Supercharged 2GR SW20 Project

[mknz]

Couple of challenges ahead; my project car was not set up with either ABS or power steering and I am thinking of including this in the build as I have all of the parts for both.
For the power steering set up, I just need to make up couple of templates to cut the holes out for the power steering pump and the fluid reservoir and I reckon it will be good to go.
Slow and steady should get this baby back on the road

ABS should be easy if you have all the bits. Just don't break the sensors (they're pricey).

To the Administrators, please let me know if you do not agree with anything that I have in the build thread or would like to see the set up a bit differently and we can chat as I do not want to get offside with you guys

It's all good.

For the heater pipes (it's a matter of when they'll crack, not if) you could cut the brackets off and use rubber insulated P brackets. Something that would hold it steady so it doesn't crack at the other joints. I guess you could do the operation at both ends and that would do the trick.

[lasersooby]

Couple of challenges ahead; my project car was not set up with either ABS or power steering and I am thinking of including this in the build as I have all of the parts for both.
For the power steering set up, I just need to make up couple of templates to cut the holes out for the power steering pump and the fluid reservoir and I reckon it will be good to go.
Slow and steady should get this baby back on the road

ABS should be easy if you have all the bits. Just don't break the sensors (they're pricey).

To the Administrators, please let me know if you do not agree with anything that I have in the build thread or would like to see the set up a bit differently and we can chat as I do not want to get offside with you guys

It's all good.

For the heater pipes (it's a matter of when they'll crack, not if) you could cut the brackets off and use rubber insulated P brackets. Something that would hold it steady so it doesn't crack at the other joints. I guess you could do the operation at both ends and that would do the trick.

Thanks Michael.
I have the complete ABS system setup that is in my donor car and a number of pumps etc. that I managed to secure from UK. I did check the price of the sensors as at one stage I was thinking of changing them but hell, you are not kidding when you say that they are expensive. I'll see how I get on when I start this process.

Makes sense on the mods to the coolant pipes, will work on that to see what I can get. Better get it right before the install, just in case a failure occurs

Thanks again

[GDII]

Make sure you check the heater pipe brackets for cracking. The ones near the back of the fuel tank tend to crack and leak at the join. Amazing work putting this all back together.

Hi Phil, thanks for the heads up mate, really appreciate this as I had totally forgotten about this (actually did not know about this ) and yeah thanks again mate.

I'll be referring to your thread for the wiring and pump upgrade for the fuel tank, you have done an awesome job there as well mate. Hopefully we can catch up again soon.

To the Administrators, please let me know if you do not agree with anything that I have in the build thread or would like to see the set up a bit differently and we can chat as I do not want to get offside with you guys

They break far too often and so many cars either have no heater or bypassed it with hoses. I haven't got any info in my thread for this fix but my solution with limited tools was cutting it out and joining with a hose. Still fine 10 years on.

I don't believe I have any info on pump upgrades on mine but Jasonfriday13 had something at some point. It might not be there anymore. However if you do do that I can run you through it if you want to upgrade the wiring for a big pump. But you can run a 255lph pump on stock wiring anyway. O know very little about the 2GR but I assume you'll be buying/having bought a plug and play wiring harness for the engine to this car already so you won't need to worry.

[lasersooby]

Thanks for the correction Phil, I thought the write up on the pump upgrade was in your thread, my bad. I know I had read that somewhere and will check out on Jasonfriday13 thread. I will reference the thread when I get onto it.

Your fix on the pipes makes sense without removing the pipes, good work mate considering it is still holding

[lasersooby]

Really important stuff before I misplace the 2 tags, the VIN and the VI plates installed as we had removed them for painting. Used 3mm pop rivets, hole size in the body is around 3.3mm

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[ClanFever]

Got to see the paint job in the flesh over the weekend, holy heck, me and my mate were just blown away, it looks out standing! Cannot wait to see the finish product

[lasersooby]

Thanks Olaf, hoping go to catch up over the weekend. Likewise over the moon on the paint job, hopefully once it is on the road and has had the final micro-polish, it will look awesome. Thinking about getting the premium ceramic paint protection afterwards as well.

