Mk4 toyota supra cummins build + my other cars

[whitz]

easter weekend can get lil bits done between my sisters wedding and a now cancelled MFN

Car is actually being moved out of the lockup


had 1 good day last week so cleaned the end of the crank up from sitting and cranked the crank oil seal, bellhosuing cleaned and put on, new flywheel arp bolts clutch and some DIY dowels installed 


gearbox is knackered popped top off full of rust and mayo, so ive essetially with the other useless parts paid £250 about 10 times the amount for a bellhousing and some scrap


testing the chain and sling (reslung it after this)

cut cut and when it touches cut it some more, still have to trim the scuttle panel more, wiper mech doesnt fit now tho



As a great man once said, first time tight, second time alright, sat on the subframe with a thick rubber spacer and jack under the back, will level and square it up and make all the mounts


Only slightly proud of the bonnet


Ash

[mrbounce]

Absolutely barking. Love it!

[thebaron]

Still awesome .. keep it going

[strikey]

she'll be good with just a whiff of a bonnet bulge!

[adi]

This is gonna be such a monster. I love a 6bt and how such an old agricultural lump can be so capable of mahoosive power

[greencarfritz]

seems legit.

[forkliftfred]

Is that engine really classed as being in? It's mostly out!

[greencarfritz]

Please tell me that this will not flout any vehicle weight rules and will be on the road?! I'd love to see this bombing down the motorway with a giant whip aerial flailing behind it.

You've got... err... vision!

[counteract]

This is awesome! Admittedly I skipped from the first to last page to see the overall progress but it’s mega cool!

It may have been mentioned before, I will check, but have you seen the Cummins powered ‘RX-Hate’ over in Ireland? Similar build mentality, no f***s given and an awesome car!

[whitz]

Mar 30, 2018 21:06:30 GMT strikey said:

she'll be good with just a whiff of a bonnet bulge!

Got to love a good power bulge

Mar 30, 2018 21:24:37 GMT adi said:

This is gonna be such a monster. I love a 6bt and how such an old agricultural lump can be so capable of mahoosive power

not so much power just the buckets full of torque

Apr 1, 2018 5:16:12 GMT forkliftfred said:

Is that engine really classed as being in? It's mostly out!

20% at most will stick out when the bonnet is on sorta

Apr 1, 2018 5:18:27 GMT greencarfritz said:

Please tell me that this will not flout any vehicle weight rules and will be on the road?! I'd love to see this bombing down the motorway with a giant whip aerial flailing behind it.

You've got... err... vision!

weights should be fine, shall be going up and down the uk motorways more than likely with a trailer too


Ash

[whitz]

Wedding and recovery day out of the way with some noggin joggin on the go for bonnet clearance 


don't have imperal nuts so bit of tape to space stuff out, jaaaaaaaag v12 engine mounts for engine to subframe


had the upper ones laser cut as there generic, made 2 lower and 4 mid plates by hand all 5mm 


tacked in


other side


bit of hot snot

sump to rack clearance , engines on the curse word here as had to lift the engine up with forklift to pull the spacer out and didnt but it on the blocks level

a not so pretty one, laser plate has some coating on it, will have the back section boxed in  for strength 



As for bonnet clearance while its like this I'm going to do a lift kit on the body ether 1 or 2" depending in rack column length

Ash

[lightyearman]

This gives me fizzy trousers.

[Davey]

Its getting closer to being a reality! Much awesome.

[edwardbear]

If they make a mad max sequel again, this will be in it

BRAVO!

[whitz]

Managed to get abit more done, to get around having alot of the engineout of the bonnet and to give the car a more agressive look its getting lifted


looking good up in the air




i love billet aluminium

as subframes are being dropped/lifted 2" i have to spacer the shockers out too but ive go for 2.5" on them

few rough calcs to measurements and offsets for bolts


2 of these


2 for other side offset by 5mm  and weld together, aluminium offcut used to space the gap so it doesnt go too far out of spec



bracket in place, ignore the major angle as subframe was still at stock height 


Front lifted up



Bit of sketchy work on the go, rear gas shockers welded with shocker covered in soaking rag and bucket dunked to stop it blowing up in my face, as i wanted to extend it and keep the brackets the same making face inner distance had to finely tune the angle of the brackets with a hammer and use the new  brackets bent into the opposite direct (works perfectly)

Welded on the inner edges and puddle weld on the bolt hole, spacer there again to keep correct making face distance


Boxed in partly, rest left for suspension arm clearance


Rear lifted, can almost get my head completely in rear arch


Looking good and so is the car, roof rack sits at around 5 ft 5, will drop down a little bit with all the weight in, will be measuring up for custom spings the joys



lift kit is 80% done few issues with rear subframe's front locators and other shocker and to lengthen the steering column an inch as lowering it has also moved it away

Ash

[varelse]

Clearly, if you can fit your head in the arch, there's room for bigger tyres!

[whitz]

Did the other rear shocker in the week as ive been putting it off and now my head fits under the arch



Bank holiday weekend so watch this space, trying to get all engine mounts done and start and skin the tunnel as ive bought a shrinker/stretcher and got alot of profile for edging

Ash

[danneh]

Hahaa glad I'm not the only one who uses their head as an arch gap measure

[whitz]

I know iknow

Pictures are a few months old, goping to push it in work this weekend and do the tunnel to finish that job off

After lift kit fitted left with this hole, lost a picture but i got the "smaller" slave cylinder for the side of the gearbox and have edged the tuneel hole and partly done the upright on the bulkhead altho I'm not happy with part of it


one of this small big jobs, electric brake pump and bracket to hold it without taking up and space that is necessary 




adjustable vacuum switch will run a switched live relay  to power the pump, gauge is there so i can adjust and inspect its vacuum level on occasion 


i could ho like this out of the bonnet 

 or hide it away 


Ash

[thebaron]

Unless it creates performance and/or longevity consequences I think you should pop it out the bonnet.

The crazier the better on every detail with this beast!