🔧 BUILD NOMIEZVR4's Eventual MKIV Supra build

[IDAFC21]

Oh my god that lineup w/ the rx7, z, and supra

 

[Mook]

NOMIEZVR4, you on IG?

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

willizm
That's what I'm going with..rather what I went with. It came included with the trans. It's good, not as crisp as the serial9, but definitely no slouch either. As you can see, the whole mechanism is held on by 2 bolts so removing or installing is pretty straightforward. For my application, the shifter rod is actually moved to the hole closer to the pivot mechanism. Reverse lockout is also maintained.

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

NOMIEZVR4, you on IG?

No social media sir.

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Oh my god that lineup w/ the rx7, z, and supra

Thanks. The black z is sold, only have the blue one now. There's more toys, in due time I shall post more build threads.

 

[IDAFC21]

Thanks. The black z is sold, only have the blue one now. There's more toys, in due time I shall post more build threads.

Yes please do

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Can you post the shifter you think you’re going with? The cd009 is a very strong and worth while trans. Honestly I went t56 because as you said it seems to impact the value the most. I think people see the cd009 as the “cheap” alternative although there is nothing wrong with going that route, it’s just a perception thing.

My biggest gripe of the whole thing is the shifter makes or breaks the setup and the first one I had was the sikky and it sucked. Bolts would loosen up and then make the shift way sloppy. Had to drop the trans to tighten them back up. Big PiTA. I went with the magnum f with the direct shifter and it’s 100% better

Another buddy of mine is going to do the exact same thing. he hates his current sikky shifter and wants to get the Magnum f for that exact reason.

 

[willizm]

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willizm
That's what I'm going with..rather what I went with. It came included with the trans. It's good, not as crisp as the serial9, but definitely no slouch either. As you can see, the whole mechanism is held on by 2 bolts so removing or installing is pretty straightforward. For my application, the shifter rod is actually moved to the hole closer to the pivot mechanism. Reverse lockout is also maintained.

Yeah that shifter should serve you well.

 

[willizm]

Another buddy of mine is going to do the exact same thing. he hates his current sikky shifter and wants to get the Magnum f for that exact reason.

It’s worth the effort and the cost isn’t too bad if he can recoup most of it selling the magnum.

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

This past week I got around to getting started on the biggest issue this car has, the auto trans. I purchased pedal parts from the local toyota dealer for the 3rd pedal and with the holiday season in full swing I didn't waste any time. Also purchased a MC and SC while I was at it.

First order of business was assembling the clutch pedal assembly that I got from the dealer..it came bagged in about 20-30 pieces..after putting it all together this was the result. Master cylinder just mocked on.

This was the starting point

Previous owner ran wiring and hoses thru the area. I drilled the top hole before taking this picture btw.

First task was to get rid of all that stuff

Got the proper drill bits and holesaw and went to work, 2 hrs later this was the result. I had to cut away some more insulation before I was able to get the pedal in place. This was pretty painful, all in all with drilling the hole in the firewall then mounting the pedal it took a few hours. A few hours on my head backwards in the footwell was not fun.

Testing to make sure the master fits where its supposed to.. Check

End result. I swapped the brake pedal also. the auto brake pedal is twice the size of the manual, you can't really keep it when you go manual.

So this is the 1st half of the work that needs to be done on the inside of the car for the swap. The next portion will be removing the auto shifter and related stuff.

This past week I ordered the trans mount, diff adapter and driveshaft so now I have 100% of the parts needed to get this swap started. I'm hoping this week to yank the motor/trans out, reseal the motor while its out, mate the 6 speed and throw it back in. Wish me luck. Wont have the DS for another 2 weeks so the car will be inop for 2 weeks but I dont mind, were coming up on winter in chicago, I wont lose out on any prime driving time anyhow. I'll post pictures as I make progress.

 

[willizm]

Thats awesome, the biggest PITA of doing this whole conversion was trying to worm my fat ass under the dash to cut that hole and get everything mounted up. Glad you got through the biggest headache.

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Thats awesome, the biggest PITA of doing this whole conversion was trying to worm my fat ass under the dash to cut that hole and get everything mounted up. Glad you got through the biggest headache.

yeah it was definitely painful. Coming up on my upper 30's, sitting on your head for hours at a time can't be good

 

[IDAFC21]

Awesome!! Can't wait to see some more progress

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

continuing along, this is the best time of the year to get some major progress done on projects cause old man winter...

