My Roadster project

Started by Lee H, January 12, 2014, 22:33

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Lee H

#25
February 22, 2014, 15:51 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Wheels fitted last week.





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.



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.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#26
February 22, 2014, 16:31 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Does the brace replace the mat performance one, or as well as? Wheels look really nice!!

Lee H

#27
February 22, 2014, 16:37 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
As well as. Prefacelift has the same side braces but not the two bars going across linking them together.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#28
February 22, 2014, 16:42 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Oh ok! I assumed it replaced everything. Nice, extra bracing  s:) :) s:)

steve b

#29
February 23, 2014, 09:03 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.
2002 Face lifted 6 Speed UK 2ZZGE MR2 track car & 2.7T A6 Avant. CBR1000RR & CBR600F.

Lee H

#30
February 23, 2014, 09:29 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

steve b

#31
February 23, 2014, 17:42 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Touch wood my 2ZZGE has been faultless, if however if ever developed an issue I think I'd go K20.
2002 Face lifted 6 Speed UK 2ZZGE MR2 track car & 2.7T A6 Avant. CBR1000RR & CBR600F.

Lee H

#32
March 15, 2014, 14:42 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Engine out today. Knackered now, getting too old for this.











Had enough for today. Plan to have an easier day tomorrow and just clean the engine bay etc.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

parker455

#33
March 15, 2014, 14:48 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Nice one mate! You got the 3SGTE ready to drop?

Mike G

#34
March 15, 2014, 16:49 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Knackred !!!   Ha !!!    I know how you feel ,
I really like those graphite wheels against the black car mate
2004 Facelift in Crystal Silver (sub 30k)  with genuine bodykit,Precats out,Red Leather,Remus Dual Exhaust,Carbon Thresholds,vvti Badging on wings,TTE chrome fuel flap surround,Bridgestone Potenza REO40's ,Aerial override mode,RED Mohair roof, Bonnet and engine cover gas struts and a few other small internal tweaks :-)
And now... Mikes (my own) anti dash creak mod !

Lee H

#35
March 15, 2014, 20:37 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#36
March 16, 2014, 19:58 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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?

Lee H

#37
March 16, 2014, 20:32 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Lee H

#38
March 16, 2014, 21:34 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.



Cleaned the bay. Not that you can tell as Toyota decided to put so little paint in here.





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.



Need to get the outer cv's off the turbo shaft now as they need a little machining to fit the mk3 hubs.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Lee H

#39
March 20, 2014, 08:41 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Fuel pressure reg blank made up.

2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Lee H

#40
March 20, 2014, 20:20 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.



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?

2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Lee H

#41
March 22, 2014, 21:23 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.





2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#42
March 22, 2014, 21:30 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Been busy, nice work ! What power is this going to give?

Lee H

#43
March 22, 2014, 21:41 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Its a forged build but standard turbo and ecu for now with slightly increased boost. Probably about 280bhp.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#44
March 22, 2014, 21:46 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Wow that's going to be a real sweet spot for the mk3 I think  s:) :) s:)

Lee H

#45
March 24, 2014, 22:01 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest


Need to cut a touch more out.











Ground clearance is same as with 1ZZ and driveshaft angle is also similar. Happy days.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

Anonymous

#46
March 24, 2014, 22:34 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Great progress....very quick!

Lee H

#47
March 24, 2014, 22:36 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
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.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s

bluesmoke

#48
March 25, 2014, 17:50 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
Love the rad, how much was it?

Lee H

#49
March 25, 2014, 17:53 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Guest
£240 delivered I think, Mishimoto UK.
2000 black Roadster - hardtop, 16" Rota Grids with T1R\'s, TTE springs, TRD bodykit, JDL spoiler, 2.0 16v turbo swap with forged internals, Apexi AVCR, Apexi intake, ST205 chargecooler, JP custom exhaust, Accord Type R Recaro\'s
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