[PHANTOM]

1995 JZA80 SZ-R Supra (PHNTOM)
SA, Adelaide based.
I bought the car back in November 2005 with the intention of not touching it at all. I was pissed off with the reliability issues of my previous cars because of being turbo and getting old so I decided to get a modern non turbo manual sports car. Body styles came down to a 3000GT (bit of a mitsi fan) a series 6 RX-7 or the supra. After organising a test drive in the supra I now own I was hooked. And it was the best I could find for the price.

1995 SZ-R
2JZG-E (3.0L)
5 speed manual W58
Factory Bilstein suspension.
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So after selling my old Mitsubishi Starion (rego GADGET) I had some extra cash so I decided to get a stereo, so off I went to complete audio. I got an Alpine head unit, alpine splits, earthquake sub and amp. I thought I got a good deal at the time. While in complete audio I saw Leigh Peddlers (money pit) supra and saw how much better the front of a supra looks with glass headlights. So I went and ordered some from America. I also removed the factory rear spoiler. Looking at previous cars compared to the supra. The supra was actually worth spending money on. So I started gathering up a body kit from various places. (speedreamz, Adelaide underground, team jetspeed and carmate)Then by april 07 one thing lead to another and I found myself at the southern car show of Old School New age. The car came off the road for 8 months the following day. I stripped it, helped fit the kit then had it painted. It was going to be ford orange at one point. But 3-4 supras in Adelaide were all done that colour at the same time. So sold the paint off and decided for the purple with some extra red pearl you now see. I had also organised some new 19? chromies for it in that time. DAAT D53?s 10 inch wide rears. But they looked nothing like the ones in the catalogue I was shown at wheelworx but sick and tired of waiting I took them. I had also bought Karims (KRIMNL) scissor door hinge kit.

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I was handed the keys about a week before Christmas of 2006 with the paint all finished by Steve?s body shop in Hackham (painted by Shannon). I then attended an SA supra cruise where I met George who at the time was running Adelaide Pro Sound. He sweet talked me into a good deal with a new speaker package and a boot install. From there I entered toyoshow, street machine show and shine, old school new age, extreme power fest, autosalon and mount gambier show and shine. At every show I won something except autosalon which is difficult anyway. At the end of 2007 I decided I had had enough of the scissor hinge kit and sold it off (now on a brown jza80). In that time I had scored some factory leather seats from George aka Bass / high impact. I had also changed my handbrake and gear knob to urban glow items.
So with no more changes in mind at that point I have not bothered entering a show. As a spectator I don?t like going to a car show and seeing the same cars over and over especially if they have not changed. So I didn?t feel the need to enter a show.
Late in 08 I went to Japan and bought some goodies from super Autobacs in Tokyo Bay. Junction Produce Fusa (I know it?s a VIP thing) 6? bubble gear knob, Rear window wiper deleter, LED bubble thing for the ciggy lighter. Just some corny japo stuff to remember the trip.

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by the end of 2008 I had decided to look some more into swapping the engine for something with a bit more grunt. Since I have the power goal of 350kw at the wheels I would have to change the gearbox and get another engine. If I had a 2JZGTE I wouldn?t have changed that by any means. I didn?t like the idea of Turboing the NA engine. I like to be different with my cars but there is always gonna be someone who has done something similar before. I asked REVS for a quick quote on a 20B conversion after seeing the rotormaster 350Z, came back with a figure between 20-30k, now that would have been very unique but pricey initially. I decided to look more into the lexus v8 with future plans to put a decent turbo onto it and make 350kw at the wheels reliably. The v8 has a 6 bolt mains and is just as strong as the 2JZ. But comparing NA setup for NA. the v8 will have 25kw more and 3 times the torque of the NA 2J.

this Job has been given to Fours n More at Pooraka as they did the first one in SA and that experience is priceless. So the list goes as follows
lexus 1UZFE from a soarer (4.0L)
Bell housing from Dellows
Custom chromoly flywheel and carbon triple plate clutch to take over 350kw
R154 from a JZX90 chaser
2 odyssey batteries mounted behind the rear seat. (make room for turbo or turbo?s)
Engine bay painted satin black
Custom alloy radiator
Engine bay painted satin black

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Everything is being done looking forward to a turbo setup down the track.
Future plans, find some decent wide jap wheels with plenty of dish and a coloured centre.
Maybe widen the body/flare a little to fit the rims.
Big brakes for some track days
Turbo Setup, something like a GT35/40 or a smaller twin setup.
and a few carboon highlights

Will be showing it again soon after nearly 2 years without a show and hopefully get some track days

update now that its on the road and running.

2 odyssey batteries behind back seat
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ze engine
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the noises it makes are insane. stock NA supra rear pipes and still got to love to the v8 growl out the back.

