Aido's KE70(s)

[AidoKsev]

Most people just came back from two weeks off, but not all of us... Some of us worked long hours and most of our 'holidays' on our projects in the shed... Unless you work retail, then you probably didn't get much time off

In other terms, here's what I have been up to over the last two weeks.

Made my exhaust manifold





Spent half a day lobstering a dump



Made a plenum




Mounted my cooler and made outlets



Made a top feed rail and throttle relocation



And I'm currently at this stage, just have to get a clutch and another tailshaft made up for the W58, wait for the right size staino for my gate pipe, will probably need to organize some really stiff engine mounts, and ordered my new Vi-Pec today.



More in the coming weeks... I aim to be going to Japan at the end of April, so this is basically where I'll be putting the brakes on this project until I'm back. Mainly so I have a little cash to spend in Japan, and also, organize my flights and buy a car haha, which I think is pretty important...

[WA_TRD_83]

DAYYYMM... Aido has some welding skills! Looks killer mate - good progress

[ae8zn6]

Looks incredible!

I hope you have had better circulation in your shed than mine, I nearly roasted to death 3 days ago

[AidoKsev]

Got my harness all finished up and it's now a running engine, just need to wait for my clutch to be finished and then it's all ready for a tune. Will ring Toyota tomorrow and see if they have a vvt solenoid in stock as mine leaks like a mofo and would rather not get oil all over my fresh manifold

[Mika]

Super keen to see this thing back on the road. Rad work dude, clean as!

[drift kid]

Your alloy fab work looks mint dude, good stuff

[AidoKsev]

Now it's basically coming down to all the small things that make the car 'your' car. Modified the shifter thismorning as the shifter position I have is fairly fowards, and would bash my knuckles on the dash with the factory one. Then machined up a new shift knob and got everything where it's comfortable. Also had to machine up my own carrier for the throwout bearing and mod the fork, which isn't that pretty but it works. Ended up staying with the stock 20v flywheel, a heavy duty pressure plate and a 4 paddle cerametallic disc from some Mazda. Never asked CBA what Mazda it's from but it could be helpful for everyone trying to hunt GZE flywheels for W Series conversions...



Will get some material to make solid engine mounts on Monday. In the meantime I'm going to pull the box back out and pull it apart (again) as there seems to be a noisy bearing around the input shaft area

[drift kid]

Wuut, why solid mounts? I have only heard bad things and logically doesn't seem like a good idea either

[pen15]

setup looks nice mate should be a fun street car

[AidoKsev]

The reason for solid mounts is because of the way I've made my intercooler outlets, that is, there is not enough flex allowance between them and the engine. And too much movement will result in snapping the outlets off the cooler.

That being said, I knew it was going to be rough, but daaaaamn it's rough haha! It's how your racecar should feel, not your daily! Will definitely be doing bolt checks every now and then...

Also I got really sick of the noisy ass Facet lift pump I've been using, and when it sat for too long it'd take 5 minutes to prime. So while I was redoing my fuel system with fresh hose for E85 (will be doing Teflon once I'm back from Japan) I decided to drop the tank out and have a geez. This is what I found:



So I did this :



Fit an old Walbro intank out of an evo that would lean out at 400hp, so I think it'll work just fine as a lift pump. I know it just floating around in there could cause problems when the level gets low, but if I had it secured to the return pipe, it wouldn't fit in the tank. So I compromised haha



Before you start hatin on me poking wires out of my tank, they're coming through a really tight grommet and I won't be filling it to the top