996 Turbo Project! *** 10 years later update! *Update 3rd May*

Hi guys After moving on from my Single 6 Supra i brought my dream car, a 996 Turbo with 46,000M in fantastic condition. Got a few pictures for you lot and this will serve as an ongoing history of the car. Anyway here she is: I gave her a full service and changed the CD player for something a little more modern. Next up was the brakes, the lacquer was starting to peel of the calipers and looked a bit messy, so i set to work. I sent away the calipers and heres what came back! Shot blasted, powder coated and new seals with stainless steel nipples. While i was there i removed all the steel bolts and replaced with stainless steel Also waxed oil'ed the pipes and other parts Fitted all new link pipes, brackets and bolts along with stainless steel lines New pads, discs were ok so bells primed and painted New pads All going back together ! New fluid Also changed the old bonnet badge as it had marks :gayfight: Gave it a polish and went for a few pics! Tried a new exhaust and did a few more bits that I have been wanting to do. Started stripping the rear end, lights and bumper removed. Remove the arch liners Found one of the top boost pipes was not properly connected! Always boosted ok. With that in mind, intercooler out Here you can see the situation that greets most Turbo owners... rusty nuts! The manifold to head bolts were the same... (I removed one and then took the pic) Thankfully they all came undone with no snapped bolts! I replaced all of them with new Stainless steel bolts! The turbo's and manifolds were not so easy... Heatshields and mounts well rusted! However after lots of heat with a Oxycet torch we had them off! Drivers side ready for new exhaust! New threads and brass nuts so no more corrosion, also replaced the turbo mount bolt and nut for stainless Also as I was there I decided to do a plug and coil pack change! Old plugs 6 x Coil packs and plugs Passanger side done with new bolts Started on the drivers side This is a 48K mile coil pack! Good job I changed them New ones in place New heatshields VHT painted and left to cook on the wood burner Also stripped and repainted the coil pack covers, using more stainless bolts

Looking much better now Also replaced the alternator reg and rear bearing as it was not charging well I wanted to replace the side bumper heatshields as they were corroded. I didn't want to use the original fixing method as they seem to rust up, so I modified them to take stainless steel fixings Stripped the old intercooler brackets down These hold the heatshilds at the bottom of the bumper, you can see how rusty they get So cut off the old fixings and drilled a hole out in the same location as they were in. Then welded some stainless bolts in to the holes And there we go, stainless fixings that will always come undone Also used some new arch liner fixings as the old ones were rusty Stripped the paint of the brackets and gave them a primer and paint Also gave the intercoolers a good clean! Before After Made a start fitting the intercooler packs back together New duct sealing tape on Ready to refit Now to show you the exhaust! Here is what I removed Here is what I fitted! So new heatsheilds and exhausts on using brass nuts! As I was fitting new exhausts I wanted some fresh lambda sensors Intercoolers back on with stainless hardware Got some new heatshields to replace my old rotting ones Originally the heatshields are direct on the steel frames which I imagine helps wear them away until the fall apart and rattle. So with this in mind I brought a sheet of rubber and cut washers to stop them rubbing Rubber washers around the new stainless threads I added to the intercooler frames Chassis mounts for the heatshields 2nd rubber washer on the other side of the heatshield Stainless washer and nut to finish them off Drivers side While I was there I replaced some of the arch and side skirt screws with new ones as some were going rusty All bolted back together and ready for a run!

Some comprehensive work there - good job! :thumb: While you had the intercoolers out did you give them a flush through with petrol to clean them internally ...?

Thanks, I did indeed, although there was not much oil residue in them.

Good stuff - when I did mine lots of old oily crap came out!

I must congratulate you on these jobs - they are addressing things such as corrosion and make a ,lot of sense. You have taken good steps there. The only bit I was not keen on, was the new after-market exhaust (or did you end up putting back the original?). I'm not a fan of after-market stuff such as exhausts but I like the alterations with better brake pipes and addressing the corrosion problem areas. An excellent post!

Brilliant work, and I enjoyed reading through it. :thumb: :thumb:

This is an example of good ownership - well done!

Awesome ! Just one thing.....those 2 straight through pipes, they will do your head in no time. A good crossflow system with one muffler is better. speedtechexhaust.com

He'll get no back-pressure on the turbos running those pipes though ... :lol:

Hi guys Thanks for the comments. I am removing the exhaust when i next have some time off and am going back to the original. Too loud for me.

Great thread, you've already got me planning what to do with my turbo when I pick it up at the weekend!

wow thats some detailing going on, what was the exhaust like was it a straight pipe or cat with pipe any flames ?

Thanks. It was loud...REALLY loud.... :lol: It does spool faster in my opinion, however i will be changing it back to stock as it's just to much...

Will you come and do all that to mine?