FJ1500 Turbo EFI Katanaha Project, with a whiff of Nitrous...

[Havoc]

Nice work there sir.

Cheers man. Today was all about converting cardboard to metal. First mark out on 3mm ally sheet, a bit heavy but it's what I had in the shed.



Fold the front plate and stick the sides on.



Prep the cover, 30 year old ally was potentially going to be a problem...



Shouldn't have been worried, a tiny bit of shite floated up but it welded well.





And in place, a homage to 'Pops' Yoshimura. Have to make it this big though because of new regs at the local drag stip. They require a catch tank to have a volume of +1 litre..





The JIC fittings will be sorted next weekend. Beer time, cheers folks   

[fj1289]

Tom,

it's looking great.  I'm stuck out on a business trip and can't work on mine right now...so any updates on yours?!

Amazing how many "little" details are left towards the end of a huge project like this!  And how much time it takes to get through them

[fj1289]

If anyone is interested - few updates on this build from the oldskoolperformance site:  http://www.oldskoolperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=723&start=518

[Havoc]

One way or another I lost my mojo with this for a couple of years. Back on it with a vengeance now. A few small jobs (instrument feeds, little bit of wiring left, tidying up some fasteners etc)) then the interesting job of tuning the old bus up. The old girl will be ready for the first meeting next season, in April. I'll up date with some photos this evening