qualitybrew Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 So I have decided to do a build thread on my 1987 Toyota Mark II so i can have a record of all the mods I have done and also so anyone else interested can have a look. I saw the car on Trademe about a month ago and fell inlove with it pretty much straight away, so i called the owner up and asked if i could come have a look that night. After giving it a look over and not being able to find any faults, apart from the minor rust on the underside of the bonnet, I purchased it and was extremely pleased. I quickly sold my Subaru before the turbo blew up. The mark II is a factory manual (w55) and has a 1.8L, 4cyl engine (1s). A f*ckload better on fuel than the Subey. The next day at work I put it up on the hoist to have a look underneath and replaced the engine oil, oil filter, diff oil, and gearbox oil. I also found that the driveshaft hanger bearing was f*cked so I ordered a new one. Oh my occupation is a Toyota mechanic by the way, so that comes in handy. After replacing the driveshaft hanger bearing the next day, i thought of what I wanted to do next. I got a fresh W.O.F and some rego so atleast it was all road worthy. So recently i have been looking at an insane amount of mark II and Cressida build threads on the net and have pretty much sorted the look i want to go for. Heres a pic of when i got her, only thing I had done is fitted the train hanger. As you can see, she is completely standard and waaaaaay too high. so I called in a favor from my dad , Iain Wilson, at Racelign/Autolign in Mt Wellington. He hooked me up with some Bilstein shocks for the rear, Dobi lowering springs all around and shortened shocks in the front. You cant really see how low it is in this picture but i will upload a decent pic tomorrow, also this was after I gave her a decent wash and polish. Bilsteins and Dobis. It rides so much better now and doesnt look like a boat. Ill upload a decent pic of how it sits tomorrow. Also I decided that I wanted a twin 2inch boso style exhaust, but not an over the top exhaust that goes over the roof or anything, just like, 300mm out the back on an angle. So I went and talked to Derek ( not sure if thats spelt right ) at Counties Mufflers, he was extremely helpful and gave me a few options, definitely recommend this guy to anyone looking for work done on their exhaust system. So what im going to do is remove the rear muffler and then have a splitter separating the 1 and a half inch exhaust into 2 2inch pipes. But when i removed the rear muffler tonight and started it up I decided I might fit a small muffler before the splitter because its offensively loud haha. So i cut the pipe just before the muffler, heres some pics. Tomorrow ill finish it off and put some pics of when its done. Heres some more pics of the car, ill update my progress tomorrow, cheers, Jake. Okay so today I got my new muffler. The entry pipe to it is '1 and a half inch' and then it has 2 '2 and a quarter' outlets. So it will go where the old muffler was and have 2 long 2 and a quarter pipes out the back. I havent fitted it yet as I got it a bit late in the day so I will have to wait till I can do it at work tomorrow. Heres a picture of it anyway. Will let you guys know the progress Okay, so, I got my exhaust on, heres the pics, excuse the bad welding but it was my first time welding on exhaust piping, and my third time actually welding haha, but this project is all about learning so here we go: Not sure what my next mod will be, hopefully some new rims if I can find some cheap, good looking ones. Might post some more pics of the car cruising this weekend, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hachi-ichi Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I was at Autolign about a month ago getting my Kei Offices re bushed, ended up talking to your dad, he mentioned this car and the recent Tsurikawa "train handle" hahaha. Looking forward to this build progess, really good start with Bilsteins in the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Calico Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Looking good man. Paint looks gleam man, did you cut n' polish it? is it actually though? as I swear when it was on the tard the clear looked stuffed/I'm makingshitup Sweet suspension too! Bil's, legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualitybrew Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Looking good man. Paint looks gleam man, did you cut n' polish it? is it actually though? as I swear when it was on the tard the clear looked stuffed/I'm makingshitup Sweet suspension too! Bil's, legend. Thanks man. Yeah have given it a cut and polish. Roof still has clearcoat pealing off but I plan on having that fixed up in the next few weeks. Cheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosozoku_gx71 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Hey man, love that you are doing it properly. I had forgotten how good it came up with a cut and polish. Almost makes me regret selling it haha. Definitely going to have to follow it. Have you had any problems with the motor? Cough JZ Cough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualitybrew Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 Hey man, love that you are doing it properly. I had forgotten how good it came up with a cut and polish. Almost makes me regret selling it haha. Definitely going to have to follow it. Have you had any problems with the motor? Cough JZ Cough Haha no problems with the motor yet but im definitely pushing it to its limits so when it blows i have an excuse to get a JZ haha. How hard was it to convert yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Altezza 3SGE would be an easy swap too. Engine mounts bolt up, bellhousing bolts up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosozoku_gx71 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Fuck yeah Sam, 3S-GE would be so epic in one of these! Beams for life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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