supra_24

So I finally got the supra back this Monday just gone and I must say it looks and drives fantastic. All body work is now done and the engine bay had a bit of a refresh. The car has been 100% fully checked over for leaks with no issues found. I would just like to say a big thank you to Whifbitz, Viking Engineering, Horsham Developments and the members on this forum for helping me fully restore this car. I can now finally enjoy driving the car and look forward to taking it to santa pod next year. Here are some pic's of the car as it stands now: The kit is a combination of JDL sideskirts, JDL front bumper, Trials Rear bumper and I believe it was a TRD style spoiler. Will continue to update this thread in the future when I do further work on the car.

Just so were clear here, I have already just replaced all my cam cover washers with the recommended ones purchased from Chris on here. I have also replaced my cam cover gaskets. What I'm talking about is that one of the screw holes on my new cam cover has a larger screw hole at the front, this is due to one of the mounting washers being missing. Now can I use one of the parts from my current cam cover, I.e the washer for the mounting hole? Just want to basically swap over to my newly painted cam cover.

Any idea as to whereabouts I can order these specific washers, as I need them asap. Also how do I go about attaching them, do I need a specific product that's heat resistant? Like some kind of glue? Cheers.

The clutch has recently been removed from my TT 5 speed supra, which also uses a W58 gearbox, so will work fine bud. In terms of pricing I need to go down to my garage still to take a closer look at the clutch. I have been told by my garage its in really good condition. Didnt have much use to be honest, as my car was off the road for some time due to it needing some restoration from the previous owner. Only reason i removed the clutch was due to upgrading to a stage 3 + and uprated flywheel. so would most likely be looking for around £325 or near offers for it bud. Let me know if interested.

The following items will be out up for sale in a weeks time. Just thought I would list them here briefly to see if anyone may be interested in them. These are all off of a Supra Mk4 1994 twin turbo. - 5 speed Stage 3 racing clutch. Will find out brand shortly as it has only just been removed from car. Have been told its in very good order. - Supra flywheel in good condition. - Supra induction black oem piping. - Supra HKS super flow induction with piping and fittings. - Japspeed induction filter. - Supra MK4 1994 TT OEM Cam Cover. Let me know if any of these items may be of interest and I can keep to one side for you. Image will be put up in a weeks time alongside pricing. Regards Ashley

Hey guys, Just purchased a second 94 TT cam cover for my supra as I am going to have it Resprayed. It is however missing one of the washers where the screws go into at the front of the cover. Can I just get a suitable replacement washer from any hardware store like Homebase and fix it on? Or is it specific? Regards Ashley

Just ordered the japspeed one. I looked all day yesterday and couldn't find any others. It should fit the Hks fine. I've got all the attachments for it. I will be looking to upgrade to a blitz induction filter in the near future.

Ok so japspeed got back to me. There is no filter included anyway, it's just the hard pipe. And you can attach any aftermarket filter to it. In regards to the aluminum couplings, shouldn't I already have one if I've got a Hks super induction system attached to the plastic piping?

Did find 2 items on ebay which may be the answer. One was a universal aluminium piping kit for induction, which could possibly work: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/151102118131 The second was a Japspeed induction pipe kit, which are usually quality items. I have contacted them to see if it replaces the plastic pipe. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/160763395293?nav=SEARCH Will write back when I hear from japspeed

Hey guys, Will try to explain what I am trying to replace here. Basically looking to replace the black plastic air intake pipe that runs from the engine area to the induction filter end. Does anyone know of any aluminium pipes that can replace the standard plastic piping? Any help is appreciated. Regards Ash

Sorry bud, hav'nt got the standard airbox. My supra came with an aftermarket HKS super induction kit when i purchased it. Recently installed a brand new filter too. Happy to sell that when the time comes

hey guys, looking at some point to tidy up my enine bay a bit and wanted to possibly purchase a new induction kit and BOV kit. Whilst browsing Whifbitz website, I came across these two items which looked interesting: Blitz Advance Power air filter kit Supra: http://www.garagewhifbitz.co.uk/blitz-709.html Blitz Venturi Drive BOV Kit Supra http://www.garagewhifbitz.co.uk/blitz-1672.html Have any of you guys tried these bits of kit and how do you rate them? I have heard that the Blitz power induction kit is pretty good. Regards Ashley

So quick update. The welding of the propshaft mount holes was completed 2 days ago by Ed at Viking Engineering, who came highly recommended from another member on the forum. I must say he did a fantastic job and kept me up to date. He even sent me some images of the work carries out start to finish. So this was the propshaft mount holes before work started: And this was the work carried out by Ed at Viking Engineering to rectify the problem: All sorted now and very happy with the end result.

