Popular Post sheepers Posted January 6, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 and all finished. im super stoked with how it all came out. the shape is really good and the passengers side wont need any bog i reckon, just some high build and it should come right. the drivers side needs a tiny bit of filler where a piece of the origional car is really badly fucked from previous welding. apart from that shes ready for paint. 2020-01-06_01-15-03 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-06_01-15-12 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-06_02-52-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-06_02-52-22 by sheepers, on Flickr 39 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2020 Primer. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 9, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2020 sand, fill then prime again. i have the colour mixed for the top coat so ill be attempting to paint it red probably saturday. 2020-01-09_12-19-49 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-09_06-20-37 by sheepers, on Flickr 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2020 well, that was fucking stressful. first time ever laying a candy/3 coat colour and it so very nearly went very very wrong. i completely fluked it and managed to get it looking right but i was seconds away from disaster on more than one occasion. im fucking turbo stoked with how it looks, its got some dust in it but i couldn't give a fuck, theres way more right than there is wrong and thats a fucking win. 2020-01-09_06-20-37 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-10_07-39-39 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-10_07-39-48 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-10_07-39-58 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-10_07-40-05 by sheepers, on Flickr 63 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2020 painted some things black. booster, hood stay, windscreen wiper motor housing and hood latch. just the normal shit really. now thats done i will probably start working on the new engine loom. ive got new plugs for everything and new link looms so the motor will get a full rewire. 2020-01-17_05-53-42 by sheepers, on Flickr 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 been doing some wiring. i found it pretty hard to take a photo that showed what ive done so the pix are a bit shit really. just imagine i had no loom at all, then i did. its a whole new world having new plugs and looms to make everything. i learned a whole bunch making this and im really happy with how its come out. i now have the body interface to sort out which will be a cool process and ill be able to fix heaps of stuff. bit of fucking around and then i can put the motor back in the car. 2020-01-23_07-16-12 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-23_07-15-57 by sheepers, on Flickr 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 motor in. pretty stoked tbh. its funny how quickly i forgot how little room there is around this thing when its back in the bay. also the bonnet fits. 2020-01-24_05-44-54 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-24_05-45-02 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-24_05-45-10 by sheepers, on Flickr 63 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2020 putting it back together. i put the new center bearing on the driveshaft and put the driveshaft back in. this took most of the day because i had to repair the floor where the handbrake bolts in because all celicas rip the handbrake bolts out of the floor. the actual bolting back in of the driveshaft and the driveshaft loop took about 10 minutes, the rest of the day was doing crown brake upgrades and repairing the floor. 2020-01-27_04-54-18 by sheepers, on Flickr 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted January 31, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 more stuff. exhaust is all back in. all the plumbing is done, it has a clutch, oil in the motor, power steering fluid all over the floor and save one radiator hose that i cut the wrong end off it would have water in it too. all the wiring forward of the fire wall is finished as well. i had to notch the chin spoiler to accommodate the oil coolers and hopefully it doesn't look to stupid when its all back together. tomorrow i should be able to crank it and get oil pressure up and also test the fuel system at pressure. good. 2020-01-31_06-25-47 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-01-31_06-25-28 by sheepers, on Flickr art. 2020-01-31_06-49-13 by sheepers, on Flickr 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted February 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2020 put a headlight relay in to take the load off the wiring in the headlight switch. Toyotas switch the negative at full current through the headlight switch and after a while they like to set themselves on fire. so Nick the sparkey wired in the relay. put the front back on and did more tidying of the wiring inside the car. which was such a mess that im to embarrassed to show a picture of how it was. ill put the headlight back in the drivers side too. so its better now, still not finished but there's not much left to do then the wiring is finished and i can have a go at starting it. oh, its got oil pressure and fuel pressure without leaking anywhere. 