Toyota Altezza/Lexus Is200 DRIFT Car.

[Monster-Mat]

Eventuall enough funds came together to start gathering the other parts needed......

and that means...............the start of the strip down

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started removing all the crap from the engine bay, and off the engine, alot of the stuff was skipped

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couple more pics.......

at this point over 80kilo had been shed

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and more of the new stuff.........each day more and more arrives.

Tilton pedal box

Hydraulic handbrake

Tilton Master cylinders (1x Front brakes, 1x rear brakes and 1x clutch

ATL 1.5 litre swirl pot

Turbo Down pipe

ATL 30 litre race fuel cell

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more bits

Tilton Brake bias Adjuster

Intercooler.....600mmx280mmx75mm

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Then ther was a Lull..........i had to do some real work

so outside it was kept.filling with leaves

*****.........wheres the ashtray

OK..who has nicked the dash

was only parked for a second.................in liverpool

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the nissan manifold thats gonna be modified as a temp, measure to see how stuff will fit in before using it as a model to manufcture a new manifold......HKS and £50 from egay

engine out, suspended on (possibly massive overkill) a 10 ton overhead crane

The fuel system, handbrake cable and fuel tank....now in the skip

Lots of space underneath...where the fuel tank used to be......

i recon on calculations today (not including engine) that at least another 70 kilo has been ditched in the skip :)

considering how lowered the car was before......the tyres were level with the arch tops, the arch gap is now....nearly 10cm

i think im gonna have to get new springs wound.......or i am gonna have to chop another coil or 2 of these TTE coilovers (defo not recommended for road use)

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Turbo eventually turns up from Japan HKS GT2835, good for around 400hp

and the radiator from indonesia

and thats where i am at the moment...................

today i did some bulkhead welding, closing the openings no longer needed......

as the original wire loom has been binned, im rewiring the who car myself, with only required loom...

[Karma Supra]

Very nice.... but why the twin exit exhaust?????

It looks from the picsk like you are running the 1G bottom end....

What crank are you running???? What power can that crank take????? What pistons/rods are you running??? What reasons for running the UFE head over the GTE?

I am having serious issues sorting oversized big ends fora series 3 1G-GTE crank :(

Not may tuned 1G a in the UK hence the questions ;)

[Monster-Mat]

the 1g-ge has been removed.........and now resting in the shed (£400) <_<

an altezza 3s-ge is being fitted,

but 2.2 toda pistons and crank, Eagle rods fitted, polished and ported head, vvti disabled...and a few other bits if i am able to get it done

the twin exhaust was ditched ages ago, to then run a straight through pipe, once turbocharged it will be running a 3" stainless system...

the crank is very good , forged pistons and rods can be got for the 1g engine...fairly easy, i have some contacts in japan and the US for that sort of stuff

[Karma Supra]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... I thought the turbo was rather "low" here

Basicly my rev3 1G-GTE has a :censor: ed crank.... I can't afford forged internals, nor do I think they are worth putting in a 1G (If I had that money I'd buy a 2j or 1uz and work from there) But any info on cranks and bearings would be great if you have any mate.... Toyota insist that the ufe crank is totally different to the GTE one... and the is200 oversized bearings are no use to me.......

[Monster-Mat]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... I thought the turbo was rather "low" here

Basicly my rev3 1G-GTE has a  :censor: ed crank.... I can't afford forged internals, nor do I think they are worth putting in a 1G (If I had that money I'd buy a 2j or 1uz and work from there) But any info on cranks and bearings would be great if you have any mate.... Toyota insist that the ufe crank is totally different to the GTE one... and the is200 oversized bearings are no use to me.......

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would the gte head fit on the ge block?

[Karma Supra]

yup...

I actually have a good spare GTE head... if you want to see for yourself...

If I can't sort my bottom end I may have spare GTE head re-worked and gas flowed by renault F1 :(

[Monster-Mat]

well then, i have a complete 30,000 mile engine here.

oil changed every 500miles

[Karma Supra]

Cheers Matt... but I am just after a decent crank, or better still some oversized bearings for now!!! I have sent a LOT on a full toyota gasket kit and other parts... <_<

AS its a rare car I want to try and keep the original block if poss ;)

[hoho15]

that is totally amazing never seen anything like it :o

[knightrider]

loving it matt!

now this bits totally irrelevant but how didi you go bout putting ramps in your garage are they 3 phase and how much was it to get 3 phase installed,

cheers

Lee

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the ramps are from my workshop i had in Germany........

alas im back in blighty...

but the ramps were 3 phase...the 3 phase electrics were already in the workshop as i bought an established business and premises

[knightrider]

ahh k not to worry, thanks matt

you back in the uk permanent now?

and liking the project (maybe even more than the monster, because your doing most of it yourself)

[Gnome]

That car looks lush.

A nice project you have there. ;)

[Monster-Mat]

ahh k not to worry, thanks matt

you back in the uk permanent now?

and liking the project (maybe even more than the monster, because your doing most of it yourself)

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yeah sure, im loving it back in the uk, i miss not having my own big workshop to mess around in, but i do have premises i can use.....

as for this project, its good because i know, even though it costs alot to do it, i will still be able to throw it around, as i am building reliability into this....whereas the monster needs treating with cotton gloves on anything other than straight lines....mostly down to the power (circa 600hp)

whereas the drift car should be running a respectable 400hp

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Today the boost guage arrived...

the engine damper from Japan

and i had a go at putting the bits together to see what needs to go into what space, ....ive priced up the new pipework for the manifold.......

supprisingly the Nissan manifold i have has only 1 exhaust port different to the Toyota engine, the flanges are being made up.....this nissan manifold and downpipe will eventually be sold on

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more bits.........

here are the 2 low pressure high volume primary pumps that will draw the fuel from the race fuel cell, into the Fuel swirl/surge pot

[Fidgits]

Have you put the drift car in your back garden to make the hobbling distance shorter? ;)

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nope....ive not seen the car since the accident...................

hoping to get up there sometime over christmas...need to do some welding on the bulkhead, but i need to see if i need the op on the ankle first