AdrianS
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Adrian's Adub
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 :
Thursday : a 1999 BZR halfcut arrives. 20v blacktop, six speed, helical lsd (I think). 
Tonight : 
Ridiculous brakes (which I am selling) 
And a van-load (literally) of bits to re-use, sell, or junk  
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
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/19 23:19:21
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/19 23:37:15
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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
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AdrianS
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/21 01:00:19
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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.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/21 08:10:00
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Good luck with the conversion going to be sweet at next years HH eh :-)
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/21 13:17:50
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quote:
Originally posted by RobYob
Good luck with the conversion going to be sweet at next years HH eh :-)
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.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/21 13:32:08
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shiz...never seen a blacktop before..nice
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/22 20:12:47
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The octopus, now on its way to mr220v in Georgia : 
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/26 23:33:42
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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 : 
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!
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/27 06:34:20
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AdrianS
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/06/08 17:28:16
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No pics today. Cleaned tons of gunk out of the throttle bodies - they were black as! The block is stripped. The head is at the doctor for a freshen-up (not cheap!) The loom is being built as I type Ordered a new timing belt pulley and idler from melb. city toyota : they can source JDM parts for the blacktop at a reasonable price, and say 4 weeks delivery at worst. I got the part numbers from http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/ , and they all matched toyota's computer system in melb. Next : finish cleaning block and paint it, start to re-assemble the engine. Total cost so far : rising.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/08 00:07:42
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Look - 5 valves 
Lots of cam lobes : 
Tonight I have reassembled something ! (inlet and throttle bodies) One box of parts empty.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/08 00:19:06
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Eeeek! no oil changing there.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/07/08 17:37:23
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This thread brings back memories of an engine swap I did back in NZ. The customer had a very tidy Corolla GT (3 door htchback model) and had managed to comprehensively blow up the original 4AGE. He'd bought a 20valve off TradeMe, and wanted it fitted. He'd been told by a mate that "they're all the same block, so it will just bolt in".
Didn't want me to even lift the cam covers, let alone change the timing belt. "She'll be right, mate".
One week later, after beaching about the bill - "how could it be that much, they just bolt in!" he was back, complet with a delightful rattle.
"What did you do to my engine?" he said. I pulled the cam cover off and it was just like the photo's above. One complete rebuild later he had a swiss watch powered Corolla, and a much lighter wallet. Two weeks later he wrote the car off.
Moral of the story (in my eyes, anyway) Don't let muppets drive good cars, that's what Hyundai Excels are for.
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RE: Adrian's Adub
2009/09/08 20:35:40
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yep someone in japan had fun cooking on your engine ^_^
at least you checked !!
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