Couldn't see a section for projects so this part seems as good as any (if anyone is interested!)
Decided to have a change from my mk1 turbo as fancied something a little newer, never liked the mk2 so went straight on to a mk3.
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The only criteria for the Roadster was it had to be black.
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Complete with ditch finder tyres as most of them are and in need of a good polish. Love the handling and driving position but not the power.
Had the standard wheels powder coated and fitted new Toyo's. Fitted a chassis brace and also TTE lowering springs. Also fitted a TRD replica bodykit to make it look a bit more aggressive but still quite subtle.
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Then I cut down the plates slightly and fitted a hardtop.
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Then I bought these mounts off a guy in the states to fit a 3SGTE into a mk3.
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Bottled it as not much info out there on the swap and bought this. Also didn't want the car off the road as I love driving it.
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Decided I didn't want this either as 190bhp wouldn't cut it.
Also bought another car to crave my fast car needs as can be seen in the above picture.
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320ish bhp but still not as fun as the MR2.
Decided to pull my finger out and decided the 3SGTE was what was needed.
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Also bought an updated radiator.
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And fitted along with the chargecooler rad.
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Trying to do as many of the small jobs as possible to minimise the time the car is off the road although I expect to be without it for a few months at some point.
Damn you've got an unlimited wallet! Like Mary poppins!
Looking good though, love the look of that civic!
Quote from: "parker455"Damn you've got an unlimited wallet! Like Mary poppins!
Looking good though, love the look of that civic!
Wish I had, the money from the parts from the mk1 has roughly covered the mk3 (or so the missus thinks).
The Civic was an impulse buy when I had a totally standard one I used daily that I was considering modifying, previous owner had it from new and spent about £25k on mods so figured it a good deal rather than starting from scratch.
Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "parker455"Damn you've got an unlimited wallet! Like Mary poppins!
Looking good though, love the look of that civic!
Wish I had, the money from the parts from the mk1 has roughly covered the mk3 (or so the missus thinks).
The Civic was an impulse buy when I had a totally standard one I used daily that I was considering modifying, previous owner had it from new and spent about £25k on mods so figured it a good deal rather than starting from scratch.
Haha, always keep it on the low..
Looks rad, what's the specs of it? Do you mind me asking what it cost you? Considering that amount of mods!
Quote from: "parker455"Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "parker455"Damn you've got an unlimited wallet! Like Mary poppins!
Looking good though, love the look of that civic!
Wish I had, the money from the parts from the mk1 has roughly covered the mk3 (or so the missus thinks).
The Civic was an impulse buy when I had a totally standard one I used daily that I was considering modifying, previous owner had it from new and spent about £25k on mods so figured it a good deal rather than starting from scratch.
Haha, always keep it on the low..
Looks rad, what's the specs of it? Do you mind me asking what it cost you? Considering that amount of mods!
Not sure how up you are on Honda engine stuff but here goes:
FD2 cams
Skunk 2 throttle body
Balance shafts deleted
CPL header
CPL intake
Invidia exhaust
Jackson Racing supercharger
750cc injectors
Updated fuel system with return
Hondata flashpro
Quaife LSD
Clutchmasters paddle clutch
Peak power is at limiter of 8700rpm
Ret of car has HKS coilovers, Stoptech 4 pots with 330mm disks, genuine Mugen aero bumpers, Mugen spoiler, the list goes on.
Paid £10k for it, 35k miles. All work was carried out by specialists so the costs soon add up.
Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "parker455"Quote from: "Lee H"Wish I had, the money from the parts from the mk1 has roughly covered the mk3 (or so the missus thinks).
The Civic was an impulse buy when I had a totally standard one I used daily that I was considering modifying, previous owner had it from new and spent about £25k on mods so figured it a good deal rather than starting from scratch.
Haha, always keep it on the low..
Looks rad, what's the specs of it? Do you mind me asking what it cost you? Considering that amount of mods!
Not sure how up you are on Honda engine stuff but here goes:
FD2 cams
Skunk 2 throttle body
Balance shafts deleted
CPL header
CPL intake
Invidia exhaust
Jackson Racing supercharger
750cc injectors
Updated fuel system with return
Hondata flashpro
Quaife LSD
Clutchmasters paddle clutch
Peak power is at limiter of 8700rpm
Ret of car has HKS coilovers, Stoptech 4 pots with 330mm disks, genuine Mugen aero bumpers, Mugen spoiler, the list goes on.
Paid £10k for it, 35k miles. All work was carried out by specialists so the costs soon add up.
I'm slowly learning!
Sounds like a beast, how come it's not as fun as the 2 to drive? I've currently got a large hankering for a honda.. s2k or civic type r but the insurance is through the roof!
Driving position is nowhere near as good (purely in my opinion). Also really suffers from torque steer that you don't get with a RWD car.
