Part 1 : i need a brake!

Friday - the main target is to fix the annoying noise sound from the subframe area,which at first suspected was a broken drive shaft

since we going to open most of the rear part today,i decided to install the r33 2pot as well and swap the tein faulty rear top mount with the JIC one

with the help of my friend Sham a.k.a Mong-gek

halfway through we noticed that is wasn't the drive shaft that was causing the damn noise since there was nothing wrong with it~

thanks to a poor installation that was done by the previous mechanic~the inner part of the drum shoes have fallen a part..

the damage~spring,washer,clip etc~brake shoes and the inner part of the brake disc rotor..

not to mention this was on the both side~left and right....SIGH!

luckily i have a spare x9 subframe at home and F.I.Y x8 and x9 share the same brake shoe=D

pulled out the parts needed and one problem solved :P

i cant use the x9 brake shoe becoz it was already too thin~so i went to Weng Hin~only to find out the item cost rm360 for a pair,need to be ordered plus i have to wait another 2 week huhuhu

upon discussion with Mong-gek,he told me that to sand paper the rough part of the brake shoe since it is still thick and use it back..

next thing to do is to sent some stuff over to Wah Seng (machinery shop) to change the slightly torn drive shaft boot cover,skim the disc and make a bracket for the r33 2pot caliper~

noticed the yellow thing on the second picture...

now the only thing to do is wait~

end of part 1

Part Two : Sugar, were goin down~

from "Part One : sound at the gate",the wastegate are already functioning but the problem with the unstable boost still occurred..after a few series of discussion with the mechanic, we conclude that i have wrongly marked the wastegate positioning..DUH~

Epic ~RnD went wrong ha ha ha..its not that i didnt do a research about it before,but like i said before not many 1jz owners wanna do this kinda thing,and i cant find a thing on this over the world wide web..


this is how it supposed to be done (excuse the stupid drawing,but thats the best that i can do LOL)by making a U shape pipe the air flow from both turbo should hold the boost pressure stable...

so now i still can drive the car,its just i cant full boost..thinking of redoing the whole thing back,but its 2 week more before Eid and workshop are getting busy with customers car..to add it up ,i noticed white smoke from the exhaust~a small sign of turbo is going to die again...and worst of all waterpump is leaking water slowy..price for a new set from weng hin?almost rm2k~ hahaha....

BUMMER!! maybe its the calling of single turbo~ha ha ha errrr Narf!

No sample~

after almost two weeks of waiting, my bearing clutch have finally arrived,(Weng Hin have no problem sourcing the clutch plate, and oil seal flywheel though,as there are ready stock,bearing their need to order from japan)

so here is the Stock Code no,just in case if u guys wanna order it from Weng hin and dont have a sample of the item

3125014185 - Clutch Plate

9036345012 - Bearing Clutch

9031190006 - Oil Seal Flywheel

plz note that this item for R154 gearbox only :)