Cheers buddy, I will upload more images of welding done and new body work once I get some pics

Resprayed the car in white and went with jdl front bumper, jdl side skirts, trials bumper and spoiler. Regarding the sidewalls, basically someone had cut holes where the propshaft mount goes on either side. Must have destroyed the capative nuts at some stage. So I am getting this all fixed up as it looks a mess.

Cheers mate. It's have far more than what's listed above done to it now. Recently spent £3500 on a full body kit and respray. Still at Horsham developments at the moment sorting out the last little bits and should be ready in the next two weeks. Will update when I have pics of new paint job and body kit as well as the recent underbody welding where someone decided to cut into the side walls to remove capative nuts

We'll loose May be an exaggeration, they needed tightening as they were causing a noise from the rear.

Some more pictures before the car went in for its body work to be sorted:

Got her safely home at this stage, but then I did come across some minor things that would need sorting. This included no horn for some reason lol? Belts at front of engine were squeaking when I arrived back and were annoying. New aftermarket steering wheel to fit. Went with a momo drift steering wheel. love it Noise from rear of car After revisiting Whifbitz, it turned out the new LSD fitted was faulty causing strange noises and loose subframe bolts. These were sorted.

At the begining of August it was finally time to travel down to London and pick up my newly restored Toyota Supra TT. I was so excited at this point to see the transformation. This was what was presented when we arrived: Engine bay had really been tidied up and looked a lot better. I chose to purchase some new alloys to replace the old Lexus ones, as I wasnt a fan of them. The new alloys I went for were black 18 inch Rota Drift Force alloys with Falcon tyres all round. As you can also see I purchased some new seats made by corebu racing and they were FIA approved. Really comfy too.

So within a week Whifbitz started work on the Supra to get it back to a good working order. They were in costant contact with me and advised me on parts every step of the way. It did turn out that a lot more than intialy expected had to be replaced. Including the seats as the motor had failed on the drivers side. However the engine itself was a clean example and seemed to be in good order at this stage, with turbos etc working as they should. The Supra remained with Whifbitz from April till August time to fully restore it and make sure it was road worthy. I finally recieved the invoice of all parts purchased at this stage and these were as follows: 2 TOYOTA FRONT ANTI ROLL BAR LINK £67.73 £135.46 2 TOYOTA REAR ANTI ROLL BAR LINK £54.41 £108.82 2 TOYOTA REAR LOWER ARM £206.58 £413.16 1 TOYOTA REAR LOWER ARM BOLTS/WASHERS/NUTS £38.82 £38.82 2 TOYOTA HANDBRAKE CABLE £52.90 £105.80 1 TOYOTA UK SPEC FRONT BRAKE KIT £577.29 £577.29 1 TOYOTA UK SPEC REAR BRAKE KIT £570.26 £570.26 1 WHIFBITZ SUPRA FMIC £450.00 £450.00 1 TOYOTA FUEL FILTER £35.32 £35.32 1 WHIFBITZ FPD FUEL PIPE £56.12 £56.12 1 TOYOTA CRANK PULLEY £235.00 £235.00 1 REAR WHEEL BEARING £85.00 £85.00 1 TOYOTA REAR DRIVE FLANGE £169.92 £169.92 1 SUPERPRO REAR UPPER ARM BUSHES £90.39 £90.39 1 REAR UPPER ARM BUSH REMOVAL £20.00 £20.00 1 WHIFBITZ TURBO LINK PIPES £40.00 £40.00 1 HKS 200MM AIR FILTER ELEMENT £20.00 £20.00 1 TOYOTA POWER STEERING PUMP TO TANK HOSE £9.49 £9.49 1 BATTERY £79.94 £79.94 1 GEARBOX PROPSHAFT SEAL £14.10 £14.10 1 UNDERSEAL £25.00 £25.00 1 K&N OIL FILTER £10.31 £10.31 1 GULF 5W40 COMPETITION ENGINE OIL £46.20 £46.20 1 NGK IRIDIUM SPARK PLUG SET £51.00 £51.00 1 GULF RACING 5.1 BRAKE FLUID £5.52 £5.52 1 ANTI FREEZE £9.50 £9.50 1 CORBEAU FORZA SEAT - BLACK/RED £386.00 £386.00 1 MOT £50.00 £50.00 1 USED TOYOTA LSD £300.00 £300.00 1 PROPSHAFT MODIFICATION £120.00 £120.00 1.5 GULF COMPETITION 75/90 DIFF OIL £12.72 £19.08 1 NUMBER PLATE £10.42 £10.42 1 TOYOTA FRONT BRAKE CALIPER PAD RETAINER £9.82 £9.82 1 CLIFFORD CAT 1 ALARM £350.00 £350.00 1 SUPERPRO REAR DIFF MOUNTS £52.05 £52.05

