Project BG8Z, Introducing the Familia

[joshg123]

None of this post is relevant

[iluv2moan]

good to see other people attempting to do shit yaself.... well done - looks mint

[Lonewolf]

looks good josh, glad to say i financed some of it :D
colour choice is awesome

[Lump]

looking good josh, great to see :)
how come you had problems with compliance, when the dude i got it from had it allready registered? (but let the rego run out)
btw ive seen a red GTX parked here at work a few times

cheers
Andy

[confuzion]

love these pocket rockets.. can see the mega hard work put in dude, top stuff!

[Jazza]

Yeh you deserve respect for doin all or nearly all of it yourself! Well done champ

[Milhouse]

top work there josh :D

being someone who viewed the car in its black & primer state i know how far the car has come :D

cant wait to see it in the flesh, i'm keen for runs :D

btw, theres a white GTX in hillarys round the corner from ben351's place... i've seen it there a few times :)

[Milhouse]

p.s nice face in the photo hahahah

[joshg123]

Cheers for the comments all :)

Andy - The car was all over the shop on rego, was registered as a 3 seater, had 4 seatbelts. Had to get it cleared that it wasnt dodgey. Nothing really lined up on the papers. Nothing was on file.

Damn, there was more than ive researched.... oh well :)

[Brett_J]

Nice effort,Looks the goods and I love the BP motors,so tough for a 1.8.
Is that my old TX3 in the background?
I miss that car, dont miss the countless destroyed boxes though :D

Brett

[joshg123]

Brett - Naa, thats not your one. I sold your one a bit before that photo was taken.... 3 days later the new owner blew the box :D, i went 7 months with it on the road without a single problem.. he has it three days

[jEstEr?]

much better than that pos fwd BF1061 you used to have =) looks awesome, can't wait to see you doing szome helis

[Lump]

Andy - The car was all over the shop on rego, was registered as a 3 seater, had 4 seatbelts. Had to get it cleared that it wasnt dodgey. Nothing really lined up on the papers. Nothing was on file.


WTF a 3 seater?? btw the dude i got it from, bought it from a car yard in wangarra... nothing on file....:confused:
ahh well, glad its ok now.

[Jimmy_S]

very nice... reminds me of my old KB/BF conversion... sooo much fun! :D

[E28drifta]

kudos to you for do all your own work. much respect :)

just wish i had your motivation to complete my car. its spent nearly 2yrs in primer sitting in the garage :(

btw, is that an austin healy in the background of the last pic?

[mr_mike]

Looks sweet dude, i am a strong believer in car enthusiast bein just that and doin everythin their selves rather than just payin out wads of cash and enjoyin sum1 elses work.
Major respect its comin along well.
I know of 2 GTR's one belongs to my mate graham and is black with white DriftR rims and the other is a black one belongin to some arab guy.

[joshg123]

Renton - Austin healey sprite chassis, MG midget bodywork, Full race car :)

Mr-Mike - Yeah they are the two i know of also.

Cheers guys :)

[joshg123]

as promised, updated pics.

Just need to do the fiddely shit now.

As seen on riceys cruise last night :)

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[mr_mike]

awsome job dude, Is it just me or does the rear look a bit like the old mid 80's peugot hatch?

[joshg123]

Yeh man, thats the only downside to it. Its ass.

It always get called a pug.... or a starlet

[vy ss ute m6]

very very nice and ultra different! good work on the paint too! looked great

[TJ]

When are you spraying my car ;)

Nice work!

[Passage GT]

awesome work dude
specially on the spray job
was that your first attempt at painting a car?

[joshg123]

My first yeah, my stepdad helped me... he has some experience.

It was runs-a-plenty when i was practicing on old panels lol. But i got the hang of it.

least there is no tram lines :D

[S_E]

Agreed, very nice work, paint is the only thing I can't do :( though I'm still going to give it a shot anyway because I'm a tight carnt haha.

Is that a different shape to Cam's one? his front looks the same/similar but the rear is squarer.

engine mods planned?

[joshg123]

Which cam man?

But the cam i know with a GTX has a BF (the older series), with a lot of my gear on it, hehe, hes running my tyres, rims, i put that clutch in ect ect.

[Genelle]

Looks sweet dude, i am a strong believer in car enthusiast bein just that and doin everythin their selves rather than just payin out wads of cash and enjoyin sum1 elses work.
Major respect its comin along well.
I know of 2 GTR's one belongs to my mate graham and is black with white DriftR rims and the other is a black one belongin to some arab guy.

Ha ha --YOUR-- mate!!!
Pretty sure Graham knows the guy with the other GTR too...

Oh....The car looks GREAT too!!! :) *random post I know,sorry*

[S_E]

Which cam man?

But the cam i know with a GTX has a BF (the older series), with a lot of my gear on it, hehe, hes running my tyres, rims, i put that clutch in ect ect.

Yep that's the one....

[joshg123]

UPDATE:

Basically, i decided the car was too slow. So i saved some cash and decided on a ground up rebuild.

Engine wise, im looking at around 500hp at the engine at this stage, 380whp is possible on a stock head, and 26psi. So im going to go a bit further, and add cams, valvesprings, and 30 pound of boost to see what she makes. And this is whats going in it ..... Its a long and drawn out process, with a lot of "If im doing that, why dont i do this at the same time"

As per usual me style, everything bar the expert stuff i do myself. Built not bought representa!


BP Single cam EFI block with 'closed deck'
40 Thou bore out and hone
O-ringing
Wiseco forged -4cc pistons
Belfab PRO H beam forged con rods
Lightened, Ground crank
PAR custom 4kg moly flywheel
BP05 Twin cam head (has no restrictions like the turbo head)
Extensive porting, and polishing with my home made jiggy jig.
Custom 272 intake, and 288 degree 10mm lift Tighe engineering camshafts
Uprated performance valvesprings
HKS 3037 gtpro
Stainless tuned length manifold
HKS 3 inch staino Dump
Metal head gasket
Stock lift pump feeding surge tank with 044 external hanging off it
Gates Racing timing belt.....
(Im sure theres more, i just forget at times)

We all know the bad points of these cars/ the laser tx3's (same drivetrain) is the gearbox. So i undertook a complete driveline converson from a st185 celica gt4. I bought adaptor plates from sweeden and am outsourcing the real fiddely jobs to a engineer so they can be done right (diff mounts, custom propshaft mounts).

Along with my ground up rebuild, i have serverley lightened the car. I am trying to make some wild power to weight ratio's. I have stripped 90kg out of the car so far (i put everything on scales and weighed it)... including air con gear, trims, seats, bottom half of dash, ally suspension vs steel stock ect ect. This brings the weight of the car down to 1050kg (if you go off mazdas 1160 from factory) Proof is in the pudding but its looking good on paper.

Sorry for long post, ive been meaning to update the thread for ages.

Some pics of parts/progress

Before it came off the road (its the red one :P)

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I welcome any comments, advice, anything really :)

Josh

[SilentKilla]

Your going to die.