Good to see that the radiator has been put to good use straight away

Might see you guys at the park up, enjoy the meet

[lasersooby]

Got back to working on the car again today and managed to get a few things sorted.

Here is the slightly rusty Instrument Reinforcement Bar (lost the image of the bar before I started work on it)

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Used a CRC product which converts the rust and coats the bar black

Removed clips off the Upper Radiator Support Bar before painting it with another CRC product (not sponsored by them, it is just that Supercheap Autos had a good deal going on them over Xmas/New Year)

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Ready to install the Upper Radiator Support Bar

Looks good, had to sort out the slight twist in the bar but went in without hassles

Swapped my old Door Check Assembly with good used ones supplied by Car Parts Canterbury. Found them really good to deal with

Another CRC product used to lubricate the Check Assemblies and refresh the plastic and rubber components before installing them. I used this same product to refresh the Frunk Hood Weatherstrip (see earlier postings)

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Body ready to accept Door Check Assembly

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Right and Left Hand Door Check Assemblies sorted. I can now open the doors without worrying about damaging the paint and body work

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Painted the Instrument Reinforcing Bar is another CRC product (honest, no sponsorship from CRC)

Without Reinforcing Bar

LH Reinforcing Bar Mounting Bracket in place

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Reinforcing Bar bolted in place

[lasersooby]

Managed to get into doing a bit of work. Most of the stuff was around tidying up the wiring in the front and also getting the cabin wiring sorted. Had to remove the instrument reinforcement bar off to get the wiring to sit in its proper place and it turned out really good.

Bit of wiring for the front bumper tidy up

Power Steering ECU and Solenoid

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Cabin Wiring

Centre Console Mounts

Main Battery wiring

Had to remove the Instrument reinforcement bar to install the wiring as the wiring goes around the back of the bracket for the bar on the left

Instrument Reinforcement Bar back in place

[thegreatestben]

Thanks for sharing, amazing dedication!

[lasersooby]

Thanks Ben, been a long journey this project and the encouragement from a number of people from within and outside of the club has been one of the drivers to keep going. Despite the whinging from the missus about the amount of money that I have spent on this project, the support from her has been incredible otherwise we could have ended up in a divorce

[AllanB]

working on that lovely clean shell looks like heaven to me.
Love to buy you a cold beer one day.

[lasersooby]

Thanks Allan, good to work in that space but it is also like walking on egg shells, worried like crazy that I might scratch something.
One day when it is up and running, we will catch up for can of Classic Coke

[lasersooby]

Been a bit busy with other stuff and have managed to do only a few bits and pieces. Have got the wiring sorted a bit more and need to finish off a few more things get everything in place. Have been working on the Blower Assembly as well and it is just about finished, will load these pictures as well, especially the mod to install a pollen filter in the system as the original did not come with this option.

Passenger side fuse box with broken tabs, had to open this up and install using clips

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Bit more of the wiring sorted in the cabin

Disassembled the Blower Assembly as it looked very dirty and I wanted to also upgrade this with a pollen filter which it never came with. Inspiration for this was from here: https://www.mr2oc.com/threads/simple-2g ... up.665730/
I will update pictures of the reassembly in a couple of days:

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[lasersooby]

A little bit more on the blower assembly.

Cleaned up the inner plate and painted it, not too worried about the shoddy spraying effort

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Two hours of patient cleaning of the blower fan

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Cleaned up the air diverters using the wire brush then painted it as well.

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Bought a Raven Foam Tape from Mitre10 to provide the sealing face on the air diverters and they look and seal pretty good

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Used some silicon paste over the working/moving parts of the mechanism and screwed them in place

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Mesh for the air intake opening of the blower assembly to help with the pollen filter install

I am modifying the Pollen filter that is used in the Highlander, Lexus, Hiace, Hilux etc. for my application, will submit another set once it is completed and in place. I have test fitted the blower assembly in the car and it looks really good.

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