitted. Started by disassembling the front suspension and removing the wishbones from the car. With the wishbones removed from the car I pressed out the front bushings fairly easily. I then had to cut off the rear bush and metal sleeve in order to fit the anti lift kit. I did this by grinding the sleeve back carefully untill it was almost through and then hitting it off the arm. I then gave the wishbones a good clean up, buffed the su

Polybushed the rear beam on my glanza today. I was able to do them with the axle still on the car by leaving the shocks attached and carefully lowering the front of the beam down on the jack untill the bushes were accessible. I removed the centre of the original bush by drilling and cutting it out. Then it was just a case of cutting out the rest of the remaining rubber bush. This took a while but eventually got it back to smooth metal. I gave both sides a quick coat of paint while I had the opportunity. Once the paint had dried I installed the new poly bushes with plenty

Yes mate there for the standard bar. They are 20mm internal diameter if that helps you .

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Made a few small upgrades to the car this weekend, Fitted some poly exhaust mounts and front anti roll bar d bushes. Really straightforward to install and both a nice improvement. Had some really nice weather aswell, perfect for taking the car out and testing it .

Thanks bud. Thanks Sam. Yeah im not keen on the toyota spring clips either, much prefer the jubilee style hose clamps. A lot easier to work with .

Been working on getting all of my coolant hoses swapped over the past few days. I decided it would be easier if I removed the intake manifold for access, so off it came. I took some pictures and made a mental note of where everthing was connected to save getting confused when putting it back together. It was a good opportunity to give it a clean up aswell as the back of the engine. Next I went about changing all the coolant hoses at the back, the original heater matrix hoses had turned soft and were worn out. I also changed both vacuum lines connecting the intake manifold to the ste

Good work with this mate, really tidy GT. Liking the front mount, looks like a good bit of kit with the short route hot pipe .

This arrived from Mike at tuning developments this week, a full silicone engine hose kit with jubilee clamps. Looking forward to getting them installed.

Thanks bud yeah definitely. Really pleased with it, fits the bay so nicely.

Got the car out for the summer recently, seeing as the weather has started to improve and most of the salt has gone away. I swapped out the boss kit for a 96spec one and now the horn works as it should. I also did an oil and filter change and put a fresh tank of fuel in after sitting over winter. The car drives really well after the turbo refresh and other improvements. Porting the wastegate seems to have helped the boost creep and it dosent creep up to fuel cut levels as easily as it did before. Allthough I have only taken it to around 5.5K rpm, set to 0.6 bar. Had to put a pa

Thanks mate, Yeah the rad cap is twisted on fully, its just a replacement cap I bought as the one that came with my rad didnt look great and was turning rusty. Probably just sits in a different position on mine. Thanks Sam Yeah Ive been looking into the boss kit, it looks like I've bought a boss kit for a 98 spec by mistake. It's not very clear but there are two different hkb boss kits, the OT48 for the prefacelift and the OT202 for the face-lift. Oh well, you live and learn. I know what you mean about the oil feed. I thought the same but like you say if it works it w

Ive been looking to replace the standard steering wheel on my glanza for a while now. It has seen better days, the leather on the wheel has worn away and it is in overall poor condition. I originally wanted to put a facelift glanza wheel on but found out they are incompatible with different air bag and horn connections. So I opted for a HKB boss kit and a personal 330mm leather steering wheel. Got it fitted this week, Feels a lot better to use and drive with over the original. I did encounter one problem though, the 96 wheel uses a metal ring electrical contact on the back for the h

Good work as always Claymore, really well detailed write ups. If its any consolation the same bolt snapped on mine when removing the undertray to fit the lower half rad bracket. I used a small reverse drill bit and was lucky enough for it to grab the bolt and spin the rest of it out the thread. Keep it coming, Looking forward to seeing the finished article 👍.