So the next step was to wait and here back from Horsham Developments on the restoration of the car. Unfortunately, this wait came with some bad news. Horsham Developments had checked the car over throughly and found so many issues, they did not want continue with the project due to time. This left me in a pickle as I didnt really know anyone else, so had to quickly do some research in order to get this car sorted and up and running. The areas they listed as problematic, were as follows: Oil cooler is mounted with cable ties – needs to be fixed properly Oil cooler pipe work leaking Front brake disks need replacing Front brake callipers need a rebuild (leaking) Front anti roll bar link faulty Intercooler is damaged (not sure if its leaking or not) Intercooler pipe work need replacing Air conditioning hose hanging off Turbo oil feed pipe fitted incorrectly Various engine oil leaks Oil leak on gearbox bell housing Gearbox oil leak from centre section Gearbox oil leak from propshaft seal Rear callipers need a rebuild Rear brake disks need replacing All of the interior electrics do not work Engine has a misfire Near side front lower arm ball joint needs replacing (split rubber) I’m sure other faults would become apparent if we investigated further. With further research, this led me to a company called Whifbitz, who were very helpful and arranged for my Supra to be transported over to there London garage to do the work on the car and get it back to running order. Little did I know how much this whole project was going to cost me. A lesson learnt, but we all make mistakes.

Hi guys, Thought I would start a build thread for my supra for future reference, considering the amount of money that has been put into the car so far. I will keep this thread up to date when and where I can with pictures etc. So where to start. Well I purchased the Supra back in March 2014, from a previous owner on this forum. Basically this was advertised way back on ebay. The advert was for the supra I now own and the owners previous supra that he had owned and rolled/crashed, which damaged the body of the car, due to the roll. He then purchased a new shell from a NA white supra and transffered the parts needed from the old shell to the new. This consisted of a UK spec TT engine, W58 5 speed gear box with stage 3 clutch and various BPU upgrades as the car had been rated at 400bhp on the rolling road. I saw the Ad and thought it may be a nice project to work on (Not thinking of what it may cost to restore lol). So I contacted him and came to a price for just the new supra shell with TT UK spec engine and gearbox etc. He wanted £5500 for the lot intially, but I ended up getting the working car for just £4000, with some glass headlights I went to view the car and it seemed in fair condition. A few things needed attending to. Brakes being the main thing I noticed and some slight leaks. After viewing I left a deposit for the car and then went home to arrange transport to my local garage, Horsham Developments, who specialize in imports. This is what she looked like at this stage: As you can see, the main bodywork was ok, but the bodykit was in preety bad shape. Discoloured and cracked etc.

Ok so Horsham developments contacted me yesterday regarding my supra. They have bled all the breaks now and have fitted the cylinder stopper. They then took it out for a test drive and said the brakes felt a bit better, but initially there was a slight dead spot when braking, but gets better after braking more. Haven't charged me a penny for the brake bleeding or any brake related testing. But they have said they are going to look into it further for me.

Thanks for the advise. I will speak to Horsham developments when I get a chance on Monday to see if they can fit it for me. May as we'll get the last bits sorted and then the car is pretty much fully restored after 6 long months lol.