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^ That post is full of win.

I have no timing cover either, but its not on for a good reason and its not like its blatently obvious, I have a transversly mounted engine you hardly see it.

I leave it off to make sure my timing belt is tracking right, when my tensioner/idler pulley and the oil pump went bad (Right after one went bad, the other did as soon as I fixed it) the tracking of the belt was a serious issue for me.

To take it on and off (The timing cover) you have to drop the engine, which requires dropping the crossmember, which requires removing the springs/struts, axels and control arms ect. after doing this 4 time in a row, disassembling and installing, I was sick of it. Not to mention it was right up against the firewall, so after you dropped the engine on the floor, it was still hard to manage.

I have it down to a art-form.

Not to rob JDMMA70's thread, back on topic.

A clear valve cover would look great, it would protect your timing belt but still show off your cam gears.

Heh, well, I mostly put it that way for the sake of amusement. The actual arguement ended more along the lines of "I'm going to leave you if..." because my current project already consumes a great deal of my attention. To be honest, she's right, this S30 takes up most of my time and she's stuck with the leftovers. Its the reason I didn't respond with "Oh, I can't enjoy my hobby? Ok, bye." That, and she's a pretty decent girl.

The reason for a yota engine isn't as simple as reliability, although that's a big factor. Its also because its still an I6 engine, has good power potential, awesome aftermarket support, and as stated its shared by a sedan that I would love to make my DD in the future (when the Z gets promoted to "warm weather only" status). Of course, making the Z a summer toy also depends on if I live in a place with that "snow" stuff. Otherwise I'd drive it 24/7/365.

The only thing that's holding me is the little voice in the back of my head screaming "sacrilege!!!" for mixing Nissan and Toyota parts. But the other voices have almost beaten him to death with hammers by now...

Im glad we all love old school Toyotas and toyota engines.

This week ill be cleaning the SHIT out of my car for Supra Nationals ill post pics first things first polishing up that exhaust.

Pics or ban!

Im not to talk, I never take pics of my cars process.

Youre right i should lol but im currently saving for just that the stuff you suggested isnt exactly cheap



Mike ill post pics later its actually hot outside.

Ok, cool. Let me know.

Just got back from Supra Nationals took lots of pics and videos which ill be uploading tommorow when im wide awake. A MKIV made 1650hp on the dyno highest ever recorded that we know of, and its a street car INSANE.

See ya soon

Do you have pics of that specific supra by any chance?

check the Supra Nationals Page Mike

Time to drop the car well almost.



Shock on the far left is blown that one will need to be replaced.



stock springs next to H&R Race Springs



rears mounted the bump stops were mint on these. Front shocks not so much.

Show us pics of the new ride height when it's ready. Should be combined with a good alignment and wheel fitment to be 100%.

Woo! Awesome, I told you to go with some suspension upgrades.

You sure like working barefoot on the carpet, lol. Looking forward to seeing those installed.

you got a foot fettish or something

Heres a little video of a drive to the corner store for a bag of Doritos i had the camera wanted to test out my mount.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=9U992A4T

This post has been edited by JDMMA70 on Apr 3 2009, 05:20 PM

Some more work done, my dad helped me rewire the foglamps so they come on without the headlights. Toyota did this factory, for Austrailia, UK, and Japan. Not sure why they didnt do it elsewhere, it defeats the purpose for foglamps. Pictures

Off



On



Marker Lights/Fog Lamps On



Marker Lights/Fog Lamps/Headlamps On



Yes i took my HID's out so i could pass inspection

Looks sweet, and that sucks you had to take out the HID's

nice to know im not the only dumbass who works barefoot. such a bad idea but i havnt lost a toe yet.

get any wheels for it?

Working barefoot is just better more comfy

I havent gotten wheels for it yet but youre welcome to donate some

I second that. Also taking wheel donations here.

The lights look great! Im glad you rewired it, what happened to the HIDs?

i took them out since i had to pass inspection. They test low and high beam and my HIDs was a single xenon.

Are you reinstalling them?

took some pics tonight my camera died while i was taking pics so two came out blurry and one came out good i posted the good one in automotive shots.



blurry but cool looking ones

Wicked