DEATH's GT2 Progress [Updated 01-24-13], 6 years/60k? Miles and FCUKING RIDICULOUS!!! Options

[DEATH]

As the topic says my car wants to die on me. Actually before I get to the current problem I'll detail my 4 day weekend/Gremlin attacks:
1. [Thurs - day one of a promising 4 day weekend ] I should mention first that noone ever works on my car but me - but I've had it with opening the engine for at least a few months so: Got the intake cam set properly finally by a Toyota dealership for the cheapest price anyone quoted me! I went to Joe Myers Toyota as the last shop I was gonna try just for sh*ts and giggles and through some stroke of fate I got the coolest service manager ever. My budget was to be $200 tops with the work done in one day. First shop tells me all kinds of BS that I know isn't true about the 3S and he quoted 4 hours labor [$400] and 3day wait. I laughed and left there . After shopping around 4 different other shops the best price was $210 with same day service. As I already said I went to Toyota for the hell of it [and to pick up some oil filters for the oil change I was planning for Fri morning] and they looked it up and said it's 2.5hrs labor at $100 each so $250 - over budget so I was gonna try to talk the $210 guy down to $200 tax included. Then the service guy said "well if I charge you for a timing belt job it'll still be $250 but I can take the cost of the belt off since your belt is only 2mos old. So that took the price down to $180+tax - perfect. To make things even sweeter I got to request my old friend NachoNismo [Toyota Tech at JMT] and he and his team did a beautiful job on it and even gave me free diagnostics, trouble code print out and several other freebies [BTW only code showing was 42 - Speedsensor not giving the ECM a signal within 8sec after hard driving? Could this be the same problem that won't allow my speedo to work? GT Tranny BTW]. When I went to pay my bill I got another pleasant surpise - $150 including tax!
So I got invited to the TX2K8 [Annual North American Supra Meet] dinner and meet at Frank-N-Steins and went there:
2. [Friday night] Blew my turbo coupling [the first one attached to the compressor outlet] into tiny little shreds so had to limp home with no boost [not a fun way to spend a 45min drive with a grouchy GF, two sleeping teens in the back seat and a pissed off Mega Chihuahua on the back hatch cover at 2:30 in the morning]. Got home and fixed that but discovered the coolant return line from the Turbo was spraying coolant [evidenced by the pancakes smell of burning off Toyota For Life Coolant]. Put a clamp on that and refilled the coolant with another $10 worth of coolant. So I need to take my GF to a Fetish Ball [Not like I wanted to go or anything ] clear on the other side of Houston about an hour away:
3. [Sat Night] So I get all the Gremlins slayed and start the car with the hood open, observing all the fixed problems and the gauges until the car warms up. So I back out of the garage and turn the lights on and Bam! - the car trys to die and generally runs like sh*t. Turn off the lights and idle returns to normal. Hit the brakes and the idle again drops and the engine runs like sh*t. And here's the real slap to the face - roll down the window and the car wants to die! So the GF is pissed again cause she's been looking forward to this for 3 months. Luckily for her Havok and his lady are going anyway so they offer to drive us and drop us off later [Thanks again Bro!] and we go to the FB and altho I usually enjoy myself immensly at these things my mind is with the car back in the garage and I ate something bad and felt like puking [almost did several times actually - Dry heaving FTL ]
4. [Sun] Woke up at 5PM with absolutely no energy and no drive to work on the car

So after that long dissertation I'd like to thank this guy for the very interesting weekend:

Fcukin asshats always playing games under my hood

Now to my questions [Alltracman - help me out buddy]:
1. WTF is up with that code 42 and what should I check to get it diagnosed and fixed up and hopefully finally have a working speedo?
2. WTF is up with that electronics gremlin that makes any powered accessory cause the idle to drop and almost die? My first thought is bad ground connections - sound plausible? Ideas, theories or [hopefully] past experience?
3. Why can't I just go a whole week without something fcuking up on this car? Damn I miss my trustworthy, never fails to start and run like God designed it 5S.

