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The bearing I could see being different but was the actual hub different?

Took out one of the studs from the Solara hub and its knurl measured .557". The IS300 ARP studs I have are .558"




Also came across a hub manufacturer in PA.
SKF. They have listed on their site a hub that fits a 94-03 V6 Camry and 99-06 V6 Solara. I just saw it as good info that he hub will fit but I will also call to see if they also do the weird stud bore.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: May 23, 2016 - 10:53 AM

The camry bearing too big for the knuckle.

Got some hubs from the yard a couple weeks ago. Will be gently taking off the races and taking off the surface rust off the hub faces.

Will be doing a couple exterior mods. I have gone 10 years without doing any sort of lip or whatever and am a little nervous as to how these upcoming bits will look. Keeping one of them as a surprise because I am unsure of how the end result will look haha

The rest are dependent on whenever the Group Buy from Funked gets in.


I am also trying to work out some engine bugs, besides the loud valve tap I have been getting, the engine is now running rich off throttle around 13.8-12.4. It idles fine (14.8) and sporadically runs lean around 17.3 when I apply light to medium throttle at lowish rpms while cruising.

Once I figure out that issue I am going to start messing around with composite materials to hopefully get enough of a know how to make my own rear diffuser. I havent been able to find an off the shelf diffuser that meets my size and shape requirements so I decided why not just make my own

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jun 24, 2016 - 10:22 AM

body mods!?!

Hey if you get the composite part moulding figured out you should make me a new dash pad.

faulty injector/s

Brother had a similar issue on his Allex 2ZZ-GE. Because it was OBDII he could use the HKS OBD link and a phone app, he could see the short term fuel trim levels and long term fuel trim levels were off and dirty plugs and a rough idle,took the injectors out, had them clean and inspected etc. Spray pattern was off on one, still had the issue.

Stock airbox will solve that.
I just sold my spare last week.

Dang he just told you

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Its something that I could check, but might as well just get spare injectors and have them cleaned and pop them on. Less downtime.
I wonder if the ECU would pull back the duty cycle if I were to put in larger injectors. Im an not sure what voodoo this ECU does

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all of a sudden though? It was all gravy before.
Id sooner get an EMS before I got a stock airbox.
I will just borrow the one off of Red when Im up at CSP


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get OUT!

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jun 26, 2016 - 10:57 AM

Not so fast there Bucko.
How about the 02 ? New ?

Yup, 1 yr old. Still in its infancy. Unless it fouled out.

Strange question but just checking the obvious first. How's the MAF look? Any chance a drop of oil from the filter made it into the MAF?

I havent checked but see no reason why there would be oil on it. I will check though and spray some MAF cleaner on it just to cover my bases.
Its a dry filter so no oil needed.

Aw man, a standalone and MAP conversion would pull up premium a week before Race Wars


took a break the last week and made a new LED top stop. Excuse the disorganized mess. I give no f's #stancelyfe. I like the results more than the round LEDs I used with the other one. Ill try and get a vid up laters.





took off the inner races off of the hubs I snagged


One hub is in much better condition than the other but they are both useable.

bearing surface not cleaned
cleaned


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jun 27, 2016 - 11:21 AM

That looks so awesome, the pretzel I mean.

Super Pretzels are amazing, I like to use cinnamon sugar on mine every now and then.

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Pretzels: the fuel for soldering

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We could make you a killer (pun intended) dating profile with all the personal factoids you post on the forum

I highly doubt it'll make a difference, but do you have the 96+ center reinforcement thingamajig that go along the rear seats...

Also concerning power. A recent memebr on here did blacktop with redtop components and pulled 190 whp with a custom made header and full exhaust.

While a stock SS3 makes 169whp. Thats a 21hp increase, but 10 of that is to be accounted by internal components of blacktop. And 5 hp from header/bpipe and 5hp from decat and larger exhaust piping. Which means ecu is only accountable for an measly 1 hp and perhaps better air/fuel ratio meaning better mpg.

I know im not crazy because ive seen many best motoring videos and b series motors and 2zz motors get 13ps increase in power. Which is means ecu does nothing really...

Why do people say ecu really opens up beams motor. For me it would only seem that it would help manage better torque curve...

I can find the link of the bolt on parts output I speak of

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never heard of that. got pics?

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they did a blacktop with redtop components? That seems a bit backwards as the Blacktop is the more feature rich engine of the two. And a different driveline configuration lol


As for an ECU, I have heard alot along the same lines. Usually most motors are conservatively tuned with the factory ECU and I cant say whether or not the BEAMS is the same way with its ECU, but I bet it is nowhere near its peak. I bet with a very smart tuner and tuning safety parameters set, you can squeeze alot more out of the motor. How exactly that is done, I hope to see soon.

But I can say that for most of the people with the motor, spending $2k on an ECU and maybe $1k for tuning isnt worth it for MAYBE 30whp gain.
I see it as more of an investment to have complete control over the engine. Something that would really be helpful. Im not the kind of person who pops in a motor and calls it a day, I like to tinker and (hopefully) improve

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jun 30, 2016 - 8:22 AM

http://toyotamarket.ru/jp/252170/003/3/6101/1/61305/

61305-20150 REINFORCE SUB-ASSY, CENTER BODY PILLAR, LOWER RH

ok go ahead and look at C-One celica rally vs Integra Type R techno pro spirits on BEST Motoring

both cars received a 10ps bump in power. to me it seems the ECU is only there to manage whatever parts are bolted on or added to engine as long as you don't open it up and mess with cams/timing and compression ratio when you have a N/A build. turbo on the other hand is a different story.

the C-One rally team and Techno Pro Spirits are well known tuning companies in japan. so you saying a very smart tuner can squeeze a lot out of the motor is not believable. If you've watched best motoring, the show always leans towards honda builds, B, K and F series motors. so you know the tuning companies, which build the engines quite well, don't withhold power(even though they do with toyota featured vehicles when it comes to internal components).

the Integra type r from that video does have the valve seats ported from factory by hand, because i've seen the integra type r video featured on Best motoring, just saying.

