The Test of Faith

So some of you may notice that it has been 4 months since I last posted, and no I have not sold W00T, nor have I stopped buying wheels. Unfortunately after 23 kms of my turbo conversion to a CT20b being completed, my whole engine loom melted due to a fuel pump wiring failure. 

However, before I cooked the car's wiring, I managed to put the Impuls together and have a test fit of them in typical wheel whore action, on the jack in the air. 

Token fitment picture sans tires.

Back when the car was driveable and clean! Much dustier now. 

The next incarnation of the car once I get some tires on these badboys

And one last overexposed by accident shot for that instagram-esque sheen.

However, despite the initial elation of having the wheels back together again, the car gods/Toyota's shitty original wiring had other plans and disaster struck!

After completing my CT20 conversion (which will be detailed in the next post as my SD card is AWOL atm), my EFI fuse melted and surged all the excess electricity and black magic to cook my engine and fusebox looms. 

No that is not an illusion, those used to be plastic coated wires....

The looms were both toast, and then the hunt began for a Gen 2 engine loom as the current one was way beyond salvation. Unfortunately, MR2s being as rare as they are, what seemed like the most basic of searching proved to be a 3 month long hair pulling exercise of constant forum trawling and TradeMe (NZ's version of eBay) hunting to find a loom. Thankfully 3 months later, I found one that was missing the temp sensor plug and wasn't gold plated in price. 

This has been the main reason for not posting. I had lost all motivation due to the project being stagnant. Thankfully, with the discovery and subsequent purchase of this loom, the motivation returned with fervor and I began the long process of replacing the loom and with the help of friends, the rewiring of the fuel pump and power circuits. 

Not exactly the easiest of work spaces. Made me miss Hondas so much!

Try squeezing your mitts into there to remove plugs....I had to.

And a token picture of the "new" turbo setup.

Thankfully the car is now running, but unfortunately, the previous owner has destroyed the threads for the front bracket mount to the gbox, and as a result this will need helicoiling, which is the only thing I can spot that would make it fail a wof. 

So in an attempt to cheer me up after the loom debacle and finally getting the car running, I decided to purchase some wheels. They currently have a couple of fitment issues but they will be fixed in due time once the Impuls are on and the Panasports are in the process of being refurbed. 

Can anyone guess the wheels?

The picture synonymous with wheel whores the world over. Sprint Hart CP-G. Sadly the fitment isn't ideal, but nothing a bit of messing around can't fix :)

Should be an interesting look when it is finally on the car. 

In addition to the wheels, I also purchased some winglets for the mad JDM rice factor. They will serve nothing but a cosmetic purpose to tide me over while I save up for my final body kit setup. 

A parting shot of the amazing Japlish on this wonderful bit of rice! The stickers have seen better days but I shall leave them as is. 

This weekend comes the initial try to obtain a wof, and some attention shall be paid to wrecking the other MR2. I have a few more interesting bits left for W00T, so stay tuned for that plus the beginning of my Panasport refurb. Hope everyone has stayed well, and their projects still ticking away!