[Lonewolf]

seriously cool, 4wd wheelspin city haha.
not sure how long the gt4 box will hold up, didnt think they were particularly strong (but stronger than the mazda obviously)

[Lump]

awesome cant wait to see it go!
i doubt you will get to 1050kg tho. 1100 or so will be closer, either way it will hammer!!
i had a 86 BFMR GTX stripped, no heater or a/c, little interior, 1/3 tank fuel & no spare/tools etc.
i got 1100kg exactly on a couple of weighbridges.
good luck.

[tuyen]

good work on the car.. looks hot. suprised how fast these cars are too.. was at a hills cruise and i was behind ya. damn RX8 couldnt keep up ~

[Smoked]

that things gonna be an absolute weapon. nice build

[Milhouse]

lol

those rods are fucking huge josh.

[Slip_]

fkn awesome build.


seriously cool, 4wd wheelspin city haha.
not sure how long the gt4 box will hold up, didnt think they were particularly strong (but stronger than the mazda obviously)

they're not... but i guess we'll see :p

[jEstEr?]

the silly-car gearbox should be heaps stronger than the mazduh one, and the lightening will make it wheels spiin easier, so should be tops. besides, st185 gearboxes not as rare as BG ones...

seeing this kind of makes me wish i kept by BF :(

josh, put the gtr front end on the gtx ;)

skids

[joshg123]

Skids a plenty will be taking place.

Main reasons for converting to celica drivetrain, availibility (my box's are rare as hens teeth for a decent one), off the shelf parts as i intend to run close ratios when its up and running. And it is stronger than the familia one.

I was in sydney this weekend, picked up a few ideas regarding intake systems.... had a look at some of the wrc setups....

Thanks for the comments

[bdazzld]

g'day g'day, long time no see dude, glad to hear it is still kicking along and looking wicked to boot.

Can't wait to hit some more cruises with ya!

Well impressed with all the work that you've put in too man, big ups!!

[SLEEKA]

seems like a great build, 500hp at the engine will make a bloody weapon.

That gt-four box will be fine if its in good nick, plenty of gt-four guys are running 10second passes with those box's and a few have 500awhp on the stock box, they're nothing like subbie boxes.

If all else fails, i have a spare box in that garage haha

[SilentKilla]

short ratio box with a big turbo, ORLY?

[joshg123]

This is a TEMPORARY install of the box, yes i know the washers are hideous. But bunnings is shitehouse for any bolts. Ill go to rudds on monday and get correct lengths.

Note, top of the starter motor surround is cut out to make way for a mazda 17mm bolt, and the top of the toyota transfer is ground down so there is enough room to get a sump (modified) on.

The car goes to the engineer on tuesday to get the engine, diff and top gearbox mount made.

While its there, i am final building the motor. Had a few setbacks with the cams not being machined right and my valvesprings took a bit longer than expected to get here. So yeh, but all good other than that.

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Like i said, temporary. I bought another motor to use the block to do the dummy up work so i can still build my good block while im farting around with this.

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Shes tight, but she fits, all allignd with the propshaft pointing towards the diff, and the engine on its proper lean. Im very happy with the progress concidering this is the 1st one in australia being done, so its a bit of a wing it job. Cant wait to see the finish product and whip some farking heli's

Also bought SARD 850cc injectors
and am currently saving for a brand new autronic sm4 with loom (if anyone has hookups pwease let me know)

[joshg123]

Little bit of an update.

I have put the motor together in my garage, all things work well.

My cams were a bit of a prick to get in, cos i got them in stock BC they are alot bigger than factory, i had to carefully grind out the HLA housings to get them to fit in.

However, the valves clear the pistons and she is nice and easy to turn over. All ring gaps ect ect were re-measured prior to putting her together (would be a waste not to even though the machine shop measured them).

Got a few pics of her going together,

Cars getting re-painted again, ive learned from my mistakes last time. This time is solid flake.

Bought some big brakes

Bought a 6 point roll cage

Currently investing in Ground control coilovers with kyb adjustable shocks

Gearbox is in and mounts are made.

Just gotta paint + put everything back together, and get her running!

Heres pics

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[Kilma]

Holy crap!!!

Very nice man.

I wish I had the mechanical knowledge you do in your pinky finger, let alone the rest of it. Full credit to ya. :)

[Lonewolf]

what brakes?

[mc68]

i wish i could give the BP in my tx3 just a fraction of the love you are giving yours :)

good shit dude!

[thommo]

so ur keepin the turbo ? this is gonnabea wikkid car. get it finished!! :)

[joshg123]

Cheers dude, yeah im gonna keep it at this stage. And grab a 63 rear for it. The 87 thats on it wont hit full boost till 5k, giving me 3k of usable revs (redlines at 8)

Blake, D2 8 pots, and before the flames arise, a) its the only thing i could get, and b)Ive not seen a bad review yet! ...... But im changing every nut and bolt in that kit to high tensile good quality.

Oh yeh, and smashing this seat into her. Should have it over the christmass new year break. Buying it in kevlar

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[Lonewolf]

.63 rear housing is a smart move, will still flow very good up top, but spool earlier.

I did some research on the D2/G4's, some good reports floating around, as you have worked out the main issue seems to be with the fittings.

p.s. motor looks the goods

[adrenalin]

all looks really nice.

Good luck with it

[joshg123]

.63 rear housing is a smart move, will still flow very good up top, but spool earlier.

I did some research on the D2/G4's, some good reports floating around, as you have worked out the main issue seems to be with the fittings.

p.s. motor looks the goods

Spot on Blake, even if they give me some troubles, i can get my engineer/fabricator to machine me new brackets out of billet steel, the disc is 100% interchangable with AP, and the caliper, well ive not ever heard of any problems with the caliper itself. But yeah, its a bit of a game move to go brand name with everything on the car and then go d2 on the brakes, but there are some fairly quick cars in the UK using them (gtr's) and In the middle east there are a few cars who have had 0 problems with any part of the kit. Also part the reason is no one does an upgrade kit for the car, not one person, so its either custom made or this. Ill choose something thats been used before.

Also, the cage is a Cusco 6 point bolt in from a Jap tarmac car.

Still hoping to pull the 400atw, everything in the engine is there to do it, the matter is how much ill lose in the drivetrain.

The car will primarily be seing track work, hillclimbs, speed events and the like. But ill try to keep it registered for as long as i can.

400hp + 1080kg car + 4wd = Gonna be fun

[mc68]

it wont be too laggy for hillclimbs and such?

interested to know what cams you have there, also did you sort out the slight dilemma of the hydraulic lifters? running solid ones now i guess?

[joshg123]

A 63 rear on a HKS 3037 will hit full boost (30psi) at about 4.2krpm, yes its a tad laggy but the way i drive is high in the rev range anyway, and autronic has antilag so yeah. But hey, i could be proven wrong :P..

Ive kept with hydraulic lifters, this is why i got the cams at stock base circle (rather than go for the smaller diameter and HAVE to run solid) the lifters dont push down too far and they are well within the rev range reccomended for hyd lifters if i set cut at 8.2krpm.

The cams i got made to suit the TODA stage 3 for the 1.8mx5. 272 exhuast and 288 intake... The motor is now an interferance motor, but as long as i dont snap a timing belt hopefully we wont see the outcome of that.

