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thanks dude

well a succesful saturday for me, got my car detailed by a mate of mine who does it for a living, he really came up trumps and my car looked awsome, came up so much nicer than i could have imagined. he used some type of metal polish on my exhaust, whatever it was made it shine oh so good and imo miles better than autosol also got some pics of my front mounted air filter (these were taken before car was cleaned) all pics were taken on a camera phone also repainted all my wiper arms, as they were all rusty, really to make such a difference.

well to be honest it was done because i was told a manifold i bought would fit with the blitz/autobahn pipework, and unfortunately it didnt. and i needed the car to go to france with, so for the time being the pipework was bodged, its really not that pikey to be fair mate, maybe its the reflective lagging makes it look worse. but re-routing the piping is next, it's just a bit difficult when your trying to keep the a/c, and it's not really ideal to clock the turbo as im using an actuator, and will need to get brackets made up. another reason it hasnt been done before it got tuned was because it was sort the piping route out, or get the car running safely as money is a bit of an issue at the moment because of unforseen circumstances, naturally i would rather get my car running safely. the boost loss is more than likey due to a crack in the waste gate, and spool is almost the same as riko's, mainly to do with the manifold design, but its really not that much later than stock. thanks for your helpful and sarky input ;)

lol that i found was funny, i bet he was ugly and teresa was proper fit, otherwise he wouldnt bang on about it lol

