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Cool shot from underneath the car!

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cchondro

Thanks,
I will be once I dial in the car after a few CFRC events.
I plan to compete as soon as I feel comfortable with the car to where it wont break during a KMS event and force me to disqualify...


you guys are so nice!

cchondro

Since Zilvia was down I wasnt able to update till now

This weekend was well a day from Hell.
It was just one set back after another which has really put a damper on me and has once again furthered my cars reassembled date.
Which is fine, but when you have sponsors wanting you to compete sometime this year and I still need a couple months to really dial in the car at some CFRC events and practice days to were I feel comfortable with it im running out of time and fast!

Everything is ready to go and be put back together to get the car going but for me id rather have the piece of mind and replace parts I feel are not going to hold up now rather than later such as new fuel lines since they have been sitting open for a while now, bushings, new gauges, and small things like that, and that is when the delays take place.

But all in all you got to stick with it so here is this weekend's update

So I went ahead and opened up my first couple of boxes from get fast (fuel lines, fittings, new clamps), and some Auto Meter gauges and some Mishimoto Products and right away I run into some issues.



First off, The fuel lines are a size to large so I now have to wait for the other package of fittings to come in that I had ordered to see if their are any mess ups and then return the large sized fittings and lines then wait for the correct sizes to come back which will push me back another week or two

Second, The Auto Meter Temp Gauge I got is to large to fit into the Inline Mishimoto Gauge Adapter. I did not know that the gauge was meant for an oem temp hole so now im in a cross road. Do I put it in the stock temp sensor hole or do I bore out the adapter and use it.( Or mabye Mishimoto has a larger hole size I could use) if they care to chime in

Third, My Mishimoto Thermostat is on backorder and I have no idea when that will be in, so I will be running my TRD one until then (which I dont want to do) but o well, I trust my Sponsor to deliver the goods so no worrys, I still need to order some hoses and couplers from them to replace other brand couplers and hoses soooo Ill deal with it beacause I love em .
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So I pushed through and got passed the bad news and kept working.
I got the other hood pin installed and i'm happy with the outcome



Fenders will be painted black this upcoming weekend and maybe the bumper. Not sure yet since I dont plan on using it for much longer. Ill use the fenders until there is nothing left but ill be taking the whole front end apart next weekend to drop the motor back in.



So Then it came time to finish the cuts on the dash.
Forth issue arises,
I ended up cutting myself with my angle grinder but was lucky enough that it had melted the skin back together so it wasn't bleeding. Very lucky

then Fifth,
My key broke off in my ignition and I did not want to pull my ignition apart to get it and wasn't able to pull it out with some picks so after a quick call to AAA I was able to get a new set of keys and the broken piece out of my ignition. Time delay 1-2 hours.





But after it all I did get my dash put in and im pretty happy with it.
The driver side was easy but the passenger side was HELL!
The X bar was such a pain but after it all I got it done and It doesn't look tooo bad







A little shot from the rear
My good friend Sam from Enjuku will be coming over to pull my rear quarters for me. That will atleast make the rear look good until I get my over fenders for the rear



I then opened up the other boxes that all my fluids were in

2 Bottles of Water Wetter
10 Bottles of 20w50 Valvoline oil
2 Mobil 1 oil filters
10 Bottles of Redline Gear oil which is where my
Sixth,
problem occured. I had orderd Mw90 and they sent me 75w90 which is all fine but Toyota Trans do not like any type of oil with LSD in it. Hopefully my W59 is different, if not ill throw some Lucas additive in there and all will be fine.



I then got to work on my charge harness for the 1JZ since Chase Bays didnt send me one....
Here is the dark picture of the finished product



I also picked up my windsheild banner from FinishLine so that will be put on next weekend sometime.



And then I decided to try out this white lettering craze
I got to say I kind of like it so Im going to go get some better paint and finish all four wheels and redo this wheels lettering




Well thats the update for this weekend.
I had SOOO much more things to get done this past weekend but with all the delays and wrong parts I wasnt able to get what I needed to get done.

Next weekend or the week after that, haven't decided yet, I will be dropping the motor in. If its this upcoming weekend I wont have a chance to start it since my fuel lines wont be in. If its the following weekend Ill have a video up of me starting it and it running. exciting things happening this upcoming weeks and im happy happy happy!!!!

Thanks for reading and ill post up next weekend!!

Corbic

Tag for latter.

cchondro

So after a lot of thought I've decided to drop the motor in next weekend
I dont want to rush anything and I want to make sure everything gets done correctly.

So on to the short update
I got my adapters for the fuel rail and went ahead and put them on.



I'm not going to use the banjo styled fitting and just run a normal AN fitting to this





I then decided that I'll be using these fenders for a little bit so I went ahead and painted them, I hate this mismatched color look



I also put on my FinishLine Products Banner



I also went and got a battery and a box
but I was stupid and didn't think to buy a drycell so I'll be going back and returning it and buy a different one
but atleast I got everything mounted to my liking






Next weekend the proper lines and fittings will be coming in so I'll be installing them and then dropping the motor in
so that's it until next week

cchondro

I'll just put this here for now

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SO NICE!!!! keep this going!

