The adventure begins !

The car (no pics yet) :
Red 1986 JDB aw11
CSA 15x7" rims
195x55 rubber (changing to 50)
Tokico blue struts
King springs : std height, but stiffer (can't find the spec just now).
She's a bit rusty on the windscreen top and in a few other places, and the paint is peeling off an earlier red layer.
The panel shop is on the list.

I've owned her about 9 months, and am very pleased, once I sorted out all the niggles : clogged cooling system, loud exhaust, too low, shot struts.
She's fine now, but I didn't like the 1-2 gearing, and felt a bit more zip would be nice.

So, after 3 months waiting :

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Thursday : a 1999 BZR halfcut arrives. 20v blacktop, six speed, helical lsd (I think).

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Tonight :

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Ridiculous brakes (which I am selling)

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And a van-load (literally) of bits to re-use, sell, or junk

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Next :
Order wiring loom from mr220v in the states; buy c52 gearbox for the shift linkage and centre casing.

Updates now and then, but first - more waiting.

Adrian

OOOH blacktop. i like.

Thats so awsome, I remember you talking about this at the Haunted Hills track day. Congrats and goodluck with it all, make sure to keep this thread updated!

-Adrian

In case anyone is concerned about me "butchering" an original adub, it was already a bitzer when I got it. I'm also keeping the original drivetrain, ecu and loom intact, so it can be replaced one day, if necessary. This is my (non-floating) toy, so I intend to keep it for a while.

I'm fitting 87+ disks too - with the right pads, they should be fine.
The half-cut came with 275x25 50 disks, if I recall, and twin-spot calipers (st165?), but they're a bit extreme for me : you'd need to upgrade the rear to match, and then the master cylinder.
The disks and calipers fit in a 15" rim in the donor trueno, and the disks will fit an aw11, but I don't know how the calipers will go : they may need custom brackets.
Anyway, that's not my problem.

Good luck with the conversion going to be sweet at next years HH eh :-)

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Originally posted by RobYob

Good luck with the conversion going to be sweet at next years HH eh :-)

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I hope to have it finished by this October; it was supposed to be my winter project, while it's too cold & windy for fishing. So yes, HH is on the menu.
Of course, my performance at HH was all the fault of the car; more power will magically improve my driving skills, won't it ?

ps I think I must have at least one unnecessary garish anodised fitting, but I can't decide on colour, or which fitting. Must have no practical use.

shiz...never seen a blacktop before..nice

The octopus, now on its way to mr220v in Georgia :

Another weekend's work. Scrap steel to crusher, plastic to tip, big workshop tidy up.
Then back to the fun stuff: engine on stand and stripped down.

Under all the covers there's an engine :


Nice factory manifold :

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And the not-so good news; under the cam covers, there's this :





Looks just like Road and Track's photos!
http://www.roadandtrack.net.au/OldWebSite/Documents/Toyota%20engine%20failures.pdf

The black stuff is crusty, and comes off in small chunks when you scrape it. It looks like the head has to come off for a cleanup. And while the head is off, may as well strip it and do it properly...
More time and $$$; at least I don't have a deadline.
Anyway, I'm still waiting for a loom and a c52 gearbox, so the project is stalled for a week or two.

ps Flywheel needs machining & clutch needs replacing : no real surprise there.

Next week: the head comes off, and I get to see all those valves I paid for!

thats not pretty!