white_sandshoe

Dude... Adelaide drivers are friggin champions in comparison to Perth faaarktards on the roads. (i can't realistically call what they do driving... more a fortuitous, disorganised flailing of hands and pedals that, through some great chance and mystery to myself, manages NOT to kill them and everyone around them...) And the roads up in the hills... mmmm. wish we had some of that here in the west.

good power with instant torque delivery? heeeey... that sounds a bit like an electric motor :fuzz: Steam is dead. Volts for the WIN!

I'd come, but I can't be assed. lol. Have fun gents. Actually, it's my last day off for some time, so I'll have to be responsible and say home with the missus. Oh, and it's my wedding anniversary! Ahhh, I KNEW there was a reason I couldn't come. :dance:

Well, I came here tonight to hear the groud go...

Hey Gspec, you wrecked any T18s with chrome bumpers lately??? :lolcry: There's need for two sets to be sent to Perth soon. There's quite a few T18s popping up in Perth these days... Glad another one found it's way into the fold. Oh, and MOPAR ftw.

The T engines and the A engines both fit onto the same crossmember... T18 crossmember for non-rack K-sev and AE86/TE71 crossmember for rack K-sev. Obviously engine mounts used will need to be suitable for the engine used... just a quick chapter out of *E7* chassis mod basics 101...

5K is simplest to do, and pretty decent if you're after a quick, cheap daily. 2T/3T is quite easy also with a T18/AE71 crossmember. just depends how much you want to spend... With the obvious intention to put money into the RX7, I'd recommend just grabbing another 4K for cheap and get stuck into the rotary. Then when you write off the body, slap the rotor in the K-Sev

why ditch the turbo idea??? draw thru turbo is such a simple setup on these engines... SU side draught with a carbon sealed turbo, then crossover pipe with a bolt on adapter to the factory inlet mani. re-curve the dizzy, and I'd personally go for a huge radiator... 3TGTE can be hard to find, but well worth it if one comes up for around the $1000 mark complete and running. (I know where to get it if you want it...) Oh! You're in Perth!!! you'd better come for a visit and check out the T18 laboratory... I've got a couple of somethings you might be interested in.

This man speaks the truth... I highly doubt you'll find any other name for them without contacting a designer at toyota directly. :hmm:

I'm glad to hear someone is seeing 300hp on stock pistons... means my hopes of not needing to open the engine may well prove fruitful. We're currently getting cams ground to hopefully suit a TDO6-G18, 440cc injectors and piggyback ECU along with 3" exhaust. Aiming to see 250+ atw, and with some proper semi-slicks, aiming for low 13s (but perfect launch and faultless run should see 12s). Will see come next season!

Right here... The answers you seek... or here... D'OH! That'll give you an idea of where to start looking.

Are those rims going to be deep enough? offset looks pretty high.

Oh! but uncle shadey, we all love your rants. :blush: I love that a diesel won Le Mans... if that isn't a sign of their un-realised potential, I really don't know what is.

I've got that grill too... from what I've read, it's a series 2 grill... the series 2 had the more agressive front, with the dip on the leading edge of the bonnet, not straight across like yours is. Just from what I've read though... someone correct me if I'm wrong.

