project 2jz-ge

[nine2nine]

Put washer bottle back in today and ran all new lines are they were stuffed. Also one heat range hotter plugs in it while im messing around so its not so keen to foul them.

Hooked the wideband up too and its idling at 8.2:1 AFR's so i figure the oxygen sensor its stuffed so ill need to shop around for a new one. Should idle at 14.7:1.

[nine2nine]

The VL commodore radiator arrived today. Quality very poor as expected (ebay), but it will do providing it doesn't leak. After chopping all the unwanted stuff off, its actually a really good fit in the engine bay. The only problem for me is the filler point is closer to the cooler piping then expected - so close i need to chop it off and have it welded on closer. Here's some pics of a trial fit, just not mounted yet.

Radiator in


Unfortunately i'm left with exactly the same space between the radiator and pulley's because this radiator is a twin core 42mm, wheres factory was only 25mm. You can see the warp in the dodgy ebay radiator.


Fouling with the intercooler piping. Will do for rego, but not good enough to stay like it.


Inlet/Outlet on the same side, much easier for plumbing up on this motor as i used to have a crossover pipe down the bottom. The added benefit is the radiator is twin flow, which should cool a little better. Also smaller then the 929 one so i hope i can still get a decent thermo on it.


Engine bay looks a little better with a bit more alloy added. Half the core is actually hidden by the radiator support.


Now to find a way to mount it. Mounting the bottom should be fairly easy as it cant be seen, but finding something that looks neat up the top will be the difficult part.

[nine2nine]

Radiator mounted, just used some small RHS bridged across, plenty strong enough. Now i just have to make a little positioning bracket for the bottom.


Also fitted a CD player i had in the shed. Its conveniently smaller then the original so i will be putting a boost and oil pressure gauge above it.

[nine2nine]

Have also ordered this fan to go with it.

Dettaglio motore assiale | SPAL

[*~~Habib~~*]

It's coming along nicely. Should be running cool.

[nine2nine]

Well Spal thermo fan, new tridon thermo fan switch and Speco boost gauge have all arrived. Have also bought new radiator hoses, a new battery and air filter. Started tidying up some of the wiring while waiting for the parts. Mostly the stuff i just did quickly so i could drive it between houses when i moved.

Now to get it all happening and on the car...

[nine2nine]

Radiator is all mounted now. Just used a brace across the bottom to position it as the top holds most of the weight.



New radiator hoses made. Cut a section out of one for the top, and joined two together for the bottom.



16" Spal mounted. Used two brackets for the top, and pin type mounts for the bottom. Only concern is Spal recommend 1/4 inch space off the radiator for acceleration and deceleration.



The measured amount of room from thermo to pullies



While i had the welder out i also made a stay for the air filter. The weight of it is mostly held by the silicon joiner anyway.



And have started making a mounting plate for the gauges about the stereo. Much better then a pillar mount.

[nitros13]

looking good dude!

[nine2nine]

This thing goes again now. Thermo fan wired up and switched with a tridon switch (on at 95 and off at 90). Ran it until it got up to temp today, once the fan switches on it only takes around 20 seconds to take the temp back down to 90 degrees to switch off, then another couple of minutes to get back to 95. This is a huge positive, as with the old setup it would continue climbing with the two cheap fans on.

Next step is to find a current draw, as its drawing 0.29A with everything off. Then continuing to tidy it up. I have found so many things that i did years ago that I'm not happy with at all, and are redoing. Mostly adding fuses and relays to things that should have had them, putting shielding on all the wiring, and just generally making things neater and replacing old with new. Its nice not being at uni anymore and actually being able to buy things when i need them, rather then scabbing second hand stuff.

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Found the current draw. Turns out this alternator needs a sensing wire to complete a circuit, otherwise it will draw current. Just need to order a plug for it from Toyota and wire it all up properly.