ok so ive had the car a while... for some reason never made a build thread on here... did on another forum, so im going to copy and paste the entire build/what ive been doing so bare with and ignore anything where it may not make sense.. heres how i got it some of you may had seen my is200 i had.. and learnt to skid in it and then i swapped it for this! {} has a pretty heavy spec... 1JZ freshly taken from an auto soarer with 60k on clocks, so never been abused new belts, gaskets, new engine mounts fresh coolant, oil and all fluids etc rare factory manual ecu and clocks HKS spark plugs HKS Fuel pump HKS Priest Titanium exhaust big front mount intercooler, metal pipework Yashio factory rad and rad cap twin electric fans engine earthing kit SARD Silicone piping throuout (new) r154 gearbox brand new HKS pro twin plate clutch, (£2k worth) HKS lightweight flywheel braided clutch line TRD 2 way LSD TRD 4.6:1 Final drive set (new) Cusco catch can ABS deleted, complete new lines made Traction control completly deleted also FOOTWORK Apexi N1 40 point asjustable coilovers TRD 3 arm rear set (new) TRD front and rear ARBS Yannack rear member locking collars (new) Tein steering arms and spacers MHC super angle spacers and corretion spacers (new) Cusco front strut bar (under bracing) Cusco chassic support frames mkiv supra brakes. braided lines ELECTRONIC GReddy boost gauge GReddy water temp gauge GReddy oil temp gauge GReddy oil pressure gauge triple gauge holder jzx90 specific turbo timer blitz speed limiter defencer seriously pimp carrozeria speakers, with matching wood trim from interior INTERIOR bride bucket seat drivers side standard passenger seat bride super low drivers subframe bride doorcards all round full interior and rear bench modified to fit round cage fire ext snap off hub dished naardi wheel mitto spec gearknob Yannak fly off handbrake button Cusco half roll cage broadway wide rear view mirror WHEELS + TYRES ROTA grid drift 18x10 et12 all round with good federal 595 RSRS 25mm H+R hubcentric bolt on spacers rear AERO & LIGHTING Car Modify Wonder SHADOW complete kit (seriously rare kit, the best you can get for a jzx, cost a fortune) D-max carbon D1 bonnet (new) gandor mirrors Unknown aftermarket bonnet grille, meshed Origin front wide fenders (new) Origin Carbon 3D wing (new) 240Z wide fender extentions (65mm (rears) + 35mm (fronts)) (new) Car Modify Wonder clear winker set (new) Car Modify Wonder Clear headlight set (new) Koito headlight conversion HID lights (new) Custom cannards and diffusers (new) [/SIZE] Changed since then: +Spoilerless and bootlid sticker bombed. +New spark plugs and coilpacks +Rear arches tubbed +Arc wonder ali air filter box (not fitted but included) +oil leak fixed and oil and filter change done 200 miles ago +new thermostat plus coolant bleed and change +DW magnetic sump plug +Brand new JVC double din head unit, full ipod connectivity etc. +Brand new battery with 3 year warranty. +Boost issue when I first got the car fixed, front turbo replaced with one supplied by garage D. +Aerocatches fitted to carbon bonnet. A couple of things need to be done to the car for it to be perfect: +Needs a paintjob to be fully badass. +Master cylinder needs to be replaced I THINK (clutch sometimes sticks) + Some form of fuel cut defender as it can hit fuel cut when it boosts past .9bar ( restrictor ring supplied so would be half hour fix) + A couple of bits of wiring to make the HIDS work properly and all the gauges ( just boost working atm but senders supplied for the others) It is a savage car and makes me smile everytime I drive it, and spins up federal 595's as if you were driving on ice. Car comes with 9 and a bit months MOT 3 and a bit months tax!! Temperatures always stayed the same, starts first time, awesome car!
got the HID's working all good.. and havent hit the fuel cut that was mentioned in the ad just as of yet.. but got a restrictor ring to fit sometime.. horn all working now and it has a power steering leak... so i know this might seem a bit extreme.. but the engines coming out just so i can see/check if there is anything else that need doing.. and it stops me taking it out for a naughty drive with no insurance etc... haha! the engines pretty much ready to be pulled from the mounts now... i know a threads pretty useless without pictures.. but been pretty ill and not got many at the mojo and wasted a few days not doing anything..