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KoukiMonsta

Wooop sweet deal

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cchondro

Thanks guys !!

Japan88

Love this build! Keep up the great work.

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Thanks man!

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So after a long weekend last week I realized that I wasnt going to be able to put the transmission on with the motor all ready in. The motor was sitting to far back and I didnt have any friends to help me so I just pulled it and put the transmission on.
I picked up some ARP Flywheel Bolts for the flywheel and also picked up all new transmission bolts for the transmission because I was missing a few.





So got the motor back out and put the transmission on





I then put the motor back In and got it all lined up for it permanent resting place.







A picture from the cockpit to show shifter location.



I also cambered the wheels all the way so ill be looking for some spacers to pull them out some. Doesnt look like alot in the pictures but it is
I also spaced the hood up in the back. Im not sure if I like it or not. Im open to opinions.





And two more pics for now





This week Ill be purchasing everything to get the car running, hoses and couplers from Mishimoto!
Then some IC piping to finish the puzzle, mount the IC, get the starter bolted up and wiring everything together and then Ill be good to go. Ill be send it off next weekend or the week after to get the driveshaft done and then ill be taking it to the track to get a good test on everything and tweak whatever needs to be tweaked and then ill just be doing cosmetic things to make it look pretty. Thanks for reading
O and BTW the Xcessive Mount Kit was a PITA to get situated but it worked. Some holes needed to be drilled out a bit on the transmission mount but the motor mounts were perfect.

PG BOOSTED

Very nice job. Your just about there. Inbox ifnyou need any help, even at the track.

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slidewayz240

Looks like its come'n right along. Awesome work dude.

cchondro

Thanks man
I might hit you up one day when I go out to the track
ill let you know


Thanks man

PG BOOSTED

Ight dude, I should be out driving soon.

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cchondro

Alright man sounds good
hope to see you out there one day with your car

cchondro

Heres a small update from this weekend
Ive been trying to just get everything ready before I send it off for the driveshaft.

All thats left to buy is some IC piping, a Slave Cylinder and to order some things from Mishimoto and then Im all set to go.

But onto the pictures.
during the week I had purchased the starter so I went ahead and bolted that up



I had to redo my charge harness since it was a tad short. I dont have pictures but thats all complete also.

I then attached my fuel lines and cut the feed line for the filter and got that situated.
I also put some gas in the tank to check for leaks. Nothing right away so next weekend Ill check and see if there is any.





I also mounted the dipstick. Took some bending but I got it to work, I also filled the motor with some Valvoline Racing Oil. It drank the full 5 quarts



I also bolted the dash all around so its now solid as a rock and I put on the shift boot for the shifter.
I had to cut the lip on the rear of the shifter hole in the tunnel to avoid any interference while driving. It cleared but it was very close, so I did it for good measure.



And here is two shots just to whore out some more.
Ill be mounting the inter cooler next weekend and fabbing up a temporary
single bar front bash bar to protect it until I get my kit and get one made to fit the kit perfectly.





I plan on wiring up the cluster this weekend and then re assemble everything.
Im thinking I might need to notch the rad support a little to get a little bit of clearance between the radiator and the motor so Ill also be doing that next week.

Thanks for reading this update

Bumpkin203

The car looks awesome man, real sweet tits.

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looks good!

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cchondro

Thanks for the kind words guys,
it keeps me motivated

cchondro

So I have been slacking on ordering parts for the car. Im being lazy and getting caught up on other things with the car that doesnt require money. I need to get my butt in gear .

But so far everything is going great. This past weekend I went ahead and started doing all the last minute fabrication that needed to be done on the car to get it out of the way.
I made some brackets for the intercooler.




but with my luck they were to far apart for the intercooler,
So I went into my metal cabinet and found some 1/2 inch wide 1/4 inch thick plate of aluminum and figured I would lay that on top of the two brackets and mount the intercooler on that and I could also use it to mount my oil cooler when I finally decide I need one.

Drilled the holes to mount to the brackets and then marked were I needed to drill the holes for the IC




And BAM! its on



So the next morning I went to see if I had any leaks in the lines and tank and long behold I did :knife:. It was leaking from the return line fitting from the tank. So I drained the tank of the remaining fuel and pulled out all the foam and re tightened the fitting as tight as I could and problem solved



Another photo with the IC mounted



I also hooked up my PS line to the pump.
For some reason I though I was going to need an adapter for this but It bolted right up



I also got new spacers for the hood since the inch ones were way to high.
I got some 1/3 inch ones and they are WAYYYY better.





Fitment is close but itll work just fine
i hope......



I also started work on the Front Bash Bar



another whore picture and a better photo to see the front camber.



and a panorama shot of my carport garage setup.



I have decided instead of buying a new wheel I might as well make the most out of the one I have for the time being. So I whipped up some wood putty to fill the cracks in the wheel.