Hope you like my write up and pics.
Mikey

[PHANTOM]

just thought i'd redo this as old one got lost

[naut]

Nice write up Mikey :)

[G21]

Thats brilliant, nice ride dude.

[PHANTOM]

As some know i purchased John's bonnet (CDUCTV) along with the D-max style vent, for an awesome price! (thanks buddy) I decided i will finish what he started.
being a long weekend perfect to take delivery of it and start measuring things up. i was sposed to be working on a lancer wagons paint prep but the old man went out for a few hours so i got stuck into the bonnet.

measured, checked, measured checked. it was so scary knowing i would be taking an angle grider to the bonnet. the plan was to get the vent sitting in the bonnet and having the moulded fibreglass drop into the metal bonnet. then found all the high spots that the vent was using to sit ontop of the bonnet. chopped small triangles out first, then joined them then took about an inch per side of the original cut out. as pics below show. at this point i have not cut the frame work under the skin of the bonnet. but i think i may need to so i can have easy removal of the mesh.

it now looks like i will have to put a series of slits in the vent to allow bending of the vent so it follows the line of the metal work. then it will have to be glued, riveted and blended. i will paint the under side of the bonnet satin black to match the rest of my engine bay. but as for the outer skin. i am unsure...maybe satin black or i will get a vinyl wrap as then a really good surface finish wont be required.

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[IcE]

Ahh seeing the pics makes more sense!

I reckon it should come up looking pretty good Mikey. You going to paint it the same as the rest of the car or go the fully hectic JDM look?

[PHANTOM]

IcE, on 05 April 2010 - 11:03 AM, said:

Ahh seeing the pics makes more sense!

I reckon it should come up looking pretty good Mikey. You going to paint it the same as the rest of the car or go the fully hectic JDM look?

come on buddy...
"but as for the outer skin. i am unsure...maybe satin black or i will get a vinyl wrap as then a really good surface finish wont be required."

pending on price, if the vinyl wrap is ridiculous it will be painted.

[IcE]

I swear i didnt see that there originally! haha
Oh well, it is a public holiday, i did leave my brain at work on thursday, so cut me some slack :)

Keep us updated dude, cant wait to see the end result!

[PHANTOM]

under side is now satin black with the 2 rear cutouts being made one large one and the cross bracing underneath the cutout removed due to issues with clearance.

now to just modify the vent itself and mount it.

[PHANTOM]

car is booked in for the engine inspection about 2 weeks away.

after that will begin changing some pieces.

[CDUCTV]

What are the chances of it being ready for Autosalon? CDUCTV / PHNTOM display? :D LOL

[PHANTOM]

yeah I'd enter with you. "ready" when is a project car ever ready?
depends how many parts i want to add to it before the show comes round. probably wont have the big brakes on by then

[CDUCTV]

yeah I didn't want to use to word 'finished' cos they're never finished, I should be content with mine by then, maybe.

[PHANTOM]

so i joined two of the vent cutouts together.
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painted the underside in satin black.
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after some thought decided that everything would be so much easier if i just cut one big hole and removed the reenforcing webbing underneath.
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had to chop a large section from the rear of the vent so it would sit down. now the vent is mounted and glued. just to to blend it in
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[PHANTOM]

with a fair bit of bog blending everything out so it looks like its meant to be there i ended up with the result below. i have essentially removed the factory lines that run down the bonnet due to blending the vent in. once i got to the picture below the old man walked in the shed and decided that he was going to get it better :) i wont complain if he wants to fine tune any faults out.
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oh and just took a piccy of all the trophys.
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toyoshow 2007, 4th modified...which was a shambles.
the black trophy is Stree Machine Association of SA show and shine 07 runner up - import
clear crystal like one is extreme powerfest 07 top coupe
gold cup - old school new age 2010 promoters choice.
toyoshow 2010 - best displayed vehicle, sound off highest dB, top 8 cylinder power, 1st show class

[PHANTOM]

cant wait to pick up the car tomorrow ultrasupras old HKS exhaust is fitted. apparently loud...fingers crossed i can tolerate it.

then the new bonnet will be fitted on the weekend.

fingers crossed i can get a few things sorted before autosalon.

[ultra_supra]

PHANTOM, on 24 May 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

cant wait to pick up the car tomorrow ultrasupras old HKS exhaust is fitted. apparently loud...fingers crossed i can tolerate it.

:walkman:

[PHANTOM]

and it sounds so nice. as brentons road test said. "very loud" but suprisingly quiet when cruising at 60-80.

loved driving it through the anzac highway underpass.

[IcE]

Take it up through the Heysen tunnels ;)

[ultra_supra]

can't wait to hear what my old exhaust sounds like on your car

V8 + HKS exhaust = awesome!