some pictures of it on the way home... and some pictures of it getting stripped down (is a bit further at the mo but no recent pictures) hope to get it out and seal anything i need and get it all ready for some abuse! and ill get plenty of vids/pictures of it skidding so dont worry sometime i want to get a paint job on it .. although as it is it seems to suit its character like its going to eat you!
rush out to work update.... basically wanted to paint my cage... got no flicks of me painting it.. but sanded it and primed it and heres a before and after! after and re painted my boot lid and filled some holes where a spoiler was and was stickered up and was a mess.. my paint job is streaky and shit... but its a temp measure in that last flick the car is filthy... enjoy!!!! off i go!
well finally got the engine out... geting it ready hooking it up pulllllll..... and pop.. out she comes.. then made a big ass list of things to do while it was out... some not needing to be done but others were more important.. then after getting a quote from toyota for the bits minus the fluids etc... for £900+ i thought id skimp down the list... now just waiting for a power steering pump seal set, gasket set for the entire engine,oil filter,cam belt and tensioner.. and that was still £300+ and i still need fluids and to seal the power steering rack... so gonna take the rack apart next and juts buy a random copper washer kit and see what i can match up.. then still have the problem of the clutch pedal not returning properly when i go balls out.. only doesnt return by 20mm or so but i have to return it with my foot.. any ideas? could it either be clutch master cylinder or slave... or something to do with the twin plate clutch? or just not being bled properly.. heard they can be a bugger to bleed? any ideas would be helpfull! now just waiting on bits for the next update!
right... parts are taking to long... so heres some pictures of splitting the engine up bit by bit.. bareing in mind ive not done this before just getting help from a mate.. seperated the sump ready to re seal OHHH HELLO HKS CLUTCH and took the rocker covers off.... and it was full of shit and sludge.. so its all coming apart and getting cleaned as the head gaskets getting done
yeah pretty much found what i need now and its on the way.. started to strip the engine down.. inlet manifold and that was easy to rip off... but the turbos were interesting and still havent done it.. but not sure what this clamps called but i pulled it and it fell off and left a gap between the turbos.. found it had no nuts on it.... guessing she would had been loosing plenty of boost.. heres the clamp? that was it for the day and waited for bits to turn up... today,.. cambelt and cambelt tensioner and the power steering pump seal set turned up... now.. bearing in mind i have pretty much bugger all knowledge of anything mechanical and im just having a go.. i decided to take the power steering pump apart and re-seal it! seal set how shitty it was at the start... ewww (kind of took over the kitchen worktops.. haha) and then just started taking the pump to pieces trying to match the seals i had in the bag.. then started to clean it all up and heres the end result some bits looked new then seeing all the cases and covers... kind of thought it was a shame not to paint it so masked or bits that looked like they wouldnt like paint in them.. hung bits up and then primered them and how my kitchen looked after... so tomo going to paint the primered bits black... and then re build it all with the new seals and hope it works!
well painted all the bits that i primered yesterday... then re built it bit by bit first off was a new oil seal then to set up ready to push the bearing in bearing pushed in and new cir-clip and then other bits which i dont know what they are called.. then im going to call this the pump fin housing?? fins going in (was quite cool to see how it all worked) and then a washer thing which keeps tension (thought it was buggered when i first took it appart) more new seals and one fresh newly sealed pump fingers crossed it works as it should when it all goes back on.. hopefully more work going on in the engine next!
right basically not much of an update.. still waiting on the friggen gaskets.... but basically got the turbos off and heres how it looks at the moment.. and now im not to sure on this... oil in the inlet of the turbo.. should i be worried? things to check? need to get the cams out and then the head off and wait for my gaskets to arrive....
