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2013/05/27 10:44:09
Deco
Thanks. It has a large single but its unusable as it is rusted and has holes through it. I'm really looking forward to see what the results are going to be like. 
 
I am unsure of what company has chipped the stock ECU. Bit wary to take it apart to find out as I dont have an anti-static mat. 
 
 
2013/05/27 11:05:35
purple5ive
wow that a good score, good luck with this man, should be a totally different car when finished.
since you already have the gen 3 spolier the TRD will fit in the same holes afaik, so not hard to tak it off if you dont like it. or can keep swapping it around.
cheers
2013/05/27 11:45:18
Senor_2
Nice one Declan! Look forward to seeing it all complete.
As for the cruise, I had a similar issue when I did my engine swap. It will fit and work normally with the standard intercooler, but with most aftermarket ones it won't as you've found out. I ended up pulling all the cruise control parts out of the engine bay as I barely used it anyway.
 
Just be wary if the ECU is reprogrammed, might be tuned to suit high octane Jap fuel
2013/05/27 14:37:14
Deco
purple5ive
wow that a good score, good luck with this man, should be a totally different car when finished.
since you already have the gen 3 spolier the TRD will fit in the same holes afaik, so not hard to tak it off if you dont like it. or can keep swapping it around.
cheers


Cheers. I think ill do that; get it sprayed and swap it around when i want to. 

Senor_2
As for the cruise, I had a similar issue when I did my engine swap. It will fit and work normally with the standard intercooler, but with most aftermarket ones it won't as you've found out. I ended up pulling all the cruise control parts out of the engine bay as I barely used it anyway.
 
Just be wary if the ECU is reprogrammed, might be tuned to suit high octane Jap fuel


 
Not to worry, ill just remove it. Like you, i really dont use it much either. How did you go re-routing the throttle cable to suit?
 
I can only pray it hasn't been tuned for higher octane fuel and has only been done to eliminate boost cut.
2013/05/28 09:03:28
Senor_2
Deco
Not to worry, ill just remove it. Like you, i really dont use it much either. How did you go re-routing the throttle cable to suit?
 
I can only pray it hasn't been tuned for higher octane fuel and has only been done to eliminate boost cut.


It was pretty straight forward, I just disconnected the throttle cable from the cruise actuator and had it going straight from the firewall to the throttle body; the only adjustment needed was to sit the little mounting bracket on the throttle body a little further back due to the length of the cable, I can show you at the next meet 
2013/05/28 17:58:01
Deco
Senor_2
Deco
Not to worry, ill just remove it. Like you, i really dont use it much either. How did you go re-routing the throttle cable to suit?
 
I can only pray it hasn't been tuned for higher octane fuel and has only been done to eliminate boost cut.


It was pretty straight forward, I just disconnected the throttle cable from the cruise actuator and had it going straight from the firewall to the throttle body; the only adjustment needed was to sit the little mounting bracket on the throttle body a little further back due to the length of the cable, I can show you at the next meet 




Cheers! That would be greatly appreciated. 
2013/05/29 17:46:09
MR2QIK
Is the muffler rusted or just the piping? You can easily replace the piping on the cheap.
2013/05/29 19:05:02
Deco
I havnt had a detailed look at it yet. It is rusted through on the piping just before it goes into the muffler, the muffler itself has some minor dents in it and the piping just before the flex section is pretty severely crushed.
 
Ill pop some photos of it up in the next 15 mins.  
2013/05/29 19:24:20
Deco
Here are a couple of quick snaps.




2013/05/30 08:07:17
Senor_2
Looks like it's seen better days, a lot of the crushed piping and dents are probably due to moving the half cut around; you'd probably be better off picking up a good cond 2nd hand exhaust for similar money to redoing all the piping, plus the condition of the muffler itself is questionable seeing as the piping is rusted all the way upto it, it looks like it might be quite loud (small single muffler system) as well if that's not what you're after.
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