2K$ ecu is something like motec. I know you can get a AEM unit here in the states for $850 if im not wrong plus the tune. So you saying 20-30whp from a tune alone is not possible with simple bolt on's. even the ITB from 4age on beams redtop has only seen a 20hp increase from numbers posted on MR2 board beams sub forum

so yea need some proof sir... to prove whatever knowledge i have as wrong.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jun 30, 2016 - 1:27 PM

If you have any basic tuning knowledge, you're aware that Toyotas (and especially the BEAMS) are tuned to run pig rich. Lean it out safely and run slightly more aggressive timing and you'll see immediate gains. There's a very popular saying in tuning, "lean is mean." Too lean is dangerous, of course, but the BEAMS has plenty of room for improvement. Not to mention the Redtop was tuned to always assume the MAF is sitting in the stock intake, causing power loss and issues running if you use any other intake. A simple standalone allows us to start modifying the BEAMS. Is it cheap? Not necessarily, but the BEAMS factory ECU holds the motor back significantly. Can't learn everything from watching Best Motoring videos on YouTube. Gotta look into other resources too.

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I never know when you post, if you are legitimately asking a question for your own learning or just fact checking me.

also, we are in the states, lets use WHP.
watching best motoring you are only ever really applying loose theories based off of other cars/engines tuning and performance results, not all 4 bangers are the same. first hand is the best hand.

Alot of people perceive that tuning is some sort of dark magic that only bearded 90yr old men in japan know how to do. Im not speaking as a person who knows alot of the process but I know that (and am not lessening the genius of some of those top tuning companies) there are other people who can tune as good if not better than those people.

I never said that a 30whp gain isnt possible from an ECU upgrade to compliment bolt ons. It would most defintely get up there if not more.
I was speaking about an OEM engine configuration. That a tuner might be able to get an additional 30whp out of the motor with some more aggressive tactics in the tuning process as the BEAMS runs pretty rich.


Yes 2K is like Motec or Haltech. A good AEM ecu like the infinity is around $1500 IIRC.
MY opinion on ECU's is that I would want a product that has been proven and that has a large support base. And Motec/Haltech/AEM are the front runners.
Yeah YOU could get a LINK ecu or the like for probably $600 or so, but I wont.



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There are alot of ECUs that will be able to support all the BEAMS functions, it would be a great mod for anyone that wants to keep an OEM engine config, and just pump it up a bit more.
But there are hiccups that come with standalones, and I have yet to really figure out if they are as reliable as a stock ECU. I have heard they can be

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The last two sentences had me like

I had to go back and reread them. I actually didn't mean to sound like a d!ck, I was just pressed for time and tryout my to speed type.

The Supra is starting to rub off on you.

But but videos are cool

ha when do i ever come off as being offended at the slightest things.

yes i know. i did the many intake mods with the AEM fuel/air gauge ratio thingamajig brosefina.

yes i read about that they are not as reliable and can't adhere to all weather conditions as good as a stock ecu. but when's its only your weekend warrior shouldn't be an issue. but honestly the 2zz was built say 1.5 years after the vvti redtop. so my guess is the air/fuel ratio are the same as a the beams dual vvt-i.

the guy is from panama. i guess he tried to hydroplane across the canal and hydrolocked the engine. so he bought a altezza motor and made it fit into his ST chassis.

well anyway i guess this is going no where. so yea bye now

but like C-One is to Toyota as Spoon is to Honda. can it get any better??

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jun 30, 2016 - 6:21 PM

almost test mounted the hood yesterday but found out it uses 6mm 1.0 bolts....had to go out and get some later




got some 4x4 blocks cut to help hammer in the new studs, I decided to hammer them in so they dont rotate like they might if I were to use an impact and pull them through. I am going to test torque them so I am sure they wont slip and make me cut off my wheels if they did



taking steps to rejuvenating my windscreen, giving this product a go to see if it can get rid of the years of wiper marks

Bitter was telling me about CarPro Essence, still waiting to hear personal results but the thread he shared on AutoGeek had some impressive results. If the glass polish works as well as their Essence it should turn out pretty well.

What pads are u using? Are u doing it manual?

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Carpro Poducts are pretty renowned in the detailers community. I had always assumed that their products were super pricey but they are very affordable

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The red side is hook n loop, the other side is the wool. Im using my porter cable buffer. They say it can be done manually but, I can only see that work on light marring.



did some naughty things this weekend




I am a little less than pleased with this aspect of the hoods fitment. It seems to bubble in shape more than the OE hood. I am going to try and minimize that game as much as possible. Hopefully once its painted it wont seem as large too.






successfully made it to the body shop without the good flying off
(the aerocatch pins were not installed as I wasnt able to get them angled correctly before my appointment to drop the car off)