:)

[TJ]

your going to dish out some massive chop if it makes 400hp...

[ED40]

only just looked at this thread.. Massive respect to doing everything yourself mate.. id be proud of that acheivement.. car is going to be off the chain when you have finished.

[joshg123]

Havent updated the thread in ages.

Turbo has changed to a HKS3037 Gtpro with custom Garrett twin scroll rear housing, twin scroll manifold to suit (pictured mani is my old one).

Autronic sm4 goes in tomorrow, hopefully see some life out of her.

I reckon she will make 400, owains laser made 260 with a smaller setup, at 15psi, a bpt can do 25psi unmodified without pinging. And ive cleaned up any sharp edges in my head to try and avoid pinging.

Lets hope sean can get it there :P, still gotta finalise rear diff, tailshaft and then it will drive.

Clutch combo (thanks to ross's autoclutch),

Custom sized xtreem disc (mazda OD with a toyo spline)
heavy duty extreme pressure plate, with another 40%thrown on it for good measure.
Custom chro-moly PAR engineering flywheel.

Cheers to all that have given advice and support along the way. Ill continue to update as i go



Its in, and now its time to get the thing doing skids.



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THIS IS WHERE IT BECAME VERY HARD!!!!

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[RICEY]

Its 4wd yeh?

[joshg123]

Yeah dude

[RICEY]

helis?

[Brett_J]

How did you manage to get ST185 box to fit BP ?


Brett

[joshg123]

7th pic down, broken ball pein hammer.

Mark - possibly, i wanna take it to the track first and its a prick to put the motor on the box.

[Brett_J]

Does it have an adaptor plate?
I wish I knew you could bolt them on earlier.

Much stronger? I heard they weren't really a strong box.

Brett

[joshg123]

The synchros were what fucked up. There are ways and means around them.

Yes uses a 10mm adaptor plate, mazda propshaft, toyo rear diff and all shafts are toyo

[Brett_J]

Nice
You'll have to let me be your test mule :D:D

Brett

[joshg123]

Update - Progress has been slow, kind of losing interest in this. However ive crossed one of the bigger tasks of the project - The rear diff.

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Obviously the subframe is upside down, but however, how a Toyota rear LSD sits in the mazda subframe and the shafts bolt to the diff via machined 25mm spacers. This allows the cv's not to be on full stretch. This is all up in the car now.

I wired the autronic in, all works correctly and it started (sort of). Im having dramas with the tps so im waiting on my custom intake manifold with a commodore style tps in it so i can hook it up correctly. She doesnt idle at all and wont rev. (however help is on the way for that :))

Ill be speaking to final drive and browns or lf this week to organise towing it there for custom propshaft and then organising custom radiator. After that its pretty much done, gotta pull the motor out again to redesign the sump mod, and fit some other trinkets (billet engine mounts).....

Setting out the groups of wiring for various areas (ive since changed to intelligent LS1 coils rather than HEC175)

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Starting to lose interest.

[TJ]

Nah keep at it dude - this will be freaking awesome.

[Brockas]

Update - Progress has been slow, kind of losing interest in this.

Please keep going!

This thing is going to be absolutely nuts when it's running. Can't wait to see it at the track.

[joshg123]

I cant wait either :), its what ive built it for.

Ive geared it for 4-8.5k rpm, twinscroll will help with gearchanges ect ect, and i just finished building a friends motor with the same compression ratio as in this one, bloody brilliant off boost response.

Cheers for the kind words :)

[Milhouse]

response is for weak people josh :) lag is more fun hahahah

i want runs against the bg sedan :)

[ben351]

burnout pics a must

[180SXTCY]

nice mate, looking good, i know a bloke doing one of these up as well. when i get home ill try upload some pics of it for ya!

[1JZVL]

alll i gotta say is -

holycrap...

this thing will eat so many....people

this is awesome - going thru roundabouts at lightspeed!
buzzzzzzz!

make sure it has a screamerpipe lol.. will be so funny

[joshg123]

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All finished up in the hole..

Gets towed to final drive on monday,


NEARING COMPLETION!!!

[space]

what an effort. results should be alot of fun though.

[joshg123]

Built not bought..... just in this case very built.

[thrtytwo]

so close man, dont loose interest haha, almost done !! just imagine driving it through the twistys :P

[joshg123]

This car is not forgotten haha,

Custom propshaft made (Big thanks to Phil at Final Drive!)
Rear diff in and turning as you see
Ready to be reassembled and have some manifolds made and she will run.....

Oh, and i got some more goodies this week.

2x PWR oil coolers (gearbox and power steering)
1x PWR engine oil cooler (dash 10 fittings)
Remote oil filter block adaptor
Remote oil filter assembly
Fittings to suit
Custom BROWNS radiator

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29/6/08


Some progress this weekend,

Solid nolathane engine mounts (a little dirty from my grubby hands)

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Billet Oil filer adaptor on block

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Redesigned sump, the first one we did failed and leaked, hence this is why the engine came back out as its an engine out job to do sump reseal haha

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DO NOT underestimate the size of a celica box, this pic shows you the struggle we have to get around to get the thing on haha

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This week its brake lines, clutch line, and beggining manifolds and radiator mounting

[joshg123]

And as of 1/2 an hour ago, i bought these from japan.

KYB coilovers, dampner and height adjustable, cusco front strut tops, unknown rears.

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[Milhouse]

Unlimted Coin Build....

Looks the goods man, but for the love of god, please tell me your gonna rewire that autronic !

[ED40]

coming along nicely man. This thing will absoultely hammer and form the looks of it should do it reliably aswell. Nice to see something differnet, top marks.

[joshg123]

Little bit of an update,

Radiators in, oil coolers in and mounted.

Twin scroll manifold is made and in, just got to put some gate lines and gates on it.

Bought a seat

Next tasks - Intercooler and intake manifold and lines.... turbo lines and a dump.....

Put driveshafts and propshaft in...

Re-do the autronic wiring, get it started and then concentrate on getting the interioir set up, and run it on stands and check for leaks.....


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(thats the gearbox oil cooler sitting in the vent)

[Milhouse]

nice one josh, should have taken photos of it on the lawn, easily comparable to delucas buffalo...

gotta love the fact you've done 90% of the work on the car yourself haha, even the fabrication work !

[SLEEKA]

looks great

what pumps the gearbox oil to the cooler? Never seen one in a manual

[ben351]

speed flow fittings and braided lines ...

too much kesh

[joshg123]

looks great

what pumps the gearbox oil to the cooler? Never seen one in a manual

All gt4 box's have internal driven oil pumps....

[Mistikal]

Coming along very nicely - can't wait to see it out and about :)

andy

[SLEEKA]

All gt4 box's have internal driven oil pumps....

