Many thanks again, David P

I've been meaning to give public thanks for the invaluable assistance from David for helping with restoring my Supra back to use. It's been almost a year now since it was trailored back to mine by Little Num in a very broken condition and it's been slowly restored on my driveway with the odd trip to specialists. I think we are nearly there! So close it is even booked in for a dyno run in 5 weeks time.

My Supra has the 1UZ V8 VVTi variant, David P TT Hybrid auto, SupraStick with paddle shift and a big brake conversion. Some parts have had to be replaced along the way so a few upgrades were slotted in such a BC coilovers and Brembo brakes.

The most recent work has been refurbishing the intake manifold after it developed an incurable air leak at the injector ports. The old injectors had corroded so badly into the ports they were almost welded in and had to be levered out. So the whole lot came out, replacement lower intake manifold that was thoroughly cleaned, 8 new injectors and tarted up fuel rails.

What me and mostly David have achieved on it has literally kept it away from a breaking thread or a scrap heap. My ongoing thanks David, a real credit to this forum.

Fantastic work on a big job by the looks of it.

Looking forward to seeing some videos on the dyno!

Excellent do like the look of this, looking forward to those dyno stats.

David is a credit to the forum, he goes well out of his way to help people.

But I'm a little disappointed, if you were pulling the intake manifold out anyway, you could have fitted ITB's

ITB's would need a standalone and a map. Any more complications and my mind might blow! Plan is to get the engine running properly and give the Supra the much needed appearance overhaul that's been on the cards for years.

Brilliant work guys and bravo David!

Nice work David. I do marvel that for a man that reminds me of a farmer, he's quite a clever chap.

ITB's would need a standalone and a map. Any more complications and my mind might blow! Plan is to get the engine running properly and give the Supra the much needed appearance overhaul that's been on the cards for years.

But just imagine the noise

Davids the man!

Nice work David!

And engine bay is looking great Mike! I'll be interested to hear what you think of your brakes when you get it all running. PM me if you remember

Is that the SRT-8 Big Brake conversion from the facebook guy in the states?

If so what size wheels are you running and did you need to machine off some of the callipers?

Is that the 3uz then mate?

Is that the SRT-8 Big Brake conversion from the facebook guy in the states?

 

If so what size wheels are you running and did you need to machine off some of the callipers?

Can't comment on his wheel sizes but yes you need to machine/grind some of the caliper off, even if they clear the wheels perfectly you need to remove material just to get them to fit the Supra hub.

Is that the 3uz then mate?

1UZ V8 VVTi

Glad to see this up and running again Delboy. Make sure you film the dyno with sound. Well done David, seems to put himself out for a lot of people on here, club spirit at it's best.

Awesome nice one fellas

Thanks guys

Mark, yes they are the SRT-8 brake callipers and adapters from the Facebook group in America, the Brembo discs are from a Lexus LSF. Ordered them from http://www.kamracing.co.uk.

My wheels are 18" and a lot of calliper material was ground of with an angle grinder with a flappy wheel to make them fit under there.

Is that the SRT-8 Big Brake conversion from the facebook guy in the states?

 

If so what size wheels are you running and did you need to machine off some of the callipers?

 

Mark, yes they are the SRT-8 brake callipers and adapters from the Facebook group in America, the Brembo discs are from a Lexus LSF. Ordered them from http://www.kamracing.co.uk.

 

My wheels are 18" and a lot of calliper material was ground of with an angle grinder with a flappy wheel to make them fit under there.

Hi Delboy,

I'm already a member of the Facebook group but was curios about wheel clearance. How did you know the area of calliper you were grinding was a safe area to remove material from as that's the thing that concerns me?

I've looked for discs, best prices I've found are: https://spareto.co.uk/products/09-dot-a300-dot-11-brake-disc (rears) and https://spareto.co.uk/products/09-dot-a301-dot-11-brake-disc (fronts)

Which pads have you gone with? Porterfield do some for these callipers.

The clearance is VERY tight. Depends on the brand of wheel also. Mine taper towards out towards the outside face which meant we had to grind a bit extra away.

The pads I have are low dust Duralast Gold. Peter, one of the guys running the SRT group has those on his car and recommended them so they came fitted in the callipers.

You found a good price there, bit cheaper than where I got mine.

http://www.kamracing.co.uk/brembo-brake-discs-09-a301-11.html

About 12cm on the top corners had to go.

Have you driven your car with them fitted yet mate?

That is A LOT of material to remove from the calipers. I would be testing them very thoroughly before using them on the road.

It's had some test runs, nothing hard as have no end of gearbox, engine and elecrical problems. The callipers are huge, David is pretty sure the passages run nowhere near this area.

You're in good hands with David, but there's still no way I would take the risk, no matter how small it may be. I'm sure I don't need to tell you about the potential consequences of your front brake/s failing while doing an emergency stop in traffic or around pedestrians...

I'd probably be looking into taking it on a track for a proper workout.

Got me curious (worried) now Jay

Here's a ZR1 Corvette Brembo calliper cut apart. Looks like the bridge area contains no fluid at all. Can I assume most calliper design is going to be similar?

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/real-life-cutaways-zr1-brake-caliper-feature

http://www.caranddriver.com/photo-gallery/real-life-cutaways-zr1-brake-caliper-feature#1