Project Lex

[Kracka]

Looks like there are some 1.3 bar aftermarket offerings for the Supra too.

[Halon]

Yeah, I think I'll just stick with the 0.9 bar SC one. If it becomes an issue, then I can upgrade to the 1.1 bar Supra one. But might as well not stress the entire system any more than it needs to be if the 0.9 bar one does fine for what I'm doing.

[Kracka]

Agreed.

KISS

[Halon]

Coolant is refilled. I tested the fans by jumpering 12V to them and they work. I decided to just go ahead and replace the relay that turns them on just in case it got damaged. I started the car, car runs and idles great. As it was starting to get up to temp, I was walking around inspecting things, then I noticed the wiring in the wheel well. What you see in the pic is the black and yellow loom that is the OEM wiring that used to run in the engine bay that I tucked up in the wheel well. Then also my single control wire (and connector) that goes from the fan relay to the Infinity ECU to trigger the fans. When the wheel hit the curb, it must have came up and hit this area and basically ripped that connector apart and left it dangling there. So easy fix, grabbed a new connector and repaired it and tucked it back up there.

Let the car idle for 15-20 minutes. Temp got up to 189 and bam fans kicked on just like their supposed to, then shut off right at 180 when their supposed to. Temp stayed perfect between 180-190. So starting to look promising!

Also dropped the wheels off to be repaired today. Should be done in the next day or two. Gotta get some new tires on order asap.

[A//// Guy]

Easy fixes are always nice! Get that exposed wiring wrapped up or insulated!

[Halon]

Everything is heat shrunk and connectorized with water proof connectors. Where is there any exposed wire?

[Halon]

So while waiting for all the tires to arrive, and for the wheels to get refinished with proline finish, I decided to knock out some other things.

- Installed braided brake lines that I've have sitting here for a couple years now. Went ahead and got the rotors turned while I was at it and flushed the fluid with new DOT4 fluid. Also gave the NA Supra rear calipers a coat of black paint to clean em up a bit and match the fronts.

- Got my new distributor cover design back from Shawn who 3D printed it for me. Fits good except for the ID of the outter portion is about 1mm too tight. So I hand to sand it down and it fits perfect. So I'll be updating the Solidworks model and should be good to go for others to 3D print on their own now.

- Got my two AEM 12 position switches wired into Infinity. One will be for in car boost adjustment. Other for in car traction control adjustment.

- Also got my gauge / switch DIN mount back from Shawn as well who 3D printed it. Haven't fully test fit everything but so far so good, just had to do a little sanding but that's it so far. Once I've verified all fitment I will probably put some sort of vinyl over the front to give it a nice clean finished look.

- Started working on replacing the ABS sensors and then will be wiring them into the Infinity for traction control to function. Plan will also be to use those for a speed signal to the ecu so I can do other cool stuff like boost by mph and what not.

[A//// Guy]

Looks good! 3D printing so cool!

[asshanson]

Did they print abs or pla?

[Halon]

Alpha Bravo Shart