2 true, should of know that, got a gt4 box out the back :D

[DRKWRX]

looks like lot of effort, nice work! how are you gonna see sideways in that seat? :lol:

[iluv2moan]

how much did u pay for that seat?

i looked at buying a cobra seat - fucking expensive items

[Lump]

great to see my old car coming along very nicely.
i notice it looks like you have 90deg bends straight after your oil cooller take off block, you should try to avoid 90deg bends whenever you can in oil cooler lines. not sure how the ports look in the block but if you can port them or make them smoother its allways a good idea.
good luck with it

[joshg123]

how much did u pay for that seat?

i looked at buying a cobra seat - fucking expensive items

Retail was about 1.4k, i paid a fair bit less. Its the full Diolen version

Suprisingly you can see out of it pretty well. Not the blind spots but you can still see your side mirrors n stuff. And if your like me and have convex glass, winna!

Cheers boys

[joshg123]

One of the bigger achievements of the project, re did the Autronic myself with 4
denso ls1 v8 coils, the sard 850cc's and incorporated the hole where the radio used to be to house the main fuel pump relays, antilag, hi-lo boost and one other aux pin yet to be designated (id prob say it will end up being 2 fans on the oil coolers)

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My garage on a usual weekend

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Went to go gear today, bough some more bits. Mainly for rad and inlet plenum stuff. oh and some nice bonnet pins.

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Also bought a complete wilwood pedal box setup with 3 master cylinders and floor mounted pedals. looks porn. got it from Chris Mills, nice bloke he is :)

Left that at the workshop tho, ill get pics of that tomorrow

[Milhouse]

no props to me ?

i helped with wiring you dog !

ahh me pedal box, shes a weapon !

[blownVL]

man this thing wheel annihilate pingpingpingpings on the street ay good work

[radddavey]

where did you pick up the bell mouths for the manifold?
Can't wait to see this thing going.

[mr_mike]

snowballed much?
Gonna b a weapon dude, i cbf reading back thru all the posts, but will this b kept road rego'd or goin B rego or summin?

[joshg123]

Snowballed?

Its currently full road rego, will go b rego when it gets stickered.

Definition of Dog - Josh waiting at his workshop for owain to call and come pick up driveshaft i organised for him. Said Dog (owain) proceeds to turn phone off.

:)

Haha, nar props are due when there due. Owain gave me the inspiration and ideas with all the wiring. As always, much appreciated. Even if he abuses my home made Coil bracket

[JME]

Nice work, awesome project.

[joshg123]

Finally finished the turbo setup,

Ended up as

HKS 3037 with garrett twin scroll rear housing 0.78AR
Custom steam pipe twin scroll manifold
2x TiAl 38mm gates with 1 bar springs
Speedflow all around


As usual, i did the whole lot myself. Prob why the manifold isnt pro, but i dont care haha. Looks ok and is tough as hell.

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[mc68]

why two gates?

[joshg123]

Twin scroll turbo - You basically have 2 exhuast housings, and one compressor.

You need to gate both, or your not going to be able to control boost

[SilentKilla]

Awesome looking setup gathering under there, and why twin gates... why not?!

[Milhouse]

hahaha nutcase build josh.

cheers for the sore eyes and burnt hands with that gate install.

[DCIEVE]

looking good, i'd be doing the vac lines to the gate in braid also though - the blue stuff dries up and cracks pretty quickly

[joshg123]

looking good, i'd be doing the vac lines to the gate in braid also though - the blue stuff dries up and cracks pretty quickly

If i could i would, cant get the dash fittings for the gates and turbo pressure sender thingo

[DCIEVE]

Got mine for the tial gate from gogear, just needed a spacer on the fitting running into the side of the gate. Im certain speedflow make adaptors to pretty much every thread out there... Are you using autronic boost control solenoid?

edit can see spacer on the side of the gate
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[joshg123]

Not sure, havent crossed that bridge yet, do autronic make one? or do you just use a universal or xr6 one or something

[DCIEVE]

Yeh Autronic do a solenoid, is a few hundred $ from memory. I found fittings for it and the gate fairly easily so you shouldnt have a problem.

[joshg123]

Sweet will check it out, cheers

[RRob]

Mac valve to control boost. Fairly sure ASG has them in stock if you can't find one.

[DenZel]

awesome build, cant wait to see it finished... just curious to know how much has this $$ set you back so far?

[joshg123]

haha

i lost count ages ago

would prob say its in the reigon of 20k tho

[cplagz]

Twin scroll turbo - You basically have 2 exhuast housings, and one compressor.

You need to gate both, or your not going to be able to control boost

Twin gates helps control boost, but a properly built split pulsed manifold will be able to control boost with one gate.

Either way, top effort on the build!

[joshg123]

Oh yeah i dont mean physically 2 gates, i mean you need to somehow bleed gas from both sides of the manifold. I could use one gate but split its runner, however with the radiator there i dont have the room to go out the front of the collector to do so. Hence the two gates.

Bought the complete nolathane catalouge for it
also bought Whiteline rear strut brace
and Whiteline Adjustable rear sway bar

[Jimmy_S]

Love your work... can't wait to see this thing in action...

[joshg123]

Some more bits arrived recently, moving house currently so car is on the backburner but will hit full speed in a couple of weeks..


Kyb Japan coilovers - Fronts bump and damper adjustable - Seperatly!
Cusco Front strut tops on pillowball mounts
Swift springs! 060 rears and 080 fronts
Unknown rear strut tops

Looks good :)

I now have everything ready to make the car run/go/drive just waiting on saving some cash for moving house. Then i will be working on it every night!

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[SLEEKA]

bloody brillant build mate, very impressive. Any set date for completion?

That much power, with AWD in a hatchback will be nothing short of a weapon

[joshg123]

Not really,

Id like to get a run in tune done before chrissy so i can put some km's on it and diagnose faults over the time off work. But thats all depending on if it starts ok in a couple of weeks.

My goal is to get it ready for a full set of speed series next season.

Yeh may be a weapon, but the weight bias is going to be all wrong, it only has a rear diff and rear body holding the rear end down. Id say its going to be a handfull more than a weapon

[joshg123]

^ I lol at my own talk. Who was i thinking it would be done before Christmas.

Mounted cage in car, completed rear suspension (swaybar almost hits rear diff),
mounted rear strut brace, made and mounted seat brackets, stripped out old handbrake, stripped factory pedals, mounted propshaft, stripped out front hubs and hit a massive wheel bearing design failure, pressed and fitted nolathane bushes throughout, stripped out old brake lines.

Over time off next week, fabricating intake manfold, mounting cooler, fabricating radiator hoses, fabbing intercooler piping, fabbing air deflector panel, and trying to complete wiring and thermofans.

Postman and repco delivered pwr cooler, edt racing fuel rail and a 90mm ID throttle body

Then, hubs, brakes on, pedals and brake lines and we are done

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[joshg123]

Really busting my ass to get this finished for the first couple of rounds of AL street series, running outta cash tho. Was gonna throw in the towel a while back, but that would just be a waste wouldnt it

Got 2 weeks off (this and next), so this week ive been concentrating on everything mechanical, and next week everything electrical with the intention of priming oil gallerys and starting it next weekend if everything goes semi to plan, then all i have to do is make an accellerator pedal, harnesses, brake lines and get it tuned.... oh and sunroof, that had to go so the cage could go in.

