Supra (2JZA61) daily project - Its alive... its ALIVE!

[takai]

55 or 60mm.

[spiller]

Wish somebody told me about these fans before I effed around with mine.

[takai]

Yeah, its certainly worth it. All ive done there is trim them slightly and weld them together with a couple of little mounting tabs.

[jzx83]

Sounds almost exactly what Al (JZK25) did to put them onto my Cressida. Which would not shock me if I learned that it's radiator is very similar to yours. We just used the std MX83 Radiator and it has never even looked like having a problem with overheating.

[takai]

Nah, this is an S13 radiator. Close in size though to the MX83 rads. Similar mounting studs too.

[takai]

Have i ever said how much i hate interior? I spent a few hours each day this weekend putting it all back together again, after being apart for the dash and the ECU shenanigans.

Plus i had to replace the roof lining after the cat got to it last year, although thankfully i found one in good nick on a car i was pulling the hatch from anyway.

Put the dash all back together:

Only to find that the speedo pushes against the back of the steering column support. Arrgh. Ill have to space it out from the fascia, but its in there for now.

Fitted my Aerocatches too, which really wasnt as hard as everyone has made it out to be:


Now im just charging the battery after i left the door slightly ajar for half a week.
Engine bay is tidied up now though;


Going to dump the water in the rad on Tuesday and put proper Toyota Red in it when i get some.

Biggest hiccup now is that the barn doors which lead out from the carport/garage area through to the street have swollen so much with all the wet weather that we are having that i cant get them open, despite much kicking and shoving. Just gonna have to wait.

[takai]

Not much to report really. Been driving it on and off for a while. In that time ive cleaned up the dash and interior:




Installed a fire extinguisher:


And had Kirby redo the exhaust and install a Varex:


Sounds like this:


Also got my speedo all working. So its down to just tidying things up now.

That said over the summer we are looking after a friends car as well, so i figure its as good a time as any to repaint the car. The problem is deciding on a colour scheme. Im thinking either the same as it is now, or pure white.
Thoughts?

[aaron_hogan]

I see Silver and Red paint. Presume it was silver as it rolled off the line. Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, I'd be sticking with the Red. If you were prepared to do waaaaay more prep (jambs, nooks and crannies) then taking it back to Silver would be awesome. Silver just doesn't date and has dirt hiding properties.

Red on the other hand is an unstable colour that fades. Having said that, done right it can look friggen awesome. There are plenty of good solid reds to choose from.

/2c

[vet 180]

yeah that silvery blue colour looks great. But redo a nice red would be a lot easier

[perthdrivers.txt]

Fitted my Aerocatches too, which really wasnt as hard as everyone has made it out to be:

Any pro tips to fitting these? I have a set ready to go on my fibreglass bonnet

[takai]

Nah, no pro tips. Just draw an outline around them and go to town.

Today i present Photochop time with Uncle Takai...
In order of luminosity:

All White:


All Red:


Red/Black:


Gun Metal:


Black


Thoughts?

[tim510]

white + wheel change!

[Andrew Bolt]

White, slammed.

[my limp penis]

white or super deep red. that was a really nice colour i reckon!

[rowdytoot]

white :D