2020-02-02_01-43-52 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-02-02_01-44-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 29 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted February 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2020 ive been doing a bunch of wiring tidy up stuff which is pretty boring really. i did manage to wire 4 coils round the wrong way and fry them. 2020-02-11_11-24-07 by sheepers, on Flickr which meant i needed to buy some new ones. 2020-02-11_11-23-59 by sheepers, on Flickr coils are from a 1JZ-FSE direct injection engine, a couple of others too. they required modification via a sanding belt to fit but what doesn't need sanding. what now? well, most systems are go and ive been trying to start it. it almost went, gave that phut phut im trying noise but no actual running yet. i have some weird things to sort out regarding how it was set up vs how it should be set up (cam triggers are not making sense at this point, was only getting LH cam triggers but the computer was configured to RH cam trigger, its exactly the same as it was in this regard but it still dont make no sense) but ill keep plugging away and in theory it should go. 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted February 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 so yea, it goes. had to push the throttle by hand because i haven't got the e throttle working yet. pretty stoked tbh, it goes fucking mint. if i can figure out the e throttle setup i might be able to drive it tomorrow. sorry the video is a bit shit, i was trying to doort and film at the same time. 48 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted February 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 my mate Adam who is a link tuning wizard gave me a hand to get the e throttle sorted and get it idling and running ok. its getting hot fast which is concerning. the radiator is 11 years old so maybe needs a clean/re-core. ill keep fucking around with it. but anyway today i drove it. it goes mint and makes the whurry noises. tune is rough as fuck at the mo but its good enough to do a couple of Ks and see how it behaves, if i can keep it cool. 2020-02-14_07-18-56 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-02-14_07-19-05 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-02-14_07-19-12 by sheepers, on Flickr 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 i spent today fucking around with it and i did find that i had the bypass valve plumbed wrong so it wasn't able to bypass air at idle. that did bring the inlet temps down but this thing is still getting hot. thoughts? what do you think could be causing it to get so hot? its basically the same motor sitting idling and the temp just creeps up. same radiator, same fan. its not making any power yet but the temp is still rising. it heats up really quick the supercharger gets real hot as does the whole motor the fan kicks in but it cant keep up, the temp both of the coolant and the intake air just keeps getting hotter and hotter. im 99% sure i put the head gaskets on the correct sides. the base timing seems to be right. i dunno? what do you think? ps, dont post in this thread, chuck your ideas in the discussion thread (link in sig) thanks team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 so, ive removed the serpentine belt and run the moor without the supercharger running and it made no difference. the rate at which it gets hot is quite alarming. the water bridges are hot within a minute. it takes no time at all to get up to 88deg. Adam went over the fuel map and the ignition map and couldn't find anything that would cause it undue heat. i will get someone else to check that ive set the base timing correctly but im fairly sure its right. ill take the radiator to be flow tested then cleaned and re tested tomorrow but i really dont think the radiator is the problem. the motor gets hot way to fast for it to have anything to do with the radiator. i wonder if i put the headgaskets on backwards or something? do you think that would do it? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 today i took the oil filter off, cut it open and had a look. took it to the engine builder for confirmation and he agreed there was nothing in the oil to worry about. put a new water pump on the motor which has a sightly bigger impeller which sits into the block a bit deeper and that made no difference. im starting to lose my patience with this 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Took radiator to be flow checked and it's fine. Looks good inside where you can see, no corrosion or whatever. Cut the tanks and made it a triple pass. Still temp climbs. Not as fast as before but it's still climbing. Tested both thermostats to make sure they open about where they say they will and also to make sure the bypass blocking plate on the back of the thermostat reaches the hole it's supposed to block. One was better then the other so I put that in. It's still getting hot, just does it a bit slower now. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 no progress to report really. ive driven it around the hood with the bonnet off and as long as i can cruse at about 50 with out any traffic it sits at about 87-90. as soon as i have to stop it climbs, but with a 60km breeze it seems to drop down to about that 87-90 region. ive probably traveled about 10 Ks around here so far. it would Chernobyl if i got caught in traffic though. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted March 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2020 Science. So I know what's wrong. The gasket is blown between cylinders. Ive got the leakdown tester in number 7 and when I block the cam vent and the dipstick I can hear the air coming into number 5. As soon as I take my finger off the dipstick hole the noise in number 5 stops too. I'd say it's leaking on both heads. Motor out time. 18 4 1 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepers Posted March 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2020 pulled the motor out and took it apart. i must have damaged the head gasket when i installed it because its got a ding i it that is clearly the source of the problem. new gaskets and bolts ordered, i have no idea when the bolts will get here so they will determine when i can put it back together. 2020-03-02_05-07-54 by sheepers, on Flickr 2020-03-02_05-07-40 by sheepers, on Flickr 21 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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