smudge

Nice to see it getting closer to completion mate. 

And the finished product.
Just a couple of small changes to be made to the engine itself now, like a new oil pump housing as it was previously damaged by the crank sensor mounting (no idea how, but very annoying) and also new front plate as the previous garage had got rid of the AC pump mounting points.
I can't think Chris @ Phoenix Engine Management enough for all the recent work. He's been amazing at restoring my faith in this build and has come up with some amazing solutions to get things moving again!

Certainly hope so!
The front is more aesthetics really. I still probably won't go wider than 9.5J with a 255 tyre, otherwise it'll just tramline everywhere. I saw the wings come up at a decent price and I always liked the looks of them, so took a punt.
Just means I'll have to go wider on the rear now 

While the car was at Rogue Motorsport they also made me a manifold/overpipe combo to try along with a new sports cat pipe with an extra resonator added. 
It's a work of art and seems a massive shame for it to be hidden away under the car! 







And a picture on the car showing the sports cat and resonator section too

A proper, hand made, custom engine loom with OEM Denso connectors! Not the shitty, cheap Chinese, off-the-shelf job that was originally given to me as a "custom" loom 
Getting close now...

We use the OEM AC1 block connector to repin this loom into, but the Motec does the magic in making it all work.
Factory ECU is long gone.

I realise now that I let Nev dictate what HE wanted to do rather than working to what I wanted...
 

I sense many bald tyres in your future!

The early 1UZ that I have, has the thick Rods and can take up to 600ish before the heads need work.
The later 1UZ and subsequent 2UZ and 3UZ have much thinner rods and can only do about 400 without needing internal work. 
We're aiming for about 450 with the M122 charger.

The early 1UZ that I have, has the thick Rods and can take up to 600ish before the heads need work.
The later 1UZ and subsequent 2UZ and 3UZ have much thinner rods and can only do about 400 without needing internal work. 
We're aiming for about 450 with the M122 charger.

I've just read 38 pages of this build. 90% of it with an erection. Poor left arm saw too much car porn 

Means we know EXACTLY what's been done. It's a long winded and expensive route to take, but well worth it in the long run.
Sick of the previous garage cutting corners. Going all out to make sure this works as we want it to now.

Right. Let's give this a bit of a revival
After sorting out a load of the mechanical issues, we got a wiring specialist in to sort out the loom. In theory, the M150 takes care of all the CANBUS system so you just need to repin the engine loom into the OEM connector in the engine bay. Everything should then run as normal.
Unfortunately, the engine loom that was supplied as a "custom made" job for my car was nothing more than a cheap, Chinese, off-the-shelf piece of crap. The connectors barely stay together, the pigtails would simply fall out and nothing was the right length. So the wiring specialist had a hard time working with this and also didn't have much knowledge of the engine itself. So every visit became a torrent of questions, wasting further time and not really making any progress.
So I called up a guy called Chris from Phoenix Performance who specifically deals with wiring for 1UZ engines. After a 30mins chat on a Thursday night, Chris travelled up from Bristol to Surrey on Saturday morning to form a plan with us at Carson Performance. Within minutes, he had chucked the "custom" loom in the bin and had started on his own from scratch! So exciting to see someone finally make some real progress and be able to give us some expert advice on what's best. At the end of the day, we had the following tasks completed:
- new coil on plugs installed with proper OEM Denso connectors, all wired up properly
- alternator all wired into the battery and properly earthed
- flywheel trigger installed and sensor wired in
- cam sensors wired in
With a new list of what else is required before his next visits on 8th and 9th November:
- purchase new OEM injector connectors from Toyota
- purchase knock sensor mounting bolts from Toyota 
- re-install AC compressor as we don't have the original Rotrex taking up that space in the engine bay
- install flanges in exhaust for O2 sensors (which connect straight to the Motec)
- purchase return fuel system with external fuel regulator and fit
- complete radiator and cooling system fitment
So with everything crossed, Chris can return on 8th/9th Novemebr and put a full 2 days into finishing off the custom loom, all repinned into the OEM block for the M150 to work it's magic and get everything running!
After EVERYTHING that's happened, I'm not holding my breath. But with Simon at Carson taking care of the mechanical stuff and Chris from Phoenix taking care of the electrical, it finally feels like we have a proper plan of action to get this thing back on the road. Watch this space!
Today, I also changed the pulley on the Eaton M122 supercharger to a slightly smaller one to make around 1bar of boost when it's running, and also did a test fit of some Todoroki front wings I recently purchased. These keep an OEM look to the car but give an extra 30mm over the standard wings! 

Glad to be on board!

We now have a Vice-Chairman. Jordan has put himself forward and we are very pleased to have him. Welcome, Jordan. Jordan has a great passion for all things automotive as you all know and has been helping me run the Facebook page for a good while now. 
It looks like we are going to have a get together at the Xmas party, to get things in place and look forward to moving things forward for next year.

Shifter springs are a great inexpensive mod to improve the driving feel 

Shifter springs are a great inexpensive mod to improve the driving feel 

How are we supposed to tell you what to do next?
Browse the forum and the build threads to see if anything takes your fancy. Look at the parts websites like Tarmac Sportz, Tuning Developments etc
It's impossible for us to recommend anything when we know nothing about you, how you use the car, how you intend to use it in the future, what your budget is, what your style is...etc

Well, that's me fucked 

Well, that's me fucked 

Well, that's me fucked 

Well, that's me fucked 

Well, that's me fucked 

Well, that's me fucked