Made the cooler piping, really wanted to get this right, and neat. So rather than use shitty long radius untidy mandrel bends, i did the jap lobster bend look to get around some tighter bends to keep the piping tight, concise and neat. Another advantage is that i get to use the tig welder which is something i enjoy. Was rather chuffed with the outcome, the inside of the pipe is actually really smooth and there are no jagged edges, much to the dissapointment of the lobster critics.

Changed all the gate lines to -3 teflon braid, sean at ASG supplied me a MAC valve as suggested earlier on this page.

Welded -8 fittings to the rocker cover so i could run braid breathers



CNC'd a new brake pedal as wilwood one was way to big

Pressed the new gtr hubs together without their dust covers with new mazda bearings.

A set of speedylite 7's were purchased in the new gtr stud pattern and then powedercoated black. These are wearing some cheap rubber for run in untill bank account recovers for the 4 nexens and event entry fee for street series.

Got a optima yellow top battery in the boot

Welded up a top radiator hose, made an intake pipe

Just waiting on the intake manifold to come back from my mates workshop where it is being ally welded. That will give me a bit more to do.

Still planning on running the d2 brakes for the first few rounds, id honestly like to see how they hold up reliability wise as they have a stigma around their name, but ive not read more than one bad review (the bolts are super tight with better washers). No doubt they will be upgraded to alcons or AP when the bank account recovers, and it comes off the road for one reason or another.

Will update again in a week or so when i have more done,

Cheers

Josh

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[ADZ]

Very much looking the goods!

Cannot wait to hear it once its started! Awesome to see ya seeing it through/doing stuff yourself!

[duste]

Lobs look sexy man, I still can't believe all that is going to sit snugly behind the stock front bar...

[joshg123]

Friend of mine took these the other night,

Today... Finished plumbing up all the speedflow, finished cooler pipes, Hooked up battery, had a dead short that we promptly sorted, cranked and achieved good oil pressure. Turned autronic on and put 20l of fuel in it. Primed fuel pumps and surge tank, rail and reg. Checked for leaks.

Its sitting out there with its optima on charge ready for me to punch in some numbers tomorrow and get it to idle.




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[[PIG GTS]]

shit dude that looks awesome have been keeping an eye on your build youve done cant wait to see what power it makes and how it performs

keep it up

[jEstEr?]

what a piece of shit.. oh wait thats my car

[Lonewolf]

awesome josh

[VT SS]

making new manifold?

engine bay looks tidy as dude as does the rest of the car !

great work

[Milhouse]

managed to start it last night with a very rough smokey idle

sounds just like a top fuel v8 drag car hahah

brappity brappity brapp bang bang

[joshg123]

Not exactly riveting progress but some nonetheless,

Been flat out at work/plain old lazy and have not really got that much done to her.

Adam at cronics did however

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Taxi bar, rear supports, side intrusion bars added, floorpan modified fo lower seat down to a time attack level (yes i can see over the dash, just).

Pedal box is now a complete fail, have to sell off floor mounted stuff and pinch the firewall mounted pedal box and bias valve from the rally car.

Currently have deposit on another cobra sebring gt (fucking fatass) diolen seat ready for pickup this friday from revolution. Obtaining takata harnesses and omp deep dish wheel.

It did start, sort of. Need to get 02 sensor and get someone that knows what they are doing to give it a tickle. As i have NFI how to set a base tune in autronic.I keep getting what you see in the vid. It does run, but wont rev.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUUQvGECHUI

[mr_mike]

is thats a fuel pump sittin in the back and fuel line running under center console in the first shot?

[joshg123]

yes, yes it is

[RRob]

Send me a sms and ill be able to come round and give at crack.

[stumps.]

just came across this amazing mate. Really top work

[mr_mike]

yes, yes it is

How come you went thru the cabin instead of under the car like factory Josh?

[joshg123]

Send me a sms and ill be able to come round and give at crack.

Yeh will do, just waiting on USA to get back to me regarding Vband flange for dump. Already have bosch oxy sensor that autronic wants.

[joshg123]

Oh and mike, its 11mm OD fuel line. The stock lines are 6mm OD, if i were to route it in stock location it runs the risk of being clobbered if i go over a kurb or what not, and i dont want it getting split if im running two screamer pipes and a sidepipe do i :), might end in disaster.

[iluv2moan]

Oh and mike, its 11mm OD fuel line. The stock lines are 6mm OD, if i were to route it in stock location it runs the risk of being clobbered if i go over a kurb or what not, and i dont want it getting split if im running two screamer pipes and a sidepipe do i :), might end in disaster.


pretty sure they will never let u run at the drags with fuel system like that? not sure if u ever plan to visit drags or not though

[joshg123]

Put it this way, my ARC winning rally car has fuel lines running through the car, the ARC round winning galant i work on has fuel lines running through car.

Dont think it will be an issue for the track

[schnoods]

What an awesome effort.

Looks to be seriously quick, looks like a lotta fun!

[joshg123]

Havent updated for a while,

Had proflex modified by rod at wa suspensions to suit lower ride hight of a track car. Got them serviced while i was at it.

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bought a steering wheel

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Then this weekend

Well, after approx 100h of work combined with myself, stewyb, owain, and random phil. big ups to these guys for helping/doing it for me

Seat is mounted, handbrake mounted and lines ran, firewall modified to accept triple master cylinder girling pedal box with balance bar( BIG FUCKING JOB), strut brace had brackets welded to take external shockie cannisters, i tigged up a dump pipe, screamer pipes, clutch line, accellerator cable modd'd, rear proflex fitted, rear hubs modified to accept BG gtx 22v front brakes on the rear, all brake lines ran, bov mounted, new tie rod ends and prob more that i cant remember.

Was a fair effort, got a few teething issues, couple of flares on brake lines arent the best. will redo those. and had a short under my elec control panel. Other than that everything works the way it should. ill fix the elec gremlins and try to start her up during this/next week.

Pics dont really do it justice for what got completed.

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[ben351]

i heart deep dish wheel.

[Lonewolf]

wow, really has come along!
cant wait to see it fired up, weapon

[Scaf]

This things insane man

[joshg123]

And, with a big thanks to Rob Turner. It runs!

Found alot of errors on my part, overall not too bad i think.

Still have a massive vacuum leak to solve, thinking manifold isnt sealing on head correctly. As a result we have a 2300rpm idle.

Can hear it get its proper cammy idle at 1:58 or so where keith gets the spray in the right spot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jDWuAIPdE

[joshg123]

Fixed vacuum leak, drove it down the street slowly as no brakes. Celica box engages all gears with no major issues. Have a small scrape in the back and the wheel allignment is all cockeyed but drives fairly smooth

Redid leaking bottom rad hose, holds a solid 80c with the fan on it.

Having some issues getting a stable idle. Because the throttle body is so big. One turn of the backstop screw is about 500rpm. And if you bang off the throttle fast, it will idle lower than when you let off slowly. Its soo close to being shut its not funny.

Getting closer to track night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBdq-rX3VS0

[schnoods]

90mm is really big.

I have a BBK billet throttle on my 5L and i noticed even how it robbed it off torque, even with the blower down low.


Nice work though, looking forward to hear it on full noise!

[mc68]

Put it this way, my ARC winning rally car has fuel lines running through the car, the ARC round winning galant i work on has fuel lines running through car.