Started yesterday by pulling the old trans off. It helps to have a shop and employees. Didn't take long before the old one was out

Old rear main was leaky, so yanked it out and installed the new one

Moving along, got the spacer, flexplate, long adapter, FW and clutch installed. Its a twin disc with a super small flywheel

Never got to install the clutch line, so no better time than now.

More parts, New Slave. Will mount to trans when its bolted up. Trans mount and diff adapter as well.

Mounted

Before mounting the new trans, I wanted to yank this out. There is now officially 1 less automatic MKIV now in the world

Doing some rough measurements, i dont think ill need to cut much, if at all. Lets see how things work out.

Old trans in the back vs new trans in the foreground

WIth the help of my bros we lowered the motor as much as we could, got the trans pretty close, about a finger gap away from being mated to the plate but it just wouldn't budge further. Was enough to have some screws grab thread but didn't want to force it in. Gonna try again 1 more with my tech, if no go then were gonna yank the motor.
Before lowering

After lowering

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

The following morning got to work at 7am, After separating the trans completely and realigning it again, we were successfully able to mount the trans to the motor Thank God No need to pull the motor.

From there it was full speed ahead!

Had to cut like 1.5 to 2" from the tunnel for the shifter to clear.

Took a picture to see where the slave and fork sat for reference

Looks pretty ugly right now, but I need to get a shift knob, boot and possibly 6mt console. Haven't decided yet if I want to modify the auto console or fork up the cash for the proper one, will probably buy the 6MT.

I also have another steering wheel that will be going on. When its all said and done the interior will look factory minus 1 or 2 items. Only thing left now is topping the trans with fluid, installing the driveshaft which I don't have in my posession yet and that should be it. Bled the clutch, modified the harness for the neutral safety switch, reinstalled IC piping, and a few misc items, started the car and was able to row thru the gears with no driveshaft. I do plan to install some sound deading in the tunnel as well once i verify everything is mechanically set. Everything is working wonderfully so far. Once the DS is in my hands I plan to make the maiden voyage with it next week. Stay tuned!

 

[willizm]

Coming along nicely. You’ll want to pick up one of those manual shifter panels since they are still available from Toyota. Makes it much more clean of an overall install. I had to tilt the motor back to get my magnum in so I set jacked up the front of the motor under the crank pully to give me enough of a rake to get the trans mounted

 

[IDAFC21]

Nice!

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Coming along nicely. You’ll want to pick up one of those manual shifter panels since they are still available from Toyota. Makes it much more clean of an overall install. I had to tilt the motor back to get my magnum in so I set jacked up the front of the motor under the crank pully to give me enough of a rake to get the trans mounted

Yea I need to grab one of those soon

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Nice!

Thank you!

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Last week I managed to pickup the collins driveshaft while on my trip to the east coast. Finally got it into my hands the day before yesterday and I didnt waste any time. Situation wasn't ideal, would have been nice to work on the lift but alas. Got the driveshaft on, went on without a hitch, then pumped the fluid into the trans and then I started the car up. I could tell it wasn't wanting to go into gear with the shaft installed so I adjusted the pedal and that did the trick. Promptly took it to the gas station for her fillup and drove it around on the maiden voyage a few miles with no hiccups so far Thank God.

Pulling back in after the successful drive

 

[DEEZUZ]

This is fucking awesome... When I manual swapped the IROC the interior liner had the perforations for a 3rd pedal already which made it super easy to drill/cut to mount it.

 

[IDAFC21]

god damn man you don't mess around congrats!

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

This is fucking awesome... When I manual swapped the IROC the interior liner had the perforations for a 3rd pedal already which made it super easy to drill/cut to mount it.

Yep..same here. The outline was present on the firewall!

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

god damn man you don't mess around congrats!

Thank you sir still a ways to go but trending in the right direction!

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

Next step is to button up the console. I will add some sound deadening along with boot console to keep the trans noises out of the cabin, I just ordered a 6MT console and a heavy weighted shift knob, once they come in ill put it all together. For the time being I'm going to use this knob I have lying around. Dont mind the candid picture, the interior is horrible at the moment once I clean and button everything up properly, I will post updated pictures. I had some time so I swapped the wheel also. I dont like the bag, will swap it for a different style bag. Overall impressions for the collins stage 5, I was very concerned it would be a race-type clutch with no give in engagement, however I'm very relieved to report that the clutch is friendly. As you guys saw its super easy to engage and roll out with very little throttle. Once i get more miles on it ill give more thoughts on it. Its got a slight rattle at idle which I'm going to see if I can make better with some clutch pedal adjustment.