first to go, is those god awful, standard seats, very very uncomfortable, and although im not a particuarly tall guy, i found that even i was to tall for the seats. whilst the seats were out i decided i would fit another stereo, as the one that was in it, was for the japanese market, and also there were no speakers, doing the re-wiring, the japs love to bodge wires, finally finished fitting stereo, and i also repaired the buttons, for the air vents, as 2 were broken. rear strut brace fitted and speakers. although after i fitted the rear strut brace i suddenly realised that i am changing the suspension the weekend and will have to remove it again, doh!!:homer: gave the car a very quick wash, as was starting to get dark, will update over the next few weeks, hopefully i can get the next project of the month a little bit more progress today. i swapped the suspension over. this is the stuff that was on the car. rear shocks rear springs front shock and spring its strange why itr had rs*r springs on the back and (i'm guessing here) monza springs on the front. the car did have monza shocks all round, which were very firm, for a shock and spring setup, and was quite good round the twisty's. my old buddy clubs, next to the shock i just took off. also fitted watanabe locking nuts watanabe nuts fitted, and autobahn tuner nut's fitted. once the buddy clubs were all fitted the tracking was massively out, and the car had a mind of its own, so i quickly adjusted it enough to get me to the tyre shop, but by the tim i got there they were closed. so i done the tracking myself with my eyes, and its only a liitle off and will be safe to use tonight, then i'll get the tracking done tomorrow. seeing as tomorrow is mother's day, work on the car is postponed, so next weekend, i'll be swapping the exhaust and roll bars hopefully. Well more work went on this weekend, there seems to be more and more lol swapped the steering wheels over, as the one in the new car was a little worn, also bought the vanity tray for the starlet off dave_gtturbo, got the skirts repainted when i got the roof done, and i must say a blinding job was done, Rare peice of JDM goodness, (cue JAY for any info) also swapped the standard air box for my hks mushroom, Decided to swap the exhaust from my old car to my new car as it was a 5zigen, and actually made a noise. the main reason for me swapping the exhausts the 5zigen, so much smaller and lighter, then the unknown one that was on the car The TRD anti - roll bar also got swapped, the newly painted, shiny roof, swapping the fuel pumps over, new pump old pump, super dirty I must say, big shout out to kei aka Glanza k31, for helping me swap the exhausts and anti-roll bars over, couldnt have done it with out his help. and it earnt him some brand new TRD roll bar bushes, as they wont fit on mine lol just a lil update today, i've got a few days off work so thought i'd crack on and finally get every thing swapped over. so today i fitted the TRD engine mounts from my old car, and put the old mounts from the new car onto the old one. it was bloody hard work. I also fitted my sideskirts back on, and put on my front lower arm bar. also cleaned the headlights with some polish, as they were very yellow, i think they came out not to bad i havnt got many pics, i just took some of the outside of the car its still filthy dirty as i not had chance to clean it, and it was starting to get dark out, and my camera is a pile of poo, so they havnt come out to well. when i get round to washing it, and the weather is good and i nick my dads camera, i'll get some decent pics. tomorrow im swapping the fuel pressure regs over. i found me camera, so gave the car a quick wash, and took some pics of my progress. unfortunately it's been a bit slow as i have been waiting for some parts, and the weather has/had been poor. another eventful day today, i decided to fit my engine management apexi s-afc and s- itc: JAM FCC and decided to heat wrap my decat, as it was rusty decided to finally tune my car, this weekend, in time for le mans. problem was nothing fitted together. heres some pics i got at the weekend. well today i cleaned my rocker cover. it's not perfect as i got bored and i had other things to do. i was working till 1 this morning, so when i got back, i done the above. i also wired my boost controller in, and fitted a new drop link bar, as mine had broke. i then proceeded to piss about with my new manifold, yes it is still causing me problems, the majour blow on it was my fault, i never put enough past on the down pipe, so i sorted that, and i can garuntee that is not blowing now. there is what looks like 2 little pin holes in the welds on 2 of the runners, so i'm hoping upon hopes that is the problem, if not then its going to le man blowing, and i'll sort it out when i get back. the guy i bought it from said that i can try welding it, and if it dont work then he shall send me a new one, and i send him this back. fitting intercooler, i must say i am impressed with the autobahn cooler. also tried fitting the hks filter in the front, but it just will not fit. went to halfords, and bought a filter as i needed to get the car on the road today. found this its off a corsa though lol was a bargain price though catch tank fitted manifold - which is still bloody blowing grrrrrrrrr modified intercooler piping piping with heat reflective tape and everything back together i now have only 0.4 bar of boost max as the mani is still blowing, and it takes an age to get to speed. so i shall be taking it easy on the way to le mans. right just a small update. decided that the corsa k&n filter just would suck enough air, and decided that a 45mm lenth of pipe never done the trick either. so on goes a hks air filter from a skyline, and a lengh of 51mm pipe. and i must say i'm impressed that i still have air con to go with it. all i need to do now is adjust my actuator arm, and get it tuned, hopefully be sometime this week or next. after that the cars just gonna be driven and have the uprated brakes i have lying around, i'm bored of spending money on it now and that is how long the piping is, its a very short route, and has minimal bends in it got it tuned it made 177lb/ft of torque, and 157.1 hp @ the wheels, which i'm pretty happy about to be fair unfortunately the crack in the wastegate is causing a boost drop of 9psi, it starts at 19 psi and drops down to 13.5 psi, it's not really noticable on the road but i think it could have made more power. also my headgasket is on it's way out as the overflow bottle was filling up. and my tuner reckons my piston rings might be on there way out as there was a lot of air coming out the breather, but it's not burning any oil and isnt running on less than the 4 cylinders, so i am unsure. but i have decided to go forged anyway and wack the boost to 1.4bar, but this wont happen for a few months yet as soon as photobucket is working again i shall upload the power graph and the video sorry for the blury graph, the blue line is the torque, the red line is the wheel power and the yellow line is the boost, black flat(ish) line is the a/f i cant get a better pic of the graph as the lines are to small for a scanner, and a camera cant take a better pic.

that is a very good point lol lucky for me though my car only does about 7k at most per year anyway so it prob woouldnt be to bad

i wanna know how the fuck you managed to get it that cheap, i'm 22 with 2 years no claims, and cheapest i got was £1300, with all mods declared gt running about 200 @ fly. @ i got a qoute on a siera old skool cossie, and it was £1500 through gocompare.com, and i bet if i rang some specialists it would be cheaper and easier to insure than my gt, half because it's not an import.