I love the Honda's though, so reliable. My missus has my old EP3 Type R and its on 126k now and still runs perfect, I ran it at 250bhp NA for about 25k miles too.
I'm checking the EP3's out now, turns out insurance wasn't as bad as I originally thought it'd be!
How did you achieve that NA?
Quote from: "parker455"I'm checking the EP3's out now, turns out insurance wasn't as bad as I originally thought it'd be!
How did you achieve that NA?
Toda header £1200 (ouch!)
Cat back system
RBC inlet manifold
Hondata ECU mapped by TDi north
Gruppe M air filter £700 (ouch!)
Tuning NA is expensive!
jesus!!!!! 700 for a sodding air filter!?!?
I'm currently highest bidder of a type R on ebay, won't win it but worth the punt
To be honest 700 is cheap for a gruppe M. They are about the only intake that actually make a difference. I have alot of dealings with Alistair at clockwise motion who really is the be all and end all in k20 engines in the uk. He does all manner of machine work to them and he states firmly that the only way to achieve 245 from a k20 is decent exhaust. Skunk 2 pro 2 cams, throttle bodies and a stand alone management system. That's to get a true 245 though. TDI north have a huge reputation for very exaggerated dyno figures. Evotune arguably have the most accurate dyno in the uk at the moment. A friend of mine had his dc5 on there and made 221bhp at Evotune then at a rolling road day at TDI made 242 bhp with no other mods, same tyre pressure and same temperature.
All fair points I guess. I can only ever recall seeing ITB's on one K20 in all the years I've had them, no-one seems to do it.
I take cars on how they drive. The silver car was mapped at CPL and TDI South before I got it, definitely much quicker and less smoky after TDI North did it but similar power figures.
Yeah itb is not common on a k20 because charging and boosting is so much more value for the money. My mate with the DC5 is trying for 300 NA. Even my tuner says it's going to need a generous dyno to achieve that even with a fully built engine. I'm exactly the same as you. Power figures mean nothing to me. If it feels faster then that's all that matters to me. I've known lads with the same cars as each other one made 200bhp and the other 185bhp and the 185 car was quicker. It's all about how it's mapped. I couldn't care less what my car makes. I know it's quick
How much power could a 1zz produce with a decent map?
So back to the Roadster 3s-gte project. You may find Gary's build thread interesting of a similar swap. You will notice a different feel to the Roadster though, with the additional weight in the engine bay. Good on you for going for it! s:) :) s:)
I have read Gary's thread several times over now. Some very useful information and my only major concern at this point is the fuel return and the wiring. Shame that the thread seems to have died, would have liked to know if the car made the road.
I appreciate the car will feel different with the extra weight although I never found the mk1 felt that much different to a 1.6 one. I have spent years putting big engines in front wheel drive cars though and that does destroy the handling.
Small update.
Relocated battery to frunk. Kept the storage bin as wanted to keep all the under bonnet trims to keep it looking tidy. Also mounted the chargecooler pump and ran the chargecooler lines to the back.
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Have ordered a set of these as well as the standard wheels look a bit lost.
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I know they have been done to death on these cars but I like them. Have gone for 7x15 front and 7x16 rear. Both et40. Going to run 195/50's front and 225/40's rear.
Can't beat Rota's, will look forward to hear how the engine swap goes!
Do you have any details on what was involved in moving he battery to the front please? I'd like to do it, how did you clamp it? How did you connect the +ve lead to the main car supply and did you just ground the battery in the front direct to chassis? Thanks
s:D :D s:D great bit of work going here. well done and keep spending the cash on 2 s:lol: :lol: s:lol: s:D :D s:D
Looking good! Amazing what a difference the TRD lip kit makes with a sensible set of lowering springs!
Bring the power upgrade then the car will be come a completely different animal s:scared: :scared: s:scared:
Any more news on the engine swap?
Quote from: "Meeerrrk"Do you have any details on what was involved in moving he battery to the front please? I'd like to do it, how did you clamp it? How did you connect the +ve lead to the main car supply and did you just ground the battery in the front direct to chassis? Thanks
Used the standard battery clamps and drilled holes in the storage bin to secure. Fitted big washers as the plastic flexes quite a bit when you tighten it up. It's totally solid now though. Ran power lead under car and bolted it to the wire which was bolted to the original battery trim at the back. Earthed to a random bolt on the bulkhead. Reused the original terminals from the back.
Hopefully collecting my Rotas this weekend. Change of plan and gone for 16's all round. Currently waiting on one more engine mount before I can start swapping the engine.
Removed the Fidanza flywheel and paddle clutch from the turbo engine to replace with stock as still want the car to be nice and easy to drive.
Just trying to work out how to run a fuel return to the tank.
