Yep, those khaki's were ruined in short order. Yeah, thinking back the stands would've been a good idea...I was only under there for a short time to put that wheel back on, but from now on I'll have them.
The Tokico's are the only aftermarket damper compatible with the factory TEMS system, and for my own reasons I'd like to keep the originality and 80's blingness intact, so we'll see. I've heard good and bad things about them, but this car isn't going to be an all out corner carver.
Those 14 second passes were when the car was almost stock, I'd like to see how it would do now with the boost turned up along with the breathing mods that have been done.
Goodspeed Wrote:The Tokico's are the only aftermarket damper compatible with the factory TEMS system, and for my own reasons I'd like to keep the originality and 80's blingness intact, so we'll see. I've heard good and bad things about them, but this car isn't going to be an all out corner carver.
How often are you going to adjust them? It takes about 30 seconds to walk around the car and adjust Konis, and they're a far better damper (although they cost more). They'll give you a better ride AND more control.
You know the factory 'adjustments' just spin a servo motor right? No reason you couldnt make it work with the konis if you got creative.
The porno red interior is all the 80's bling you need :lol:
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Mike Wrote:you'll also quickly learn that car work in khaki anything = no no. yup. save your old jeans and tshirts.
a shot of simple green in the washing machine does wonders to get out grease stains though
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.RJ Wrote:You know the factory 'adjustments' just spin a servo motor right? No reason you couldnt make it work with the konis if you got creative.
Yeah, I'm sure theres a way you could just retrofit the Koni's. I haven't given it much thought yet, I just know that the Tokico's are plug and play and I haven't heard of anyone running other dampers with the TEMS.
The TEMS consists of a servo wheel with a groove in the middle, that is connected to the damper control rod. According to the service manual the wheel will turn 60 degrees each way from dead center (firm) to reach the 'normal' or 'sport' settings. I think the Tokico's just have the right groove in their shafts to mate up with the servo wheel, I'm sure with some custom work you could retrofit other dampers. I'll have to ask on Supramania about that
like... cutting a little groove in the top of the koni shaft?  oooooh dremel!
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TEMS is stupid.
I'm glad my Supra didn't have it.
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Depending on your money situation, leave the car stock for now.
Older cars have a way of depleating bank accounts, and if you don't have a steady stream of income having a bling front mount and turbo timer won't matter much if you can't drive it because it needs an axle, clutch, etc. Don't spend every dime you have on it right away.
Why do people just post what they are thinking? Without thinking.
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ViPER1313 Wrote:Don't spend every dime you have on it right away.
He speaks the truth. Drive it for a few months and see what breaks before you get to carried away.
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Speak of the devil....
The car is leaking fuel, bad...so much so that it is unsafe to drive. Its stuck on campus right now in a teacher's spot with a note in the window. I was driving DJ to campus and the smell of gas overwhelmed the cabin, its streaming out of some valve we found, its not the FPR or fuel rail, we have no idea what it is. We are picking up my manual and some tools and heading back right now.
Theres a puddle of gas sitting on my intake runners....
Get used to it buddy! You're driving a car that's almost 20 years old. Fortunately for you it's a Toyota, unfortunately for you it's been modified. That's just part of the game with modified cars, I'm sure you were aware of that when you bought it =) It can be part of the fun and part of the suck of owning one.
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check the injector o-rings.
same symptoms when i had a couple go bad.
scary when its your racecar and you find it the night before the race
It was something called a 'Fuel Pulsation Damper', something of Toyota's typical over-engineering. As far as I can tell its purpose is to smooth out the flow of gas to the engine (?). Long story short I had to pay $118 dollars at Steven Toyota this evening for a new one, should be here on Saturday. According to the Supra forums it can be bypassed by sourcing 7M-GE non-turbo lines etc., but it may hurt reliability. I wasn't about to try and find all that crap. I'm fine with paying for OEM quality, and if the thing lasted all these years and miles I'm confident the new one will continue to do so.
We put some JB Weld on the broken one, hopefully that'll get me through a few days. HUGE HUGE thanks to Ryan and DJ for missing work and class to help me out.
TDs have a FPD. I believe it is to ensure consistent fuel flow (rather important on a turbo engine). Mine is on the driver's side of the engine at the end of the fuel rail.
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Nice work guys, great teamwork! :thumbup:
I can't get over the irony of that advice that Adam just gave you ... ha ha
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Goodspeed Wrote:It was something called a 'Fuel Pulsation Damper', something of Toyota's typical over-engineering. As far as I can tell its purpose is to smooth out the flow of gas to the engine (?). Long story short I had to pay $118 dollars at Steven Toyota this evening for a new one, should be here on Saturday. According to the Supra forums it can be bypassed by sourcing 7M-GE non-turbo lines etc., but it may hurt reliability. I wasn't about to try and find all that crap. I'm fine with paying for OEM quality, and if the thing lasted all these years and miles I'm confident the new one will continue to do so.
We put some JB Weld on the broken one, hopefully that'll get me through a few days. HUGE HUGE thanks to Ryan and DJ for missing work and class to help me out.
That fuel pulsation thing is the gayest thing on earth. The turbo mr2's have those things too.
Two feet.
Update...I did the best I could with the sealant but its still leaking a little bit (far less than before), so the car will be sitting until I can pick up the new part on Saturday morning. Honestly I'm kind of looking forward to getting my hands dirtier, but I still feel bad for the car...
Andy Wrote:That fuel pulsation thing is the gayest thing on earth. The turbo mr2's have those things too.
ugh... old BMW's have 'em too. Most remove them in short order (including BMW dealers), they seem to do absolutely nothing.
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Andy Wrote:That fuel pulsation thing is the gayest thing on earth. The turbo mr2's have those things too.
and teh mk3 is probably still in the 14's at this point. but gettin closer to 13's, you'd have to figure. just nail the launch..that's where it is.
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It would probably still be a 14 second car (or more!) with me driving, but from some seasoned opinions its most definitely a 13 second car with a good driver, we'll see.
Update...new FPD is on the car. Thanks to DJ for helping me out, we had to chisel off the old sealant which sucked. Turns out the old unit was improperly installed...the manual called for two different sized copper gaskets above and below the hard line banjo bolt. Well when we took it off we found two same-sized gaskets on top of each other, on top of the banjo bolt. Definitely incorrectly done.
Also, the manual called for 20-some ft/lbs of torque on the FPD, well I did it to spec and it leaked...so I added about 10 ft/lbs...it rotated more and tightened and stopped leaking (odd?). The car also idled smoother upon start up, I wonder how long the previous one had been leaking and if it had been causing a lean condition....I need a wideband!
You'd have probably noticed it if it was leaking gas (before it started spewing a lot). Unless you went WOT and were thrashing it while that gas started spewing, I wouldn't worry too much about going real lean. If it happened during a long highway pull it might not hurt to do a compression test.
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