Stem seal discussions should come with a warning! People banter the term around and it always seems to pop up when talking about a touch of blue smoke from your exhaust. Is it turbos? Is it stem seals? Panic! Well… I’ve had both now. 18months ago after a night of hard driving on and off …
While stripping my engine I discovered the Auxilliary belt tensioner pulley on my 1jz was on the way out, the bearing was totally gritting and noisy. So here’s a quick how to change the bearing if yours is doing the same. NOTE: Use a bigger socket as you can see in the video for refitting, …
Continue reading *Fixed my Aux Belt Tensioner… did a how to…
Here is the first of three engine based videos - this one we strip down the engine ready to do more work - stem seals replacement and cam belt and water pump. So if you are nervous about doing the work on your 1jz Toyota Soarer then take a watch. It's worth noting that you …
ISF Disc spacer plans DOWNLOAD HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xudiwts53hf53mo/ISF%20Calliper%20spacer%20Enginering%20Drawing.JPG?dl=0 Next up in the Soarer updates – BIG BRAKES! So if you didn’t see the previous videos this is me fitting Lexus ISF discs to my LS400 calliper setup! Why? Because ISF discs are a massive 360mm in diameter, but also a 60mm deck height disc over the …
Continue reading *Soarer Update 2 – ISF discs fitted to ls400 callipers – DOWNLOAD
Lazy I know, but I've been upto a lot on the Soarer - take a watch of my wheel and brake setup and how much of a face ache they were! OMG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNeer_v9tjE&feature=youtu.be
So I've not really updated much with my progress on the Soarer. Well here it is. The car currently sits on just it's new front wheels. The first picture of the wheels on the floor you think... they look great. Until you look closely. All wheels were scuffed, two were bent from pot holes and …
I've been working on a lot of things Provokers might be interested in. 1. I've got more products back in stock - registered sole trader - and generally feeling really pumped about making more cool stuff for Soarers and helping out their owners. 2. I've been working on my car - mainly because I sold …
So before the days of concentrating on my 1jz I also had a v8 commuter - yep I bought it just to sail to work and back in and leave it well alone! Did I? No. Of course I had to fettle. I've added the car into the 'Our Soarers' section above for you to …
Yes I know, if you subscribe on youtube then you will already know about this! Ooops I'm late updating my blog and vlog. Well here is it (below), me taking the Soarer on track. The video details the day and the club I went with (LincsDriver.com) so I'll let the video explain all of that. …
Continue reading *Taking a Soarer on track?! – Blyton track day vlog
DOWNLOAD THE PLANS HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhgssjc6mg8tuhl/PD14%20AC%20Delete%20bracket%20measurements.zip?dl=0 This page covers the design of an AC Delete bracket I made as a test for a product to sell. The testing went well and it's something that should be on sale again soon. But why bother? The air conditioning systems on the 1jz and 2jz systems used an aging …
Continue reading PD14 – 1jz/2jz AC Delete Bracket – DOWNLOAD
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