There was alot of cracks but I think it will come out good.

cchondro

I wasnt planning on working on the car at all on Sunday but I ended up finishing what I had started on Saturday night.
So sanded down the wheel and went to painting.
I went with a Matte black center with a color match Gloss Black for the Outer diameter. Heres how it looks!





I forgot to sand down one crack on the bottom left.
When I go to wet sand it next week Ill throw another couple of coats over it to make sure its perfect. But for the most part im happy with how it came out.



I also took some old seatbelt I had laying around and stitched up with the sewing machine and made a dope tow strap for the bash bar. Its triple stitched like a normal seat belt. I got to say im pretty proud of myself on this.







I also decided to finish the Front Bash bar.

Went ahead and finished the welding on the bracket part.
Im pretty happy with my welding for being self taught and using a crappy Mig-100 welder thats about 10-15 years old.



You can also see in the pics the random bubbles that are on the welds. My garage has really bad current for some reason when I use the welder and pops alot. Its not unbearable but it causes the bubbles in the welds. When ive used it at Revis towing it doesnt do it so IDK but it doesnt bother me to bad.



Went ahead and took measurements to see what I could cut off and here is how the bases came out.



Lined it up on the car tacked the main bar on, pulled it off welded it completely and hear is how it came out.



I painted the bases black and I will be painting the bars white to match the cage next week









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Update on the coupe.

It never had a rear deck when we bought it and the previous owner did a hack job on the decks metal to fit some speakers so we decided to go the custom route.

FinishLine hooked it up with a custom rear deck panel with two Pioneer 6x9 2-way speakers to complement the two 3-way 6 1/2"s in the front and it sounds AMAZING!
We also decided instead of using the speaker fabric for the deck like it comes factory we would add some subtle flair to it. So we used some matte carbon fiber wrap. I think it looks great. We will be wrapping the front and rear door cards with the matter carbon in the future. Its very subtle but it looks great.





There was also alot of surface rust in the trunk so FinishLine went ahead and sprayed some 415 treatment on it and now its beautiful. I want to convince the woman to put some hardwood tile back there with a small 8" sub but we will see.



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Thats it for now.
Next week I plan on working everyday on the wiring to get it all set up and ready to go. I have been putting it off since im dreading it bad .

Im also going to figure out the intake piping so I can order the last remaining parts from Mishimoto and then get it prepared for the driveshaft so I can get it to CFRC for a practice event.

Stay tuned fellas and thanks for reading!!

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More good news.
I had my wheels painted by a company called Legit Wheels a while back and we were talking and long story short,
Im happy to add Legit Wheels to the team
They are not that big yet but as they have faith in me, I have faith in them.
go check them out at http://legitwheels.webs.com/ !!

BiG MiKE86

Holy shit sweet build! Cant believe I missed this thread?! Subscribed!

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cchondro

well thanks man

Bumpkin203

Nice sewing skills!

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cchondro

Thanks man ! Ha
I never thought knowing how to use a sewing machine would ever come in handy.

cchondro

slidewayz240

Thats a sick look'n wheel dude!

cchondro

Thanks man
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So here is the update
I have been getting everything tied up on the car to get it to run.
I have so many little things that I need to do so I finally took the time to sit down and write a list of everything I need to do/purchase for the car.

So once I got that squared away I got to work

I purchased a 10 section mini-fuse fuse box with a grounding block
So ill be working on wiring everything up next week or so



I also purchased my exhaust flange and gasket so I welded up a dump pipe for the time being. I dont exactly know what kind of exhaust I want.....





I also put my shift knob on, I love my MOMO





I also finished painting my steering wheel, hence the teaser pic above,
Here it is with the red stripes,


Then here is the purple




Then here is the green stripes,


Here it is with the flake


and here it is installed


I also painted my front bash bar white finally





and gave it some sun and a quick wash



I aslo got to work on making the motor start and wired up about four or five of these for grounding the motor and the fuel pump.




I also gut my feed line and mounted my filter in an easy to access location.





So I wired my fuel pump up and went to start the motor when this happened......



Yup, fuel line is busted.....



So I called up Performance Dynamics and they went ahead and replaced the 7.5' of line for me for free and also sent me another -6 fitting for free because the one I had on the pump was a crimp on. If you need lines and fittings I highly suggest them

Well to skip forward 2 days, I got the lines in and put the new line in and got everything buttoned up, went to start it and then a fire......



To my luck it was only a ground wire..
Guessing it just wasnt grounded enough and sparked and then melted.... IDK but I put a thicker gauge wire in place and went to start again and nothing.......
Im not getting any spark. NONE WHAT SO EVER. Im guessing its just the ignitor, but still this is so frustrating. I have new coil packs and spark plugs so it has to be the ignitor, I also dropped it right before install so im really hoping its that..... Im going to borrow my friends and give it another go so Ill update when that happens if that was the problem.
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Update on the coupe.

We changed the dash out for one thats not cracked




And I also put on the pignose lip on the coupe


SO ill update some time next week

thanks for reading guys !!

rawgarage

great read...love the coupe and hatch build....keep it up