Keep the thread updated with plenty of pictures - will make interesting reading
Thanks for the info on battery swap - sounds easy enough. Looking forward to more updates on this car!
Wheels fitted last week.
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Noticed with the hardtop off I still have a lot of chassis flex despite the brace from Mattperformance. Today I collected facelift front braces and fitted them.
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Not holding out much hope of it making a difference but was easy swap and cheap.
Considered the facelift rear brace bars but they look like they will interfere with my new engine.
Also collected a spare fuel pump so I can convert to return and a spare rear hub so I can see what's needed to make the Celica gt4 cv's fit the hub.
Does the brace replace the mat performance one, or as well as? Wheels look really nice!!
As well as. Prefacelift has the same side braces but not the two bars going across linking them together.
Oh ok! I assumed it replaced everything. Nice, extra bracing s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "parker455"I'm checking the EP3's out now, turns out insurance wasn't as bad as I originally thought it'd be!
How did you achieve that NA?
Toda header £1200 (ouch!)
Cat back system
RBC inlet manifold
Hondata ECU mapped by TDi north
Gruppe M air filter £700 (ouch!)
Tuning NA is expensive!
I was out on the beers with the Tdi North chaps on Friday night, they mentioned the toda header and power they get out if the k20a said they make all the difference and how annoying it is when people bring cars with copies to them and then complain when they don't make the same power. They also said they'd happily drop a k20a in a roadster, thought it'd be easy.
I'm up at TDI next weekend having all the geometry done on the Civic, they have done quite a lot of work on this car recently. Previous owner had it setup at another specialist and have got different heights and camber on every corner. No wonder it torque steers all over the place.
Think its Tegiwa who totally copied the Toda manifold like they have done with loads of other stuff. About 1/4 of the price too.
I'm sort of wishing I had gone down the K20 route with the Roadster now but daren't buy another engine and another set of mounts at the moment. Suppose the 3SGTE work I do is totally reversible in the future anyway.
Touch wood my 2ZZGE has been faultless, if however if ever developed an issue I think I'd go K20.
Engine out today. Knackered now, getting too old for this.
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Had enough for today. Plan to have an easier day tomorrow and just clean the engine bay etc.
Nice one mate! You got the 3SGTE ready to drop?
Knackred !!! Ha !!! I know how you feel ,
I really like those graphite wheels against the black car mate
Quote from: "parker455"Nice one mate! You got the 3SGTE ready to drop?
Not quite, in the process of tarting the engine mounts up and decided to remove the Fidanza flywheel and paddle clutch and go back to stock as I want the car to drive nice. That's tomorrow's jobs.
Good work, how long did it take you to get to this point? It looks like the car doesn't need to be lifted as high as I had assumed to get the engine out. I guess removing the rear sub frame makes it easier?
Quote from: "Meeerrrk"Good work, how long did it take you to get to this point? It looks like the car doesn't need to be lifted as high as I had assumed to get the engine out. I guess removing the rear sub frame makes it easier?
Took me 4 hours altogether to get the engine out. If you remove the subframe you can spin the engine slightly and drag it through the back to avoid having the car so high. Useful as I'm limited to how high I lift the car as the front lip is so close to the floor even at this height.
Today's work.
Fitted walbro pump. Just waiting for my mate to knock me something up at work to blank off the stock regulator now.
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Cleaned the bay. Not that you can tell as Toyota decided to put so little paint in here.
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Also removed the air intake tube from the passenger side 1/4 as its no longer needed.
Found some shifter bearings from my mk1 and they fitted the mk3.
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Need to get the outer cv's off the turbo shaft now as they need a little machining to fit the mk3 hubs.
Fuel pressure reg blank made up.
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Fuel pump fitted tonight. Used the evap line as the fuel return so needed gutting inside the pump assembly and drilling out to 6mm so the fuel can flow through.
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Now have feed and return lines. Just need to T the evap line into the filler breather pipe as not sure of the consequences of not having it?
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It's in. Clearance is tight everywhere. Had to hack the rear cross brace thing up and planning to move the engine cover catch and bar back as inlet it tight against it.
Better be worth it.
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Been busy, nice work ! What power is this going to give?
Its a forged build but standard turbo and ecu for now with slightly increased boost. Probably about 280bhp.
Wow that's going to be a real sweet spot for the mk3 I think s:) :) s:)
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Need to cut a touch more out.
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Ground clearance is same as with 1ZZ and driveshaft angle is also similar. Happy days.
Great progress....very quick!
Only have weekends really due to working hours so got to make the most of them. Had an hour of light tonight so I replaced a cv boot and fitted the passenger side driveshaft.
Love the rad, how much was it?
£240 delivered I think, Mishimoto UK.
Beast, keep the pics coming!
£240?!
I picked one up for £65 delivered (genuine part) on eBay!
Good work on the engine, looks ace. Kudos.