Dont think it will be an issue for the track

id be surprised if your rally car has actual fuel line fittings in the cabin, well ones that are exposed to the inside. fuel lines are fine inside the car, but all pumps and fittings have to be firewalled or boxed in with the current cams rules...

[RRob]

Did you fit a restrictor in the oil line for the turbs? Hks usually run a 0.5mm restrictor but 1.0mm should be good.

[joshg123]

Yeah sure did, 0.5mm

Yeah i actually should have thought about that andy. And your right. Is that for all forms of motor sport ie club level also? Or just top level rally

[mc68]

im not actually sure mate. Club level stuff it should be fine, if you ever want to race at wanneroo or do hillclimbs, i dont know if its going to be allowed.

But dont take my word for it. I suggest you call cams or talk to a scrutineer next time you see one :)

[joshg123]

Redid drivers side cv boots as i split them getting it in, put some fresh fuel in it, and put it on the tow truck and got a wheel allignment done.

We set it up for -3 camber on front, -1.5 camber on rear, -1mm toe all round. Will see how much it rolls in the front for the -3 to come into effect. All in testing now.

Took it up and down midlands streets, set the fuel pressure and she actually drives nice now haha took it up to 80-100km/h.... Really need to organise some electric power steering as its very difficult to do a handbrake 180 as i cant wind the lock on fast enough without p/s

Booked in for tune on the 6th, have a 50l drum of shell 103 wr sitting there ready to take down.

[Mad_Aussie]

are you going to tune it to run dedicated 103? Or going to have a street tune on 98 to flick to aswell?

[180SXTCY]

this things too cool. its coming along nicely. good work mate

[Atomic_FD]

Luv these things reminds me of my mates TX3 AWD, same rims. Great job looks plum.

[joshg123]

are you going to tune it to run dedicated 103? Or going to have a street tune on 98 to flick to aswell?

Intending on having it tuned for a certain boost on 98, with the option of cranking whatever sean thinks is safe for the turbo +antilag on the 103...

Thinking ill only get 26psi out of the 98 tune, but should be able to touch 32ish on the 103. Basically what simmilar builds have done over east.

Bought the pipe/flexi/splitter for the sidepipes today

[joshg123]

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Set her up on monday,

Got a few gremlins to fix but should sing in a couple of weeks.

Pig to drive on road with a 90mm throttle body, 4kg flywheel and no visibility from seat

[joshg123]

Ok had a few gremlins to fix after the dyno

Main ones were

Chronic Exhuast leaks through my manifold - Have since gotten in touch with Kyle at 6boost, i sent him my manifold and he has fabbed me up a twinscroll manifold with his quality touch. That is due to arrive tomorrow.

Damaged waste gate diaphrams - Bought 2 new diaphrams from ATP in the states. Paid 180 for both delivered, after MTQ wanted to charge me 180 each + freight. Thanks but no thanks :)

Leaking driveshaft seal - Replace with toyota item

Bought another Sabelt harness, now have a 6 point driver and a 4 point passenger dated till 2014

Change front BMC from 3/4 bore to 5/8 bore to improve pedal feel.

Will be finishing these items off over the weekend and shall be putting some km's on it ready for a dyno visit within the next couple of weeks. Getting closer to the track!

[Lonewolf]

all coming together nicely!

[duste]

Keen for photos of this new manifold. :D

[OLSKOOL1800]

It is looking the goods mate.
You have put so much effort into the car - you should be really proud of your achievements. ;)
As soon as she is cooking we will shoot it for a couple of magazines.
Keep up the good work J.

Cheers,
Jordan.

[Gladio]

Damn man this things gonna be nuts! congrats on keeping to it, most people lose interest fter first few months

[Jimmy_S]

Awesome Josh!! Not far away now! :D

[joshg123]

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6 boost manifold has made a big difference, trial fitted gates. Just waiting on diaphrams to come in from the states on monday and ill rebuild them and make the runners.

Just got a few little things more to do.

Did the rear cv boot today, stupid design ive created means i had to drop the lower control arms and subframe to get the farken driveshaft out.

Did a front driveshaft seal, however it still weeps, the toyota shafts run a strange oring on the shaft. I think this may still be an issue, need to re do that.

Thank fark it only takes 5 mins to drop front shafts out

Cheers for the comments boys, Jordan, did you get the email i sent you regarding a spec list a while back?

[carlos spicy wener]

holy shit.

would be funny as hell to see this with chrome hub caps, and unit sticker on the back, then just watch peoples faces as you scream past with gate!

[joshg123]

Dont think they make 17" hubcaps haha, And i cant fit steelies on the rear, the proflex sit to close and foul.. haha

Cant fit less than a 17 over the front brakes :(

[ben351]

Heli's !

[duste]

Manifold looks good Josh. That runner coming from the far-right looks like it could be quite a bit longer than the rest, though... Will it matter much?

[Lonewolf]

looks the goods!

[joshg123]

Manifold looks good Josh. That runner coming from the far-right looks like it could be quite a bit longer than the rest, though... Will it matter much?

No, idea is not for tuned length, look at teh sides of the manifold, 1 and 4 go to one side of the turbo and 2 and 3 go to the other, somewhere one has to cross over. Thats the idea of a twinscroll/split pulse and thats how you get the torque

[duste]

No, idea is not for tuned length, look at teh sides of the manifold, 1 and 4 go to one side of the turbo and 2 and 3 go to the other, somewhere one has to cross over. Thats the idea of a twinscroll/split pulse and thats how you get the torque

Ah okay, all good, thought it would've had to be something to do with the twinscroll.

[joshg123]

Went on the dyno today

All was good untill i left the wastegate feed lines off, had a rapid increase in boost and power. Caused clutch to give way, basically at about the 350whp mark.

Left it at 320, still awesome to drive

Cheers to sean as usual, champion as i kept having cooler pipes blowing off, had to stop and repair

Time for a twin/triple plate

[Rhys]

i wont say a word

[joshg123]

Thats a good idea...

I dont think Rhys understands the difference between a budget built race car and a top dollar show car haha.

[joshg123]

Hmm alot has happened

My clutch dramas were actually caused by my clutch master cylinder not coming over its relief hole, however the damage was done. Give it a few hard runs from 2nd to 3rd and it will start to slip. So a few new things are going in.

Changing to one of my spare blocks, without o-rings as i believe they are a waste of time, and are causing me more problems than they are worth at the moment. Flying in new pistons and rods to go into new block, selling off currrent block.

Changing to one of my spare heads, this one is fully ported and im going to cut oversize valves into it and flowbench the head over standard to see how much i actually gain.
Going to go to solid lifters and spin the engine a bit faster, currently have redline at 7500, will prob lift that to 8200 or so.

PAR engineeering in the east, is making me a button style flywheel to suit the new Tilton OT2 twin plate clutch

Will put it all back together, and be ready to go and tuned for the first events of next year i think, as its not going to make it back on the road.

More setbacks, but that is to be expected when im trying to make a 1100kg car produce 500hp at the engine, reliably.

