Hey all im gav and new to the forum thort id post my build thread, its not strictly drift but rwd never the less so as i was asked to throw it up here it is I have always had a fassination with cars especialy high perfomance cars,When i first become road legal i wanted to start off learning the basics of engine tuning and teaching my self an doing as much as i possible could with out specialist help to help later in life when i come to build much higher spec jap cars. So i decided a good base to start from would be a vauxhall i no i no lol,anyway i spent a few years messing about with GSI corsa's,GTE nova's doing engine swaps and so on, but i always had this feeling for the need for more power and always wanted somthing turbocharged as my next project, I have always been interested in jap cars as theres so many variations of parts and options on the market.So as soon as i turned 20 and had built up a few years no claims i decided on two cars a nissan pulsar GTI-R as i liked that it had 4x4 drive and of course the toyota mr2 turbo for its powerfull race bread 3SGTE engine (same one found in the wrc corrola and celica in the erly 90's,the mr2 won my heart in the end as i fell in love with the looks of the rev3 GTS shape and there pritty rare in the south. So after a few months searching i came across a very tidy mr2 rev3 turbo, i went and had a look it was very clean and looked after and a very good price, after a final inspection (4hrs worth lol) i bought it, so i took my new project home some 250miles wich i loved every secound of ,and it didnt miss a beat and was soo quick had a nice lil comparisant test lol with a subaru on the way back just to compaire the power lets just say he was rather shocked when i dropped it down a gear So let the modding tuning begin pics from when first bought
new parts i orderd hks mushroom filter hks high tention pink cambelt uprated intercooler tubelure mannifold decat pipe exedy clutch
samco turbo hose engine cover catches tein mono flex race coilovers old standard discs replaced whith EBC grooved discs whith EBC ceramic pads
I then decided to turn my head towards cleaning up the rotten engine bay, with some nice polished and painted parts with fresh hoses 8) engine bay before after chromed heat shields turbo heat shield chromed
Then came the wheels i wanted to do something diffrent just didnt no what until i went to castle coombe show in 2009 and saw one of the driftworks cars with neon orange wheels, i took a big chance as it may look pants and they werent the cheapist of alloys to use at 2.5k a set but i had to do it rays gram light wheels refurb in custom neon orange before after a few other goodys fitted tacho, fire exstiguisher, s200 push button start were the cig lighter youed to fit
I had also fitted a turbo technics hybrid blower to the car and i was very happy with how it had turned out but this didnt last I had been working very hard to get it ready for a local jap event in the south east, i had met up with a few other drivers and we drove over to the venue i barely gave it the beans as there was so many of us we had to wait for peaple to catch up from getting stuck at light etc, I got to the front gates and the car started to run a bit lumpy on idle and was nearly rev dependant then the smoke started, i took it into the grounds were me and a freind looked to see if i had put a hose on the wrong way round or boost pipe loose we found nothing, So i left it and crossed my fingers for the way home started the car was running ok then half way home all hell broke loose dropped a cylinder and smoke was bellowing out from everywere , popped to a freind near buy and took the spark plugs out cylender 3 was full of oil not good, i thought to my self ringland failure, so called the AA out to recover it to my house, then bought alot of beer and drowned my sorrows all my hard work for one day , woke up in the morning with a hangover and decided i wasnt going to giv up on it, and decided to forge her with lots of added jdm goodness making it into a full blown track car, i decided a good budget would be around 5k, as you will see this figure went out the window lol
this was my original list i have made aload of modifications to this over time CP forged low comp pistons 86.5 overbore at 8:5:1 compresion ratio Carillo h beam conrods (good for 1100bhp and hav a reputation of bein unbrakeble!!!) whith carr racing Big end bolts to suit ARP racing head bolts ARP main stud kit ARP flywheel bolts Clevelite full race bairings Clevelite thrust washers Fidanza flywheel Act paddle clutch GARRET GT35476R turbo uprated tubular manifold to suite (ceramic coated!!) HKS double end springs AEM ECU/ whith added features (launch control,snowball 4d mapping,realtime knock....etc) AEM snowball water injection system side mounted charge cooler Hks 1.5mm uprated triple layer head gasket Plx wide band a/f value module Plx wideband o2 sensor Plx wideband monitor module GREDDY oil cooler alliminium radiator Hks iridium spark plugs Toyota trd oil filter Toyota trd low temp thermostat Toyota trd ht leads Toyota trd full gasket set Toyota oil pump water pump idelers etc Link knock sensor+display Walbro 305ltr fuel pump Demon fuel presure regulator Full engine stainless steel bolt kit Stepper water temp guage Stepper oil temp guage Stepper oil pressure guage HKS fuel cut defencer Tein electronic damperner adjuster And the list soon transformed into this CP Forged pistons, 86.5mm, 8:5:1 C/R Carrillo TRD H beam conrods, rated to 1100bhp Carrillo TRD conrod bolts Garret GT3576R .082 AR Turbo, with ceramic coated exhaust housing Goodrich braided turbo oil lines and fittings Turbo blanket WRC TTE Group A inconel exhaust manifold (1 of only 8 on the globe formaly fitted to carlos sainz group A carolla) Custom made 4' down pipe Custom,vent to atmosphere screamer pipe HKS super dragger 5' exhaust system Tail 42mm external wastegate Rips 95mm throttle body Custom