Quote from: "Alex Knight"£240?!
I picked one up for £65 delivered (genuine part) on eBay!
Good work on the engine, looks ace. Kudos.
That's the new price unfortunately. Was just a load of cheap tat with no bleed points on eBay when I was looking for a few months so had to pay full price.
Dropped the crossmember off for welding today, should have it back tomorrow.
So onto a job I've been dreading. Had to remove the metal water bar behind the turbo connected to the hose from hell to bend it to clear the linkage brackets. Was an absolute pain to get back on. All gear stuff now done and selects gears well although it's a nightmare round that side of the engine now.
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Fuel lines all connected now plus a couple of water pipes. Plumbed in the AVCR solonoid as well and now onto intake location.
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Got quite a bit done today.
Heatshielding. Hope its enough.
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Chargecooler and strut brace just about fit.
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Coolant bottle fitted.
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Rear crossmember.
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Big daft airfilter.
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How I left it.
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Wow almost there...getting it done quickly!
Is there much wiring between the ecus to be done?
Think I'm having a break from it tomorrow. Exhausted with it all now.
Wiring will be the worst job for sure, hence why I've not even started it yet. Got Paul from Woodsport going over my wiring plans so hopefully he will let me know soon what I'm right and wrong on.
Not surprised that's a fair amount of work. It's getting down pretty quickly though.
Good of him to help s:) :) s:)
What gear box have you used?
Turbo E153 one with LSD.
Would the roadster box bolt on? I guess not but you never know with toyota. What you doing drive shaft wise?
Quote from: "Theburns1"Would the roadster box bolt on? I guess not but you never know with toyota. What you doing drive shaft wise?
Probably not, wouldn't do it anyway as they are weak and wouldn't take much abuse. Turbo shafts with Celica ST185 cv joints fit straight in.
Now you have me thinking. Where did you get the conversion brackets from?
From this guy. Great service and really quick at responding to questions.
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Them prices for real?
Yep, everything is cnc'd and then welded perfectly. Not hacked out with an angle grinder and spattered together with a mig. Get what you pay for I guess.
Could make you own fairly easily like others have in the past but I couldn't be bothered and knew they would never be as strong.
Decided a few hours was plenty on the car today.
Painted crossmember and pumped loads of rust preventer into it.
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Refitted along with ARB and got the car back on its wheels.
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Ride height ok.
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Still to do:
Clutch line
Wiring
AVCR
Heater return line and radiator line
Exhaust
My mate made this for me to blank the gearbox speedo drive hole as its not used now and leaving the drive in interfered with the crossmember. Had an hour last night so got it fitted along with the clutch line.
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Managed to get standard clutch line all connected with a lot of bending and manipulation to direct it away from the downpipe. Need to heat wrap downpipe still and apply more heat reflection to the lower bulkhead as can only just get hand between that and downpipe.
Also fitted my wideband.
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Started fitting my AVCR in the centre cubby hole as well but ran out of time.
Looking good mate! Bet you're eager to get it going?
Yeah, list of easy jobs has pretty much gone now, just hard jobs left now.
Hoping to get it on the 1/4 mile at York next month, that's my target.
After some quite challenging wiring it runs, I'm absolutely over the moon. Seriously doubted whether I'd be able to get this far on my own.
Only issues left are exhaust system needs joining up (beyond my skills) and need some sort of trigger wheel and crank sensor setup if I want the stock rev counter to work.
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Great achievement Lee! Look forward to see it going!
Does the 3g ecu not have a tach output?
Fantastic - well done! Love seeing home built projects like this
Quote from: "rbuckingham"Does the 3g ecu not have a tach output?
Yes but it won't work with the 1ZZ Ecu and clocks. 1ZZ tach picks up off the crank sensor and a 3SGTE doesn't have one.
Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "rbuckingham"Does the 3g ecu not have a tach output?
Yes but it won't work with the 1ZZ Ecu and clocks. 1ZZ tach picks up off the crank sensor and a 3SGTE doesn't have one.
yes the 1zz ecu knows the tach as it sees the crank and sends a signal out to the clock. The signal that it sends is a common one, so if your engine is running off the 3gste ecu then take its tach output and wire it to the clocks directly bypass the 1zz.
Bet your over the moon! Good work mate.
Bet you can't wait for the first test drive.
Quote from: "rbuckingham"Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "rbuckingham"Does the 3g ecu not have a tach output?
Yes but it won't work with the 1ZZ Ecu and clocks. 1ZZ tach picks up off the crank sensor and a 3SGTE doesn't have one.
yes the 1zz ecu knows the tach as it sees the crank and sends a signal out to the clock. The signal that it sends is a common one, so if your engine is running off the 3gste ecu then take its tach output and wire it to the clocks directly bypass the 1zz.
