Toyota Altezza/Lexus Is200 DRIFT Car.

[Monster-Mat]

Oh giddy up.......mr parcelforce has just arrived..only been waiting for this parcel for 13 weeks

Hmm, seems kinda light, and small for what ive ordered......and i didnt order anything from RAYS

ahha.....the rest is coming in a second shipment

however here we have.....

The aluminium Differential mounts

And the BORIS FACTORY final drive pinion gear set (5.125)

HKS Oil Cooler set

still awaiting to arrive.....

TRD engine and gearbox mounts

TRUST high capacity baffled racing oil sump

OGURA clutch and Ultralight flywheel (ORC)

[knightrider]

more tasty parts..........mmmmmmmmm

[Monster-Mat]

another part arrived today......

and a very crucial part,...................

The fuel pressure Guage

did some more Dirty work, Today i started the strip down of the Subframe

and in bits

and stripped the old paint out the engine bay, and gave it a new lick of paint

[stevetubbyturbo]

From what ive seen of the work you have been doing its going to be some car when it's done

[Monster-Mat]

well spent the day doing some work on the dash, after Trimming it down, and removing the parts of the vent system that wont be required, i started having a look at mounting some of the gauges..., i wanted to use the original area for a more factory look, so in the binacle ive mounted the Tachometer, fuel pressure gauge and the fuel level gauge, i still have to mount.....somewhere.....Boost, oil temp, oil pressure, Volt meter, water temp, and the lcd display for EGT.......

here are the 3 binacle mounted Gauges

also made up the bracket, and mounted the oil pots...for the brakes and clutch

and test fitted the HKS oil cooler, some modification was and still is needed, i want to make more sturdy mounting points, im also thinking of mounting a small fan on the cooler for when the car is static after a hard run

[Monster-Mat]

so last night i was working.......or supposed to be, well i was "in work" so that counts

did a bit more on the instruments.....

blacked out the aluminium panel and fitted the boost guage (fitted in the drivers vent)

Fitted the shift light (top of the console) and the adjuster knob for the brake bias (Red Knob)

dash is trimmed down in preperation for the new centre console

Rather than paying 50 million to have TRD bushes fitted i have used an old "racers" trick, of filling the bushes with RTV sealent

Just starting to fill one of the bushes.

Same bush filled

and the subframe, with all bushes filled with RTV

[lexus boy]

can u see the boost guage ok there?

[Monster-Mat]

no....glad you pointed that out

off course i can you plumb ;)

[lexus boy]

Im a muppet...remembered what as been removed

[Monster-Mat]

so there i was............working nights again.....(or supposed to be)

Thought i would have a go at replacing the rubber diff mounts for the aluminum solid diff mounts

Old Diff mounts in subframe

Old diff mounts..........out of subframe

new diff mounts, in nice painted subframe

next i had a go at setting up the V-mount configuration for the radiator and intercooler, this took bloomin ages!!

Front, bonnet down

front, bonnet up

Top view

Rear view

Side view

now im happy with the location i need to modify the radiator filler, and inlet / outlet pipes

and start to make up the brackets to hold it all into place, the intercooler inlet/outlets need changing aswell........time to crank up the TIG machine

[knowlson]

That looks very very nice mate!!

[Fidgits]

coming along nicely...

[Monster-Mat]

just had a delivery by Fedex......

my pipes to make my turbo manifold

i think i may have ordered 2 much, however better to have too nuch than not enough

The custom collector...inside

and outside

i have the head flange, now i have the pipes and collector, i ven have the turbo flange........soon i can start making the manifold :)

[Monster-Mat]

today been removing sound deadening, and repaining the floor pan....

starting to look good......

[Razor_Rage]

wow, i'm just sitting here with my mouth open....really admire the work you do on this car!

if you're gonna do it, do it proper!

[Monster-Mat]

not much has happened the last week......

today ive boxed in the lower rear arms, this will make them significantly stronger

and a nice lick of paint

[Monster-Mat]

well today some bits were done to both drift lex....

The inside

Both lex in workshop

The fuel system, awaiting fuel lines

Fibreglass bonnet (3.1 kilo)

Spoilerless bootlid, New rear bumper skirt

Both lex again....

Swap shop.......changing of a few body panels around

[knightrider]

how many lex's you got?

who made the fiberglass bonnet?

[Monster-Mat]

how many lex's you got?

who made the fiberglass bonnet?

i have 2, the black one is the second Team car

the bonnet was made in japan

[Derrickl]

Monster-Mat; i'm here in beautiful Barbados, West Indies admiring your work. I think u are doing a wonderful job, just sorry i can't come to your hometown to see your job. U hve to keep us posted on the improvements. Best regards. I hve just bought an Altezza GXE10, and really enjoying it.

[Monster-Mat]

Monster-Mat; i'm here in beautiful Barbados, West Indies admiring your work. I think u are doing a wonderful job, just sorry i can't come to your hometown to see your job. U hve to keep us posted on the improvements. Best regards. I hve just bought an Altezza GXE10, and really enjoying it.

hi derrick, thanks, at the moment not much is happeneing due to work, but shortly things will be moving on again

[Monster-Mat]

took the monster to Rockingham....to see how well it would drift................

See here

more testing required

[kimi]

Nice one Mat

good smoke :D

practise makes purfect mate....good to see your doing the victory donuts :D

Are you doing 18th at silverstone ?

i'm there hope to see you too

kimi x

[jaxx]

lmao at the first comment though!

[Monster-Mat]

Nice one Mat

good smoke :D

practise makes purfect mate....good to see your doing the victory donuts :D

Are you doing 18th at silverstone ?

i'm there hope to see you too

kimi x

18th.......??? whats that

lmao at the first comment though!

:D