Trueno Coupe I Build Up- Posted - 08/16/2004 : 23:47:23
Alright, First update:
Tim Wehe from X-Zost Garage and Brian Jensen (BigBri on the boards) are helping overhaul this car from top to bottom with me. They are both Extremely qualified mechanics and very good fabricators.
I'm really starting to like this orange pile of crap. It's got character from its 100's of hours of drift use. The chassis is straight and good. All the unneccesary parts have been stripped off already and things such as beating in the fender wells have already been done. The engine bay is really not bad and very spare, just the way I like it. The cage in the car is pretty darn nice. The SDS engine management system seems fairly straightforward and tuneable.
Overall I think this car is going to be fun to work on, and I can't wait to see and drive the final results.
We went to pull the sparkplugs this evening to give it a tune-up and found the spark plug wells full of oil. Apparently the valve cover gaskets are not doing their job. Luckily Brian Jensen is a tech at Toyota and recognizes the "donut seals" from another model Toyota. He'll be able to get that fixed right away. He went ahead and pulled the whole valve cover and will take it in to work tomorrow to press out the old and install the new seals.