Paul at Woodsport has tried everything to get the tach working with no joy before. Can't wire straight to the clocks apparently as they don't do anything without passing thought the stock ecu first therefore bypassing it wouldn't help at all.
I have had to fit the old 1ZZ temp sensor and wiring to the old ecu to get the temp gauge to work.
My emerald ecu runs the clocks direct to the clocks so bypass possible. I guess the pwm signal is not the same.
Interesting, although your Emerald ecu will probably read from the trigger wheel on the crank though and hence outputs something the dash understands. The 3SGTE seems to get its rev signal from the ignition amplifier.
That probably the case, however the tach is a certain amount of pulses per minute so regardless of what it is making the pulse the clocks should understand it. From memory its a white wire that feeds the clocks the tach, cant hurt in just trying a direct connection as a temp idea.
Just to update this, car is on the road now and passed MOT Saturday morning! Put the first 60 miles on since the engine swap and all seems ok. Not much boost as still working through the tank of regular unleaded.
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Seriously cool, one of my fav roadsters s:D :D s:D
How does it feel?
It definitely doesn't feel as agile as my 1ZZ Roadster on the same suspension but handling is still pretty good. The noise more than makes up for it though and 1.1 bar boost should be fun, only took it to 0.6 bar today.
Wow, great achievement.. Just read the topic and having had a mk2 turbo I'm now very jealous of your car! Can't wait to hear what it handles like s:) :) s:)
This is awesome, well done mate! Looks like it's been a real journey.
Update
Put about 700 miles on the car so far but found the exhaust is restricting the boost to 0.9 bar as it's too small diameter and too long. Had a few ridiculous quotes for a custom system and lost interest a little bit to be honest.
Bought this:
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Put a 2ZZ in this (waste of time):
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Now decided to revisit this car and make it a little more civilised and sell the 2ZZ one. Will then attempt to use this for next years Europe trip and also as a daily driver.
First task this weekend it to remove the paddle clutch and lightened flywheel and return to stock as that's my biggest hatred of this car in traffic. Also going to bite the bullet and get an exhaust made with the proceeds from the 2ZZ Roadster so I can run full boost.
Plan is to have exits either side of the number plate through the grills.
Sounds like a plan.
It's a real shame you think the 2zz was a waste of time, when I'm gagging to throw one in the back of my car!
But with the turbo car I can understand why.
Nice Porsche, is it a c2, c4 or turbo?
Quote from: "Meeerrrk"It's a real shame you think the 2zz was a waste of time, when I'm gagging to throw one in the back of my car!
But with the turbo car I can understand why.
Nice Porsche, is it a c2, c4 or turbo?
Its a Carrera 2 3.6. Didn't want a 4 really for what the car is used for. A turbo would have been lovely but a bit out of reach at the moment. Would have to pay about £23k for a pretty rough one now so I figured it better to buy a really clean NA.
Still a bloody good car no doubt, a lot of people prefer them.
Enjoy it s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "Meeerrrk"Still a bloody good car no doubt, a lot of people prefer them.
Enjoy it s:) :) s:)
Looking at the change in weather doubt it will be out again this year. Already sorted all the little niggles I've found since buying it, surprisingly easy to work on.
Time to focus on MR2 starting with clutch change in the morning.
Clutch done but then I went down with severe man flu and only just recovering now. At least that another job I've found can be done without removing the engine, was surprisingly straight forward except the gear linkage brackets.
So much more pleasant to drive now with a standard LUK unit in, just hope it can take the abuse but can't see why it wouldn't at just over stock power.
Have also started the mods for the new exhaust.
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Will be having the old cut out in the splitter smoothed as well. Hopefully be at York attempting the 1/4 mile then come April.
Could do with the 2ZZzzzz going to free up some drive space and car funds now.
Made it to York last weekend but disappointing day really. Not got new exhaust yet so not running full boost, also the car was holding back over 5k rpm and showing alarmingly lean on the wideband, not sure what is wrong there.
Managed three runs on the 1/4 before I decided not to risk melting it, best being a crappy 13.7 @ 102mph, still quick enough to match a mk2 Focus RS but ultimately disappointing after the mk1 MR2 ran 13.2.
Back to the drawing board s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
What's up with the fueling, I guess your running the same injectors etc from the mk1, what about fuel pump?
Quote from: "rbuckingham"What's up with the fueling, I guess your running the same injectors etc from the mk1, what about fuel pump?
No idea, was reading 17:1 afr or lower at full boost over 5k rpm s:shock: :shock: s:shock: when I left York and put my foot down was down in the 10's on afr so no idea what's going on there. Maybe wideband faulty!
Running standard 3SGTE injectors and a Walbro 255 pump same as in the mk1.
Interesting so the ecu pulled the fuel then. Is there a knock sensor maybe higher ait temps whilst waiting to do the run?