[joshg123]

Thought id update,

Progress has been slow, the things im buying at the moment soak the cash. Been saving over the last couple of months so i can go full steam at end of jan.

Driveline

Have committed to a PAR dogbox, 1-4 straight cut with synchro 5th for road use and transport style driving.

Found a good deal at HRPworld.com for the tilton, basically got it for half the price the AUS distributors wanted for it, same product.

Flywheel is still being manufactured by PAR.

Fuelling

Cut a big hole in the back to house a fuel cell, Incorperating a surge tank section and adding or upgrading the fuel pump in order to use E85 fuel. Will prob stick with 2 and run 2 -6 teflon lines down the length of the car.

Need to locate some affordable 1000cc injectors to feed the motor.

Engine

Have the old and new head down at harris, looking at the porting and combustion chamber work in comparison to a relativly stock head looks like we will have some good gains with this head. Will be putting them side by side on the flowbench in the coming weeks to see the gains.

JE pistons, and Supertech oversize valves have arrived. Have Eagle rods here too but deciding weather to ditch them for some Spool rods or use them.

Interior

Have pulled every mm of wire out the car ready for a bare essentials rewire, purchased a new loom for the SM4

Pulled the factory dash out, have completed a plug that incorperates a switch panel and rise for the racepak iq3 dash display. Attempting this dash in carbon/kevlar. See how we go.

So yeh, all things going forward atm, just need the bank account to recover a bit and look at getting it on the road for this seasons time attack. Ive ironed out all the bugs in the first build so i know what to and what not to do this time around.

Still have goals at 420whp/1080ish kg

[Turbo2.6L]

BOMBED!
How much did you score the Tilton for out of interest?

[joshg123]

850USD + shipping 99

Opposed to the 1600 go gear wanted to charge

[Turbo2.6L]

Nice pick up.
Once you get the flywheel in your hands you should have a pretty savage package for under $2k... Not bad at all for something that can handle the power & torque Tilton's can!

[joshg123]

After catching up somewhat with the stupid workload at work, i can now get back on this project. In the meantime ive been saving some cash.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/03232010361.jpg

Tilton OTII clutch on custom PAR flywheel as per previous posts.

Have paid for the dogbox, straight 1-4 dog engagement with straight final drive and billet selector forks.

Tossing up between AIM MXL and Racepak IQ3 dash display atm, both have their +'s and -'s but almost very equal dash's

Have nearly finished the plug for the carbon dashboard.

Making the fuel cell next week with 1x bosch 040 lift and 2x bosch 044 pressure pumps

See how we go!

[joshg123]

More bits arrived, can actually start to build engine now. Machining and balancing is done, prepping engine bay this weekend and moulding plug for carbon dash.... Wiring to come then put it back in.

Still waiting on dogbox from PAR, selector forks holding the process up.

+22% boundrey engineering oil pump
racepak iq3 display dash
tilton stinted steel clutch plates to suit celica spline
welded straps to radiator and mounted engine oil cooler for easy reassembly

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[joshg123]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/000_0091.jpg

Have the majority of bits now to build the new engine/box combo

[beefcake]

gonna be one hell of a pizza delivery car when done , finally subscribed to this thread :)

[Lonewolf]

mmm dog gears.
cant wait to see this thing finished (if it ever happens :D )

[joshg123]

Well after a stint in europe and some more cash saving i can now get back on the project,

A few changes, sold my old cusco roll cage and am getting a proper cams one welded in. Wanting to get it right this time as teh old cage was a bit of a shamozzle. Trying to step it up to the next level so currently getting some plans from a dude in the US so i can make a new rear subframe with lowered roll centre, this means i can get my shocks shortened and drop the car to about a 80mm ride height and now that my factory fuel tank is goneski for a small fuel cell i can put a big panel of carbon and have the floor completley flat from front to rear of car. The front roll centre is a bit trickyer as i have to remake the front LCA's with provision for the front sway bar and somehow have no binding.... a challenge it seems.

Purchased some AP 6 pots after long debate, luckily they bolt onto my existing dogbones with minimal mods, need to change offset of rotor bells by 6mm and then they will be sweet, also gotta machine 3mm off dogbones to make calipers sit closer to axle as they just touch the wheels now.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/37148_10150278321900076_629510075_15294322_1692293 _n.jpg

Bought some CRkai's off a forum member, 17x9 which is a good fit for the front but a bit mexican on rear.... was able to do the 4 to 5 stud conversion with minimal fuss.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/apbrakes.jpg

Engine and box are on hold untill cage and suspension is finished, otherwise too much on the mind.

Sold my Eagle (yuck) conrods, purchasing some PAR engineering heavy duty rods that have seen upto 500hp at the engine with no issues.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/IMAG0305.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/IMAG0307.jpg


Waiting for bank balance to recover a little then will probably invest in a Borgwarner s259 billet turbo to try and get the 440whp - 450whp that i want.

I wonder if it will ever run, rhys kindly shouted out at a cruise the other night that he has only ever seen the car on the dyno, i suppose i better get a move on!

Cheers for looking, any suspension geometry experts feel free to pipe up! need to ask a few questions about how far i go with this roll centre

[Fukushima]

Cant wait to see the finish product and whip some farking heli's

quoted for 2007 goodness

[Lonewolf]

quoted for 2007 goodness

http://minnesodad.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/neverending-story.jpg

:D

Seriously, love how this thing just keeps going up a level.
PAR gear = baller!
AP's + CR Kai FTW

[180SXTCY]

dude this thing is getting out of control!

hardcore part selection, keeping a close eye on ur build!

[cplagz]

Josh - my mate just ordered a s259 for his E30 build, will be good to see how one performs!

The tilton clutch - can be adapted to any flywheel? Only reason I ask is I have a cromo billet item waiting to go in the E30, but not decided on PP/Disc yet...

[jEstEr?]

Cheers for looking, any suspension geometry experts feel free to pipe up! need to ask a few questions about how far i go with this roll centre

I has a sick book at home with all the maths for calculating roll centre, polar moment etc. I'll see if i can dig it up, and you can buy me nandos

[magic1]

I has a sick book at home with all the maths for calculating roll centre, polar moment etc. I'll see if i can dig it up, and you can buy me nandos

how about just getting a salad

[duste]

Check your emails Josh re: roll-centre.


I has a sick book at home with all the maths for calculating roll centre, polar moment etc. I'll see if i can dig it up, and you can buy me nandos

Titled 'Automotive Chassis'? That's the one I have, not a bad resource.

[Alt_F4]

how about just getting a salad
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[joshg123]

Last i checked Matt you owe me a round of nandos....

Marc - Yeah on the web you can get the tilton factsheets with the measurements to drill your flywheel too. I was in a position that i just handed my factsheet to PAR, told them how i wanted it made and they did the rest. However its something you need someone good to do, because twinplates hate missalignment with solid plates, a bloke i know over east who stripped his splines from the discs within 1000km by being 15thou out. (0.35ishmm).

