Photos of the second engine strip down are online:

http://community.webshots.com/user/projectsupra

You probably have to be into engines (or turbo chargers) to get anything out of it though

Rob

You probably have to be into engines (or turbo chargers) to get anything out of it though

I dunno, I'm not much into either and it still fascinates me that such a piece of obviously precision machinery can be taken apart into so many pieces and ever work again...

Peter

The last time I took anything apart was a fax machine, it was while rebuilding it that I realised the therapeutic benefits of smashing electrical equipment into small pieces with a hammer

I think I would have been tempted to put the second motor straight in your car.

I guess you want the piece of mind knowing what's on the inside.

Great pics, guys! I really appreciate the opporunity to look inside other people's heavy machinery!

Cheers

I think I would have been tempted to put the second motor straight in your car.

I suspect you've never been driven in Robs Supra before..

What's the final guess on BHP? Any other performance "while we've got the engine apart" additions planned?

I really do like nothing more than having a good look around peoples online albums, makes work time bearable.

i can't wait to have a garage. I've wanted to tear down an engine my whole life! Andy, if you ever get incredibly bored, i've got more photos than i know what to do with online, and that's not even half of the ones i need to scan in from the lomo camera... http://www.skivvies.com/photos/

What's the final guess on BHP? Any other performance "while we've got the engine apart" additions planned?

Not sure on BHP yet.. the new intake and free flow exhaust should be good for about +40BHP and maybe another +30 from wastegate adjustment to increase boost. That would put it around 300 and after that I need to start spending serious money on intercoolers etc, which I probably won't bother with.

The "while it's apart" tick list is currently:

Skim & face head
Face valves
New seats
Replace shims
Skim & face block
Decoke
Deglaze
Polish crank

All new gaskets and seals
All new belts
Toyota main shells, big end end shells and thrust washers
ARP main studs, rod bolts and head bolts
Toyota rings
HKS stopper type metal head gasket (slight compression reduction for extra boost)
APEXI Power Intake
NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
FAL DUAL electric FAN (replaces viscous fan)
Mongoose stainless exhaust removing both cats
Preset wastegate adjuster
Powder coat intake manifold, throttle body, IC pipe, alternator, valve covers
Hose Techniques kit (SuperBlue)

I just ordered most of that stuff from the US due to the cool exchange rate right now!

Rob

had any thought about water injection isn't too expensive for the pump and i am sure you and patrick could come up with a controller should remove the need for stupidly larger intercoolers.

had any thought about water injection

Yes, that may be the way to go. Kits seem to start around £300. They claim -34 degrees @ 18psi which would be very effective.

Rob

"I just ordered most of that stuff from the US due to the cool exchange rate right now! "

Thanks for your order . I'm sure we will just pass it to to China. I don't think anyone in the US knows how to make anything anymoore

I don't think anyone in the US knows how to make anything anymoore

Although most of the stuff at suprasport.com comes from Japan, there are quite a few things they manufacture themselves. They do a really nice high flow turbo elbow for example. Ironically some of the products are made by their European guy in Holland but it is half the price to order from the US even after shipping it across the Atlantic twice.

Rob

Andy, if you ever get incredibly bored, i've got more photos than i know what to do with online

Thanks loren, I think I've trawled you site before, I definately check RobRicc's gallery regularly, he usually has all manner of assorted crap on there.

Yup that'll about do it. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't the only one.

A 70+hp increase without major mods sounds great. I was poking around suprastore.com trying to figure out where Supras top out. The 93-98 upgrade kit and 33K$ later gets 1200HP. Feck.

A drive-able 300hp is just fine.

Rob - don't forget to do something about your brakes. With all that extra grunt on something as heavy as a Supra they are going to be chocolate teapot after a while.

I've seen Supras with no brakes at the end of a straight and it doesn't look fun

Good point. Gotta think about stopping it once you get it going.

i've got more photos than i know what to do with online

likewise http://www.norman.cx/photos/ , far too many photos...

Since we're stealing this thread for photos... you guys should check out the stuff Rob Vreeland (CruzThs) has been shooting lately with his Nikon D2h.

http://www.pbase.com/robv/root

He just yesterday got a Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR insane lens... i can't wait til we get that thing out to the desert for the buggy blast.

Rob - don't forget to do something about your brakes

Yes, I've never been entirely happy with them. The usual advice on Supras is to stick with toyota discs (which are pretty big) and avoid drilled/slotted discs like the plague. I have toyota discs with Pagid kevlar pads (which glaze up like crazy - never again!) and braided hoses for better pedal response.

The next practical upgrade is probably six pot after market calipers with cast discs, but that's *big* money and there are people on 500BHP with stock so probably isn't necessary just yet. It's not like I'm going to take this on a track.

Rob

I'd love to know what pads i have in the caterham cause they don't really work when cold and once up to temp sparks fly off the pads under heavy brakeing which is very pretty at night

http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/real-haynes.htm

this should help

I finally got around to a) finishing the rebuild (thanks to Rob S and Patrick) and b) putting the photos online.

http://community.webshots.com/user/projectsupra

I'll add some photos of the finished project in a few days. The moment it was done I stopped taking photos and started driving!

Rob