Quote from: "rbuckingham"Interesting so the ecu pulled the fuel then. Is there a knock sensor maybe higher ait temps whilst waiting to do the run?
I doubt the ecu would pull fuel, think it pulls ignition. Does have an IAT sensor as stock which determines what ignition to allow as far as I know. Wasn't monitoring intake temps but could be related.
Just read your complete thread. I have to say, hats off to you for pulling off such a great build. I have no doubt that you'll improve on your times once you've got a new exhaust and fuelling niggles sorted.
Quote from: "4dvti"Just read your complete thread. I have to say, hats off to you for pulling off such a great build. I have no doubt that you'll improve on your times once you've got a new exhaust and fuelling niggles sorted.
Cheers. Might not get the niggles sorted as quickly as i hoped as I've just bought this and think I prefer it to the Roadster. Should have gone K20 like you s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
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Nice choice! Always wanted to try one.
Good as expected?
Quote from: "Meeerrrk"Nice choice! Always wanted to try one.
Good as expected?
Yes it's great, few niggles but used them to get the price down a bit. Got a noisy timing chain tensioner which I'm sorting this week and done a few other bits and pieces today.
Feels more refined than a roadster and the engine and gearbox is excellent. Electric roof also a pleasant change. Do prefer the roadsters looks though from most angles if I'm honest.
Main reason for purchase is our European trip next month, decided I had to have a convertible to take and wanted something that should be reliable.
Brilliant! Have fun in it!
Excellent choice for a new convertible. They're nice cars, s2ks.
So this morning this happened.
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Do too many miles in this car.....
A pass with no advisories.
Awesome.
Lack of mileage not impressed Lee she needs to be driven.
New seats. So comfy but a touch low maybe.
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Also front brace although not the neatest job on cutting the plastics.
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Nearly ready for JAE now.
Looking super clean !
Much neater than my cutting for my TRD Lee.
So I got totally messed about on the exhaust again. Turned up on the day of the appointment for fitting with the missus in her car to give me a lift home and they didn't turn up or have the courtesy to call me later. Stuck a negative comment on their Facebook page and they deleted it immediately. Avoid RNR Autosport at all costs.
This put the MR2 back to the back of the drive and lost interest again. Even contemplated selling it as people on Facebook will have seen.
Bought this unseen and promptly sold it when I saw the bodywork. Fitted the polybushes off it to my decent car and had the geo done.
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But the bullet and changed the handbrake cables. Fiddly to say the least as someone had ran the chargecooler pipes under the fuel tank.
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Hadn't driven it since until I decided to take it for a drive yesterday. Seats were lovely and mouldy but was nice to stay dry as the S2000 roof leaks like a sieve.
So I'm at the point of not knowing what to do next. Have had 5 different exhaust "specialists" mess me about now and I'm fed up of driving it round for quotes. Think I'm going to have to dig deep and try and find someone with a really good reputation.
Ps any ideas how to get this moved to readers rides?
Glad to see you sticking at it lee,
As an idea have you thought about getting a tig welder and doing it yourself? In all honesty someone with your eye to detail I doubt the finished article would be much off of perfect.
Please don't sell it yet Lee I can't afford to buy it.
What a bloody nightmare on the exhaust front.
Quote from: "Lee H"Ps any ideas how to get this moved to readers rides?
Done s:) :) s:)
It's the right choice keeping it after all the hard work. Once the exhaust is done you will be happy.
Does Cabby Dave know anyone?
Stick with it squire s:) :) s:)
Quote from: "rbuckingham"Glad to see you sticking at it lee,
As an idea have you thought about getting a tig welder and doing it yourself? In all honesty someone with your eye to detail I doubt the finished article would be much off of perfect.
I've tried mig welding and I know my limitations. Don't have the patience or technique. Anything except paint or welding I can do.
Martin at Infinity Exhausts (http://www.infinity-exhausts.co.uk) is excellent. I've known him many years.
Now booked in at JP exhausts in Macclesfield for the 29th January. Bit more expensive but just need it done otherwise I'll have missed another years drag racing before I know about it. Going for a 3" system so I will never need to replace should I want more power. Just hope it's not ridiculously loud.
Expensive week next week as off to Swansea for a new roof on the S2000 too s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:
They used to make the exhausts for Millets in Manchester for their Corvettes and the work was good. Worth paying extra for a good job.
Are you still going for an exit in each of the rear bumper grilles Lee?
Quote from: "StuC"Are you still going for an exit in each of the rear bumper grilles Lee?
Yes. Fed up of being asked what the holes are for! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Good stuff. s:-D :-D s:-D
What finish are you going for on the end of the pipe? Rolled, I hope. s;-) ;-) s;-)
Quote from: "StuC"Good stuff. s:-D :-D s:-D
What finish are you going for on the end of the pipe? Rolled, I hope. s;-) ;-) s;-)
3" inward rolled.
