homemade dropvent hood and widebody fenders..lol

[joshiroku]

well the engine temps were thinking about creeping up at texas world last month with the long straights and high average speeds, so i looked at some drop vent hood options.

i really like the uras hood and just the standard dropvent carbon but i has no cash for that!! and since i damaged my oem vis carbon hood i thought id just buy the uras copy vent and cut a hole for it and rivet it in...well that cost money too..
so thought id just make one myself...

first step...cut a big ass hole in the hood



then using some foam poster board and a razor i built a scale template to turn into an aluminum hood vent that i will rivet on when its done



i used straight pins to hold it all together and get the vent angles right...no science involved, just did it the way i liked.





on the fenders i stole an image from a blog called nori yaro...there was a screensaver with a little blue levin that had some dished work equips and this little fender mod that i just could not get outta my head (thanks alot damn internet).. any way here a series of pics from the finished product






some pics after the bath...bumper is at the shop getting another duct added as well

[daveskatesallday]

lookin' good man

[16vHachi]

Sick!
Good job man!

[JDMwhiteboy]

I like what I see so far. Good work

[dr.occa]

good work josh. yes, the over fender mod was popularized by hibino (he's not the only one but with his notoriety...)

[joshiroku]

thanks for the praise fellas, ill look into hibino a bit more..i really like his car, levin noses are really cool looking

[landslideATX]

hey, that brake cooling duct, how does that work out for you?

[joshiroku]

the brake ducts have worked out very well, the cars ability to stop consistently ahs been a non issue since the fc calipers and brake ducts....now if can just get the rear end to hold up.....anybody got a mk1 celica supra rear??

[dr.occa]

....now if can just get the rear end to hold up.....anybody got a mk1 celica supra rear??

josh, check out weir performance's axle upgrades that use the 86 housing. they say the axles (w/spool) will hold up to 300+ hp.

here

[joshiroku]

thanks for the heads up, ive actually spoken with spence a few times and purchased the 3.90 gearset and crushsleeve thats in my current thirdmember...unfortunately i could not afford to have him setup the diff and i fear that the used bearings i didnt change when i reassembled the diff may have had a failure and that might explain the noises (lesson learned)...however it was quiet and noise free days before the track event and even some dyno runs, so i may not have screwed up the assembly part..

fortunately i purchased a thirdmember from mandm177 in the for sale section to get me to the next event while i scrape more funds together...thanks mark

also the spool wont work for me, i dont really care for the handling characteristics of full lock ..im old...and i like to drive my car on the street.
spence can use an aftermarket lsd for his modified axles but not a factory lsd..this adds a good chunk of coin to the conversion since used trd 2ways are like $450..ouch

ill get there eventually...lol

the celica supra rear axle housing may be a cheaper solution for me because im going to flare the car out to use the larger 225/45/15 NT01 tires, since the rear end is wider it might help with my wheel options

[dr.occa]

i know that weir offers an option to run an aftermarket LSD with their axles as well if you prefer. anyway, hope you find what you settle on.

[85levin]

wow josh, that takes guts man. good turnout though!

i might be able to help you with that diff install. i have assembled a few, including the one in my car which i finally tested at the track this last week end. we can always work out a deal with spare parts.

[joshiroku]

thanks man, i appreciate the offer on the diff install...im just waiting to hear back from spence on the cause of failure..i followed the manual when i put it together....so i havent failed diff 101 class yet...lol

[85levin]

no prob, man. in that case the issue was probably caused by something else. did you install a solid pinion spacer? between the pinion flange and the bearing there is a washer with rounded out edges that if installed upside down will throw out the preload and destroy thst bearing in maybe just a hunded miles of normal driving. i have come across one with this issue. owner said it was running just fine at first.

[joshiroku]

yah i put a solid spacer in it, but i i didnt change the pinion bearing so thats why i was thinking bearing failure..i just pulled the complete lsd from my thirdmember, swapped the ring gear and put it in the pumpkin that spence sent me..thats what i get for being cheap!!

after seeing a pic of the weir axle face to face with the oem axles, i pretty much know ill not have these problems if i spend the coin on the good stuff....it just hurts damnitt!!



axle envy

stupid torque