David P

There's that 'Awesome' word again again thank you.

There's that 'Awesome' word again, thank you. You made a good job of the video, I eventually worked out which buttons to press to see it on the camera, but couldn't hear it till I came home and downloaded it. You can just see my supercharged wave 6.5 seconds in.

The above supercharged Supra Calendar submission photographs were deemed to be; "Not exactly 'calendar material'". The good news is; I met a Supra Nerd today and now have a fly-by video clip. Thank you Big Mark. The gear-changes are 'seamless' constant thrust. It'll sound even better after I have fixed a loose baffle in the exhaust.

MR2 translated as sales disaster in France. Merde.

I think you'll find it's a cat overheat sensor. Leave it plugged into the loom and tie it up out of the way, mine lives behind the radio.

Cheers Just four jobs remaining and then you'll see both. Fabricate new idler-pulley bracket. Upgrade water/meth system. Rebuild exhaust system. Fit modified valve-body to transmission.

I'll get the final idler-pulley bracket sorted on Sunday and then it'll be as quick as it looks.

The cruise control is working nicely and I've given the castings a polish and freshened up the black paint here and there for a few Club Calendar entry snaps. It's beginning to look as if it all belongs there now.

Oddly, the closer you get to finishing a big project, the greater the urge to abandon it. Finishing the 'twiddly' bits generally takes more time and money than reckoned and mostly sorts the sheep from the goats. The choice is yours.

Change @ 60k miles or 6 years.

Just a practice day for Suprapod to make up for the previous two I wasn't ready for.

When it's done, dusted and ready for a fight, I'll post up the day.

The more lags the merrier. There's a growing band of locals that have taken an interest in the project who'll be along for the occasion, I hope someone remembers a video camera.

Next time I cross paths with a Supra nerd, I will sort out a 'fly by' video, I have become curious to hear what's worrying some of the locals.

I'm looking towards the first RWYB Event at Santa Pod in the Spring, maybe you could bring along your lag for me to get a jump on?

I'm holding off on the videos until my pulleys are straight. The modified valve-body hasn't turned up yet, so 1st to 2nd change is still slow and I don't want to be boosting long pulls past 8psi before a remap. The new idler-bracket needs building and a belt sorted, the exhaust has a loose baffle and needs rebuilding, then install the MF2 ECU and twin-pump upgrade to the water/meth system. After a remap @ 15psi with the mappable water/meth system, then I'll make some vids.

I've recalibrated the AEM and Suprastick ECU's to match the new Throttle Position Sensor and all works as it should. This new throttle-body however, doesn't whistle like the old one and I miss the old wolf-whistle trick. The sound of the new supercharger makes up for it though, it makes other drivers nervous and they pull over out of the way. Maybe I should edit the 'Supra' badge to read 'Stuka'.

To build the new idler-bracket, I need to get at the front supercharger-mount, which is a bolt threaded through the 6mm plate. To create space required, I've modified another 1UZ-FE throttle-body to fit, this time with the vacuum take-offs taken off, they were in the way and I don't use or need them. This one is from a LHD which has ramps that function exactly as I need, with two brass hose-tails fitted I've finalised the AICV, oil-breather, PAS throttle-up and HHO plumbing, also adding cruise-control into the equation. A final reorganise of HT leads and loom and now the dog can see the rabbit.

It was mapped with the charge-cooler off and now run it constantly, so there's plenty of leeway and a spare lump in the workshop.

Let me finish this job first, more lbs more pounds. I doubt very much a manual gearbox could lay down the torque to be of much use on the road, would be great for drifting though. After I have fixed the sticky solenoid in the transmission and dicky gear-display lights, using my new camera-mount I will make a vid-clip showing how the gearbox works. There's a lot to be done yet before a re-map so I'm pleased the current map is happy with the extra boost. Even though I've only played a little bit, it's a tarmac-tearing thrust-monster, with great respect, feed the pedal on the right and the laws of physics bend before your very own ears, eyes and sphincter, it's awesome. Next I'll change the throttle-body for another modified to create space to mount the new idler-bracket, then it'll be ready to map @ 15lbs.

Ben, The shoulders on your studs were a mm or two longer than on previous and the nut would only clamp down to 7mm, so I have countersunk the hole by a couple of mm to make them clamp onto the 6mm plate bracket. Here's a pic of the studs thread-locked in and fitted with new nuts before the charger was mounted, because you'll never see them again. The new supercharger with new hub is fitted. There's no rotor chatter and the whine means more business. :) Running the tired 4" pulley and continuing on with belt no. 2, it now boosts to 12lbs. :) On my way home, the roads were busy and damp, so not much chance to play. There's definitely a few bucketfuls of grunt more and I'm amazed at the traction with winter tyres. :) The AFR continues a steady 12:1 @ 12lbs, so I'll be able to keep my eyes on the road when the opportunity comes along.