Tasty. :-) :-) :-)
Looking forward to seeing the finished product. s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:
So pleased this is getting sorted.
Take me for a run down the strip?
Quote from: "1979scotte"So pleased this is getting sorted.
Take me for a run down the strip?
Just in the waiting room now while my new exhaust is built. Just hope it won't be too loud.
Unfortunately I only race at York, not a hardened road tripper like yourself so pod is too far.
Fingers crossed its what you want.
Well I now have lots of boost which is always handy in rush hour in the rain s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Not keen on the sound at idle, sounds a bit like a Subaru unfortunately, however it isn't too intrusive at motorway speeds. Pics tomorrow as its pitch black now.
<sits impatiently fidgeting waiting for pictures> s:-( :-( s:-(
Quote from: "StuC"<sits impatiently fidgeting waiting for pictures> s:-( :-( s:-(
Least you not got the crazy shakes like me as I sit in anticipation.
Don't expect too much, I'm already thinking I should have gone a touch bigger on the tailpipes.
Lee youre not selling it to me.
Is it the perfectionist in you coming out again.
Pretty sure the rest of us will think it is awesome.
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Also had a new roof on the S2000 last weekend in Swansea. No more leaks!!
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Best exhaust I have ever seen on a roadster how it should have been done. I want one !
Perfect!!!
What boost she making now?
Exhaust looks great
Exhaust is spot on Lee. I think I can understand why you think it should be a little bigger. It fits in nicely with the fins of the finisher on the bumper.
On the roof, is the back window smaller than usual?
Quote from: "rbuckingham"Perfect!!!
What boost she making now?
Not had chance to play with controller yet however on low setting it used to make 0.8 bar and is now making just over 1 bar. Didn't try high setting as need to mess with the duty as well probably hit boost cut.
Low setting is 64% duty to hit 1.02, used to be set at 90% duty to hit that figure.
Quote from: "StuC"Exhaust is spot on Lee. I think I can understand why you think it should be a little bigger. It fits in nicely with the fins of the finisher on the bumper.
On the roof, is the back window smaller than usual?
More I look at it the more I like it, quite subtle.
Window is roughly same size.
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I really like that! Perfect for the pre-fl back.
Ok, so maybe I confused the s2000 roof with the roadster. s:oops: :oops: s:oops:
It looks great!
As i thought it would.
That exhaust is dope.
That looks the dogs B@ll@&£s. Great job, be very proud of that little mod.
So this has been taking my attention over the last few months, new wheels and hardback seats colour coded.
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With a mates new car.
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Realised I'm likely to miss another season of drag racing with the MR2 so got my finger out last night to replace the badly split CV boot. (MOT due next month as well s:shock: :shock: s:shock: ).
What a messy, soul destroying job. Looked great with my black hands in my team meeting today.
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hi lee
how well do the t1r tyres hold up with this setup. any spinning?
Quote from: "4dvti"hi lee
how well do the t1r tyres hold up with this setup. any spinning?
I only tend to use the car in the dry but haven't experienced any wheelspin then, drove it a few times in the rain but was being more careful then, however could feel it spinning a bit on half throttle in 2nd.
I like these tyres but I know a lot don't.
I think t1r are fine too.
Nothing wrong with their grip wet or dry soft sidewalls not good for track but make for a decent ride even on coilovers.
Is the porsche now a keeper or will it be going Lee?
Quote from: "1979scotte"I think t1r are fine too.
Nothing wrong with their grip wet or dry soft sidewalls not good for track but make for a decent ride even on coilovers.
Is the porsche now a keeper or will it be going Lee?
Not sure, change my mind about it most days and would only end up buying something else if I sold it.
Quote from: "Lee H"Quote from: "4dvti"hi lee
how well do the t1r tyres hold up with this setup. any spinning?
I only tend to use the car in the dry but haven't experienced any wheelspin then, drove it a few times in the rain but was being more careful then, however could feel it spinning a bit on half throttle in 2nd.
I like these tyres but I know a lot don't.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. For me though, sadly, nothing short of the r888 seems to cut it. But you are running more power than me so it does give me some confidence in the t1r. Perhaps I'll try them one day s:) :) s:)
Will you please shift that bleeding porsche!
Filthy MR2 on the 1/4 mile at York.
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Ran 13.2 @ 108mph so a little disappointed, finished 4th in my class though so not all bad. Surprised a few people in the process.
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Got the bug back, want to go quicker.....
Thats more like it.
Best sell the porker to finance the mods.
Hey Lee.
That's a great time when I look at the slip. I reckon you'll be well into the 12s once you make the transfer over to a semi slick tyre like a r888 (and perhaps a better track???).
