Wiring in the car before:
After new head unit, speakers, 12v power source in lighter location. Also showing off the LED mod that BJ did when he owned it.
Took the car to Leicester for my first time, ran a 14.99 at 91 on a very humid day. Never drag launched before, so I had to experiment. After my 8th pass or so, went looking for 2nd and never found it. Thought the tranny was gone but after towing it home, then borrowing a trailer (and truck) from Centola, I got it to school and we got it on the lift. Shifter cable bushings were just gone. After 19 years, I never thought the rubber would just disintegrate :smash2:. Who knew? Replaced with brass bushings, shifting is definitely more solid now but I still need a new tranny - shit grinds going into 2nd on drag launches, so that’s why I don’t go much.
I drained and filled the trans over the summer with Mobil 1 synthetic, but they’re still there. Next option is to adjust the clutch, hopefully it helps but it prolly won’t, according to my reading.
Over the summer I also wired in a keyless entry, so now that works perfectly in conjunction with the Toyota factory alarm system the car had but I never knew it had until I looked up the wiring diagram.
All the wires under the dash are a mess. I did my best to clean them up and tighten some stuff up under there, but they’ve been hacked into for the Omori boost and Prosport water temp gauges.
I mod the car in spurts, depending on if we’re caught up on stuff or not, so with a lil tax money I bought new tires 205/50/15 f, 225/50/15 r Kumho Ecstas, nothing fancy but enough to plow around daily for 6 months or so.
Also replaced the front wheel bearing, jumpered the relay for the intercooler fan (cooling fan ecu is smoked), reinstalled that scratched speedo cluster glass, turbo inlet elbow (old one was cracked and leaking).
Removed the horns which sounded like sheep dying and bought 08 tC horns off ebay (plug right in!), ball joints, t-stat, valve cover gasket, engine lid rain guard and some camber bolts.
Thinking of springing for a catch can, mbc and fuel cut defender. That’ll prolly do it for this year. I do have an ebay intercooler though that I need fabbed in and I’ve got a set of RSR springs waiting for Koni strut inserts. I’d love to install those now, but I’m pretty sure the stock struts would blow in my first corner of autocross, lol.
Being a Toyota student at MCC has its perks - I can look up any info I need through TIS and perform all my work at school for free.
This was my tiny work space the other night. I was under the car removing the horns (what a bitch) and drilling out the lower radiator mounts which were rusted and had bolts snapped off in them. Not fun, but hey, this is what we do. Definitely need a new radiator, would love a Mishimoto direct replacement, but like I said, I think I’ve reached my limit for parts for the year…for now 
