John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Hello there firstly I’m new on the forum so Hi all! This is my first Jap car after being a life long JDM fan. I wanted a Glanza for a while as it’s a perfect size for my garage and also I just think there really cool fun cars. thought I would share with you all some progress I’ve made with my Glanza, not long owned the car (maybe a month ish) but the main spec when I bought the car was as follows 1998 Glanza V in white (129 000 km) 6 point bolt in cage bc coil overs WMS brake kit Nankang Ns2R tyres Jap speed exhaust with toyosports manifold factory CT9 turbo - with HKS actuator FMIC running 0.7 Bar of boost on a Profec B 2 Edited June 20, 2020 by John Hodson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 So First things first - A wash! I’ve always thought washing a car and giving it some attention makes the car that bit happier! i gave the car a full wash and a 2 stage machine polish, then a chemical paint sealant for some protection, overall the paint isn’t bad! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Next on my list I wanted to give the car a service, but first I needed to sort out a cracked manifold, luckily the crack was on the merge collector so it wasn’t to bad to fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Now I’d love to say I threw a weld on this myself but I decided since my dad used to be a welder once upon a time I’d ask him nicely to help, I traded him a couple of beers and he welded her up for me while I had the turbo off I decided to clean up the oil feed/return line and I renewed a bunch of gaskets turbo coolant gasket oil feed/return gasket turbo-manifold gasket downpipe gasket exhaust manifold gasket + stud and nut kit gasket for the pipe off the hot side of turbo too Edited June 20, 2020 by John Hodson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 I managed to renew 4 out of the 6 studs, but I decided that I didn’t want to risk snapping off a stud in the head😂 the threads are all good so that shall do! i installed a new set of NGK irridium plugs heat range 7, dropped the oil out of her and installed a new oil filter and fresh oil. I got the turbo back on and connected it all back up Taking the car for a drive it felt smoother and more responsive. I got my fill of the good weather driving it around 😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Found a decal kit so added the Glanza sticker to the rear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 More Power!! So I’d been driving the car round and it’s been brilliant, it handles well and it pulls nicely through the gears. As the chassis already has big brakes, semi slick tyres, Bc coil overs and a roll cage i decided on upping the boost abit 👀 I had enjoyed getting the socket set out and doing the odd jobs on the car but i decided to reach out to the guys at Tuning Developments for the work I had planned Since the car was running standard boost around 0.7 bar (peak) and was fairly quick I thought opting for the 180hp package they do would suit the car well! Now i already have an emanage blue plus all the supporting mods needed. So I got in contact with mike at TD and i got the car booked in for basically ECU wiring and mapping plus bigger fuel pump. While I was there I had the timing belt done and water pump for peace of mind. Also a SARD RRFPR, and various seals and stuff my Greddy Profec B boost controller turned out to be dead (solenoid is toast) so I got a nice new GFB g force 3 boost controller instead 😁 The Slightly surprising results!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 I’d never expected the stock CT9 to be capable of these numbers but I’m more than happy with the performance I have to take my hat off to the mapping of this car and the work TD have done. The turbo comes on really strong and there’s a lot more low down grunt than there was previously, it pulls really hard through the gears now!! Absolute little beast!!! 🚙💨 also I’ve ditched the factory air inlet in favour of a short route pipe with a K&N filter. The turbo noise is epic 😆 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Thompson Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Looking good mate 😎 did you get the relocation kit from TD? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Charlie Thompson said: Looking good mate 😎 did you get the relocation kit from TD? I actually had the pipe and hose already as it came with the car, so the guys just used it in the build 😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Found some surface rust on the rear of the boot the other day, since the weather was nice yesterday I decided to take the rear tailgate off and have a go at sorting it out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Eeeee not nice to see! 😬But luckily what seems like rot is actually just in the top layer of paint/primer, this area always sees rainwater sitting around for long periods of time so can be prone to corrosion. A good wet and dry sorted it out, I removed the boot seal and tapped off the whole boot area to prep for some paint, I applied 3 coats of super white and left it to dry, then 2 coats of laquer, the end result is really good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 I’ve really enjoyed the 6 weeks or so I’ve owned this car, they are so much fun to drive. My next plan is to clean up the engine bay so I’ll provide some updates to how that goes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burty Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 white on white is a great combo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Went out for a weekend blast along with a dirty Nissan 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hodson Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Started addressing some of the obvious areas under the bonnet that looked abit rough, this was quite satisfying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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