Looking great Manny

a few pics from last night.

the finished coolant lines for the turbo, and isolation mounts for the radiator



shifter cable bushing:



modding the throttle cable bracket for the alltrac cable:







more to come!

God - I feel so dirty for looking at these pics...

Looking good!

Manny how big of an upgrade is ct-20b to td06 and how much laggier is it ?

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its a bit laggier, but 400whp capable.

a pic for the haters.

^^amazing.
where is that gonna go?

Looking good, glad my exhaust helped. V-bands FTW

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its the battery hold down clamp for the battery relocation kit im making for jims car.
they will be available for sale for us 6th genners as well.

Looking great Manny, wtf is up with these late 80 early 90 toyota engine bays, my 88 corolla gts is tighter than sh!t,
and it looks like this is the same way, hope your knuckles survive.

got the intercooler tubes back from powdercoat last night, used a wrinkle silver finish on them, i think they look great.





a couple up close pics of the texture of the wrinkle finish.

ic piping looks nice, but in like the 3rd pic it looks messed up? Is it or is it just the picture?

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its just the pic...lol after you posted that...i had to go check the pipes over to make sure!! haha

Damn! I took my time reading through this and I am waaaaaaaay impressed! You guys don't mess around! I can't wait for video of this beast.

thanks dude.

did the last test of the piping, fits great, now i just need to install the plugs and wires, finish up the battery install, and fill it up with fluids.

a few pics.











the wire for the battery relocation (the tray should be here today or tommorow)



what i had waiting for me when i pulled the kick panel plastics to run the wire:



haha... also noticed it has a toyota security system...but looks like it was either dealer, or owner installed. definetly not OEM.
worries me a bit..lol

wow.
i've been excited for alot of the projects i've done over the years here, and have had alot of fun doing so, but i gotta tell ya, this morning, when this package arrived, it was one of the best moments i've ever had while doing this stuff.

im excited to show you guys the first "offical" JDM Guy Garage Item (lol), our Optima Battery Tray / Relocation Kit.

a few pics of the Battery Tray itself:





i had a couple extra hold downs made:




The full relocation kit will include:

• The Battery hold down Tray, with hardware and made to fit Red and Yellow Top 35/75 and 34/78 series Batteries.
• High Quality 0GA Power and Ground Cables, cut to length, grommets to run it thru the interior plastics, and copper lugs soldered in place.
• Battery Terminals (Optional)
• Install Instructions

All the Customer will need to do is install the tray, run the wire, bolt the power cable to the positive battery wire in the engine bay, bolt on whatever battery terminal they choose (we can supply these as well) install the battery, ground it with the supplied ground cable, and make the connections.

The Tray by itself will run ~90$ shipped, the complete kit is TBA, im pricing everything out before i set the price.

thats baller! SUper nice, you can make them for different cars right ?

That's so nice!! Definitely ordering one when I have enough extra money for the kit!..... and an Optima battery lol

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sure, the battery tray itself is universal.
the custom part would be the wiring, i could send over all the parts and you could make your own cables, or if you know the exact length i could make them.

I might look to do a relocation after xmas break and after I sell my subwoofers

I will def be getting one from you, prob after New Years when the Holiday traffic and spending stops lol.

so i went out and installed the tray last night.

its a bit tricky in the alltrac, since the fuel tank is right under the area where i normall install it, and the fuel pump wiring cover and wiring is also in that spot.

so what i did was cut 4 "standoffs" to raise the tray off the floor of the trunk an inch, so the wiring and plugs wont get pinched by the tray at any point.

a few pics:





you can see the standoff here in this pic, its the blue thing under the tray:

Very nice work there Manny; this build is truly one of the best on the board...and it's not even a 6gC.

Can't wait to see the work you'll complete the rest of this week.

Been a while since I dropped in.
Good progress on a AWD car !

Regards;
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Dude, I remember your first exhausts and as uber impressive as it was at the time - you've come a LONG way! As a custom fabricator myself, I tip my hat to you sir! You truly have done an amazing job on this and every other aspect of the car so far!
And if I know my man Jim, he's just gonna make it 100% better after he gets the keys in his hands!

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As it so happens I am in the middle of a second, trunk mounted battery install myself. I already have my second Red Top back there ready to go but no tray. hmmmm....
Now I've always said [and held to it] my baby gets only top-of-the-line parts parts or it's OEM all the way - no corners cut. So that being said, how could I get anything BUT the best for my hold down tray? And I'll be happy as hell to proudly display a JDM guy hold down [with that uber-pimp CNC embossing - fcuking such a nice touch dude!]!!!!
So put me down as your first solid customer please!!!
I have only one condition: I'll need a logo to take to the sticker shop so I can proudly display a JDM Guy sticker or two under my hood [rightly situated next to such other premier brands as TRD, HKS, ARP, MSD, Blitz, APEX'i, GReddy, Magnaflo, KOYO, AEM, NGK, ACT etc etc]

Eagerly awaiting the next update!!!

This post has been edited by DEATH: Dec 31, 2010 - 7:12 AM

thanks brian, and D, been working hard on the car, hopfully it will all pay off in the next couple days, just gotta hook up the battery, fill her with fluids, and fire it up!
havent touched the car over the past week cause of weather, i put jenns car in the garage for the snow storm, then blew i tire on my car...its always somthing. hope to have it running by the end of the weekend as long as i can get some time to get into the garage.

D, shoot me a PM on the battery tray, ill get you set up.

finished up the battery install yesterday, buttoned up the vac lines, filled it with fluids ect.
when jenn gets home from work today, imma go out, put some gas in it, set the fuel pressure, do the last minute checks, and FIRE IT UP!


some pics of the battery install.

drilled a couple holes in the body plastic, and installed grommets for the cables to pass thru:



my process for assembling the cables:

place the lug in a vice (or hold it with some vice grips), and heat it with a propane torch (you can kinda see the flame in the left of the pic:



some thick silver based solder:



while heating the lug with the torch, place the solder into the lug, allow it to melt, filling it about 3/4 of the way up. (again, you can see the flame in the left of the pic if you look close)



while keeping the solder nice and hot, insert the cable, hold it in place, and remove the heat, and allow it to cool while the solder hardens.



some heat shrink over it, and your done!



slip the installed cables thru the grommets in the interior plastics:



install your battery terminals, bolt down your battery, and your done!

Nice method man! I might have to do just that.
What do you use for power cable?

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im using some high quality 0GA power cable, normally used for high power amp installs and the like.
got it from ebay. (cheaper than buying it locally for me)

IT LIVES!!!
started her up, perfect idle.

vid in a while.

nice, love it