GT4EC - The GT-Four Enthusiasts Club
General Category => New to GT4EC? => Topic started by: mark3 on February 13, 2010, 12:18:14 pm
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Hi everyone, Im Mark from Rainham Essex and i just got me a gen 2 GT4 (i think thats the right term? lol) its got a few isssus but nothing i cant sort out. lookin forward to getting up to scratch mechanicly for the summer, body wise its a very tidy looking car
anyway hello every one :)
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wttc buddy, enjoy your stay. Also, post up some pics of your car if you've got any :)
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hi mark welcome to the club :)
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Helo guys, heres some pics as requested!
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/070220105331.jpg)
You can also see in this pic my Surpra turbo, Range rover V8, Omega V6 and Rover cabby (honda powered of course, lol)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/070220105332.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/110220105347.jpg)
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Hi mate WTTC, tidy looking 185 youve got there :)
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thank you veryy much, its got a few issues that shouldn't be to trouble some to cure, just need time and some decent weather, i gone precisely zero miles in it since i got it on sunday, lol
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welcome mate..
nice 185.!!! 8)
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Hi Mark, welcome to the club. A nice selection of motors to cater for any eventuality, lol.
Some nice little touches on the 4, clear front and side repeaters. What issues are you having with it? Anything we can help with?
Cheers
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Hi and welcome :)
.. and i thought we had a lot of cars ;)
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hi mark and welcome to the club nice looking original car you have there, good to see someone else from my neck of the woods.
like chris said what probs do you have? there are plenty of brains to pick on here just not mine!
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there are plenty of brains to pick on here just not mine!
Thankfully ;)
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Mark... are you rich?
Do you need a driver?
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Black widebody 185's look stunning in the flesh. Lovely car.
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Hello again all, sorry its been so long, i been major busy and the upshot of this is the GT4 has had huge amounts of work and modifications done!
first off the ex manifold was buggered, warped big time so i replaced it with a stainles tubular manifold, next a front mount intercooler was needed, i got a Sierra Cosworth i/c fitted neatly to the front but no space for induction pipes so the defective air con was removed and the old cooling fan also removed and then 2x 12" "pusher" fans fitted to the front of the rad, this gave me space for induction pipes to fmic...
new front roll bar drop links fitted, stainless steel down pipe bracked fitted as it was missing, then a good bargain, brand new stainless 3" "Japspeed" exhaust for only £150, but the front wishbone brace had to be lowered for the pipe to fit through the space, the rear subframe was also dropped to fit the rear section as well... then got it running and found water pump leaking, so stripped the front of the engine to find a hell of a mess, cam shatf oil seals leaking and had been for years, area was exstensively cleaned and rebuilt with new seals, new cam belt and new water pump.. the engine mount bracket had a bolt missing the other 2 loose.. also fitted new thermostat too and repalced as many hoses as i could.
Next was fuel cut defender made and fitted in only 30 mins (if only Supras was this easy, lol) next boost controller set to 15psi but clutch slipping in 4th so back down to 12 to 13 psi.. for clutch preservation, new grooved and cross drilled front brake discs and mintex pads, then new suspension, i got Apexi adjustables shocks with Apexi lowering springs that drop it by about 35mm... then i noticed the tracking was miles out, so today had 4 wheel alignement done and i was glad to hear the only problem was the tracking mainly at o/s/f
Induction pipes have been lagged and i also have a straight inlet to turbo as the battery has been relocated to the boot
it now drives great and goes like hell...and im so happy with it, the suspension costing in total a little over £200!
loads of pics not in any particular order
had a bad exhaust blow, i wonder where from? lol
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/08042010600.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/08042010601.jpg)
the old turbo and manifold was hanging off
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/08042010593.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/21042010108.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010017.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010021.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010028.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010036.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010045.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/25042010047.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/01052010084.jpg)
new fans leave space for induction pipes
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010113.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010118.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010123.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010119.jpg)
battery box fitted, it was held in lace by bungee ropes!!!!!
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010133.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Induction%20pipes/05052010132.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/17052010208.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/17052010210.jpg)
fuel cut defender
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/14052010192.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/13042010648.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/13042010041.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/26052010309.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/26052010313.jpg)
the finished item
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/27052010322.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/27052010325.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/18052010219.jpg)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad272/mobilemechanic_org/Celica%20GT4/Engine%20work/18052010221.jpg)
got some white dials with blue illumination led's to fit and tidy up the area where the stereo should be but thats basicly it! £1150 for the car £1500 worth of parts and god knows what the man hours are but its a dam tidy car now and im happy
and by the way, Yes the plastic cable ties have been replaced with stainless steel straps now!
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You HAVE been busy :o Well worth the effort mate, looking good ;)
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Very nice car mate keep up the hard work. 8)
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Nice choice in Four, and the fastest colour as well 8)
Welcome to the club
Matt
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Thanx guys, and all the hard work is sort of what i like as well as the performance results too...
i decided to up the boost again today to about 14/15psi and come to the conclusion the clutch IS ok as long as the engine is up to full operating temp, no slipping at all, thankfully lol
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i remember these days well.. i lasted 8 k :'(
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i remember these days well.. i lasted 8 k :'(
yes but your an effin animal lol
and nice work on the car dude :)
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Clutch has now decided after a few launches of dropping the clutch at 5k rpm to start to give up so its engine and box out, new clutch, maybe a OSgiken twin plate, and head gasket change. i got a Cometic metal head gasket and ARP stud/nut to fit, + the head will be completely rebuilt, il re shell the big ends when its out, well why not?
So sometime after Jae il get busy and then i can up the boost to 18 psi, maybe even 20 but will have to see how the fuel system copes
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18 psi.. if only i could. :-[
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Got an oil filter and cooler relocation kit coming too now! looks like Oct will be a busy minth for me, loll