Josh42 Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Some photos from Santa Pod yesterday. Ignoring the usual chavs, it was a great day spent with some awesome friends - Rich.2211, mharvey, Rob_SRi and Ripped_Fear too! The love is firmly back for the supra - what a machine! Edited March 23, 2015 by Josh42 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ripped_fear Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Car was looking great mate yesterday. Good to have a catch up too. Good luck with the next stage of the build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glanza_Mike Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Cars look great lads, nice photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mharvey Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 It was a great day and it was brilliant to see you finally enjoying your car mate! You certainly deserve it and it was obvious how happy it made you Made the right choice I think! The car looked absolutely stunning too, paintwork looked amazing in the bright sun (all the Supra's did but especially the Red one haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Bump for vids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Supra's looking good there guys. Glad things are working out Josh, keep the up-dates coming as work progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Quick update, UK brakes now fitted all round. Brought them from Keron and they have previously been rebuilt by CW with stainless Pistons etc. The difference in braking performance is night and day. Also did a few laps of the local sprint circuit, was great fun. Car is currently away having some work carried out. I got the feeling that the reason I'm always unsure is that I've carried out all the work myself and I've spent more time building it than driving it. So it's gone away and for the first time since owning it, I'm paying some one else to work on it. Will update with more details as they are finalised. New ECU (AEM V2) is also fitted, along with AEM wideband, Greddy OLED boost controller and some additional goodies. Edited May 20, 2015 by Josh42 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Also, new rubber for both me and the other half arrived. We both opted for Toyo T1 sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Just a couple more photos Mine with the girlfriend's Celica. She's currently hunting for a white facelift ST205 GTFour. Mine and Rich.2211's before he sold it! Also went to a local meet. Who said red was rare?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_ufo Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtin90 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Some great pics. Have you decided to keep the car now? Or are you still looking for a white tt6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich.2211 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Another photo of the two Supras together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Some great pics. Have you decided to keep the car now? Or are you still looking for a white tt6 I'm keeping the car mate, for all the work I've put into it, id be silly to sell and see a percentage of the cash and none of the blood, sweat and tears back for it. It's currently awaiting the AEM v2 ECU to be installed.... Unfortunately, while undergoing the health check prior to installation and mapping they found detonation on the top of piston no.2. I won't say too much about that other than, I won't be trusting self proclaimed mappers again. so to rectify the issue and finally give me the peace of mind I've been looking for with the car, I've had the block built (maybe unnecessarily, but at least I know it should be bullet proof). I've not done the work myself this time and I've gone for the following spec: CP GTE Pistons (stock TT compression) Manley H Beam conrods ARP studs for rods, mains etc ACL race bearings (main and rods) OEM GTE headgasket Ferrea Teflon VSS AEM V2 standalone ECU AEM 3.5 Ba Greddy OLED SBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice upgrades! Should be fine to up the boost considerably now! Only thing I noticed was that you've gone for TT pistons and headgasket, will this not give a very low CR? Usually it's one or the other with TT pistons or headgasket. Keen to see how it turns out though, should get mine back next week at similar spec (minus the built engine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice upgrades! Should be fine to up the boost considerably now! Only thing I noticed was that you've gone for TT pistons and headgasket, will this not give a very low CR? Usually it's one or the other with TT pistons or headgasket. Keen to see how it turns out though, should get mine back next week at similar spec (minus the built engine) Hi mate, To be honest I'm just after ultimate reliability as that's what I was lacking confidence in. I'll have stock TT compression with the Pistons and HG so shouldn't be any worse than a TT:) I can't up my boost as I still have a W58..for now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Always liked this car! Keep up the project mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Always liked this car! Keep up the project mate Thanks Dave, appreciate that buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Hi mate, To be honest I'm just after ultimate reliability as that's what I was lacking confidence in. I'll have stock TT compression with the Pistons and HG so shouldn't be any worse than a TT:) I can't up my boost as I still have a W58..for now! Ahhh I see, thought for some reason the NA head was different and gave different CR's. Will be fine at that then mate Let's see how long the W58 lasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Ahhh I see, thought for some reason the NA head was different and gave different CR's. Will be fine at that then mate Let's see how long the W58 lasts I believe the head is slightly different in design, but it's not going to be far out. I'm trusting the builder/mapper's judgement on this, because, if it's not right, it's down to him:) I'm not holding out much hope for my W58... May it rest in pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie_k83 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great build, you need to get some videos up! I have been sucked into the need for NA-T, i am compiling my shopping list as we speak Let me know when your next all at Curborough, will swing by in mine if its ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 I'll just leave these here.... http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/77fc0e37848ee800608f04318b370a8c.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/bb3e1d9004b81947da07bfe1d8f09026.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/2f4796212d24757e24f286707063be84.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/7788383400ba72881bcb24352516df3a.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/dcda39175b86bf3e2dfbd3432bd3ee12.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/a249d0541a2415f75dba3b37ccb99827.jpg http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/07/fe27cf25188c3787aa88ae35eb4a50fa.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-u-p-r-a Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It's coming along mate, won't be long before your driving around, looking forward to a run out in her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LasseV Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 What is your hp goal? Nice looking car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 What is your hp goal? Nice looking car As I'm still running the W58, I'll be aiming for 400-450, as soon as I've secured a V160/161 I'll aim to push that to 550-600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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