Project Lex

[GsXtUrBo98]

I'm impressed with your progress! looks very nice Brandon, keep up the good work!

[Halon]

Feels like i still have a long ways to go. Hopefully can get the new clutch disc in this weekend. Once that is done, I'll feel a lot closer.

[cmspaz]

You've got to have some gasket material floating around, just cut yourself a gasket for the drain flange and be done with it.

[goodhart]

You've got to have some gasket material floating around, just cut yourself a gasket for the drain flange and be done with it.

Or just Tpunx that shit and RTV the piss out of it! jk

[Halon]

Couldn't get a thing done because the entire garage floor was covered in condensation because of the insane humidity today, ack!!

So instead, I hopped on Egay and bought a 92+ 4Runner Distributor Cap. They are slightly slimmer which will help the turbo inlet clear because it's a tight squeeze.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370504322885&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

[munchgsx]

What else are you doing for ignition?

[Halon]

So far no other plans other than a new set of plugs. In the future, I will have to look into something, and I'm unsure which route I will go at this point.


Anyhow more updates. Got the oil pan installed. Went to put the Felpro gasket on and it's the complete wrong shape. Come to find out there's a couple different oil pan designs, and of course the gasket was for the other one. Somabitch. The gasket did come with 4 bottles of RTV however, so I just "Tpunx'd that shit" and hopefully that will suffice. We shall see...

Once I was done with that, like Spazzy mentioned I just grabbed some gasket material I had laying around and made a gasket for the oil drain flange. Gave it a coat of copper spray for good measure. So that should be done.

Installed the oil feed fitting into the turbo. I used a little bit of liquid pipe thread sealer.
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11624&stc=1&d=1305169518


Decided to try and tackle the tranny. First I had to remove the rest of the exhaust. Once I got that off, I removed the driveshaft.
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11621&stc=1&d=1305169518

Then started at the Tranny. I got all the motor to tranny bolts off. Slave Cylinder off, Starter off. Took 2 of the 4 tranny mount bolts off. Took the reverse light plug off. And that's where it sits.
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11622&stc=1&d=1305169518


What's left is I need to find the speedometer cable and remove it. Then I have to figure out how to unhook the damn shifter in the car. I took the 4 bolts off that hold it to the tunnel. Looking online people say the shifter should just lift off? Mine doesn't budge. Dumb little thing I'm sure, just gotta figure it out. Then just remove those last two bolts on the tranny mount and she should be on the floor. Aaron hit me up tomorrow I need to borrow that tranny jack if at all possible.
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11623&stc=1&d=1305169518


In comparison to a DSM tranny, so far it seems about the same. Probably just because I've done a DSM one so many times, and it's my first time doing this.

Also pics of the sweet turbo blanket :)
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11626&stc=1&d=1305169518
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11627&stc=1&d=1305169518

[GsXtUrBo98]

Looking good Brandon! your making more progress then I am! stop it! lol jk

[Halon]

Also I was planning on making my own exhaust. But I feel like I'm on a time crunch now and need to get this sucker done. So figured I'd search for a cheap catback to run for now, and can worry about modifying it in the future to quiet things down for a bit.

Found this for dirt cheap. It's for a Supra, but from what I gather it will still fit, just be a foot short or so, so just need to add a chunk of pipe (or maybe me left over resonator or flex section) to extend it and it will fit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-Catback-93-98-Toyota-Supra-TT-2JZGTE-Cat-Back-/170435110734?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27aeb9674e

For that price, I might just run it for now and modify it later with a better muffler because in the end I want this thing QUIET.

[95talonracer]

QUIET is good. Good work and ill try to get over there and give you a hand this weekend.