In comparison, our little roadster ran consistent 13.2s with a 2.0xx 60ft at 105mph. It's even gone down to 12.7s with a 1.89 60ft at 107mph.
Your terminal speed suggests that you are not lacking power but if the 60ft was under 2s then you'll be on the 12s for sure. I think with the same 60ft as mine it'll do about 12.5s due to the extra power.
Great to see you still pushing and having fun with the car Lee.
Quote from: "4dvti"Hey Lee.
That's a great time when I look at the slip. I reckon you'll be well into the 12s once you make the transfer over to a semi slick tyre like a r888 (and perhaps a better track???).
In comparison, our little roadster ran consistent 13.2s with a 2.0xx 60ft at 105mph. It's even gone down to 12.7s with a 1.89 60ft at 107mph.
Your terminal speed suggests that you are not lacking power but if the 60ft was under 2s then you'll be on the 12s for sure. I think with the same 60ft as mine it'll do about 12.5s due to the extra power.
Cheers,was desperately hoping to crack 12's but have a few issues to sort. My boost is not very stable and never went above 1.1 bar whereas it was hitting 1.2 bar the other night. Also my rev counter is very erratic after 5k rpm so struggling to time my shifts correctly.
My launch was quite tame as it kept drizzling yesterday plus it's always at the back of mind about breaking a CV joint on a really hard launch.
Still keep toying with starting again with a K20 but might give this the rest of the year first and see if proves reliable and up to drag racing.
Thanks for the reply.
It seems that everything was against you and the car on the day, but you still managed to pull off a great time on road tyres and against all the odds! I doubt mine would've got the 13.2 in similar conditions, probably a 13.5 at most based on experience. So great result!
the k20 is easier, cheaper to maintain and service but a 3sgte roadster must be brutal on road looking at the power figures... Having said that though, I reckon you'd be quite pleased with the setup from your tdi tuned ep3 in a roadster.
MOT time tomorrow. Handbrake is crap but always has been despite new cables and calipers. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
What happened Lee?
Quote from: "Lee H"MOT time tomorrow. Handbrake is crap but always has been despite new cables and calipers. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
I know its a bit of a trek, but Steve@d1 has sorted out lota of people's troublesome handbrakes after an mot fail.
Quote from: "1979scotte"What happened Lee?
Passed. Covered a massive 818 miles since the last one. Wouldn't go in the brake tester so got away with a road test.
Result!
And up for sale. Need to shift a car so whichever goes first I guess. Only on Facebook at the moment but will do an advert for here tomorrow.
Bah... You don't really want to sell it!
If i had the money i would have it but i dont.
Heres hoping it goes to someone who will cherish it.
Engine might be sold on another forum so it could be a breaker (obviously not on here).
Shame from my point of view but forged engines dont grow on trees.
Engine and gearbox sold, sad times. Removal commences today.
Very sad times... Your car was very nice - and very clean - but onwards and up. I hope you're enjoying the Porsche!
And five hours later.........
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Might have just ordered some K20 mounts s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
Good man s:) :) s:)
Hi Lee
I've PM'd you following on from your message over on BookFace.
I hope you have.
That's gutting. This was one of my favourite cars on here. s:( :( s:(
Quote from: "JoeCool"That's gutting. This was one of my favourite cars on here. s:( :( s:(
But has bought k20 mounts.
This is going to be epic!
Quote from: "1979scotte"Quote from: "JoeCool"That's gutting. This was one of my favourite cars on here. s:( :( s:(
But has bought k20 mounts.
This is going to be epic!
Agreed! Looking forward to more news...
Looks like this is off now, managed to cancel the mounts purchase. Worked out the costs and it doesn't really make sense to me so going viewing a 425bhp S2000 this weekend (car will cost about the same as this swap had I decided to turbo it down the line and similar power) with a view to selling my current S2000 to offset it.
I know I cannot break on here but surely I can sell any of the mods off it, just not panels etc?
Will still stay active on here and likely attend ding day.
I think your allowed to break one car as you have modified so much on your car it would take a lot to get back standard
Whats a chasis with no engine worth?
450 bhp S2000 sounds ok.
Not as exciting as a K20 MR2.
Quote from: "1979scotte"Whats a chasis with no engine worth?
450 bhp S2000 sounds ok.
Not as exciting as a K20 MR2.
Not much but still take a fortune to get it up and running unfortunately.
Probably more exciting given there is no weight over the rear and a shedload more power.
I really wanted to do the MR2 but prices are really prohibitive to doing anything really good, might as well start with a different car. To get this car and sell my S2000 is less than a stock K20 swap would cost.
Accountants eh! s:P :P s:P
And after 3.5 years (my second longest car ownership) it's gone.
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Sad times
s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
You will.be back
Don't worry about it Lee, when I get my built 2ZZ in it I'll do it proud!