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dammm sucks to hear that....well make us convertible owners proud Doc!!!

oh thats unfortunate. look foward to the final project

so doc, how much HP and torque can the vert handle without damage to the frame. Is it true, that too much HP can damage the frame.

Wait, what? Tweak is actually going to OWN a swapped car?

I guess in theory, but that would take an enormous amount of power AND traction.




x 1000

I guess you won't be able to hold that against me anymore huh Art?

-Doc

Damn it!

hey congrads doc! lol you finally got a 6gc! I remember you telling me a while ago you were going to get one

you are a serious inspiration to us verty owners who one day dream of having a 3sgte in our own cars! dreams are achievable, keep up the good work!

I will be posting under I.M.Tech so I will be on here.

Looking good. Let me know how you connect your W2A intercooler to the 2nd gen 3S throttle body and where you mount your cobra heat exchanger. I've got the same setup but haven't had time to install it.

For connecting the Stock Intercooler to the GEN2 throttle body you can buy an ATS throttle Body Inlet, or make your own. I believe the stock flange is Aluminum, so cut off the existing bolt flange and have a 1" long 2.5" diameter aluminum pipe welded on. If you don't plan on making your own, they can be purchased here
http://www.atsracing.net/ats_racing_throttle_body_inlet.htm



For reference this is the ATS throttle body inlet next to the Stock GEN2 throttle body inlet. The stock GEN2 throttle body inlet cannot be used in its stock form because of the "funnel shaped" inlet.



The reason you cannot use the stock GEN2 throttle body inlet is because it needs to be cut down to an 1" in cylinder length, and you wont be able to get a good seal with the taper it has (that is why the people who are making there own are welding on a section of pipe). You will also need to trim your reducer coupler on BOTH ends (keeping the transition in tact) to make it fit in between the throttle body and the intercooler. Here is a picture showing how much of the ATS throttle body inlet needs to be cut.


Picture and details done by Califcarm over on mr2oc.com

Now buy yourself a 3" to 2.5" reducer coupler, trim it to fit as stated above, and you are good to go.

Easy enough. I've got an RC Engineering enlarged throttle body and aluminum inlet so I should be good to go then. Just need the reducer. I thought the turbo outlet to intercooler inlet needed changed as well though.

well it does. The GEN3 and the GEN2 have the turbo in 2 different locations. The GEN3 puts the turbo closer to the transmission. You need to cut the "stub/pipe" coming off the intercooler that heads towards the turbo. Cut it about 3/4 on inch away from where it comes out of the Intercooler because this is still very straight and wont give you any trouble when rotating the second half/part. Now that you have your turbo inlet side in 2 piece rotate the piece you cut off until it lines up with the turbo, and re weld.

Sorry for the delay in posting, I've been busy every weekend. Today I decided it was time for Dr Tweak to do a little work on his own car

First thing, I had to get organized. The interior of the car had a lot of pieces installed by Mouse but there was still a lot to do. There were all kind of parts packed into the car and it was a mess. I cleaned everything out and organized all of the parts. Found a lot of things that I am going to need Then I vacuumed the whole car out real good.





I figured out why the seats had been removed, by the way. While vacuuming the car I kept saying to myself, "Wow, this carpet is in REALLY good shape!" I couldn't figure out why it looked so new, until I realized.... oh. It is brand new!

Then it was time to turn some attention to the exterior, along with getting some of the many parts out of the way. I installed the side skirts, the fender well covers, tightened up all of the suspension parts that were loose, and installed the rest of the lug nuts. It's starting to actually look like a car now





I need to figure out how to fix this.



Next I went to finish the timing belt install and replacement of the seals and gaskets. As I gathered and looked the parts over however, I realized how very dirty everything was. I'm very particular about everything being clean so, I just had to do something about this. Here's the before pic of the valve cover.



And about an hour later.





The water pump outlet.





I'm working on the intake manifold now, should have the pics for you tomorrow if all goes well. I'm helping Prodigy with his E153 install but I'm going to try to get some time to work on my car too, if so I'd like to get the engine all put together, ideally including the manifolds, turbo, and maybe even the transmission bolted on. Stay tuned.

-Doc

You need to replace the whole window/vinyl that goes right behind the outer vinyl...At least that's what I had to do

Looks like you guys are making some progress, looks good!

ok, did you sandblast, or metal brush or what? whats your secret.

^x2

My secret! Well, wouldn't you like to know! LOL j/k. I used a wire-brush wheel mounted to a grinder

So today I got a little more work done. First I completed the timing belt install, and replaced the valve cover and gasket.



Something else I found, the injectors were individually bagged and had new o-rings on them. I suspect that they have been rebuilt.



Then installed the TVIS and intake manifold...





And then, the exhaust manifold, turbo, water and oil inlet/outlet for the turbo, downpipe, etc...







Note the MK4 Supra and AE86 in the background



-Doc

wow nice! i want that supra! hehe

Why are you using that piece of junk manifold?