JLW's ( REV 3 GT spec Turbo, smg Tbar ) YVS Performance Built

[JLW]

MOD LIST updated

E N G I N E:
. YVS Performance REV 3 Forged Build
. CP Carillo 86mm Forged Pistons
. ACL Race Main Bearings
. ACL Race Big End Bearings
. ARP Head Stud Conversion
. Helix Uprated Stage 2 4 Paddle Clutch
. Mishimoto Tripple Core Radiator
. Twin SPAL 10" fans
. Link G4 storm standalone ECU
. Phoenix Power side mounted intercooler
. Berk technologies De-Cat pipe
. Blitz Nur Spec R full exhaust system
. Greddy Type R Adjustable BOV / dump valve
. 8MM Magnecor Ignition Lead Kit
. TRD Sports Iridium Sparkplugs - Grade 7
. Apex Power Intake
. TOM's radiator cap
. TRD oil cap
. BRD gearbox linkage bushes
. Bosch "supreme power" battery
. SAMCO boost pipe hoses
. Ceramic coated intercooler pipes

C H A S S I S:
. Meister R zeta R CRD+ coilovers ( 3 way adjustable )
. Whiteline anti-roll bar ( adjustable ) Front & Rear
. SuperPro poly bush kit ( full kit )
. TOM�S Front Strut Brace
. TOM�S Rear Strut Brace
. New drop links & bushings all round
. Eibach Camber Bolts - Front
. Full archwork roll by Arch Enemy
. Supertracker 4 wheel alignment ( Fast road setup )

B R A K E S:
. New Rev 3 Turbo callipers all round
. Porterfield RS4 pads
. MTec dimpled & grooved discs with black coating
. Gulf RF1000 high performance brake fluid
. HEL braided lines all round ( yellow )

W H E E L S & T Y R E S:
. Front - Rota Torque's 17x8J et35
. Rear - Rota Torque Drifts 17x9J et30 ( 5mm spacers )
. Front - Yokohama AD08r 215/40/17
. Rear - Yokohama AD08r 235/40/17

E X T E R I O R:
. Full re-spray by DPM autobody in OEM "smg"
. Border carbon bonnet
. Genuine Bomex front bumper ( smoothed nose cone )
. TOM's rear bumper
. Carbon scuttle panel
. Carbon reverse light panel
. Aerocatch Plus flush lock kit
. Greddy Gracer side skirts
. Smoothed GT spec electronically retractable mirrors
. TRD wing , with carbon end caps
. Rev 5 clear front light units ( tinted & glossed )
. Raybrig ( style ) Crystal headlight units
. UK spec front indicator delete mouldings
. Full 70% dark window tint by Auto Eclipse
. Team Elemental LED HID kit
. Osram Nightbreaker H3c fog light bulbs

I N T E R I O R :
. OMP corsica 330mm deep dish wheel / yellow stitch
. MoMo boss wheel adapter
. Corbeau Pro series XL in leather with yellow top stitch x2
. Corbeau Side mounts x2
. Rouge Motorsport ground rails
. Corbeau GRH 4 Point Harnesses
. Corbeau lumbar support ( drivers seat )
. TRD duration gear knob
. Sickspeed suede / yellow stitch gear surround
. Gloss black dash plastics
. JDM Toyota rescueman 3 security hammer
. JDM OEM toyota footwell flare
. Black rev 1 T-Bar headlining + trims and shades
. UK Rev 5 Leather Door cards
. Modified clock ( blue overlay )
. White 501 LED bulbs in dash
. White LED dome lights

A U D I O:
. Edge 6.5� Front Speakers
. Edge 4� Rear Speakers
. Sony MEX - BT4000U Bluetooth Head unit

S E C U R I T Y:
. Clifford Alarm System 3

S E R V I C E & O I L' S:
. Redline Mt90 gearbox oil
. Fuchs Titan Pro Race R 10w50
. OEM Toyota oil filter
. OEM Toyota fuel filter

[almeida1234]

Where is the Trd wing from bud?

[JLW]

Bought from a member on here a while back, CalMac if i remember rightly pal.

[rossonza]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ql1WeHhNk&t=27s

cheeky

[JLW]

HAHA yeah, saw him leaving. Thought I'd show off a little.

[craig]

[rossonza]

HAHA yeah, saw him leaving. Thought I'd show off a little.

didnt sound overly loud. i was under the impression the nur spec was the loudest mr2 exhaust...was worried about my apexi gt thats going on my project.

or is the clip forgiving with sound levels?

[JLW]

HAHA yeah, saw him leaving. Thought I'd show off a little.

didnt sound overly loud. i was under the impression the nur spec was the loudest mr2 exhaust...was worried about my apexi gt thats going on my project.

or is the clip forgiving with sound levels?

The clip is very forgiving ..... very lol.
However it sounds great, not just loud !

[JLW]

Now that the Bomex is fitted, I began building the splitter, as was always
intended. A lot of thought had gone into how to build this, and what materials
to use etc. But what helped the most was that Scott who regularly works on
my car, with tricky modifying jobs such as fitting the seats on the ground rails
etc, had literally just finished building a chassis mounted one for his S2K.

So he knew exactly what he wanted to do when it came to building mine,
Plywood .... for those that think this is crazy, its actually used on a lot of
Time Attack and track based cars right up to some of the top teams !
Its also cheap and easy to source, and would / will look great once the full plan
is finished.

