Unwaking a Dormant Beast (Stage 1 - trd exhaust)

by **TxBmbleBee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:15 pm

Here some update pictures, and i have a few questions as well!

Heres my project car, only 45500 miles...a perfect candidate to be supercharged.

She has sat in my garage for the past 4 years and was a home to rats, ewwwww. i have since evicted them, and some have paid the ultimate price and were put to DEATH. i would never take a life but they carry diseases for crying out loud

I broke down the supercharger this morning...

A few questions i have....
any ideas how to safely take off the pulley?
do the bearings inside the charger come out?
who can direct to a site where i can get a new egr tube?

thanks guys

by **CamryOnBronze** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:58 pm

The EGR tubes are just about impossible to find unless it is a used one from someone here. If you dont have emissions in your state, just run blockoff plates and remove the EGR all together- that's what I did.

The bearings should be removable, but the s/c looks really clean... I dont think youre going to need a rebuild or anything like that. I would personally just change the oil and I think you will be good to go.

As for the pulley, I used an impact to break the nut loose (some said not to, but I never saw any harm in it is long as you dont go crazy with it). After the bolt is off, use a pulley puller to remove the pulley.

Your car is really clean, Im jealous! And thanks, the car never felt extremely fast, but it felt nice to pull on that z haha.

by **SleeperSolara** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:33 pm

Your Solara looks nice man.
Everyone wit their TRD body kit is makin' me want one now.....

by **TxBmbleBee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:15 pm

jetbtkng wrote:how many miles on on the sc, if its got more than 50,000 you should get it rebuilt befor you install it, costs about $700 but its worth it, im having mine done as we speak, had about 62,000 on it, and the solara i just bought from andy its going to be rebuilt as well, dont know the history so better safe than sorry,

mine has around 65000 on it, im leaning towards not rebuilding it tho, whos doing yours?

CamryOnBronze wrote:The EGR tubes are just about impossible to find unless it is a used one from someone here. If you dont have emissions in your state, just run blockoff plates and remove the EGR all together- that's what I did.

The bearings should be removable, but the s/c looks really clean... I dont think youre going to need a rebuild or anything like that. I would personally just change the oil and I think you will be good to go.

As for the pulley, I used an impact to break the nut loose (some said not to, but I never saw any harm in it is long as you dont go crazy with it). After the bolt is off, use a pulley puller to remove the pulley.

Your car is really clean, Im jealous! And thanks, the car never felt extremely fast, but it felt nice to pull on that z haha.

i think i read if you remove the egr you get a cel? im from tx i dont think emissions are near as bad as ca

how did you stop it from spinning tho when you impacted it? (dumb question im sorry)

SleeperSolara wrote:Your Solara looks nice man.
Everyone wit their TRD body kit is makin' me want one now.....

thanks man. my kit is old skool from molly designs, it needs to be repainted though, you cant tell from the pictures. you should get the kit!

by **jetbtkng** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:32 pm

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by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:07 pm

nice, did you get an ans to your muffler gap thingy.
I took my to midas and had them install it back in 2001. It costed me 30 bucks and I watched them do it, I paid additional for longer some screws..that brought this gap closed (I think stocks weren't working or was a way to make additional $$...I didn't care at that time forking additional 4 bucks). GL with your project.

by **Midias** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:18 pm

You could always use a flat gasket like 60496-1 or 60674. I think 60496-1 would work a little better because it it thicker.

by **CamryOnBronze** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:03 pm

You dont need to do anything to stop it from spinning with an impact because it move so fast. Itll zap the bolt right loose, no worries. I went to discount tire and used their impact since my friend is a manager there.

As for the EGR, it will throw a CEL, but I just ignored it... we have no emissions or inspection here in michigan whatsoever, so it didnt matter

by **TxBmbleBee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:07 pm

CamryOnBronze wrote:You dont need to do anything to stop it from spinning with an impact because it move so fast. Itll zap the bolt right loose, no worries. I went to discount tire and used their impact since my friend is a manager there.

As for the EGR, it will throw a CEL, but I just ignored it... we have no emissions or inspection here in michigan whatsoever, so it didnt matter

great thanks man :sweet:

by **TxBmbleBee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:09 pm

Jai_Jai_Binks wrote:nice, did you get an ans to your muffler gap thingy.
I took my to midas and had them install it back in 2001. It costed me 30 bucks and I watched them do it, I paid additional for longer some screws..that brought this gap closed (I think stocks weren't working or was a way to make additional $$...I didn't care at that time forking additional 4 bucks). GL with your project.

ok great so then im not the only one that couldnt get it completely closed

Midias wrote:You could always use a flat gasket like 60496-1 or 60674. I think 60496-1 would work a little better because it it thicker.

i actually might try this, thanks midias!

by **Dawgz** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:29 pm

y was a car like that just sittn in ur garage for 4 years?

by **TxBmbleBee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:16 am

Dawgz wrote:y was a car like that just sittn in ur garage for 4 years?

i had the luxury of having a second car, a toyota 4 runner, so that became my daily driver.

Heres an update on pics, thanks to some searching i saw you could remove the internals of the s/c, so i did that with mine. There are little scrapes on the inside of the charger and on the turbines. as i discussed with eye8pussies i believe it is just wear and tear, and like he said i will keep an eye on it. he recommended i clean it with carb cleaner, but i also saw a poster named sienna cleaned his with acetone. i will let yall know how they work.

here it is starting to come off, i will reseal it with rtv

uh oh its off now (charger just looks weird without it)

this needs to be cleaned but its not too bad i guess

inside charger...

tried to get close up of tiny scrapes...

what i drive when i really want to go fast

thanks again to everyone on the board. i have asked tons of questions and everyone has been very friendly and giving me great advice!

by **SleeperSolara** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:31 pm

TxBmbleBee wrote:thanks man. my kit is old skool from molly designs, it needs to be repainted though, you cant tell from the pictures. you should get the kit!

No problem man.
I see.
I wish i could....

by **Dawgz** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:38 pm

Some carbcleaner over those roots would definitly do them justice!

by **TxBmbleBee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:17 pm

Dawgz wrote:Some carbcleaner over those roots would definitly do them justice!

sorry i havent updated yet, i carbcleaned the stinking crap out of the inside supercharger and the roots. cleaned them up excellent! im actually letting it sit over night and going to do a second treatment, pics will be up tomorrow.

another quick question...can i take out the grease bearings in the charger to clean them up good?

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