Minty.Fresh BN Sports Altezza

[RS Tom-Hundred]

Great work again, Pete!

[peter0991]

Exhaust done







Nice little trophy



Welded a beefy wear patch onto the part that usually scrapes on these cars



How it currently sits



Was too busy having fun on the drives so far. Not had the chance to take many videos. The only two I got...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4qwEyUWtd0

Idle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ol1jqyaY4

Dont forget to tune in next week for "How to Fit 9.5 et -8 in Stock Arches"

I got a mig welder to help me finish the rest of the bits on the car.



Came in handy first day. Modified the shifter so that it doesnt hit the center console.



For some reason the supra ones have weird angles and the gear stick just ended up in s@3! places. So a few cuts and tacks later I had it positioned exactly where I wanted and welded up



Much better! And I get to keep my cup holder! Win!



Then everything started going bad, but I think the worst was when I took the car for a quick blast and found that I lost a sideskirt along the way. Went back to look for it, traced the route about 5-6 times, checked fields, ditches... Nowhere to be found. So some pikey now has a BN sideskirt lying somewhere that he cant use. Great!

But despite that s@3! experience, the car felt absolutely spot on! Think the boost was peaking at 1.1 bar with no sign of fuel cut.

After an absolutely s@3! day at work I got a text message that made everything better. Steve, the tyre guy came across my sideskirt in a field on the way over to my house!!



Had a quite nice collection of wheels going



Got a set of old and solid tyres fitted that I have had lying around for ages



:rolleyes: Ill just leave these here...











Also mint kindly gifted a set of rear brake pads to me :thumbs: Cheers man




Been called away for work, but managed to get a few more things done before I went away.

Carefully rolled the arches....with a jack handle. Still need to sort the bumper mount point as it still rubs.



And took her for a blast! Pretty happy with the end result. Paint next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVaUuvbsdZ4

[peter0991]

Was hoping to get the roof wing finished, but the filler I got turned out to be acrylic based, so its still soft. Back to the drawing board





Then I made a start on the bar



No pipe bender, so was all slightly cut and bent by hand



Took a few hours, test fitted and tacked up



All welded up



Then went on to think of a place to mount the cooler. No space on the side of the car. Fog light, bumper and load of other stuff get in the way. So moved to the front... Not ideal for air flow to the rad, but meh.











Need to do the same for the pas cooler when I eventually get one. The bar is right up against the bumper, so small nudges will no longer cause the bumper to explode. Also gives the front end a bit more rigidity.

Then went on to de-pikey the fuel pump... From this



To this



Also installed a sard thermostat. And blanked the bov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2foNNJcTYmM

[RS Tom-Hundred]

Great photos in there mate! Looking good!

[Pingu Is200]

epic what wheel specs for rear

[peter0991]

Wow, I havent been here in a while. Guess its time to do a catch up post....right where I left it last time





Paint prep has begun, its happening!



What bacon fenders?



Also nearly finished the roof wing, should have it painted at the same time as the rest of the car! :thumbs:

[peter0991]

So, fitted some china fans for now >_<. See how they hold up to the task. Seem to flow pretty well.



Fabbed up the mount for the pas cooler



And connected all that s@3! up.



Not connected the oil cooler yet because I got a wrong size oil filter, and also because I cant be bothered to rush this job as the drift day is this saturday.

Swapped the fancy teal wheel for my old trusty auction purchase from last year. Cant beat this wheel. The other one hardly has any dish and I always hit the wipers and indicators with my fingertips, also im too broke to get a spacer. Feels like home now.



The car was supposed to be taken into paint on Sunday 3rd May, then it was pushed to 10th May, and now my hopes of having it painted for this weekend got shot down as its going in for paint this Sunday Oh well, guess im gonna rock the matte look this weekend and would need to give it a once over with sandpaper again before paint.



and a random photo

[peter0991]

Soooo! This actually happened!

[peter0991]

Had some last minute issues to sort right before finalboss last month.... Hub bolts sheared off in the carpark, haha





Then we went to take some pics







Then, the following day we loaded up and hit the road down to driftland



Finalboss was so much fun, hard to remember all the details now. But chilling and driving with every internet :) was awesome. Even Team Tekno rocked up





Me and D had no issues all weekend, while Mint was battling missfire issues, and Jites kept blowing up gearboxes





Weather got s@3! at times



And got better at other times





Actually managed to get home in one piece



Ill just do a photo dump from the weekend below.

[peter0991]

[peter0991]

Same same, but different

[peter0991]

Few videos as well from the weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W__GdVO0o0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY0svtpUUwQ

[peter0991]

https://vimeo.com/144677333

[peter0991]

Thanks lads.

Few more pics for those reading ^_^

[peter0991]

Happy New Year yall!

Still my favorite shot from the video ^_^


A few more pics been popping up, mainly from Kyle











Kinda taking a break from car stuff at the moment. The lack of daylight and the miserable weather doesnt help.

Thirdwheeled at a wedding





Also bought some rear adjustable arms from Russia



Now shes just sitting outside in this lovely weather



Filip from Drift Family still surprises occasionally with some shots from Finalboss 2015





Also been keeping myself busy with the daily a little.

Kinda took the turd from this



To this





Altezza work will resume soon