[TheOldFart]

Has anyone had dealings with Sinex out of Melbourne. http://www.sinex.com.au ?

Obviously they are producing replicas but was wondering.

Cheers
Tony

[TEFE]

I hav'nt heard of them myself, seems very cheap....
Maybe ask on the national forum..
Chris.

[TheOldFart]

TEFE, on Mar 26 2007, 09:29 PM, said:

I hav'nt heard of them myself, seems very cheap....
Maybe ask on the national forum..
Chris.

Agreed. It's early days as the car will be off the road for awhile. I've blown the 2nd turbo last Thursday. I have spent the last couple of days trying to decide what to do but I have gotten the go ahead for a rebuild. So far, bodykit of some sort and probably TRD widebody or Whifbitz front plus, carbon fibre bonnet, new wheels either Works or Rays but underdecided, turbo rebuild hiflo + steel, fmic, exhaust, boost controller and of course the obligatory respray. I'll keep it white with highlights in red & black. I'm not sure what to do to the interior other than to clean it up, possibly new seats or at least recovered, new carpet, etc. Oh and the necessary extra gauges etc. etc.

I'm not looking for massive top-end power so I don't intend to go down the large single route. I much prefer well built sequentials which will make the car far more usable around town. If I can get somewhere around 220-230rwkw on no more than 14psi boost I'll be happy and I expect I'll probably get that on standard boost.

Tony

[TEFE]

Sound good, keep us informed with the progress..
Chris.

[supralicious]

TEFE, on Mar 26 2007, 10:30 PM, said:

Sound good, keep us informed with the progress..
Chris.

Seems like a decent site, I wouldn't rush into anything until you read some customer feedback or some such though. I can forsee delays/many complications ordering from a new company.

P.S tefe, i hate ur new avatar, i just spent about a minute staring at it waiting for the wad of cash to finish. gawd im stupid sometimes... haha

[RZ TT 94]

230rwkw is nothing from high-flowed/steel-wheeled twins.

I had just under 230rwkw with exhaust and pod filter running 14psi. stock twins not highflowed.

with high-flowed and steel wheeled twins with front mount, exhaust and 17psi you will have around 270rwkw :)

[CDUCTV]

sinex have been around for a few years now. pretty cheap but unsure of their quality of fibreglass work...

[TheOldFart]

AVPCRX, on Mar 27 2007, 02:54 PM, said:

sinex have been around for a few years now. pretty cheap but unsure of their quality of fibreglass work...

we'll see what happens. If I plan to use them I'll dip my toe in 1st and probably buy a set of sideskirts 1st up. They are usually a painl to fit so it's a good starting point. If it's a disaster then all I've spent is $300-400 which although painful is not toooo bad.

As for other bits - quote back from New Zealand for a set of Works wheels and a quote for a set of rebuilt hi-flow + steel wheel turbos. So far I'm pleasantly surprised. Wheels 18x9 - $2400 delivered to my door and the turbos around $2500.

This is all starting to come together. Does anyone know of a good contact for repairing dashes. You know the age old Supra problem where it shrinks on the leading edge because it gets all too hot.

I'm glad this has happened!!! Wot he says. As a few of you know I had been planning to sell the car (I started putting it on the market about 12 months ago) and had really gotten to a point of .... I spent a good couple of days sine it broke deciding on what I would buy to replace it and frankly I couldn't come up with a decent car. And my wife has finally admitted that it is a nice car and my 9 year old granddaughter couldn't understand why I wanted to sell it.

I think someone was trying to tell me something.

Tony

[t51rspl]

i have a brand new trd widebody kit for sale if anyone is interested there are 8 peices all up. i am thinking of top secret widebody thats why i am selling the trd one. i am in adelaide so you can come and have a look if u like. cheers

[ultra_supra]

proven 265rwkw @17.6psi with exhaust, stock airbox, stock dump, fmic and stock twins (not highflowed) so you don't necessarily need hi flowed steel wheels... ;)

good luck with the rebuild! sounds like a great project

RZ TT 94, on Mar 27 2007, 12:21 AM, said:

230rwkw is nothing from high-flowed/steel-wheeled twins.

I had just under 230rwkw with exhaust and pod filter running 14psi. stock twins not highflowed.

with high-flowed and steel wheeled twins with front mount, exhaust and 17psi you will have around 270rwkw :)

[TheOldFart]

ultra_supra, on Mar 27 2007, 08:33 PM, said:

proven 265rwkw @17.6psi with exhaust, stock airbox, stock dump, fmic and stock twins (not highflowed) so you don't necessarily need hi flowed steel wheels... ;)

good luck with the rebuild! sounds like a great project

thanks. I'm looking forward to it. I'll go the hiflo + steel wheels simply because I want to keep the boost as close to stock as possible....so I'll take what extra I can get from wherever.

Tony

[CDUCTV]

also check out www.jap.com.au as there are some cheap prices for body kits on there.

do luck / trial etc...

[ultra_supra]

TheOldFart, on Mar 27 2007, 10:01 PM, said:

thanks. I'm looking forward to it. I'll go the hiflo + steel wheels simply because I want to keep the boost as close to stock as possible....so I'll take what extra I can get from wherever.

