Javal's Mechanical Spirit Guide / 18RG XT130 Hate Machine

[Javal]

Also I finally bought some MZ10 wheels, they should be here in the next week or so.

[slide86]

Is that a cop car fuse box?????

[Javal]

Nah man, made that one from scratch. Used these.




9 relays, 11 fuses, easily over 50m of wire

[Javal]

Okay. I've just about finished all the wiring. There's only the in-cabin wiring that has to be trimmed to length and soldered to the ECU plug when my new ECU turns up as well as a few little tidbits that need components installed so I can trim the wires and fit terminals for a neat fit.

Drivers side of the engine bay -




Passenger side of the engine bay -



Drivers side guard -



Passenger side guard -



All of the wiring in the engine bay is going to be wrapped in cloth tape, for that 'hand made with love' look, as opposed to the 'hey mum, lerk wut I maked' look of electrical tape.

Also in preparation for re-installation of my dashboard I finally finished installing my powdercoated pedalbox which nobody will ever see. I had some teething issues as the powdercoating reduced the sizes of the holes which the pivot pins for the pedals go through. This resulted in me getting the pivot pin for the brake master very truly fucking stuck and me saying 'fuck this noise, i'll fix it later'. Later is now, it's fixed. Looks good.



My MZ10 wheels should rock up next week, this means I can FINALLY mount my Hilux calipers and really get stuck into the brakes! Great job!

[Javal]

Oh hey.

Bought these -



They don't fit by a fucking bees dick. I will be having 2.5mm shaved off the ribs of my calipers to clear. Please note I am aware that nobody should EVER go to this much effort to fit Z10 wheels on their car. The wheels are going off for sandblast and paint next week.

Anywizzles, let us continue...



Airbox test fit (fits very well), harness cloth tape wrapped



A better snap of the harness. It's a few battery terminals and ground points short of finished.



Evaporator, fan, dash harness in.


Oh, also. The slow boat from Japan brought me a special delivery.

18RG enthusiasts, I present to you - rocking horse shit. A brand new ECU for 18R-GEU. Suits RX80 (Cressida?), pinouts are exactly the same as the ECU i had. Winner winner chicken dinner.



Still had tape over the connector and wax on the screwheads. I am unreasonably happy with this purchase.


Giddiness aside, the list of things I have to do before the dash and engine go in is well and truly shortening. I'm yet to order a brake master or carpet (as I just spent $500 on gearbox parts, toyota genuine synchros are priced like you'd imagine) but they're the next. I cannot wait to drop the engine in.

[AJPS]

im feeling kinda sick after this last page

[slide86]

I have never seen someone so excited about an ECU.

This build is quite epic really tho.......

[Konakid]

Dont spend money on those wheels, please.

[Javal]

Pure wallet destruction.



Awww yeeeee.



I ran out of time today but i'll finish knocking it together monday.

[Javal]

All wired up but nothing to run.