The Official SoCal Chat Thread

[masagsxr]

4 day sale for the coupons... print like 10 coupons and come back 10 different times or something heehehehe

[countyboy3188]

Originally Posted by Davis

I know right! It's been broken since who knows when, I bought it from the previous owner like that. I've owned the car for 2 years 5 months now. 97,906 Original miles baby!

Ha plus like thirty thousand since its been broken.

[o6spdracer]

For those who are looking to do a V6 swap?

[Mark_Dorman]

Thanks for the Coupon Mixxer! Might have to go grab a few more tools

I wonder if the motor is running on that ES300...could be a good deal. Too bad i'm the only one following through on my motor swap

Davis...I'm not a fan of black rims with a colored lip but not everyone has the same taste.
Oh...and Renata is gonna have a few words to say about keeping the 5s. She hates that motor more than I do

Hey Pinpin...(still not sure what your name is )
I have a set of black 18" Katana VR6 rims that are black with a polished lip. Could be painted yellow ...

[Mark_Dorman]

So here are some pictures of the progress that has been made on the turbo...

Funny Video!







Yes...I took a saw to the bodykit







My Neighbor on his Harley and the Donor V6 Camry












Hella F*ing, Balls to the walls Awesome!







As Ren said..."we manhandled that car!"

[Davis]

Haha nice guys!! Wish I was there to help.. I wanna cut **** up too.

Oh and Mark, Spyders are 4x100. Anyone who doesn't have the same taste, has bad taste!

Yep decided to keep her stock, but make her reliable for autocross and pass tech at track days!!!!

So I'mma be ordering these today.

- Timing belt
- Drive belts
- Front crank seal
- Cam seal
- Oil pump seal
- Idler pulley tension spring
- Thermostat
- Water pump
- Distributor Seal Repair Kit
- Valve cover gaskets
- Spark plug seals
- Spark plugs
- Toyota red coolant!!

and then various other tools to make this job a breeze.

[deucegirl03]

haha Mark those pics turned out great! we had way too much fun tearing down that poor poor turbo together
IMO the car looks so much better now that the horrid kit is off of it...
oh and somehow i managed to lose one of the spikes on my eyebrow ring yesterday...Ren is sad and feels incomplete without her facial piercing..
oh well i guess its an excuse to buy a new one....small price to pay for beating the crap out of a rice rocket!

Yo Davis here is a list that Aaron sent me when i was researching freshening up my 5S, just in case you wanna compare it to your research..def pick up some cam gear seals if ur gonna be doing the other work you listed...

13568-09041 - $28.50 – Timing belt
90507-17003 - $2.48 – Tensioner spring
13505-74011 - $80.96 – Idler no.1
13503-63011 - $46.75 – Idler no.2
90080-31023 - $6.41 – Cam seal
90080-31022 - $7.44 – Crank seal
15165-70010 - $6.81 – Oil pump shaft seal
15188-63010 - $11.10 – Oil pump o-ring
90916-03075 - $14.39 – Thermostat
16325-62010 - $4.16 – Thermostat gasket
99364-70830-83 - $11.57 – Alternator belt w/ power steering
99364-00890-77 - $15.85 – Air conditioning belt
11383-74021 - $2.73 – Gasket, rear main seal retainer
16100-79135-83 - $86.66 – Water pump assy.
90080-31021 - $30.02 – Rear main seal
90311-35019 - $8.44 – Axle seal LH and RH (x2 = $16.88)

[masagsxr]

Wow... I've always wanted to smash something with a sledge hammer

[xltinlx]

'i wish i could do this to every rice rocket!"

[countyboy3188]

wow you guys i wanna beat a fake wide body kit off of an mr2. Lol that does look like a lot of fun.

[Davis]

Woo! My magnetic numbers came in and they're bad ass!

Thanks for the list RenRen.

Yeah, I can't wait to get her all freshen up. I'mma just enjoy her as she is.

So I'mma be going full time at work at the end of May!! I can't wait. Yay for more money!

[Mark_Dorman]

^Very nice Davis...they look sick. You have been so moody with Mindy recently
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Check it out!!!
WideBody Turbo (POS) Teardown!
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Davis...
Ren says congrats on the increase in hours and you are welcome for the list

[masagsxr]

nice Davis... roll on with it next next sunday or whenever we work on ur car

[Davis]

Haha I will! If I wasn't in the novice class I would've bought the Vinyl.

Oh yeah, I wasn't able to order the parts today, going to do it tomorrow hopefully. ;p Mixxer, I'm so excited!!

Right Mark? Well at least I finally know what I want to do with her.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. I was helping one of my buddies with valve cover gaskets. Those things were like the original ones for sure, they were rock solid. Prying them off was a bitch, but we managed and at the end of the day he was like "Davis for the win!" Hmm I wonder when I'll change my name to that.

[masagsxr]

Yeah thats the plan... i want to take her apart and get a better look... hopefully its just the seals i need to replace.... I think i need to change some hoses just like what Ren did. See some oil on a few hose so i'm thinking its leaking from there for having it clampped on those ends for many many many years or whatever...

[Mark_Dorman]

Ren says, "Yeah...if you have more than 100 F*ing K miles on it just replace the vacuum lines and be done with it!"

[Davis]

Alright time for my thoughts on the Addco Sway Bar and Manual Rack!

AutoX event was today and I was a bit nervous with all the new little tid bits I've added to the car in the past couple weeks. Manual rack for sure was awesome, felt that the car was very predictable. Addco Sway Bar just kicks ass, I did not encounter any sudden oversteer aside from me getting a little to throttle happy, which ended with me going a little sideways...with control. The car felt well balance and I wasn't scared to WOT out of corners. I did experience some understeer, but that was my fault for being toooo overconfident. Average time for everyone was around 65.xxx seconds. I landed a 64.109 on my 2nd run which is pretty good with street tires according to several people and as the day went by my average time was 65.xxx with my uncle in the passenger seat.

[Mark_Dorman]

Nice Davis...can't wait to test out your car

[masagsxr]

Wow Davis... thats awesome... I was just telling Dorman and company earlier... "daym its been a month already and time for another AutoX". Time sure fly by so fast...

[Davis]

Results are in! I'm in 7th place for Novice class! Pretty stoked I did good.

https://axwaresystems.com/axorm/file...050309_fin.htm

Dammit. I think I'm going to fail my math exam tomorrow. I've been slacking off on homework and now I don't remember how to do any of it!!!