The plan was to build two splitters, one out of 10mm & one out of 5.5mm
ply, the first 10mm will be simply wrapped in carbon film. The second would
actually be fibreglassed and skimmed in real carbon then lacquered.
This would allow me to see how it performs on the road before going to all that
effort for no reason.

So parts started arriving:

20 X M8 X 25MM cap head high tensile steel bolts with rivnuts for extra
strength. Decided for cap heads over traditional as I feel they look nicer



With the correct washer sizes



6dm carbon wrap looks surprisingly good and matches the weave on all my
other carbon bang on. And adjustable tie rods with real carbon covers.





Then last Saturday, we began building both splitters.
Car up in the air ready.



Scott then enlarged 4 existing holes in the chassis to make way for the rivnut
mounting points for the alloy box section frame.



I then was given the task of wire brushing the cut sections of ally that Scott
has measured to make the frame for the Splitter to mount onto. He explained
that ally has a film on the face and will not weld correctly if this process is not
done. Excuse the lack of photos during this stage but here the frame sits with
Scott finishing the welds.



We than bolted the 10mm sheet to the car and POW she's done.....



Only joking ( Obviously ) it was now turn to decide the shape, I want functional
downforce, however road usability, and any longer or wider then we have
decided would have ruled the latter right out.

40/50 or 60mm, we decided 50mm protrusion.



And removed after running the line of the car, but with a little maths worked
out how the sides would smooth back into the shape of the bumper. Then cut
the shape and prepped the sides with an orbital to round of the face's and
get rid of any splinters.





Next we had to cut out the rear of the splitter to allow air to flow up to the
Mishimoto rad + spal fans, we traced the shape and cut out and again
smoothed of with an orbital.



Then became the job of getting the remainder of the rivnut holes drilled onto
the ally frame ready for the splitter to be mounted in place.




And here is the 10mm mounted,



We then used this template to cut out and make an exact replica with the
5.5mm sheet. Then finally for this stage it was time to fit the tie rods, simple
enough in theory to fit. But patience and perfection is needed to get them
straight and in place.



Thats it for now, reason being is that the car was dropped back to DPM on
Monday to repair and re-paint the front bumper as some stress cracks had
appeared ( Dave said this would happen potentially after fitting and is being
done FOC of course ) So having the splitter removed allows easier painting.

Whilst the car is at DPM, Scott and myself are going to wrap the splitter in the
carbon film, ready to fit.

Really looking forward to fitting and seeing it all finished, been wanting this
front end for a while for aesthetic and performance reasons as always

[JLW]

So its been finished for a little while, but a few weeks back. Scott and myself
wrapped the 10mm splitter in the carbon wrap. Came out great tbh.
Didn't get that many pics as we were doing it, as it was a two man job.
but here you are.

Up in the air, ready to fit the tie rods.



Underneath, showing the cap head bolts.



and finished.

[rossonza]

wheres the jizzing emoji looking amazing mate, bet your well happy

[JLW]

wheres the jizzing emoji looking amazing mate, bet your well happy

HAHA, yes it looks great, although not the most practical for going up anything thats more then a slight incline lol ( LOW ) but hey #Racecar.

[JLW]

Finally bit the bullet and bought a decent set of wheel nuts, NRG steel cap
end. Were not cheap, but will stop corroding and much better then the alloy
Chinese copies I've always had.




And here's some arty farty photos ,

[rossonza]

too arty mate wheel nuts look smart....whats next on the list ?

[JLW]

Engine bay, full tidy up ( paint ) & gold tape wrap boost pipes & heat shields
etc. Going to start doing that as soon as the weather turns though.

[rossonza]

Engine bay, full tidy up ( paint ) & gold tape wrap boost pipes & heat shields
etc. Going to start doing that as soon as the weather turns though.

sounds good dude. you may be waiting a while. seen the forecast?

[JLW]

Engine bay, full tidy up ( paint ) & gold tape wrap boost pipes & heat shields
etc. Going to start doing that as soon as the weather turns though.

sounds good dude. you may be waiting a while. seen the forecast?

Yes, rather that though, more roof off seat time

[JLW]

Simon at YVS once said to me, "your always chasing the weakest link"
This was the case last week, 120mph + up a bypass ( in Mexico )
and Bang ......

However I immediately knew what it was, the splitter was scrapping on the
ground, Pulled into a slip road quickly and realised what had happened.
Cheap ebay Tie Rods ...... "Weakest link"



As you can see, the one closest to the camera pulled right through the wood
and the one furthest from the camera snapped !
In hindsight this was of course going to happen, thats a lot of sustained
downforce on such cheap components, without washers to spread the weight !

So realistically this is just a exercise in R&D ( Best way to look at it lol )

The splitter is damaged so luckily having the 5mm template ready, my mate
who's a chippy can knock me up another ( this time in 12mm ply ) no problem,
and these are what I have found instead of the cheap eBay tie rods.
Tonight ill check the length to see if 245mm will be sufficient in length as
the old ones extended to 280mm and this time, instead of affixing to the
inside of the bumper, I ideally would like fitted to a structural part of the car,
Chassis rail behind the bumper maybe.

http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/cure ... -Pair.html

[JDMfrank]

What kind of arch work have you done on this for that wheel and tyre setup? Look at similar sizes.

[JLW]

What kind of arch work have you done on this for that wheel and tyre setup? Look at similar sizes.

TBH, As much a physically possible before I would have had to go to bolt on
arches, heavily flared front & rear, and rolled completely flat. All done by a
profesional also ( Simon at Arch Enemy / Carson performance )