and just took the cams out... and then thought i would get the head bolts off.... snapped a extension bar... and rounded a head bolt off... so got the hump and went in for the night ill have to work something out sometime... guess ill have to weld a nut on the top pretty confident i could weld a nut on the top... like drill a nut to be close to head bolt size.. and then hammer it on and then weld.. ill get some more pictures up of how it sits at the moment...
right might had found out why i rounded the head bolt off.... me being a dick i didnt clean the bolt out enought and i thought it was a 10mm allen key it was infact a torx bit... so might be able to save it when i get a chance to .. new head bolts turned up today and a induction pipe i needed... and a box from toyota the gasket set... many more than i thought would turn up... now just got to find a place for it all need to get on and work on it but works prooving to be a pain...
right... heres how its looked for a while with no cams etc.. after snapping various tools and rounding bolts off i finally got the head off (woooo) had to drill the rounded off one out.. the suspect in question pilot hole some drilling yo then we just kept going up in size to slowly get the head of the bolt off and then pop! so that was a real pain that i thought wouldnt have been solved so easy here you can see the up in sizes heres the head offf finannnnnnnaly now not to sure of what the condition should be to be honest...? any opinions would be good... now ive ordered some pistion rings.. and they wont be here till next week.... so next is just to get on whipping bits off... and got to source some black gloss engine paint for the block
right another update today... the misses went home so i got busy... started to get the oil and shit out of the engine bay, but no pictures of this as i remembered i needed the engine done! so i split all of the front sump off ready for a re seal and to do the piston rings and then spent the rest of the time trying to clean out the garage/shed so i could carry on doing the head work when its dark/raining... not much of an update but i guess more will have to come apart sometime.. cheers for looking!
oh also for those who havent seen a twin plate clutch before this is what the consist of cover off then then then and then and thats not a pistake or a 'look at me i got a flash clutch' its just i like to see things on other peoples builds
well today wasnt very productive.. but i actually done a wee bit of work on the car all this shits going in... rinsed a tonne of break cleaner de-greasing all the old leaked oil... hopefully it stays in the engine and where fluids should stay this time.. got all new washers etc for the power steering rack as it was leaking like a biatchhhh and had to work out from old photos how it went back together.. and then as i was just chilling sitting in my engine bay on the blower... i found this so now got to replace this to... grrr hopefully more engine work tomo .. either head disassembly or block disassembly..
hockey pucks ordered... think ill need three per side.. all should be good gonna be out working on it in a bit and get some bits done.. oh and piston rings are here.. but im going to return them.,.. as the engine has onely done 60k K apparantley... and its saves me £190 which i kind of need for the moment.... so ill paint the block... get some tools to do the valve seals etc... ill try and get a move on!
right.. piston rings have gone back so thats some money back... and just a reminder im no mechanic.. so what you about to see might not be right etc.. but im improvising.. took all the cap things off the tops of the valves.. and there in a order state of it.. then i didnt have a valve spring compressor.. so the internet was my friend and i found a different way of doing it.. heres the tools needed.. then do this then this and this this was such a pain to do.. took forever and im sure the propper tool would had made light of this.. anyways, then the magnet catches the collets.. the first one was such a pain to do.. well even work out how to do it.. got one side out and then cracked on and done the otherside.. and then took the valve stem seals out... the exhaust side came off everso easy... but the inlet side i had to destroy ever seal to get it off... but got fresh new ones so all good.. heres how it looks at the end of today! now jut got to clean it all up (to the best i can myself without getting to industrial) and then can start putting it back together.. still need to do the crank seals on the block and then things can get put back together! (wooo)
started to clean the head.. then i lapped the valves... never done it before and it took forever! one side done both sides done then cleaned all the face of the head up looked much better then me and my pal henry hoover made a new attachment to suck bits of crap out the hard to reach places in the head then put all the valve stem seals in on the inlet side and the exhaust side.. and heres how it looks at the moment... as i cant get the valves back in... well the collets etc... also got the front sump back on all sealed up and the sump pan on and sealed.. all thats left is to get the head done and back on and things should be pretty straight forward from there! get some flicks up tomo hopefully fingers crossed..