The commercialisation of cellulosic biomass ethanol is where it's at... They're able to produce ethanol from sewage for goodness sake, albiet at a non-commercial level, due to lack of foresight from industry and government alike. The fun part with the whole 'arable land' debate is that it isn't a foodcrop (and doesn't need to be, contrary to what people will tell you), and thus can be grown in soil conditions that don't meet foodcrop standards. Most current methods aim at using currently harvested foodcrops such as corn and barley. Mainly because that's what they are used to using to brew... Unfortunately that's the approach the petrol-excise-funded government would have us know about as it makes Ethanol appear to be completely unreasonable in the world economy. Cellulosic Biomass and enzyme research, along with high yield yeasts have been brewing Ethanol from sewage, recycled woodchips and cardboard, pulp left over from grain harvests and household food waste for about the last 5 years. It's at the point where commercialisation is a hugely viable option, provided the government picks up the ball and runs with it. That's the problem with having recycling plants, sewage plants and the like run by government, as they are a prime sources of Cellulosic Biomass at present. Another shot in the foot of the 'arable land' argument is that the stalks left over from pretty much every grain production in the world, but more specifically corn, barley, wheat and sugar cane can potentially be the best source of Cellulosic Biomass for this type of Ethanol production. The government has a scheme that supports the development of Ethanol industry, however they have directly limited grants to those using foodcrops, and haven't opened the door to the most highly sustainable method of using cellulosic biomass, even ones produced from foodcrop waste such as stalks. The government has directly blocked the industrialisation and commercialisation of the single most economical and beneficial method of producing ethanol. Good one... My uncle races sprint cars, so it's definately not Methanol... that sh*t is nasty. Ethanol it is all the way. My other uncle uses it in his hyabusa powered midget sprint car too. We used to joke about chucking it with some OJ when the races aren't going too well and just getting sh*t faced. Other thing I love to point out is E85... it's a 85% Ethanol 15% petrol mix... This is not good, as to get Ethanol and Petrol to mix, you've got to distil the Ethanol to 100% strength. Distilling to 97% can be done by anyone, anywhere... It's easy... but getting that last 2% takes up to 4 times the energy, and highly specialised equipment and processes... To get a car to run on Ethanol, you need at least 87% (from memory...) so distilling to 90% would make for quicker and more efficient distilling times. It also means that you've got 10% water... Guess what that does? Makes for an additional bump in compression due to the non-compressive nature of water (not by much, as it's a miniscule amount when taken into account. read; won't harm engine) but it also ads a huge intercooling benefit. Ever seen water injection on a performance engine??? imagine having that straight out of the pump? Also... fuel cells... nice silicon lined fuel cell with adequate sealing... goes some way to eliminating the water absorbing issue, and eliminates the rusting issue. There are readily available solutions to any supposed problem with Ethanol production, supply and use. Just have to look around a bit. Anyways, it's true that Ethanol isn't the be-all and end-all. I still have a soft spot for electric cars, and personally waiting to see the next developments in power storage and battery production... Waiting for lightweight, FGRP or CFRP spaceframes to become mainstream in the automotive industry. That'd be fun...

Haha, funny Ken... I'm actually looking at my options to build a Ethanol slurping 1UZ with an Eaton supercharger... why skim heads or fit aftermarket pistons to raise compression when adding boost is soooo much easier? hehe. Emissions tests measure a wide range of different gasses... While it would still read similar amounts of CO2, you'd find massively less CO (carbon monoxide) and other harmful gasses, particularly the sulfurous ones. http://www.energy.gov/media/BiofuelsMythVFact.pdf It's an American Government study, but has some interesting figures... The waste produced Ethanol I mentioned is referred to as Cellulosic Biomass Ethanol... including greenhouse gasses produced during manufacture, as well as exhaust gasses produced from using it, it's still a 86% reduction in greenhouse gasses over standard petrol. Now there's two ways we can look at it... Either use that 86% as a buffer for more performance work (I know some guys who would LOVE to legally use side draught webers on a 4AGE and not fail emissions tests) or, take it on board as a government regulated reduction in emissions standards across the board. Imagine if the Australian Government turned around and said "over the next 10 years, we will be reducing the allowable exhaust emissions for standard, daily driven cars, to 65% of it's current level." (I have to leave a precident for performance cars and classics to still be legal. Otherwise i'd have to get rid of half of my own!) Suddenly, manufacturers will have to equip cars with ethanol capability and tuning from the factory, all petrol stations will have to supply ethanol based fuels to keep up with demand, and industry will need to be established at a high rate to set up infrastructure to handle production and delivery of such quantities. The chemical engineers can easily transfer to this new and exciting field, the rig, line and distilate workers can re-skill and continue in the fuel supply industry, construction workers around the country will have a multitude of work on production facilities and the general infrastructure for companies taking advantage of the government induced opportunity. Even the truckies who currently deliver petrol will be employed to deliver higher quantaties of ethanol, as demand increases. The way I see it, the only people that would be losing out would be petrolium company executives... What a way to boost the economy again? Wow, Imagine the government making such a positive step to secure Australias future! And that's not even mentioning the export market... I'd love to walk into a dealership and test drive a performance toyota (FT-86 if it ever gets released) running 16:1 compression, making 200hp from a NA 1.5L... (3SZ-VE for those not aware that toyota may ditch the boxer engine. I guess they'll need to do a revised, ethanol version... 4SZ? or even better... 4SGE.) mmm. the way of the future could be incredibly sweet.

