• progress.. finally

Posted: **Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:16 pm**

Spent all day working on the GS today.. finally looking like a car again now.

New color.. Nassau Blue

The fusebox in the bottom right of the pic used to be in the drivers side front corner of the car, under the hood

dyed the dash blue.. no more sucky brown/tan

I've got the routing of the cage figured out. The dash wont even have to be cut much. If I keep on knocking things out like I did today, I may be putting the engine in next week in time to get get some shakedowns on it before the next DriftMB event.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:34 am**

WOW!!
Looking good Mr. Kipe.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:44 am**

Hell yeah man good to see her coming back to life!

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:11 pm**

Yes Sir!! Luxury Drift back in order.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:58 pm**

I've always wanted to see that car in action after meeting you at FD atl 2 years ago. Good to see it going back together right.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:00 pm**

I like that blue

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:29 pm**

Thanks guys. It has been due for an overhaul for a long time. Cant believe April 1st will be 5 yrs I have owned this car. Due to the birth of my son in September, time to work on the car has been short. I havent driven it since August and it's killing me.

After a long discussion with my teammates on DriftMB, we decided to buy the cage building eqpt and do it ourselves. So the cage will go in the GS, then Marshalls s13, then finally the Hachi I gave to my sponsor, FERDwear, to build so he can get out there with us. Then we'll start doing cages for side money to fund more mods..like..ahem..GS manual trannies.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:54 pm**

excellent choice of wheels

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:18 am**

yay! the aristo will return, oneof my fav local cars fo sho
and you do totally need a manual

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:24 pm**

Epik wrote:Then we'll start doing cages for side money to fund more mods..like..ahem..GS manual trannies.

I will talk with some of my old Supra buddies and see if any of them have or know where a 6spd may be laying around. Will a 5spd work? That is if I can find either.

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:26 pm**

Dangerous Drifter Dan wrote:excellent choice of wheels

Posted: **Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:55 pm**

That blue is hot!!! Awesome pics man... keep'm comin!!

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:25 am**

ChadMK4 wrote:
I will talk with some of my old Supra buddies and see if any of them have or know where a 6spd may be laying around. Will a 5spd work? That is if I can find either.

the 6 speed will kill me they still run over $2k for a used one. My ballpark is an r154 (Soarer 1jz) 5 speed. Last resort is a 7m r154 with a 1jz bell housing.
The NA Supra and sc300 w58 5 speed would be DOA since I'll be making over 400rwhp by doing the swap...at 380 now thru the auto. But thanks Chad.. anything you can do..

Posted: **Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:30 am**

Well I continued the wire ridding obsession tonight. I went to the storage bin where my engine is and pulled the harness off and brought home. Got off work at 9pm, got home from pulling the harness and messing with a few other things at 1030pm.. and just now finished stripping extra wires (AC, VSV's..etc.. ) and anything else not needed all the way down to the ecu pins. then I rewrapped the whole harness.

If all goes well, I'm looking at finishing the engine bay paint and making new brake lines tomorrow. Friday when I'm off, the engine will go back into the car, and then I'll tow it back here to fab up the new v mount.

More pix to come. bed now...

Posted: **Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:10 am**

thats pretty sweet...... why dont you get painless kit for the wiring?