I figured the picture would give it away with the front mount intercooler. It has a gt3071r under the hood. Its been tuned up to 20psi @ 9.5k which makes a little over 400 whp.
Haha, I'm talking about these things, which is what that other dude was talking about. I think the fact they even exist is hilarious. That's a cool car though, what sort of torque does it put out?
Yep I've seen those before, they also make an electronic version as well. Torque is 249 . It also has a shortened 2-5th gear set. 5th is a 1:1 ratio. but the final drive has been decreased from 4.4 to 4.0
Oh really? I don't get the point of the electric one.. So do you race it or something? I've always liked Garrett turbos, had one in my first car, those things are bullet proof as far as turbos go.
my brother bought one once for his old ass BMW, it's great if you like the sound of a whistle at idle hhahahaha
Just about to go to bed but I'll mention everything real quick. For speakers, I'm not 100% on my options but factory speakers are 4" (10cm) cones - options for that today are very slim. I could go up to 6" but this means I'll lose the OEM look, and honestly the speakers will look like shit. Along with custom made brackets. Rear speakers are another story, they're 6" or 6.5" so there's various options there and the covers are pretty big. Shouldn't take much to get them in at least. Lastly my Supra has the rare factory option of a stock 5x7 subwoofer, however it's not going to function with the aftermarket headunit I have. Likely it's been unused in Australia since it was imported for 6+ years. It's fairly small and probably isn't worth keeping the old sub inside, so I'll likely refresh that too with an aftermarket amp. All this is behind the scenes type installs, will still look OEM just with all the benefits. My mate who installed my headunit will be doing the audio work. I picked up a lot from watching him install the headunit, he knows his stuff! I'm not one to drill holes in car trims, my dash trim has a hole drilled for the immobiliser flasher and I can't stand it, it's going to be removed to a factory option cover. However it's all a secret for what's next You'll all find out in the coming days.
Today, was very productive. I'm just a sit and watch position at the moment, watching two mates do this for me. I've learnt so much from them! Sadly I couldn't take any photos of my new dash pieces but I'll do that tomorrow. However one refresh to the interior I can show you at night. Dials got a LED conversation done! They were direct swap LEDs so no soldering or anything - twist pull and then insert the new LEDs. The result is plain as day. Good thing is the Supra's dash is pretty easy to work with Before: After: I can now actually see my fuel and temperature gauges!
22/03/2016 Got rid of my old dashboard as it actually didn't match the car, was from the wrong series. Bought this OEM wooden dash from a new mate. Some people like it, some people hate it - It's MY Supra though, so hate all you like
Yeah that wooden interior looks great in your car. I like the wood look, our Suburu Outback XT has it too.
It chips fucking easily though, I was just wiping it down and chipped Ah well. I still love the dash though.
A productive day, even though it was pouring rain I decided to get up before noon (barely happens these days) and work on the car. I noticed my 12v (CIG) port wasn't working, I had no clue it wasn't until I went to plug the GPS in and no power. Lucky I wasn't lost! So a few posts ago I bought dash off a mate's mate, before my port worked with my old dash piece. In theory the wooden dash CIG port was the problem. Removed the dash pieces and looked at the connection, it was connected. I left it at that and thought it was the FUSE. Popped that FUSE lid off and pulled out the 15A CIG fuse. Mind you the second FUSE box is an absolute chore to get to, thankfully I'm not that tall or fat otherwise no chance... FUSE was completely fine as you can see here. Today I removed the dash pieces again, and what took me the longest is the AC control loom - it's known to be a real hassle to remove, all the looms have a release tab which you think would actually make the cables easy to remove. Nope. Think of this like a Molex connector on an old IDE drive that has never been unplugged for 5-10 years. Cuts into your fingers and takes a shit load of force. All looms are easy (with the exception of the ODO and right side AC loom). From all that my index finger is still numb. Anyway, with all that shit unplugged I could finally inspect the CIG/12V port. When installed it's covered by shadow and even a torch wouldn't really show you this: Corrosion under a contact. Luckily I hadn't sold my old dash pieces yet and was able to salvage my old CIG/12V port. It takes a socket and slight pressure to remove, seems to be held in by tension. With the working port in, put the dash all back together (Supra dash pieces are like the easiest dash to work with I find), and the moment of truth. IT'S ALIVE!!! Next least exciting area I worked on was my cowl seal, just about when I first got the car I repainted the cowl since it was fading. Not only was it fading but fading in a dot-like pattern. Real ugly. This involved removing the seal. Seal has around 10 clips holding it in place, due to the age of the car 22+ years old. Plastic got quite brittle, which they snap almost instantly from removal. As you can see, some clips had no pegs whatsoever this made is very difficult to slide them out from the rubber seal. Took me a good 20-30 minutes to remove the problematic pieces. New clips in! Lining the seal up - Oh don't be a cock like me and clip them in the wrong way around without checking first, you'll be back to square 1 again! The car is ready (apart from a detail, since it rained today) for the Sakura Picnic on Sunday (All JDM car meet) I plan on displaying the car then.
honestly not a fan of the wooden look dash , however as you say it is your car i do like the look of your new headunit though