ported inlet manifold HKS 264 cams HKS adjustable cam pulleys HKS fine tune cam belt HKS Blow off valve Cometic head gasket Toyota full gasket set Cometic bottom end gasket set ARP LP19 racing head studs ARP racing main studs ARP flywheel bolts ACL full race bearing kit ACL thrust washer kit Samco full ancillary hose kit Samco full coolant hose hit Samco 4' turbo induction hose K&N JCB size induction kit Custom 95mm pipe kit, Samco hose kit with clamps HKS oil catch can Toyota, water pump, oil pump, tensioners and idlers Toyota TRD low temp thermostat Toyota TRD oil filter Greddy titanium oil filler cap TRD magnetic sump plug Century motorsports poly engine mounts Fully polished engine bay, chromed heat shields, custom crackle paint rocker cover Titanium heat wrapped intake pipes Magnecor ignition leads in blue GM 4bar map sensor Walbro 305ltr fuel pump x2 SX alocohol/petrol fuel pressure regulator wolfcatz 1200cc injectors Wolfcatz billet fuel rail AEM water methanol injection system DRIVETRAIN: Toyota rev3 fully rebuild gearbox with uprated final drive Kaaz 2 way slip differential OS Giken billet multi plate STR clutch kit OS Giken flywheel Uprated Gear shift bearings INTERIOR: Bride zeta III bucket seats Bride logo custom door card inserts Full Cusco 8 roll cage with orange fia padding Racequip fia stock car window net in orange D1 spec Snap off steering wheel hub Driftworks 5 point orange harnesses Nardi Trd steering wheel Syvec S6 ECU HKS EVC 6 boost controller Greddy turbo timer TRD Speed master white dials Link knock sensor display with bosch knock sensor PLX systems Bosch wideband 02 sensor and module PLX systems multi read out 60mm digital plasma gauge Stepper 60mm Boost, Oil pressure gauges Bride tachometer Push button start (S2000) Veilside gearnob limited edition only 100 ever made Pioneers DEH-P9600MP 10th anniversary door seals loudest 600watt door speakers Clifford G5 alarm system EXSTERIOUR: Tein mono flex coilovers with Tein adjustable top mounts Tein drop links Power flex Pollybushes allround Volk Rays gram light alloys 18inch in one off custom neon orange Big break kit illest Toms rear bumper Border front bumper Greedy gracer side skirts Border carbon fibre bonnet Carbon fibre boot lid Rev 5 spoiler Border carbon Kevlar rev5 spoiler wing Carbon fibre engine lid Carbon fibre inspection panels Carbon fibre rear light infill panel Carbon fibre side ducts Rev 3 rear lights JDM clear corners Titanium red volk formula wheel nuts Braided Hell clutch hose Federal RSR semi cut track tyres EBC grooved discs EBC redstuff brake pads Toyota wind deflectors D1 spec red anerdised tow hooks front and rear twin spal engine lid fan kit Ally rad
after 6months saving an researching parts started to arrive new fidanza flywheel ACT paddle clutch (not surficiant enough!) and then decided to buy some hks high lift cams 264' pulleys and belt New hks bov i polished chromed the cross brace
full toyota gasket set decided against the hks HG as had hurd about to many failures with them and decided on a cometic multi layerd head gasket full engine stainless bolt set another big bag of stainless alen key bolts oil catch can hks polished bov 3s gte oil pump everything iv received so far lol
had a result on ebay 5x toyota trd oil filters for 1.99p :thumleft: toyota trd low temp thermostat HKS fuel cut defencer
then came my internals from realstreet perfomance in texas ARP flywheel bolts Full ACL race bearing set ACL race thrust washers CP forged low compresion pistons 86.5mm 8:5:1 compresion ratio
CARRILLO H BEAMS conrods carr bolts good for 1100hp plus!!!! [media][/media] ARP HEAD BLOTS ARP MAIN BOLTS
Spal engine lid twin fan system NEW APEXI POWER FC ECU APEXI FC ECU HAND COMMANDER APEXI EVCR boost controller plus other features APEXI boost guage with pillar mount the full apexi package [media][/media] old rubber engine mounts replaced with high strenth poly mounts donated to the build from nathen freak off his recod breaking century motorsport mr2
I popped up the garage to work on the car the engine is all dropped out along wiv gearbox,intercooler,turbo,exhaust,accileries Yet again my plans hav been put back due to unforseen failure. well were shall i start well the transmition was best described aswell mullerd an as for the diff that was plain f***ed wasnt surprising considering it had put up with abuse for nearly 20years with an extra bhp runnin throu it, Then we moved on to checking the turbo,stupidly i assumed that it would be fine as its was only replaced last year for a brand new hyrid turbocharger from turbotechnics,we checked the shaft an saw there was upto 0,9mm play which is to excesive especialy for the age, after more exsamination we noticed the blades had actuely hit the hounsing cousing sum to bend an chip needless to say i pissed , we now need to do more investigating to figure out the actual cause of the engine faulure, i.e was it due to turbo internal faulure cause foreighn objects to go inside the engine causing valve/piston, bore damgage, or was it caused by the ringland snapping on cylinder 3 causing metal particles to go into the oil feed to the turbo bearing/internals causing the turbo failure. after all that we noticed the brake master cylender wasnt workin correctly so a new one is needed from toyota and they dont come cheap! but wot does these days... well as for the gearbox iv sourced a new gts gearbox with a 1.5way cusco diff from japan to suite needless to say it was damn exspensive!!! now i have the joy of arguin my case to the manager of turbotechnics no doubt they arnt goin to want to admit responsabilty so untill i find the actual cause tho project has cum to a holt :censored: :censored: :censored: irl keep you all updated with further details im off to toyota to get raipped on a master cylinder...
a few pics of the engine,gearbox gappin hole were the engine used to be the mullerd gearbox old clutch flywheel box diff etc hybrid turbo t26