http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/showthread.php?t=20597 make a list of names here, dates have not been confirmed any suggestions will be welcomed. iknow starlet rick is also organising one for 6th september.

agreed. if the fcd is fitted incorrectly the car will run funny, and the engine check light will come on

it's definately fuel cut mate, it wont make a difference how far the gas peddle is pushed really, fuel cut happens between 0.85 and 0.93 bar. how far you press the loud pedal determines how much boost you gonna get. i would suggest to do what enzo said. process of elimination mate. if it doesnt solve it, you can put it back

i see your point there dude, and i agree

looks awsome dude, and lovely spec list, is it running 1bar on a ct9?

i didnt say it would make it run rich, i said he should run the car rich. the manifold doesnt make the car run rich, thats just silly. you can use 1bar on the stock mani if you tune the car on the rich side, now providing you dont go everywhere full throttle, it will be fine, i was running it for 1 year and half, while i saved up the cash for another manifold. unfortunately the car got written off by a transit, so no longer have the car, but i know the engine is still in use, as it was put into another starlet. and it's not just runner 3 that is restrictive, runner 2 is almost just as restrictive

to save fucking about changing manifolds etc, and to save spending time porting out the mani, just run it at 1bar, it will be fine for a few months, if you run it slightly rich. i know this as i have done this, just dont rag the shit out of it because it will go bang otherwise. but the safest way is to run it at 0.8 bar.

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www.rhdjapan.com a livesports front splitter delivered to my address for £151.96. cost me £40 to paint. compare that to toytunings price

ireland, but currently lives in america

7k encounting ;) it's really annoying because it doesnt look like much

lol it's not worth fixing mate

right bought a manifold off sikilla mart in may, was told it would fit with a blitz/autobahn intercooler, when i fitted the manifold it didnt fit, i was also told the standard intake pipe would also fit and it never, as the plastic pipe was actually touching the manifold. also the flanges were still warped from the welding when i received it. also the thread that is tapped for the manifold to turbo studs, are not the toyota size thread which i was also very dissapointed with as i had to make my own studs, more time and money wasted. anyway finally got it all fitted and it was blowing, after hours of messing around and taking it on and off 4 or 5 times, i realised it was blowing out of the welds. any way i was very annoyed and made a thread to release some anger, now this put a few peoples backs up. after apologising and and explaining my actions, everything calmed down. keith offered to send me another manifold which i accepted and asked him to make sure the flanges were flat and to send the relevent turbo studs also. 1 week later he did. now the welding still doesnt look as good as i was expecting, BUT and it is a big but, i am now very happy with it. there level of customer service was very high, and as said above after my rant they could have turned round and said they wont help me. so i would buy off them again, and hope the next time will be a lot smoother.

thankyou for agreeing with me mate, and i also see what you mean, it's just this is quickly becoming a them and us affair also has any body got the link to the original thread that all this started from with the bomb threats etc? i would like to see it, sounds like a chuckle, and will waste me some time lol

dont start having a go at me dude, the bigger man is the one that dont retaliate. as said i would post the same on tgtt aswell if it would let me. i dont even know how the sqauble started. both sites have helped the ep community massively, both through traders and online community, both sites should stop publicly slating each other and do the slating behind closed doors. both sites should really be on a united front not petty sqaubling. yes you get some dicks on both sites, but they are public forums and this is to be expected. if you want you can pm this link to dylan so he can read my comments also,

i think both sites are being childish. most ep owners are on both sites and these petty squables between admin are just pathetic, grow up ffs. i would post the same on tgtt, but it wont allow posts on that particular thread.

awsome. my mates rad looks the same as that (but isn't pink), and assumed (the mother of all fuck ups ) it was a glanza rad. may i ask how much that set you back? or rather how much it would cost if i were to buy one? i shall be after a new uprated rad in a couple of months (gotta get the holiday season out the way)

sorry what is the actual date everyone meeting?