bobdylan

Clippers?

 

 

 

Trim/scrape away as much of the fluff as possible and then you could try to spray some turps up there to soften the glue, let it soak, spray some more, let it soak, spray some more and then let it soak and try wipe it off with some gentle pressure.

Thanks

How do i remove the fuzz from the roof after I removed the liner.

Started to strip the interior, ready for the cage to go in:

Starting to modify the dash:

Dash again, 

How do I remove this stuff? Any easy way???

Legendary induction noise from ITB's

Thank you.

Its dutch for horsepower

Doubt it, but thanks for the answer anyway.

What is Doort?

Are the B/T and S/T intake cams not the same?

And it's the B/T exhaust cam that has slightly more lift that makes B/Ts interference engines?

 

From all the research I did into running open trumpets with no intake chamber, air intake temps are higher, being located above the exhaust sandwiched between the block and fire wall, and made no gain in power.

 

They sound fucking mean though, maximum DOORT spec.

The blacktop has more lift on the intake cam but the exhaust cams are the same. TBH not worth the effort but they were in the engine when we swapped it in. The 7afe headgasket rasies to comp up .5 which makes the ST 10.5 to 11 which is a bit more power. But i would personally not bother with the BT intake cam for .2mm lift. Just buy aftermarket which is what I will be doing as soon as the bank account gets a bit better,

The heat is an issue but what we are doing is building a pod that seals to the bonnet when its closed and has an vent giving the ITB's cold fresh air.

TBH she sounds mean at 8,000rpm with the poddy on it. The exhaust is decent, who ever did it, did a good job. Sounds sporty and not too loud or ricey.

Great write-up.

The Silvertop is running a Blacktop Manual ECU and a 4afe MAP sesnor until I can afford a blacktop one. Its actually very easy to rewire the loom for the new ECU and change from AFM to Blacktop MAP. Will write a guide if anyone is intrested.

The engine has the following mods:

Blacktop intake cam

Blacktop ECU

2.5 inch exhaust

7afe headgasket (raises comp to 11:1)

Thanks guys, will attempt this this weekend.

Need to make the FX as light as possible to make up for the lack of power.

You'll be fine.

I have a 4 inch intake straight from my turbo through a pod filter and it's fine (Makes a hell of a lot more noise than open quads do).

Sweet. Thats a load off my mind.

You will need a cert for the engine, brakes and suspension. When the suspension is certified it's set at that height +/- 5%. I don't think changing the spring rate is an issue as long as the height remains the same.

As for noise, yes it can be too loud but I've yet to hear of anyone getting pinged for excessive intake noise.

It will be running trumpets with socks in a special made box which seals with the bonnet and is vented so it only draws in cold air, worried that it will be far to noisy at the 4,400-8,200rpm mark.

Thanks for answering the other questions.

I've got these drawn up.  even an injection mould tool to make straight trumpets in different lengths using neoprene (like the BT trumpets) and various other flanges like dcoe.  future project

Can you make a 100mm trumpets for my silvertop?

If anyone has any suggestions or advice please send it my way.

Looking at putting 100mm Trumpets on the Silvertop and running some sort of vent straight to the trumpets (with socks on), get that nice induction noise going.

Also looking at getting a set of fixed back seats if anyone knows any decent priced ones that will fit the 82's rails.

This has been a while comming now but the old girl lives. I purchased her and she had done 403,000km. She is a 1984 FX-GT 16valve hatchback. I admit she was rough as guts. BUT her interior is damn near perfect, the original seats didnt even have a single rip.

Currently she has:

MRP Coil overs with "Race" springs

AE111 Front Brakes

Whiteline 18mm Rear sway bar

20v 4age engine from a GT apex

LSD Box

So skip forward 3 months (will update photos later) and this is her now:

As you can see she is a little rough, but nothing that cant be fixed, only rust is a little on the roof and inner guard which will be fixed soon.
 

Nice new Silvertop engine and LSD box, looks almost factory

20v Silvertop in all her glory, got to love the sound she makes.

Thanks guys, will give it a shot this weekend.

I have a 1984 FX-GT which I need to remove the sound deadening from. Any hints as I tried to heat it up and only managed to do a little bit. I am thinking about attacking it with a chisel and a hammer.

Anyone has any tips/advice would be great as it needs to be done before i get her painted inside.

Quick few questions about getting the FX on the road:

1) I have done an engine swap from 16v to 20v does it need to be cert'd as its not over 20% more power to the wheels?

2) The Silvertop will run open trumpets with socks on them, it is very loud (induction side, as exhaust is moderate), is there any laws about induction noise over exhaust noise? How do they tell them apart and if there is a limit whats the DB rating?

3) I have put AE111 front brakes on the 82, since they are toyota OEM parts are they ok or should they be certified too?

4) I know the half cage is legal and doesnt need to be cert'd but for easy of police sake would it be better to get it cert'd at the same time?

5) I have been told since it is running adjustables they need to be cert'd, my question about this is if I change the spring rate does that affect the cert, should i wait till i have it setup before going to the cert guy?

6) Is a Apexi-RSM good enough for a speedo or do I need to run a gauge?

7) What are the rules about removing the heater/blower unit and installing a light weight fan unit?

Thanks in Advance

I am in the process of making a dash cluster for my AE82 using a 5inch tach as the centre point much like the old rally cars with a few warning lights and an oil pressure and water temp guage. Trying to keep it simple yet functional and after reading the WOF requirments it needs a speedo.

Can i remove the speedo from the stock guage cluster and mount it behind some plastic as a seperate unti and ditch the rest of the stock cluster and if so any idea on how one goes about taking it all apart? Would they accept that at WOF time and I can't seem to locate any specifics about where it needs to be mounted on the dashboard, was thinking about mounting it off to one side like on a yaris/vitz/echo. Does it need to be mounted within a specific area of the dash? Or as long as it is visable to the driver is it classified as ok?

 

AE82s don't have the same style arms as the AE101s, they have pressed steel arms with eccentric bolts for toe adjustment instead of the tie-rod and bushes that the 101s have.

Just found out they dont.

I used to own an Ae101 and the rear lateral arms are two different types. One is adjustable and will have pillowball mounts at the ends. The other had rubber bushings. To get a cheap handling upgrade you replaced the rubber one with another pillowball one. Having just picked up an Ae82 I was woundering if anyone knew if the same trick would work with it?