Tony

unfortunately (or fortunately) your boost levels will rise with any exhaust / intercooler mods that you do as a result of the improved flow / reduced system back pressure. you'll probably find your boost level around 12-14psi with such mods - up from the stock 8-10psi. (imho) no boost controller (manual or electronic) will be able to reign in that overall increase in system pressure - if someone has a valid solution to do so, pls let me know!

my understanding of hi flow steel wheeled twins is that they allow you to run more boost *safely*. As you know, JDM factory twin ceramic wheels will delaminate off their shafts at sustained boost over 1.2bar (17-18psi) but the US steel wheeled twins can take more pressure. so you'll have a neat surprise when you start rolling with your new hi-flowed steel twins - more boost and more power! (a whole lot more extra!) :)

Darren - comments or disagreement?

[RZPECT]

AVPCRX, on Mar 30 2007, 11:51 AM, said:

also check out www.jap.com.au as there are some cheap prices for body kits on there.

do luck / trial etc...

isnt that speed dreams

[Darren]

ultra_supra, on Mar 30 2007, 12:16 PM, said:

unfortunately (or fortunately) your boost levels will rise with any exhaust / intercooler mods that you do as a result of the improved flow / reduced system back pressure. you'll probably find your boost level around 12-14psi with such mods - up from the stock 8-10psi. (imho) no boost controller (manual or electronic) will be able to reign in that overall increase in system pressure - if someone has a valid solution to do so, pls let me know!

my understanding of hi flow steel wheeled twins is that they allow you to run more boost *safely*. As you know, JDM factory twin ceramic wheels will delaminate off their shafts at sustained boost over 1.2bar (17-18psi) but the US steel wheeled twins can take more pressure. so you'll have a neat surprise when you start rolling with your new hi-flowed steel twins - more boost and more power! (a whole lot more extra!) :)

Darren - comments or disagreement?

:yes: you will make better safer power with a very slightly longer spool up time (probably never notice difference as turbs are pretty small ) Ive gone max hi-flow,biggest lag but hopefully more boost. Main benefit is if you find you are constantly running 14-15 lb boost its no big deal as the turbs will handle it fine ,and you fuel system is more than adequate at that range. Jap cars usually need a restrictor ring if upgrading exhaust and intercooler to stop runaway boost as the single wastegate is rather small on the 2J setup. Im sure you wont regret the upgrade just keep good rubber on the back tyres.

Cheers
Darren

[CDUCTV]

RZPECT, on Apr 2 2007, 09:01 AM, said:

isnt that speed dreams

not sure if they deal with speed dreams or not? but that company is based in nsw....

[TheOldFart]

Darren, on Apr 3 2007, 01:00 AM, said:

:yes: you will make better safer power with a very slightly longer spool up time (probably never notice difference as turbs are pretty small ) Ive gone max hi-flow,biggest lag but hopefully more boost. Main benefit is if you find you are constantly running 14-15 lb boost its no big deal as the turbs will handle it fine ,and you fuel system is more than adequate at that range. Jap cars usually need a restrictor ring if upgrading exhaust and intercooler to stop runaway boost as the single wastegate is rather small on the 2J setup. Im sure you wont regret the upgrade just keep good rubber on the back tyres.

Cheers
Darren

It's slowly coming together in the head. This is going to cost me a lot of money so I'll take my time. I'm not rushing into anything at the moment as I'm happy to be back on public transport. :crazy: The hardest part is trying to define a set of parameters to work with as I keep going off in all directions and I'm trying to set a budget to stick within. The only area that is still very hazy is the interior. I've worked out some initial extras but I'm not sure how much custom work I want to do. I'll come out to the shop to say hello at some point.

[RZ TT 94]

Personally I wouldnt go too crazy with the interior. Pull apart the dash and spray it a colour of your choice, black looks good however silver doesnt look too bad either.

Ditch the Seats and replace with Recaro SR3 or Bride Euro's or the like. Add harnesses to both seats and BAM interior work done.

Im half way there anyway, my dash is black and damn it looks better than the shitty MKIV dash colour.

[TheOldFart]

It's time to add something to this posting about Sinex.

I approached them via email yesterday and asked the normal sort of questions one asks:

1. why are you so cheap?
2. how good is the fit?
3. do your do-luck bits 'n pieces match as close as possible to the originals?
etc.

Well. I got a response that I didn't quite expect and it wasn't pretty. They may well produce good components but I'm not sure I would want to deal with the people that either run the place or are employed there.

I re-emailed them this morning with the hope of clarifying the matter and re-asked for actual photos of the components not the images from the Do-Luck site and whether they had anyone I could talk to for a reference.

So far they are not forthcoming. I'll keep people posted on this but I'm not expecting a reply as they had ample time today to get back to me.

Does anyone know of anyone else producing Do-Luck replicas?

Cheers
Tony

[CDUCTV]

Hi Tony, I am purchasing a body kit from a mate of the guy i got my car off of, for the full body kit comprising of the Do Luck Front bumper, Blitz Side Skirts and Trial Rear bar, it is costing me $900 INCLUDING freight charges.

his website has images from the do luck site, along with pictures of the actual bumper.

check out www.jap.com.au

http://www.jap.com.au/supra/supradulukfront.jpg
http://www.jap.com.au/supra/supradulukrearpods.jpg