Ill check my emails now, thanks Hayden

[joshg123]

Set up the ride height today with some spare coilovers without springs,

I cut the lip off a spare front fender to give extra guard clearance, think ill buy some +30mm bolt on s13 style fender flares and use those to get some extra ride height. My thinking is, if i can have this ride height and have about a inch of travel ill still have good roll centre, any lower im going to run into issues not just with returning roll centre but if i run a 255 wide tyre ill be hitting the inner guards, they are alot harder to modify than the outer sheetmetal.

So i need to find someone (im thinking murray coote) to modify my proflex to get my correct ride height, if thats not possible i will use the coilovers fitted, purchase some new springs all round and shock inserts to suit. Both will be fairly simmilar cost wise.

Here you can see my dillema in getting wide wheels/tyres on a little bitch car

Oh and i took the roll cage out in anticipation of a new one in the coming weeks

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/100_0276.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/joshg123/100_0275.jpg

[stewyb]

a bit mexican

[mitchy]

owain likes this

[c.rusli]

for sure you are running over fender guards right?

looking tough with the rims!

[joshg123]

Yeah man, trying to locate some that will do the job so i can look at cutting the rear guards for extra clearance.

I need to shorten my current shocks by about 3-4" for the wheels to sit there and still have clearance

[duste]

if i run a 255 wide tyre ill be hitting the inner guards, they are alot harder to modify than the outer sheetmetal.

Tubs or gtfo.

[Jimmy_S]

Seriously... This is sooo awesome!! So much like!! :D

[Mistikal]

Any updates mate?

[stewyb]

Josh has started again on this and has some crack pipe ideas. He got a cage welded in and had also gotten a bit happy with the angle grinder on the front guards lol apparently it has to be super super low.

[joshg123]

Yeah back on the project but nothing super worthy of updating the thread yet, in short a few things have taken place. Alot we are still working on. The build is still directed in the time attack format, however im focussing on chassis setup and handling moreso, however the car will have a drivetrain upgrade.

Ditched BP(1.8) and purchased FE3N (2.0) and stroker F2T crank, to make a 2.3L with a 040 overbore - Working on solid lifters, billet cams and crank solutions to make big power. Reason?, FE series engines are well known for excellent cylinder head design, with aftermarket internals its not unheard of to make 500-600hp on a stock crank and bore.

Purchased 2AZ powered rav4 gearbox, which has a slimmer transfer case design to suit the wider FE3 block. This works with the GT4 Dog gearset and straight cut final drive. A machinist in the east and I, are working on mating the drive collars between the two series of gearboxs. All mounts, shifters, clutch, shafts and ratios stay the same. I will shim the rear lsd, and we have a possibility of adding a front LSD and locked centre diff. Which will hurt with understeer but will stop the inside front picking up and spinning.

Fetish/Richard hooked me up with a baller roll cage, we currently have approximatly 20M of barwork in the car, with a few more bars to come to strengthen the front strut tower area.

I have purchased new front lower control arms, these will be rod ended rather than bushed, and will give me the ability of altering my static roll centre due to massive ride height change. I expect these to be here in 4 weeks

Im currently in the process of modifying front and rear guards to accept much lower ride height and 235/45/17 tyres all round, ive got the fronts close but not perfect and the rears will follow in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for more in the next 6 weeks or so as i start to get the ride height down, the seat/steering/dash display/fuel cell mounted.

Oh and i also built a new workshop at home so i can piece all this together, trying to do this at my mainstream workshop is just too hard.

Pic
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[Fukushima]

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[Lump]

any updates on this beast?

[greenFD]

yeah, keen to see progress!

[Lonewolf]

currently doing a bang up job of holding my standard parts!

[NoOg_sTaR]

currently doing a bang up job of holding my standard parts!
You probably want to check that... You may find they have gone for a visit to the local tip.

Along with my exhaust.

[Lonewolf]

woohoo not responsibility company can buy me a new set of wheels!

[joshg123]

wheels are safe, i think some of your intercooler piping went to the seagulls

LOL at progress, too busy fixing all your shitters..... Might do something now racewars is over but no promises

[Lump]

yeah, was wishful thinking on my part.
btw, dont suppose you know where i can get a front bar & spacesaver wheel to suit a BFMR?

[404]

I am pretty sure I have one or two jap spare's in the shed. I can drop one off at Josh's when I pick up my head whenever that day comes.

[monk_13]

So I was watching a hillclimb vid and the car at 3.45 made me think of this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uu1Q64EagU#t=225

2013 turned out to be the year of the unicorn. Will 2014 follow suit?

[Lonewolf]

funny i was thinking about this car also, but conjured this image

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/91662/91662,1205570837,1/stock-photo-cobwebs-on-steering-wheel-10383829.jpg

[Damo 69]

All the best to you and your progress after RW13

[Buckets]

http://cdn.superbwallpapers.com/wallpapers/funny/cat-riding-a-fire-breathing-unicorn-16414-1280x800.jpg

I believe a 20B + GT42 conversion was still the flavor of the day ?

[monk_13]

Or something like....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDuMwjyZjmc

Dat noise!!!!!!!!

[TJ]

Told me before xmas it would be at RW14

[Lonewolf]

http://cdn.superbwallpapers.com/wallpapers/funny/cat-riding-a-fire-breathing-unicorn-16414-1280x800.jpg

I believe a 20B + GT42 conversion was still the flavor of the day ?

so thats what happened to galvsport cat

[joshg123]

Oh dear,

Galvsport cat was minced by the yolo tritons fan, there is still hair in the engine bay.

It's back at the shop, but nothing will happen prior to Rw/targa . Not a chance in hell at that

[GrahamGTR]

Great build Josh! Just tried to PM you but your inbox is full.

[DESAM8+PANIK]

Will just leave this here ......... all good unicorns must aspire to something :)

http://xtremerotaries.com/

[joshg123]

You're playing with fire clint, I think i might leave a few GTR badges on your front lawn, Jen will love that ;)

[Buckets]

http://pulseperformance.co.nz/images/uploads/138.jpg


* New Built N/A PP Short block, all new parts, Hi comp rotors, includes Sump, choose from Drag/Sprint/endurance Porting, All internally Balanced and modified to produce 450HP+

Bai nao !

[joshg123]

i drive 700hp for a job, and it does nothing for me....... 450 i will fall asleep

Try again

[monk_13]

?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPfghudUfoM

[Brockas]

i drive 700hp for a job, and it does nothing for me.......
LOL @ does nothing for me!

Looks like it's 1:1 power:weight time for you buddy. Get ya wallet out!

[protecon]

?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPfghudUfoM

Must be instinct, but when I hear a rotary rev out, I feel like covering my balls.

[Cochee]

Might do something now racewars is over

EPIC BUMP

[Damo 69]

drop the shell over a modified driveline of a R35

on your bike

[huggy_b]

EPIC BUMP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/wombat01/tumblr_mx3kc2cfxk1sp3tljo1_250_zpsqczytseq.gif (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/wombat01/media/tumblr_mx3kc2cfxk1sp3tljo1_250_zpsqczytseq.gif.htm l)

[Buckets]

So basically you want to do something like this...

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If so please get the wallet out and buy this.

http://www.race-cars.com/engsales/chevy/1165955091/1165955091ss.htm

Very non mainstream and properly dardy !

[monk_13]

Oh my. That would be fun!