Ma70

[TWM Performance]

In love with those Veilsides

Renato

[Tarmac180sx]

Yuppp this is coooool keep it up brother

[ChanceTheNapper]

car is sick dude. i feel like i've seen it before though, you don't happen to be on driftworks do you?

[FunfGang]

Looking very good! That respray made a world of difference.

[DeltaAlpha9]

I'm so happy this was bumped with an update. I loved the car in the olive drab colour but that grey suits the car nicely.

[SLAMbert]

I love your thread. And I also love your car.

Keep up the great work, it's awesome how much work you've put into this car and how much you use it.

Cheer dude. Much appreciated, just wish i can use it more nowadays.

[MommysLittleMonster]

I love your thread. And I also love your car.

Keep up the great work, it's awesome how much work you've put into this car and how much you use it.

[SLAMbert]

pretty cool,

man i didn't see one modified car in Norfolk when i was there in August, you must be pretty handy to keep it legal.

Theres a fair few modified cars about, but the scene is dead. If you're looking for a show/gathering worth going to then you have to leave Norfolk.

Norfolk as in East Anglia, UK? I live near Norwich. Never seen this before

Yep east anglia. I live in the center of Norwich, had the car for over 5 years, been daily driven for 3 but now the council have made it difficult for me to park it so its kept at my unit instead.

I dont go out to local meets as tbh i was part of it when i was younger but its changed a lot, so i opted out.

[Concon666]

Norfolk as in East Anglia, UK? I live near Norwich. Never seen this before

[Blumagic]

pretty cool,

man i didn't see one modified car in Norfolk when i was there in August, you must be pretty handy to keep it legal.

[SLAMbert]

Sounds awesome mate, it was a straight through system but i had to add a small baffle just to keep it sociable.

[nsogiba]

Like a boss. Love this thing. How's it sound with the new straight pipes?

[SLAMbert]

Been a few weeks since i played with this, but after the last drift day the starter motor was shot. So i changed it over for a used one that i bought, everything went well, she started up well so i got her out of the unit and gave her a clean.

My mate then took it for MOT where it flew through with a couple of advisories.

While it was parked up at my unit i got a sudden prang of guilt from not driving it as much as i should so decided to take it on a run for the weekend.

All was great, i fell in love with driving it again but then i went to start it and got the dreaded 'click' again!! I was fuming, so after a couple of minutes of smacking the starter it eventually started. Cut my weekend driving short as i didn't want to get caught out again so i took it back to the unit.

Before i did though i got some new pictures.



Some poor sod getting a ticket in the background.







So now im back to square one, to save face im gonna stump up and buy a new starter just so i never have to hit it again.

[SLAMbert]

So, the springs turned up for the fronts the other week...and they were sent straight back. I decided to go a little stiffer on the fronts and traded them for 800lb springs.



Yes. yes i cleaned the coilover and greased the threads etc etc.

I then just basically had a lot of faffing around organizing tyres and stuff before Norfolk arena on the 21st. It was only until the last minute that my wheel spacer nut decided to round off while attached to the car, which resulted in quite a bit of smashing and swearing.

Anyway, i ramble. We went to Norfolk and as always had a awesome time.




I seemed to make it my mission that day to hit every bollard in sight. I apologize to anyone that encountered them afterwards.

The stiffer springs felt fantastic, the rears could have done with being a little stiffer but they were so much better than before. The fronts felt awesome straight off, very minimal body roll compared with before.

Now im booked into the Norwolk weekender with a good group of mates, the only problem is its in 2 weeks, which gives me one weekend to fix the car. Mainly the starter motor, its dead and unfortunately the replacement i got is for a Soarer which has a different plug for the solenoid.

[SLAMbert]

After the last update a few mates and I went to Norfolk arena. What a day, great weather, great people and awesome times.



While drifting though i noticed a few problems with the car, the body rolled something chronic and the clutch was starting to slip. So started to do some research into spring rates for new springs to replace the ones that seem to be made of cheese on the coilovers i have.

So i had a chat with Neil A Walker (cheers mate) and he recommended i used 10kg/mm for the rears and 12kg/mm on the fronts. So i ordered the rear springs from Faulkner and changed them over.




Cleaned the coilovers up, copper slipped the threads and re installed them. Still waiting for the fronts to turn up.

Then i thought id install the Walbro 255 id had laying around for a little while. Its a job i was meant to do while doing the engine swap but id never got around to it.

Unfortunatly on the Supra Toyota thought it would be a awesome idea to put the access panel to the fuel pump UNDER the floor. So to get to it you have to remove the entire tank. Fantastic job on a +20 year old UK car. Straps were rotten, Hinges were seized as were the bolts.

I had to remove the straps by unbolting the whole assembly from the body of the car rather than the hinge and connecting bolt.

But it came out, Right after showering me with half of Norfolk arena and +20 years worth of crap in the eyes.



Out came the stock pump.



And in went the Walbro.



After that i painted the tank.



Refurbished the straps and unseized the hinges.



Then put it all back together.



Job done for the day. Next week i got to fit the front springs and see if it makes the slightest bit of difference. if not ill be purchasing HSD's.