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No its booked in mate, just waiting for the eng of the month.

Done a little video today seen as I got my new facelift rear lights and bonnet dampers fitted, any excuse

Looking forward to the video's, love these cars.

Made a little bracket that I've been going to do for a while now to support the intercooler pipework coming from the turbo. I welded a small dog leg bracket onto the under side of the pipe Then I altered the old bracket off the OEM expansion bottle with the rubber bobbin which screws into a threaded hole in the chassis. Unfortunately the bobbin was a bit on the scunt but it'll still do the job Not that you can see when it's all back together but at least I know the pipes supprted:)

Well done mate..........Thats one decision I would hate to have to make, yours or Ibrars:)

One word..........PERFECT:)

Well I've swapped the knock sensor today and the lights have stayed off so all seems good:) Has anyone used these before. They seem to have a good reputation on the Toyota GT Turbo forum and are one of the closest to me who have any sort of decent feedback.

Love it:eyebrows:

I was thinking of these ones. Anyone else used them?

Ok great, I thought I'd read that the eBay ones weren't very good. As a few of you have them i'll give them a try. Thanks for the input guys

Lovely car, congrats mate. It's been a lovely day for driving today as well, bet your really pleased

I've read on here that the eBay ones are pretty rubbish, so anyone know were I can get a decent set from? Thanks

Ultralites

Ok thanks Chris, I'll check it out later on today. I won't boot it anymore either:d Thanks for the advice.

Mmm, Ok fair point. I have an AFR gauge which is at around 10.5-10.9 when on full boost so hopefully thats OK. I thought the idea of a base map was to be sure it was running OK before I went for proper mapping. Thanks for the kind words:)

OK i've had a few teething problems but most seem sorted now. The only problem now seems to be the MIL and orange engine light coming on sometimes when I floor it. I've done the error codes and it say 52 which I believe is the front knock sensor. I've read this can be caused by low octane rating fuel which I can check by filling up with optimax (I've only got regular shell in it at the moment) or similar and then trying but I was hoping some of you guys could tell me if this seems like it could be the case. I've only got a base map on at the moment (from Ryan) so I'm also considering if it could be the timing which could be sorted out when I get it mapped properly. It's only running at 5psi as advised at the moment as well. Any thoughts/advise really appreciated?

Seen this car earlier this year, the colour was stunning in the sun shine. The picture doesn't show it but it was gorgeous.

Thanks guys. I'll sort some vid's when I've had it mapped. It sounds good now but isn't the fastest on a lowly 5psi with only a base map:d

Sorted it out now, one of the blanking bolts had fallen out of the wastegate:rolleyes:, luckily I had to buy new barbs when i fitted it so had a spare bolt. Stuck it in and it's working spot on:)

I was using a manual boost controller Craig but I removed it out of the plumbing to remove it from the equation. It's now plumbed in like picture A on page 7 of this so couldn't be simpler. The boost gauge pressure readings are coming from the front of the intake and the map sensor from the rear mate, this seem OK? I also have the BOV tee'd into the boost gauge vacuum hose, could this cause any problems?

OK guys i've got a base map to run the clutch in and check this are ok on the car before I go for mapping The only problem I'm getting is a lot of over boost, as in I seen it fly up to nearly 15 psi once, it's got springs for 7.5psi!!!! I've taken the wastegate off and it's obviously been leaking and I assume this could cause over boost? I've re-fitted the wastegate with sealer but it's still exactly the same, well it's over boosting anyway. Obviously I only tried it once and it shot past 8-9 psi and seems no different. I also changed to a 6psi spring!! This is how it looked when I took it off. By the way the valve pushes up and down freely enough with a hammer shaft so the spring and valve seem fine. Also i haven't got a genuine map sensor on the emanage, could this cause these type of problems? I just want to hopefully get it right before getting it mapped. The car runs great and even the boost seems great if I could hold it back to 5-6 psi. This is how it sounds with about 30% throttle so it doesn't over boost [video=youtube;M77C0hJ0-7E]

That looks the dogs mate, that decat looks tiny next to it

Thanks guys, driving around staring at the boost gauge is a bit of a killer though:(, I've had to park it in the garage and have a couple of beers to stop me playing:d It's 2.5'' mate, I have some 3'' but it was just to big. No pun intended;)

AT LAST, the rains cleared up and I've got my car back together:triumphant: Still got some cleaning to do and I might just ask uncle Dunk another favour;) in the coming weeks but here it is for now:cool: OMG How i wish I had a map now:D

From what I've read the Ultimate connects better than the Blue mate. I did try one of them leads though just incase and it didn't work:(, thanks for the tip though. Thought I'd do some action shots;) of the exhaust/ de-cat pipe fabrication. Cutting the de-cat On the T.I.G tacking it up ready for sorting the rest out tonight. Cutting a strip of stainless for the de-cat bracket I got in done in record time tonight as I had some professional help, a 5 year old and two staffies:D All ready for the final weld tomorrow now:tbup