Carmikey

B24
I have finally picked up the car after having the exhaust and new airbox fabricated. They did a great job on the exhaust which was then sent for ceramic coating. Just need to get motivated and install it!

Steve, it looks to good to be installed into your car.. no offence intended, It should be framed & hung on your wall!  Looks fantastic!

Thanks mate, but I have something far better on my wall (thankyou!). I will be working on the headlights and finally fitting the battery this week. Hopefully the manifold will be available for pick up on Monday which is the final piece before it can be started again.
 
 

Why do you need headlights?

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Why do you need headlights?

To warn everyone that he's coming and they better get out of his way!

Good answer! 😁

Lets just hope so..

Time for an update after not providing one for a little while.
After finishing a project I returned with the SW20 to Sydney to repair the work performed by paid trade services to prepare my car. As usual there really are a tiny amount of people who actually have any idea of what is expected. So I have spent close to 60 hours fixing and preparing the car for just the start up which I have managed to do on Thursday evening at 11:30pm. I guess its one way to spend your break between jobs but a decent holiday would have been better..
So my engine was removed after Havoc engineering (who tipped coolant into the ports then not telling me then damaging the engine which is now moving towards legal action)trade services did their little bit then installed the second engine bound for Canada.
The engine would not run nicely so checked all the wiring outputs to find the wiring was cut then joined instead of running complete wiring through to the connectors which then rendered the new Haltech harness USELESS!!
So after 20 hours of pain to remove, pin check every wire to where they go, discover the defects (which was enlightening and some degree of BDSM car building..), then understanding the ability of the Haltech Elite, I was on the right track. There are still some issues with bad wires which are effecting the sensors for oil pressure and oil temp but other than that, it was ready for timing then a start.
The start was ok once all this was sorted but now I need to tidy up some of the wiring so its a little more organized in the loom. I kind of enjoy it and I'm now ready to build my own loom. I guess that's one good point.
So the next headache is the throttle bodies built by custom plenum creations as they do not seal which results in overrevving at idle and some other issues with the linkages. They will be sorted next week.
So its starts and runs, sounds amazing, tight, no movement at all, no leaks. Its now a wild animal. The sound of the engine seems too much for the little MR2! I quietly smiled as its pretty much what I have been working for since removing the 3SGTE. It will need another exhaust as it will be too loud for the noise restrictions.
 
https://youtu.be/jiyKjLm9dbY
 

That sound is so good.
It's great to finally see some more progress!

Good work Steve, hopefully will see this thing finally do a few laps at WP in Jan 2017 :-)

Doing a good job Steve

robk
That sound is so good.
It's great to finally see some more progress!

Thanks Rob. It sounds a lot more angry in the flesh, than the video!
Its good to back in Sydney for a few weeks so I could fix all the issues and get it to a decent level of build. I was planing on working on it today but didn't get around to it. Will be back at Callums workshop tomorrow night for a few hours. Its very close to being ready for tuning.