Forza4 Banzai Review

by Dan@BC, 12-09-2019, 04:04 PM

Hey guys, i've managed to "peel" myself away from the xbox just to give you a heads up that MR BIDDLE off Banzai Towers has done a write up over in our "blogs" section.

Do check it out!

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mr2 turbo bit-by-bit

by mr2tubbyben, 12-09-2019, 03:32 PM

I've decided i'm going to use the time i have off at the minute to spruce my 2 up a bit..so here's the first thing i'm doing-

this..

to this..

I may paint the toyota logo gloss black instead,what do people reckon?


few other bits to do, will add to this as i go along, will have done quite a bit by the time ace cafe comes!iscoStu:

Your opinions on this carbon addition is...

by BOOSST, 12-09-2019, 12:02 PM

I have fitted the latest Carbon addition and I am 50/50 on how it looks..

i have mixed thoughts on the light covers and whether they should remain white as well....

Anyway, your thoughts would be appreciated and if your at Ace Cafe it can be seen in the flesh...

Stormtrooper Family Album

by speedfreek, 12-09-2019, 11:54 AM

Stolen from the daily mail website...

I love these!

My Indecisive 4.0 V8 1UZ-FE Project

by toxo, 12-09-2019, 10:39 AM

A lot of people seem to be talking about the Lexus 1UZ V8 engine recently, so I thought it was time to finally put fingers to keys and show you lot some photos.

A while ago I figured that you could buy a MKIV LS400 (1998-2000) for about a grand, break it for parts, and keep the engine and break even.* Tempted by the thoughts of a free 4.0 V8 I went looking. You can pick up the earlier LS400 with the non-vvti engine much cheaper, but I wanted the best! The later engine makes better economy, more power, more torque, has a better designed intake manifold and better engine management (i.e. it has integral crank and cam position sensors, no distributors as it's all coil-on-plug etc) which lends itself to aftermarket engine management.

*Bear in mind this was 18 months ago! :lol:

After a month or so of scouring eBay, Driftworks, PH and Autotrader, I found this beauty:







I got outbid on eBay but won it with a 2nd chance offer. I didn't even bother going to see it as the guy only wanted a grand for it including delivery to my workshop, and I couldn't have cared less what condition it was in.

A few days later and I had the car in my posession. It really wasn't in a good state. You may have noticed a missing indicator in the photos above. In reality, the entire inner wing had been beaten back into shape following a huge impact - the track rod end on that side had a huge bend in it, most of the wiring connectors are broken, the wing was knackered, etc. It also (rather worryingly) sits perfectly level on 3 axle stands! Probably for the best that it will never go back on the road.

I started stripping parts off it and flogging them on eBay, the dark side, and here! It was a slow process - LS's don't seem to break very much so people don't seem to buy 2nd hand bits for them! Plus having only been made for 2 years it's not a common model.

So now the car looked like this (I actually only took this photo to scare Jim):


A few more milestones were reached:




I mucked about with the engine with no exhaust on it:
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Then it stalled for a while. First the MR2 broke quite significantly, then I spent a few months paying for that, then I went on holiday a bit, then the MR2 broke again (the Belgium incident), then I sold it, then the Fiesta broke and I'm still in the process of fixing that.

However, last week I picked up new toys:





I thought about renting them but to be honest by the time I've done this and Dan's engine swap it will have been cheaper this way!

I think the car still owes me about £150, but that's cheap in my eyes for the engine, gearbox bellhousing, wiring loom, ECU, all anciliaries etc etc. A bare VVTi 1UZ can set you back around £500.

Hi everyone.

by mitchell9006, 12-09-2019, 06:19 AM

Hello everyone im Rob and i thought i would sign up to check out some of the cars and meet some new peeps.

I know a few of you here but i mostly know mplavery as he is a memeber on the mkiv supra owners club and i have done a fair bit of polishing under his bonnet...... OH and he is my biggest rival at show&shines ha ha all friendly though.

Im currently doing a fresh build for next season on the supra and im hoping for around 550-560bhp but anything above 500bhp i will be very happy with.

Ill try and get some pics up of the engine as it stands but im not very handy with a computer so please bear with me.

Anyway HI again!!

what the new mot cert looks like

by ormi, 11-09-2019, 02:07 PM

just thought id share this with yous all....this is what the new mot cert looks like......

I need your votes!

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Fractured toe, and lost my job :(

by mr2tubbyben, 11-09-2019, 07:38 AM

Yesterday afternoon I caught my little toe on the door frame, it went sideways and heard a crack..ive got to go back to hospital on monday as it's a spiral fracture, basically the bone has sheared and twisted, so it needs moving back over and down to where it should be.my boss was an a**hole about me needing monday off, so im now back to being unemployed.which is good because i need time to work to getting my carpentry nvq level 2.previously i was a self employed landscape gardener, so i'm going back to doing that to keep myself going untill I'm qualified so if anyone wants any quality fencing,decking,turfing or garden clearance get in touch!*references available/portfolio*:whistling: (within a reasonable distance from Luton)

I'm squealing ---- Whats this addition ?

by BOOSST, 10-09-2019, 04:40 PM

So, whats new in this picture... on a certain someones drive..:whistling: