[5S-FE] Syaoran's Build, Update August 14! Options

[Syaoran]

As promised:

[SwissFerdi]

Nice. Those are good-looking wheels.

[Syaoran]

Thanks! Now Im in search of some center caps to hide the hub... i have some TRD ones but they are 5mm too large i think.

[Arsaces]

Should consider plasti-dipping the rims

[Syaoran]

Should consider plasti-dipping the rims

Im going to paint them after I get the exterior how I want to.

Most likely doing a gloss white color, since I plan on doing a satin black on the car.

[Syaoran]

Oh I also forgot to add, the brakes /seem/ to be fine. May have been bled wrong, it seems. lines had a ton of air in them and the rear right one (the one mentioned before) took two tries until it bled fluid.

[richee3]

I just got around to editing that post with the properly sized picture too Glad you got it all sorted out.

This post has been edited by richee3: May 13, 2012 - 11:47 AM

[Syaoran]

So I finally moved the car, and it seems there is either way too much air in the lines still or the brake master cylinder went bad. I held the brake pedal as soon as I turned on the car and it sank down all the way. Also, I had to pump the brakes before they did anything as I moved the car.

I'm going to try and bleed them again to see what happens.

[Syaoran]

Performed all tests to try and rule out the brake master cylinder but no cigar...
Its gone. I bled the lines correctly and had nothing but clean fluid come out and the brakes still sink.

Same thing happened on my previous one and I had to replace it so I have and idea on how to do it!

Let's see if I can find one for cheap with a warranty around here.

[6gcpr]

Your car is coming out good man, love the wheels you installed, they look good, keep it up!

[Syaoran]

Thanks! I bought the brake master cylinder, going to be installing it today. Hope that fixes the problem. Also looking forward to installing a crank trigger wheel on the crank balancer ("damper", "crank pulley")

hope to do something like this (courtesy of all-trac.net)





This is on a 3sgte.

[Syaoran]

So I've stumbled upon a couple of issues going on with the car.

Number one and easiest to solve (technically speaking, because the work involved isn't "easy") is that the car is starting backwards sometimes. After wiring up the Megasquirt 2 it's been doing that but it's normal thanks to the ****ty 4 tooth wheel on the distributor. A 36-1 wheel is going to solve that (like the one above).

Second and most annoying is the brakes aren't working. The calipers seem to be sticking (I haven't been able to pinpoint which in particular but I could move the car) Whenever you let off the throttle the car jerks forward as if braking suddenly, and it doesn't roll back on a very slight elevation with the clutch depressed.

The brake booster seems to be noisy as well, so that might be bad as well. It squeals like a pig when you reach almost full brake depressing.

It's also knocking a ton. Even when revving while in idle. We set the timing pretty good with a timing gun (and put the right settings on the MS-II) and it's still knocking.

This post has been edited by Syaoran: May 23, 2012 - 10:24 PM

[Syaoran]

I think I'm due for an update, so here goes.

I replaced the master cyl... turns out it was bad too, badly rebuilt probably since it was reman.

Brake booster was showing signs of its last minutes. It finally gave way so now I am looking for one. Mechanic quoted $70 for replacing the booster (labor).

Car seems to be running fine, minus a really high idle which I will solve once I get my hands on a backup TB. IACV is stuck open, like on my previous Celi.

Parking brake needs adjustment at the shoes, so I am also going to be doing that.

I had the timing belt replaced, along with the tensioner, idler, water pump, cam seal, crank seal and oil pump seal, a header I bought locally, and the new brake master cyl and brakes bled, all for $294 with everything but the header and brake master included.

Megasquirt needs a tune with the Innovate LC-1 I got. Once thats done, I'm going to be looking into installing a 36-1 trigger wheel on the balancer witha VR sensor dedicated for the MS-2.

We'll see how it all goes.

[Syaoran]

I had run into more issues. The MS-II really hates stock REV2 5S-FE ignition. (VR sensor with a 4-tooth trigger wheel really doesn't give it much resolution to work properly)

Currently the car turns on and runs. Brake Booster has arrived and will be changing it sometime this week. I hope I can get some stuff solved by the end of the week. Hopefully next weekend I will be dealing with the ignition.

1. 90-92 5S-FE Rev1 Distributor with a 24-tooth trigger wheel. Will be tapping into its VR sensor for ignition trigger input.
2. Chrysler/Dodge 420a wasted-spark coil

More info when I get stuff done.

[taibones]

i first saw the pic of your car with those wheels i thougt it was my car i pick up the same rims about 2 weeks ago

[Syaoran]

i first saw the pic of your car with those wheels i thougt it was my car i pick up the same rims about 2 weeks ago

Haha that's cool. I'm going to invest in them... I know they're probably a cheap wheel but I really like how they look. I need hubcentric rings. I don't know the measurement of the hub on the wheels...

[taibones]

the center bore of the rim should be 57.1mm the celica rim center bore is 54.1mm hope that helps

This post has been edited by taibones: Jun 19, 2012 - 3:59 PM

[Syaoran]

the center bore of the rim should be 57.1mm the celica rim center bore is 54.1mm hope that helps

Where did you find that out?

[taibones]

im pretty sure they are vw rims, which have a 57.1 center bore i have been meaning to measure mine for a while now but have been to busy to.
there should be a gap of 1.5mm all around the center bore

[Syaoran]

im pretty sure they are vw rims, which have a 57.1 center bore i have been meaning to measure mine for a while now but have been to busy to.
there should be a gap of 1.5mm all around the center bore

They're not Volkswagen rims, though...