TBDevelopments Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) been to long since i updated this. so here goes.cars still been running fine, never let me down once. just been tweeking the setup and a few service items.Main thing was the clutch, the exedy basically fell apart on me the rivits all came loose on the friction plate and was making a hell of a noise, done a few mr2's with the same clutches recently and they've all done the same as well, so feel its a common failure. I replaced it with a toyota friction plate as the exedy was nothing special, and re-used the exedy heavy duty pressure plate. runs much better now with just as much grab the other job i finally got round to doing was fitting the front mount intercooler kit and moving the blitz filter to the front bumper, its currently at 1bar but going to 1.2bar soon with the remap and the bigger injectors. i'll probably leave the car there and just keep it maintained as it now spins through 1-3rd anyway so fast enough for a little daily drive.The front mount filter kit i wanted to do something a bit different so hard mounted it over just silicone and cable ties. i did a test fit and found i got alot of boost creep with the air hitting the side of the filter and acting like a ram air effect. so i put a divide inside hte filter so that it still pulled in cold air but didn't get forced down over 100mph. i know its technically not ram air but it was making the filter over efficient and the wastegate even through ported couldn't keep it below 1 bar.i also redesigned the fittment slightly and remade the main support bar for the catch so the intercooler could sit back futher. it now fits without any bumper cutting needed what so ever, also the pipes that run under the bottom cross bar into the engine bay don't hang down, they are actually about 1/2" higher than the bottom of the bumper.if your wandering why i have the front mount ic fitted and still running the topmount its because i'm going to be clocking the turbo and making my own ic pipes so rigged it like this for now until i have them made up.Let me know what you think of my work. Oh the blue cap on the filter is a blanking plug thats there for a cam case breather attachment but i've not got that sorted just yet. Edited February 6, 2012 by TBDevelopments Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ste91 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Very professional as always mate. I will pop down the work shop again soon when I get a day off work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBDevelopments Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 yeah no worries mate your always welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Coming along nicely. Been a while since I've seen this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Nice work Tim as always I see you have got rid of the P/S did you go for the MR2 electric power steering pump in the end?Also think this Air box someone mate up in japan (i think) is a work of art might be good use to you give you more idears ect with you having more room to play with the P/S not been in the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Louis Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The craftmanship in the air filter mount is incerdible! any chance you will be making more of these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McGlinchey Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 very tidy work there.. keep it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Very nice mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cazzac2222 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Amazing work mate, looks really clean and professional, Keep it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 great work mate ! all that fabrication looks really neat and alot of effort and thought have gone into it!havent seen it round in a while! will have to meet up soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBDevelopments Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 thanks guys, well local boys you know where my workshop is just pop down when your free, give me atxt first to make sure i'm in so you don't waste a journey.I've still got the P/S system inplace, if you look at one of hte bottom pictures you can see it hidden away, and that topmount air feed has it as well. As for the fabrication thanks my welding was all self taught i don't plan to make those but if people want custom fabrication doing then i'm sure i can sort something out Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Dude, seriously impressed with the workmanship on this!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBDevelopments Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 thanks mate only got the ic pipes to build now, mount the FPR and get it remapped with some 375cc injectors and 1.2bar and that will be it.although many have said thats safe on stock internals if the head gasket goes or a piston i'll rebuild with forged pistons and metal headgasket but not change the spec anymore.got a 500bhp mr2 to build and play with now so this is hte dailyTim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Loving the work there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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