Well, I've got good news and bad news about the Supra. For the last three weekends I've been devoting my Saturdays and Sundays to getting my damn car running. Well, Sunday was the final day. All looked good. Got the exhaust on, got the turbo bolts and all cinched up. Looked good in all respects.
About 9pm tonight, my brother and I were putting the finishing touches on the top end. I top off the coolant, check for leaks, do the same for the oil, and so on.
I then look around.. Wait... where's my blow off valve... Wait... I haven't seen it in quite some time. ****. The parts have been stored at my brothers house in a corner of the garage for the last year, and it seems there's been a lot of shady people through there.
I proceed to tear apart the garage, shed, supra, camry, my room at home, and any other place I can think to hold it. It's not anywhere.
So, after three FULL weekends of work, machine work, parts, etc. Someone stole my hardpipe, flange and HKS SSQV Blow Off Valve. The LAST part I need to get the Supra running has been stolen.
Here's as she sit's right now...
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[img]http://**********s.com/gallery/d/11936-2/missing.jpg[/img]
and here's what it should look like:
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So, Since it's $370 from HK$ and though they can be had for $250 online, I still can't afford to put a SSQV back on Right Now. I'll be reverting to stock piping, and a stock blow off valve
Makes me sad.
On a side note, I was talking with a buddy of mine and compiled a list of things I'll be able to monitor with the instrumentation going into the car.
Quote:
Monitorable Points:
Factory Dash -
1) RPM
2) Speed
3) Oil Pressure
etc.etc.etc.
HKS Boost Gauge -
1) Manifold Boost Pressure
Zeitronix ZT2 Wideband O2 - (All Log-able)
1) Wideband O2
2) EGT
3) Lambda
4) Boost (5v User Unput?)
APEXi S-AFC 2 - (Max. 4 Displayed at any one time)
1) RPM
2) Knocking Level
3) Air Amount Correction Factor
4) Karman Sensor Freq. (Faux - Created by VPC)
5) Throttle %
6) Battery Voltage
APEXi AVC-R - (Max. 4 Displayed at any one time)
1) Intake Manifold Boost Pressure
2) RPM (Either #2 or #3, not both at the same time)
3) Injector Duty Cycle (Either #2 or #3, not both at the same time)
4) Speed
5) Throttle %
6) Solenoid Valve Duty Cycle
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Though, I've also got this coming:
[img]http://**********s.com/gallery/d/11910-2/being+built.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://**********s.com/gallery/d/11914-2/DSC00488.jpg[/img]
3.5" Piping, replaces the cat, one resonator, goes to a Megan Racing Muffler, w/silencer so I can putz to work or the gym w/o drawing the attention of every police officer w/in a 5 mile radius. Got it for $350 shipped, new.
Originally the guy was making it to go on his car to make max power at the Supras Invade Las Vegas meet, but he didn't finish in time. Since he'd already agreed to sell it, he decided to just make it to my specs.
and lastly, here's my car, as emo and tweaked as a crackhead on MySpace:
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[img]http://**********s.com/gallery/d/11941-2/IMG_2320ca.jpg[/img]
So, yeah. Maybe this weekend I'll get the car running. Expect an update.
EDIT: -----------------
I just realized that I neglected to mention anything about getting the car getting up and running. About two months ago, I finally got tired of driving my FWD, Automatic Camry and decided to get the Supra back together. W/the assistance of a buddy (and a lit fire under my ass), I picked up an MHG, a spare Cylinder head, got some machining done, etc. and slowly put it all back together.
The things I really lack right now are 550cc injectors, Clutch (Will be going with a HorsepowerFreaks.com Feramic clutch setup) and my forged pistons. People have done 600hp on the stock internals, but still, I don't like to push it. I'm also running the Head off of an N/A engine, so we'll see if I get any difference in power between the NA Cams and the Turbo cams I had in my old head.
Things I've got going into my car:
- Zeitronix ZT2 Wideband w/LCD Screen
- HKS VPC (MAF -> Speed Density Converter)
- ApexI S-AFC2 (Fuel Tuning)
- ApexI AVC-R (Boost Control)
- Greddy EGT + Thermocouple
- PCV Catch Can (No more Oil in the intercooler)
- Walbro 255 Fuel Pump/Bypassed J-Tube restrictor.
- a few other things that I'm sure I'm spacing out.
I dropped my new turbo, manifold and downpipe off with a buddy so he could weld a V-Band flange onto the turbo instead of using that heat expansion ring/press fit flange it came with. In doing so, we also spec'd out the turbo: It's a 57Trim, Garrett TwinScroll/Divided Housing T4 turbo with a P-Trim hotside. Looking at the clip on the exhaust wheel, my turbo guy was saying I should expect full boost by 3,000rpm. That's hot.
So, as soon as the welding is done, that whole new turbo setup will be going into my car, along with the new exhaust. I'll be keeping the boost low, and watching my Wideband A/F's, but it should be a blast. From there, I get to figure out how to fit my upgraded intercooler and hardpipes into the car. I'm finally gettin' excited about this :-D
Anywho, there's the real update.
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