Now this my friends and potential swap owners is why you have no business owning a car that you yourself did not swap [or like in my case - have already swapped a Celica in the past and felt like skipping the initial headache portion of the process]. If you don't know the 3S-GTE and all you've ever owned was a 5S or 7A - don't even consider having someone else swap your car - the experience and famliarity with the engine you will gain by swapping it yourself or with some friends is priceless. Seriously.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jan 31, 2017 - 8:23 PM

[NgoFcukinWay]

you are the man matt!! and where in the WORLD did you get some michelins for 75 each!?!?!?

+Eleventy billionz!

I just got raped on tires for the G. $250/each for 225/40-19 Michelin Pilot Sports A/S Plus. bleh. I should've checked with you before I went ahead and bought those.

[6strngs]

you are the man matt!! and where in the WORLD did you get some michelins for 75 each!?!?!?

+Eleventy billionz!

I just got raped on tires for the G. $250/each for 225/40-19 Michelin Pilot Sports A/S Plus. bleh. I should've checked with you before I went ahead and bought those.

well, that's actually on the cheaper side of things for a 19 inch tire, especially for michelin pilot sports.

but seriously though, I can't even get a 225/45/17 michelin pilot sport without the mount/balance for $75 eash, even with my employee discount

[DEATH]

LOL - They were $75 for 2 mounted and balanced - it pays to know people in the right places

[easternpiro1]

i sized some 225 45 on my car and they looked like they wouldnt fit!! too tall? the guy at discount tire said that i had a negative offset wheel (i got some eagle alloys) can someone enlighten me on whats wrong? thats the size i want!

[6strngs]

i sized some 225 45 on my car and they looked like they wouldnt fit!! too tall? the guy at discount tire said that i had a negative offset wheel (i got some eagle alloys) can someone enlighten me on whats wrong? thats the size i want!

negative offset?! that means the part of the wheel that mounts to the hub is more towards the back of the wheel than the front. for example, with a 0 offset, with an 8 inch wide wheel, you'd have 4 inches behind the mounting surface and 4 inches in front of it (think deep dish wheels...) positive offsets are most common, I don't think anybody else on this board has anything below a positive 25 offset, with most between 35-45... so either the guy didn't know what he was talking about, or you have some crazy deep dish wheels that probably won't fit.

look on the back of the wheel, the size and offset should be stamped either behind one of the spokes, or on the mounting hub, and should read something like "17x7 ET42" which would mean a 17 inch wheel, 7 inch wide, with a positive 42mm offset.

[easternpiro1]

yeah i assumed he didnt know what he was talking about, because at first he was trying to tell me that 215s would be taller than the 225s. i was like HUH?!? assumed he got them mixed up, but then when he started talking about negative offset i was like... ok he dont know wtf he's talking... but the tires did look like they wouldnt fit in the wheel well... imma try to test fit if i can. i should have called his BS and asked where the lip was lol


edit: sorry matt... if i jacked the thread...

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Aug 16, 2009 - 10:56 PM

[DEATH]

edit: sorry matt... if i jacked the thread...

forget about it

[DEATH]

Taking a page from Manny's [Presure2] book:

1.5 Years and 16,000 Miles on the rebuild/build on the 3S-GTE and running stronger than ever.
Got the FCD built [Thanks Stephen!] and installed and now I'm running ~16-18PSI but I'll be backing the boost controller off until I get the WRC steel wheel CT-20B from Jim in and installed. Then I'm cranking it right back up to 20PSI [along with appropriate fuel mods of course - gonna need a little more as I'm maxing the stock injectors out ~17PSI @ 6K RPMS]

Also, on the fun side, I installed a new Kenwood double Din DVD Player/Screen. Very cool and I can't praise Kenwood's sound quality high enough. It really brought out the best of the Boston-Acoustics speakers I have in there. The lack of subwoofer output and control is disappointing tho - especially from a $1K HU [No I didn't pay that for it - that's MSRP. I gave only $475 for it]

This post has been edited by DEATH: Aug 25, 2009 - 9:50 AM

[freddy121389]

Taking a page from Manny's [Presure2] book:

