Project:Soarer by megamax

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update update update!! been a busy week i don't have enough time in the day or arms on my body.. but first!!!!

i got my wastegate mounted and i had this gasket(on the left). do i need it??

so thanks to the folks at ebay almost is good enough.. the holes in my t3-t4 adapter (almost) matched up perfectly. but i had to make them (perfectly) match up thanks to mr drill and dremel.

i was going to initially use the stock turbos so i drilled out the oil return port to fit the larger stock screws. well that fell through so i had to make more adjustments.

drilled out the an adapter to make fit. had this laying around from my rb swap and was suprised it fit.

and done.

was kinda nervous because when i tapped and drilled the holes for the bolts the hole went straight through to the oil pan on each one. so put some fipk on the back of the mounting bolt holes..

so next up since i have a garden hose at my disposal i finally cleaned out the engine bay. it was clean for it's condition when i got it before the engine pull. but sitting for 2 years and spilling some fluid in it does take it's toll..

so dirty mouth.

got a wire brush for my dremel and cleaned up the carbon on the hotside of this baby.

then it was a test mockup on how much cleareance i would have between the exhaust and tranny.

looks good to me..

after much debate and speculation i decided to finally go with the front oil feed.

like the title states i need a bridge. brooklyn is sold already.

combine the wg dp. had to eyeball and mark to get it just right.

picked this up because wrapping it up keeps you safe.

also picked this up from the dollar store.

was going to use the metal wire to tie up my turbo sleve but this did not workout.

well got my bridge!!

my hole appears to be too small. but i hope it's enough to work properly.

and pre-wrap mock up

heres my fleabay 1jz mani. no i had those braces done after i brought it(awesome welder austin).

using these mani's you need to cut off the 2 lower center exhaust mani studs to get it to fit.

so i started wrapping the exhaust manifold. not one of my favorite tasks but it had to be done.

there's wrap that you have to soak and some that you don't soak. this is my first exp with the first one..

first i did the individual runners then i wrapped the rest.

came with 50 feet and i had extra left over if i wanted to finish the dp..

and there are the bolts that needed cut/trimming. the 2 most rear lower studs needed trimming for a flush fit. also the wastegate flange needed to be cut and clocked to face the dp. not too terrably bad for $160.00 but defietnly not a perfect fit.

my wastegate needed some trimming.

it was just resting on the oil alum barely. so i decided to grind it down a little.

and heres the finished result.

it was just on these 2 fins. so now there is a gap between that and the oil pan which what i was aiming for.

so went to the junkyard and scroed this lucky find for almost nothing!!!

they WERE on the 94-94 avalons only!! I keep finding model years from 96+. but i really lucked out on this one.. also picked up a 95 corolla 5 spd shift knob(grey) and that fit my sc w58. i also picked up a nissan 5spd shifter boot to fabb up for the sc.

so my mk4 jdm supra seats came!!!

hard to get, but perfect fit.

since they are real jdm seats, the power seat(yes only one) is on the passenger side..

now i have to say compared to the sc3/4 seats..... well there is no comparison. these seats are prob less than half the weight of the boat ancors of seats i chopped up last week(and iam talking about the power one). 

they sit low which is good for me. and are in great condition for $340 shipped.(go ebay)

iam going to remove the skins and throw them in the washer this week(hopefully).

so wiring up the passenger seat because it is power and i wan't to keep it working won't be hard.

yes it does work. what WILL be hard is splicing them into the usdm harness(or will it be)??

vs usdm plug

so lubbing up my turbo to bump nasties again.

and iam running my oil feed line on the engine puller bracket thingy. and showing my support for breast cancer(save the big ta-tas)

and as it sits now!!!