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MkIII Supra Pickup Drift Project
Just to say hi guys i'm Mark from Japnortheast.co.uk, and after 3 years i have bought myself another beloved Mrkiii supra (fell in love again at JAE)
I also own a skyline GTS-t The supra i have bought as a progect its a E reg 1987 i think non turbo. I have bought the car to be ran as a drift car and would appreciate any help or advise that you guys could offer heres what ive done so far OH Yes and did i mention its going to be a Pickup???? Stripping Needs to have all interior removed bar dash and two front seats Suspension Needs to either get Chris's Blistiens on if they fit or chop the springs by a couple of coils Engine Sweet as a NUT!!!!! Exhaust Gonna go for a 3 inch side exit Graphics Gonna go Full JNE Wiring Most likely gonna need some electrical work on the car http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture020.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture019.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture017.jpg MORE PICS TO FOLLOW AND AFTER MARKS ATTEMPT AT REPAIRS I HAVE DECIDED THAT HE SHOULD BE TEA BOY Video http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture033.flv and from this mark learnt never mess about on gravel with the windows down. I forgot i was taking a video and was paying more attention to the massive cloud of dust and if the security guard would see it http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture040.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture039.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture037.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture034.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture044.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture049.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture050.jpg mkiv suspension will go on a mkiii with a little work Mod's needed Rear Suspension You need to bend the bottom of the damper around 2.5mm each side and make a bush to fit. (although dont think choas will let me lmao) Front Suspension Pretty much a straight fit but you need to grind around 2mm off each side of the hub where it connects to the suspension Will post pics when i do it on saturday only had the time to wiegh up what needed doing today. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh also learned that the inner rear arches were rusted :( out comes the welder got the dif out eventually but had to use the my fav tool the GRINDER oo and extra large pinch bars lol. The 2 front bolts for it are bolted into nuts which are welded inside the frame which i managed to snap the nut of the weld (last bloody bolt holding the dif in) , but we got it out in the end along with the exhaust of and all shafts off. The only reason the grinder came out was because of Mr Priors eternal chanting GRINDERRRRR GRINDERRRR GRINDERRRRR because he was already told his little plastic saw would not be up to the job. But we were confused as baby racoons when we eventually got it out because the internals are nothing like the pictures that we have seen before so the four of us stood there like monkeys scratching our heads. A prior comment from last night, to set the seen we had the back end on axle stands and joe commented will it not roll on the front wheels why dont you put the handbrake on lol and then marks WHY DONT WE LEAVE IT IN GEAR. Because the back wheels are off the ground durrrrrrrr All in all a fun night loads of laughing and some pain you know your having a good time when your hands and face are black What Happens When you put 3ft of pipe where your exhaust was meant to be Video http://www.youtube.com/v/DIEAoMfR4UU Side exit complete Also got the diff welded up tonite all is going well :headbang5: Turning into a pickup http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00736.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00737.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00739.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00743.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00755.jpg Video http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...t=MOV00735.flv when you get bored silly things happen mkiv veilside spoiler on a mkiii http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...y/DSC00764.jpg The back windows come out with ease, lol http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...sh/IMAGE35.jpg Then for the pick-up modifications. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...sh/IMAGE45.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...sh/IMAGE47.jpg |
Dude what a sick project!!
So are you going to stick with the 7MGE? Any plans for turbo transplant? Be interested to know what it weighs in at when your done as well! Nice work! |
looks like you know what your doing dont forget to post some after pics.
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More pics will follow as work progress's Full details can be found on a site i run below you have to register to veiw but worth it loads of other things on there also. http://www.japnortheast.co.uk/forum/...showtopic=8150 |
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I dont want to knock it or anything but why chop up such a nice looking car? Toyota probly didnt make a "truck" version cause they probly could keep the back end from cutting loose with no weight in the back lol
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maybe it will work out for you but you still need some weight for traction in the back i would think?
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Had it out and it does exactly what we need it to do (Go VERRRRRRRY Sideways lol) has worked out better than we could have hoped will get some video's at the next drift practice and post them up :D
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awesome project, what's it's weight now?
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dude that thing looks nice:bigthumb:
love the side exhaust have u seen the skyline r32 drift pickup |
Yeah seen it a while ago on a japanese DVD, there was also a supra pickup but i belive that its dead now
Heres a vid of it the only one i have ever seen and it was this that inspired me to do a pickup http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...=drift+extreme However i wanted it to be unique, so decided to do it without the big bars hangin out the backend, the wide arches were a freinds idea and i must say finish the car, had to but some kinda box on the exhaust as is was to noisey for the track according to the officials :whateva: more work to come after Christmas cheers for the comments |
from you guys' experience with this car, what would you say was the most neccesary thing to drift the car properly? i'm looking into drifting my '89 N/A as well, but i'm kinda skeptical b/c it's my daily driver as well, and supras aren't cheap to fix :[
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hey man any updates yet?
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Unfortunetly not been no work done since end of November due to a massive move of premisiss work to restart Saturday 20th January 2007 and we will be rocketing on hopefully :bigthumb:
Heres a couple more pics to go on with Its first outing took it to the club meet for the members of our club www.japnortheast.co.uk to get a feel of what we are doing and have a look round the car (Even came second in our car of show contest lol wasnt even entered) http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...F2292Large.jpg http://www.andrew-irvine.co.uk/image...203%20(58).jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...r/PICT0042.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...r/PICT0040.jpg http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...6/IMG_3051.jpg This won best car of show that day & rightfully so 600bhp 10 second car http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...rs/carter1.jpg http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...a/Image007.jpg http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...a/Image000.jpg http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...a/Image001.jpg http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...a/Image014.jpg Faye Gets real dirty lol http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...a/Image010.jpg Still wish i could have kept the real side exit but after advice from track officials i had to go the other route :( http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...h_MOV00735.jpg My Favourite Pic cant tell anything has been done http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...9/DSC01034.jpg Shot from the inside rear to have camera fitted and 17" tft onto dash instead of a back window http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...9/DSC01039.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...9/DSC01038.jpg Fuel cell & Fuel pump fitted (fuel pump fitted to strut) http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...9/DSC01044.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...9/DSC01046.jpg The way it was originally - bit different now ! http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d6...Picture016.jpg Anyway will update hopefully next week with the progress |
awesome, keep us posted :]
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poor supra :(
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Anything? ?
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Looks like will probs get back underway around june :( |
thats nice
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hey mark...i know its been about 2years since your last post lol...but i really want to see this project finished...
so is it??? |
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Glad to hear you're using this: I plan to keep it much more aggressively up-to-date than has been the case in the past, but don't hesitate to let me know if you find errors or need clarifications.:ghey: |
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