1.5 Years and 16,000 Miles on the rebuild/build on the 3S-GTE and running stronger than ever.
Got the FCD built and installed and now I'm running ~16-18PSI but I'll be backing the boost controller off until I get the WRC steel wheel CT-20B from Jim in and installed. Then I'm cranking it right back up to 20PSI [along with appropriate fuel mods of course - gonna need a little more as I'm maxing the stock injectors out ~17PSI @ 6K RPMS]

Also, on the fun side, I installed a new Kenwood double Din DVD Player/Screen. Very cool and I can't praise Kenwood's sound quality high enough. It really brought out the best of the Boston-Acoustics speakers I have in there. The lack of subwoofer output and control is disappointing tho - especially from a $1K HU [No I didn't pay that for it - that's MSRP. I gave only $475 for it]

you know you can just set the double dins subwoofer gain to 0 then turn up the sound about half way then crank the amp up in bass boost and gain until it feels comfortable, then when you feel like having a little more bass, set the gain on the double din up a little higher. at least that's how i have my deck setup. what subs are you pushing, with what amp, gauge wire, capacitor, i know you have a red top battery that's about it.

[DEATH]

That's pretty much what I did but I have the bass boost remote control on my R-F amps so I set the normal bass level like you said with the boost on zero so I have control up and down from my chair easily. No biggie - just not too pleased it didn't come with a seperate out and control like most good decks do these days.
I'm running R-F amps 4gauge wiring etc - it's setup very well


LOL - I'm getting down to the picky BS now - Stephen and I fixed a bunch of really pointless [but messed up] functions on the car a few weekends ago. Now all the little creaks and groans are becoming annoying and the windows roll up way too slow [on the passenger side especially].
Hey Stephen - do you think upgrading the grounds on the window motors and controls would help with this?

This post has been edited by DEATH: Aug 25, 2009 - 10:59 AM

[SwissFerdi]

I have the same window issue on the passenger side, I assume it's just an underpowered battery. Lights dim if I move the windows as well, but it really doesn't bother me.

[stephen_lee]

That's pretty much what I did but I have the bass boost remote control on my R-F amps so I set the normal bass level like you said with the boost on zero so I have control up and down from my chair easily. No biggie - just not too pleased it didn't come with a seperate out and control like most good decks do these days.
I'm running R-F amps 4gauge wiring etc - it's setup very well


LOL - I'm getting down to the picky BS now - Stephen and I fixed a bunch of really pointless [but messed up] functions on the car a few weekends ago. Now all the little creaks and groans are becoming annoying and the windows roll up way too slow [on the passenger side especially].
Hey Stephen - do you think upgrading the grounds on the window motors and controls would help with this?

yea, try getting better grounds to the door. but i believe the windows have their own ground at the switches due to the design

[DEATH]

OMG the car has come so far since these days.
I'll fill it all in in detail a lil later but for a teaser:

18-20PSI on WRC Turbo [yes still DD]
Working A/C for once too!

[stephen_lee]

**** YOUR ONLINE?!?!?!

we're getting down to the minor annoyances with the car now.

[DEATH]

Yeah I should mention that Stephen and I have been rewiring the entire freaking car since the fires last year.
Stephen is THE MAN for electrical work if any of you need some done.

Hey BTW Stephen - finally got that "other hazard" to light up yesterday. Knocked that out when I had to rewire the other two more important wires on that switch yesterday. apparantly we choose some less than sufficient wire for one hot side.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 29, 2010 - 3:05 PM

[stephen_lee]

i love how he acts like i know what im doin
You using that browser i emailed you to get around the block?

Yeah I should mention that Stephen and I have been rewiring the entire freaking car since the fires last year.
Stephen is THE MAN for electrical work if any of you need some done.

[DEATH]

Nah - I have my tricks too
Did you see my edit above?


Meh - let's take this to chat. Follow the link below

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 29, 2010 - 3:09 PM

[stephen_lee]

sweet. and that sucks it had to be rewired. glad its working, though!
it still stick?

[DEATH]

Everyone go to chat

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jul 29, 2010 - 3:21 PM

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