I'm really curious to put a built engine next to a stock engine and see what the difference is in power figures. They've been using ethanol in racing forever. My uncles old sprint car made 350 all day every day from a chev half-a-V8... the little pushrod 4 cyls the class dictates they run. horrid dinosaur engine, and he's making 350rwhp. Imagine a Silvertop that's been set up properly to run E85... I'd hazard a guess at a reliable 200hp with a basic conversion. (more compression, matched injectors and silicon seals...) Either way, I agree with philbey... I'm scared to see some choice old cars, not just rollas, going to the crushers. After seeing my mate's mother sell his XY GT, with matching numbers, for $200 while he was travelling... There are heaps of people that just don't know what older cars are worth, and will happily scrap their rare or collectable gem for $2000.

The down side of this scheme for me, is seeing the government throw away $400,000,000 of our tax dollars that could have been better spent elsewhere. Imagine what $400,000,000 would do for Ethanol conversions on those same clunkers? Emissions reduction is the aim right? Surely the reduction in CO from converting cars over to Ethanol would be far superior to getting people into newer cars that still produce CO, not only from their manufacture, but also because they are STILL using fossil fuels? It's just a sideways step by the government, in a very clever 'we ARE moving on the climate change issue... sure, not forwards, but at least we're moving...' sort of way that most people won't recognise and, I don't doubt, will get them the votes they're after. How about taking a few forwards steps instead? Perhaps offer a rebate for ethanol conversion to vehicles, along with support, or even some healthy pressure, to service stations to convert a portion of their bowsers to pumping E85 or the like. (there are better mixes of Ethanol based fuels than E85 that are cheaper and easier to produce.) Essentially for Ethanol conversion, (for anyone who hasn't looked into it.) it is essentially changing over rubber lines and seals in the fuel system to items that the Ethanol won't degrade... To get the most of running Ethanol, you can include a head skim to bump compression up, and really make the most of the burn properties. Estimates come in around the $1000 mark for a decent, workshop performed Ethanol conversion. And if it's a rebate, not a hand out, then that can possibly quadruple the number of cars who's emissions will be reduced. That goes from 200,000 to possibly 800,000 cars who will be performing better, with less harmful emissions. Perhaps even if they only aim at 400,000 cars, then put the other half of the money into industrialising Enzyme research from the past 5 years. Laboratories have been producing Ethanol for Biofuel use from human and animal waste for some time, using high yield yeasts and metabolic enzymes that work hand in hand to break down and ferment starches in everything from bodily waste to recycled cardboard, paper products and the like. How fantastic would it be for Sewage management facilities, which are currently being run on rates and taxes, to be converted to Ethanol production facilities, and run on their own profits? Same applys for Rubbish dumps! Reduced landfill, better sewage management and cheaper, cleaner fuels... all in one sweet package. Damn, I should go into politics. If Gillard can get voted in on her cash for clunkers 'green' vote, I'll be President of the United States of Australia in no time!

IS300 with a JZA80 2JZGTE in it! woot!

wheels you need will be 4x110 which is the same as mazda. Cortina won't work, as they are 4x108. What's happening to the other shell once you've pulled the bits you want???

