Project Dan's Supra NA-T from Sweden, loads of pictures! :)

Hi guys,

so I've been helping my mate Dan to put a turbo on his Supra NA, and here's the story

First of all, english is my second language, so thats why the spelling, grammar and sometimes words is just wierd and wrong

Me and Dan works at the same place since 7 years back and I've allways been into JDM sports cars, so he asked me to source a Supra for him. It was time to make the dream come true.

This is how the car looked like when we bought it in Manchster in Mars 2012.

The ad was found on this forum btw..

We got swedish plates on it and Dan was happily driving it as his daily for the summer season 2012.

But time after time he got outrunned by bmw's and so on and the need for more power was a fact.

He asked me what to do, and I said, lets put a turbo on it.

In mars 2013 we went to the winter storage to get the supra and bring it to the garage and start the project

Removed the bonnet, headlights, and started to remove some pipes and hoses..

We also modified the head lights from rhd-trafic to lhd-trafic.

And when they where in pieces we took the opportunity to paint the chrome into matte black instead

Assembling again

Polished the headlight glass

Started to dessamble

Removed the heat cover and started to remove original exhast manifold and catalyst

The new exhaust manifold arrived! Bought from aliexpress. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/SUPRA-MK4-EXHAUST-MANIFOLD-TURBO-2JZGE-LEXUS-TWIN-T4-IS300-SC300/737979259.html

Gonna be a little modified

Welded some extra steel mounts between the flanges, to hopefully prevent the piping from cracking.. (well it is a china quality manifold )

Extra steel mounts welded

The flange for the wastegate was some square type, and our wastegate was v-band so removed the square flange and welded on a v-band instead

Then we left the manifold to a mechanical shop to get the flanges machined/flated (dont know the english word)

Downpipe! We bought one with a flex, do additionally try to prevent the exhaust manifold from cracking..

This downpipe has only one flange for the o2 sensor, and we will fit another flange to use both sensors.

btw all pictures is our own taken pictures, no product pics from the internetz..

Have to put in an older pic.. just after we bought the car in the UK..

Dan is happy.. In Dover, waiting for the ferry to france..

Very nice.

Borrowed a tt oil return adapter/flange from a mate, and made a copy of the flange

This sticker adds 20 bhp

Front spoiler removed

Intercooler arrived!

Test mounted the sandwich adapter, to find out how the sensors should be placed

Sandwich adapter test mounted

Test mount oil temp and pressure sensors

All mounted with "do not leak glue" (dont know this word either )

Package arrived with bolts and nuts for turbo/manifold

Wastegate in the house! Tial 38mm black

Hello mr screampipe

Included parts

K&N air filter

Kul att se fler svenskar här inne

Anyhow we better keep it to English to keep the guys in here from having to use google translate all the time

Any power figures Dan (or you) are aiming at, what kind of single turbo, body mods and so on?

Very nice build so far. Nice to see it was a forum car in the first place.

I am guessing its just a low boost NA-T at the minute?

Kul att se fler svenskar här inne

Anyhow we better keep it to English to keep the guys in here from having to use google translate all the time

Any power figures Dan (or you) are aiming at, what kind of single turbo, body mods and so on?

Tjo, sedär ja, ja det finns några stycken har jag sett

Info om turbo osv kommer strax..!

Very nice build so far. Nice to see it was a forum car in the first place.

I am guessing its just a low boost NA-T at the minute?

Thanks, we're going for about 0,7 bar boost at the top.

We want to see that it's all working properly before we take the next step (more fuel and headgasket)

I'm making ic mounts

Bend to 80°

Painted

Mounted in the alu front bar

Removed tow hook and some plastic panels to make room for the intercooler piping

I also made mounts for the intercooler underneath

Off coarse all bolt and blind rivets are stainless steel

I think you can tow the car in this intercooler now..

I mounted the intercooler as tight possible to avoid being needed to modify the front spoiler

Awsome work fella

That's my mates old car. That's the car that made me get a supra.

Like what your doing with it.

Here's supposed to be a oil return!

Me and Magnus removed the rear part of the front sub frame to get access to the oil pan.

Loosen up some parts

But it only took about 15 mins

Removed!

There it is..

Cell phone camera literally inside the engine to take this picture.

Parts we have removed

Custom made drill/saw

Tadaa

We also had to remove a big bolt from the steering parts to make space for the drilling machine

I'm cleaning from metal chips

Checks carefully for chips and dust..

Tadaa

Plug

Then cars owner Dan had to do some work, get those two holes threaded.

The Turbo GT-35R with anti-surge

Feels very nice for a china turbo

Test mounted

Pics we took before welding the exhaust manifold

Threads ready at the oil return

Mounted a t-cross to attach the oil feed line for the turbo

Visko fan removed

Parts for the bin

2 x 12" electric fans

Excellent, I do like reading threads like this.

Looks like the project is coming along very well. I'm guessing you are going to end up with a 500+bhp Supra?

You'll have the fueling to sort out next?

At the first step now we will just get it running at low boost with the turbo, at about 350-400 bhp

And probably Dan will be happy with that power for about one weekend before we need to buy fuel parts, tt-pistons and headgasket...

SARD FPR

New gauges! Apexi 60mm for boost, oil pressure and oil temp

HKS Turbotimer

Fans mounted and installed

Thermostat at the lower cooling hose

Exhaust manifold back from the mechanical workshop!

The turbo flange as well ofc

Test mount, again

new studs mounted

I made mounts for the oil cooler

A small mount in the corner

And a third one

There we go

Then we bought a cheap universal catalyst .. to be used only on "MOT-day"..

Saxophon???

Restrictor for oil feed line. Welded the adaptor and drilled a 2mm hole in it. = restrictor for £1

Test mounted the turbo again, do measure hoses and piping

Test how the downpipe fits

Think it will be nice

Here it will be tight, but it will work..

I need a single turbo in my life

Time to modify the "mot-cat"

To put on 3" vband flanges

Extra energy needed!!

Silicone hoses arrived

I started on a oil return line

Made a flange

90 degree hose cutted as tight as possible

Part 2 of the oil return line. Between the to parts there will be a hose

I'm mounting the wastegate

Tial pr0n

Work in progress..

Super tight, so changed a bolt to a countersunk bolt

Started with the intercooler piping 2.5"

Here it comes up

Soft smooth turns everywhere

a start to a intake pipe