Passanger door bar is completed. Also got my Schroth Profi II 6 point HANS competition harness paired with a MOMO Lesmo One competition seat Door bars finally taking shape. Rocker boxes welded up, harness bar notched and fitted. Setup the … Continue reading Global Time Attack Roll Cage
Well its time for the cockpit construction! That means remove everything inside that normal people would want in their vehicles and replace it with unpractical race car technology! Lucky for me, this will be a track car and all the goodies going in will be right at home. Removed the dashboard and dash harness, HVAC system, cluster, steering column, body harness, heater core, radio, pedal assembly and all components off the firewall. This will leave me with a blank canvas to construct the new setup for racing. I’ll be running a Ecumaster ADU7 digital dash to display all my engine … Continue reading Cockpit Construction
Just a some quick pictures on the car with the wheels mounted after being in the air on jack stands for a few years. Continue reading On the ground after jack stands for a 2 years
Perfect fitment. Caliper has around 3mm clearance to the inner barrel. The 15″ rotor fills up an 18 nicely. Few photos of the hats being machined and raw. Calipers polished up and test fitted with some 14″ rotors. Continue reading Brembo 8pot calipers 380mm x 34mm 2 piece DBA x LCMotorsports rotors
I picked up another 1jz cylinder head to have a mock up engine to make manifolds, as well as building it to the max to replace the built head I am running now. Continue reading Next gen head
This 3/4″ bore master cylinder was needed for the extra fluid capacity to operate the Tilton release bearing properly. Only problem is the angle of the flange differs from the original one. It tilts the reservoir to the left and one of the mounting holes is closer in on the new unit. I needed to make an adapter to mount the new master in the original spot but still have the master straight up. Another challenge was the thickness of the adapter, it had to be sturdy enough which requires thickness but not too thick to push the master too far out of the fire wall. Luckily the new master is 1/2″ longer from flange to pushrod end. I planned on using two 1/4″ 6061 flanges and welding them together, equalling a flange thickness of 1/2″ to make up the longer pushrod length. Drilled and tapped holes for the studs to go into their respective flanges and welded the two together. Overall a simple effective solution to mount a 3/4″ master cylinder into a Supra. Continue reading 3/4″ bore clutch master cylinder adapter plate
Using DEI gold reflective heat wrap, I chose to cover the entire firewall. This will help with heat to dissipate quicker out of the engine bay by resisting heat soak. Quite a tedious job with all those bends and bumps. Continue reading DEI gold heat reflective wrap on fire wall
Here we have a simple and effective solution to securing the battery to the vehicle. I wanted something that was light and minimum. 6061 aluminum is once again the choice material. I made the rear bracket slightly higher to allow the top to be clamped down using the bolt. Lined the bracket with high density foam to keep a snug fit. Finished off with a machined hole to allow the charging cable to still be plugged in while mounted. The total weight of the bracket and battery is about 4lbs.. Now that’s weight savings! Continue reading Shorai lithium iron battery tie down
When you need a simple solution to mount your prop valve and want to mount it easily, you come up with something like this. 1/4 6061 aluminum plate shaped and tig welded into a sturdy mounting bracket. Bolts down using the existing master cylinder studs. Continue reading Wilwood proportioning valve bracket
The Supra is fitting with a stand alone engine management system. One of the huge benefits of that is the availability of information that can be displayed via gauges, screens and computers. I’ll be utilizing Microtech’s 7″ race dash display … Continue reading Creating a dash panel for a digital race display
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