Yeah, the GST was supposed to get rid of all those "hidden" taxes... yeah, right. They are hidden so damn well, no-one knew about them, so of course they weren't going to 'fess up to the nation and reveal the $15 billion in revenue that they could happily continue milking... wanna know how much a pack of cigarettes would cost without all the exises and hidden taxes??? $2.50... retail... for a pack of 30s... ( I don't smoke, but that's about 12-14 bucks they are pocketing off every single packet of smokes. They'll never come out and ban smoking while it's turning them those sort of profits.) Either way, tax time is fantastic for all those guys who can't really save, and otherwise wouldn't be able to spend a few hundreds in one go on things like engine builds... My brother used to not claim his tax free threshold from his employer (little box you DON'T tick when filling in the tax form when starting with a new company) and come tax time, he'd be getting about $13,000 back, because of the wage he was earning, by not claiming that tax free portion, they'd tax him at a MUCH higher rate, and would rightly have to give him more back. Anyways, back on topic... this year, my tax return is going to be a big fat $0...

And then when you absolutely f##k out the 2SC, grab a ST165 and swap across the 3SGTE :)

I didn't catch this thread until today, otherwise i'd have commented on how different the guards are... I'm interested to see the end result. Diff should fit with your two piece tailshaft... The one piece likely won't go into your manual box, though that's assuming it's a 22 spline AE71 box. Did you get that T18 one out of the quokka??? I might want to pillage some parts off ya. might be able to work something out for a quad light setup ;) I'll PM ya...

I agree. I am regretting selling my twin sidedraughts now. lol. From what I've heard, guys are saying it comes down to how long you can keep on the throttle before the corner, and how soon you can get on the throttle coming out... I translate that to late braking, smooth and effective cornering and rapid acceleration, so the turbo does come up trumps for that. My thought is a smaller turbo that will boost earlier may be a better bet. I've got a friend who runs a T25 off a Nissan Exa on a RB30, and having driven the car, it doesn't so much as 'come on boost' as it does just feel like a huge capacity engine. lag ends at 1500rpm, so you never see it. feels more like a supercharger! I don't necessarily have to go turbo straight away, as I can run the 2TGEU as it is and hang the hair dryer later. I'm just looking at Wanneroo raceway, which is a high speed circuit. I've spoken to a few of the guys who race there and they have said that realistically, to run fast times, you shouldn't drop below 100km... Looking at the layout, I get the impression that'd be pretty accurate. I don't in any way expect to set course records, but I think cruising around the track without really pushing myself is only doing myself a disservice. My concern is wringing the neck of the 1600 NA to see the top end. I'm thinking along the lines of running a slightly shorter diff ratio, something like a 3.7 and using the boost from lower in the rev range to steer shy of redline. I figure i'd have about the same speed and 'quickness' without over-stressing anything too much. (I'm not going to run 28psi... that is crazy! only looking at 10-12psi. just a bit to make it more akin to a 2L NA...) Cheers for your comments on brakes too! It seems the RA65 vented slotted rotors with good pads will do the job. I do like to chuck all my weight on the brake pedal in an effort to stop, rather than touch them and have them lock... comes from driving old holdens... lol.

I scored a second hand set of Potensa RE55s that look like they'll last a few sessions. might be lucky to get three track days out of them before they are bin-worthy. I've been having some good experiences with Sumotomos of late, and can get them for $145 each... They seem to be holding up well at the drags and on my daily, and I've been reading up on training myself to be kind on tires... Hoping to get at least 6-8 months out of a set once on the track properly. I'm going to price up some yokohamas I think... I've never heard a bad thing from the few guys I know that are using them. For power, I was seriously considering dropping in a 7MGTE (that's what happens when i have stuff like that laying around in the shed and nowhere to put them...) but with the thought of underpowered being better for learning with, I'm thinking more along the lines of a 2TGTE, as I've got everything needed to build a darn near bulletproof one. I'm guessing the 2TG will make for a more balanced car (obviously :P) and will still be plenty powerful enough. I've heard recently about a guy running a turbo mazda 4 banger without a wastegate... The theory was that given the class he races in, they run a restrictor plate in the inlet to 'level the playing field' so the turbo would freeboost, but the restrictor would limit the boost at 28ish psi at 6500rpm before actually reducing boost down to 18psi by 8,000rpm as it just couldn't draw anymore air through the restrictor. I've been thinking about this setup... any thoughts from the more knowledgeable???