Big Supes

Some other uninteresting things to note... the original 30 year old Laserline bit the bullet so I went with a new replacement Laserline as 30 years is a pretty good testament to the brand. As the dash was starting to show signs of it's age, I thought I'd give it a makeover by wrapping it in some leftover material I had. This along with SRD/JP Works TRD dials and a Renown wheel, the car has a nice, clean and updated look and feel.

A few pics from this year....

I had originally planned to go with Harry SupraLED's front projectors and halo's so I could work around deleting the front indicators, but after installing it all, the headlights didn't fit very well around the wing. Harry was cool and offered to help as it was probably something silly I had done. As the deadline for a car show was approaching, I ended up calling Lee and sourcing some new facelift front lights and parked the UK glass lights for a bit. I'll more than likely end up sending the UK lights off to Harry to see if he can sort my error. To complete the back end, I opted for some Whifbitz carbon number plate garnishes. I've always liked them and they also make for a discreet place to hide a reversing camera. I also added the addition of a Whifbitz carbon TRD spoiler... A very tappable booty, indeed.... Some more additions while the car was being put back together. Sound deadening... While getting the rear diffuser to fit, it was also a good time to swap out the backbox to a ti..... With everything tacked in place, I sent it off to a friend to weld. Fast forwarding a bit.... MOT time:

Thought I'd give the thread some long overdue love. TBH, it's been a bit neglected purely through being so busy on the car in my spare time lol. So, after having the fuel system installed, I felt it really woke the car up and gave the single turbo experience I was expecting. The torque was there and the engine felt a lot more responsive. With the engine satisfying (to a degree) the craving for that kick in the arse when coming on boost, it was time to turn some attention to the body and focus on styling. I really liked the TwinZ kit and with blue being my favourite colour, I found the perfect variation while prepping a car at work for sale and knew the Supra had to painted in it. So, the strip down began.... I decided for a cleaner look, I'd delete the aerial and rear wiper. The panels are quite thin on the Supra so patience was key not to distort the panels with too much heat. I used an air blower to rapid cool the areas after each weld which helped. Overall, I was really impressed and relieved at how little rust this car has. I mean, the main reason I bought it all those years ago was due to how mint it was, but the chassis literally only had a small amount of rust at the very end of the seal which has only gone through a couple of skins of metal. It wasn't really necessary, but it was ground back and a small plate was welded in. I used POR-15 for all these areas to act as a rust preventer which was sanded and then primered over. Next step was to get out the careless door dings people inflict in car parks with the help of my pal. I thought I was pretty careful about where I park, but it goes to show, you can't be too careful! While the car was being attended to, the bodykit was prepped and primed. And, then finally, it was time to start getting some colour down... Lee @SRD hooked me up with new quarter windows, rubbers all round and, while the car was being worked on, I decided to swap out the HSD Monopro's for HKS Hipermax S. The poor old OEM diff oil cooler had seen better days and had been leaking slightly so, with them being discontinued, I found the closest size oil cooler and made it fit. The OEM bracket wasn't in the best shape either, but with a bit of fettling, it's doing it's job. I decided to epoxy the cooler to the original housing as it was the logical choice. The OEM window rubber bolts were pretty seized so things got real lol.... While the car was being painted and put back together it was time to decide on a colour for the wheels. With the new Toyota badges and facelift front lights, I wanted something that would lean towards tying in with the grey Toyota subtly used for these. Between a few of us at work, we decided Porsche Platinum would work.

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1. KamaSupra +1.5 2. DanScoob +1 3.ChrisPank +1 4. Soopra. 5. Harley 6. James_cbr +1 7. Big Supes 8.

Thanks chaps. It only did it on that one trip and seems to be ok now, but this could be start so I'll have a check

Any firm diagnoses on this chaps? Mine started doing it today.

Decent pics Dave. Good to catch up.

Thanks mate, it sounds the part, for sure. It was running stock UK fueling before, but the fuel pump was tired so SRD put a Walbro 485 pump in. Now it's got 264 cams, a full SRD fuel system, lines, fittings, etc. FIC 1000cc injectors, taarx fuel pulse dampener and fuel rail, and lastly, an aeromotive FPR.

Mini update. So, she ended up going back to SRD Tuning for the fuel system sooner than planned lol. It just felt like it needed doing so I can stop thinking about more power.... and, tbh, it's kinda worked as the car feels a lot better now. More responsive and you get a nice kick up the arse when it comes on boost. 600whp

1. KamaSupra +1.5 2. Soopra 3. Gretie22 +1 4. ChrisPank +1 5. WhitesupeDan 6. DanScoob +1 7. Big Supes 8.

Nice one mate, will drop him a message

Handy to know. Direct from Mr T or can you boys source one?

Condition not overly crucial as will be repainted.

SRD sell bride rails that should do the job.

Perfect, thanks mate. Price sounds fair. If you PM me your PayPal address I'll send you some funds + PP charges.

That'll be great, thanks mate.

No probs mate, cheers for digging out the heater controls anyway.

I have a spare unit on order, but the AC amplifier is the little box that sits on the headunit when you remove the dash panel. I think it has abs written on it. If you do have one, I'd be interested in taking it off you.

Ahh, thanks for the feedback. It's good to know what's what as the market is so volatile.

Thanks buddy

Looking for an AC Amplifier, part number 88650-1464. It's the little box that sits on top of the headunit.

Tbh, I've never really heard of anyone wanting to move from a small case manual diff to a big base manual. The goto (from my recollection) always used to be the big case auto for acceleration.

I'd be putting it up for 2.5k if it's complete and working.