Last weekend was a very nice JDM car meeting here in Austria. It was very funny to meet old friend and new Members to the JDM Group. The SC runs great after the timing belt change,, no issues

 

Excellent photo

 

Very nice turnout! Your beautiful SC400 looks the standout classic among them! Were there any other 90's era Toyota/Lexus or Nissan, Honda, Subaru or Mazda models at the event?

 

yes! several old first generation Celicas, a Crown Coupe, 3 Mk3 Supras, some old Nissan cars, Honda CRX, S2000,.. Imprezas, Skylines, Mazda MPS, RX7, Miatas and many more. I will look for some good pictures

 

Wow!! Awesome!! I'm glad you were there to represent the SC's & Soarers! I look forward to more event pics that you may find!

 

here some pictures from the meeting, i waiting of the movie, the are every year great



















Some aftermovies from the last years

 

HY,

its time to install a oil cooler. i tried to install the oem water/oil cooler, but the Titan Motorsport swaybars gives not enough space for this. And the hydrofan pump is in the way for the waterhose. here pictures from the test, maybe the water/oilcooler fits with some mods, but no oil filter takeoff plate or a filter fits i think, with standard or Supra swaybars is this mode possible.






LS400 engine with waterhose



SC400 engine with hydrofan



Now, i use a take-off sandwichplate, a external thermostat plate with oil filter mount from Bat Motorsport (Germany) with a 90°C (194°F) thermostat and a 2-pass Setrab oil cooler. The biggest problems were finding a place for the oil filter and the cooler. The first cooler, a 16 row racimex didn´t fit in the place of the smic. the charcoal canister is too big and not enough space to move it.







after long time to looking for a good cooler, i decided to buy the setrab 2-pass proline oilcooler (464COMF-12 2P). This cooler have the IN and OUT on one side. its a heavy duty version up to 25bar (360psi) pressure. i build a bracket for this in the front of the other coolers. i used a 30x3mm stainless steel flat iron, rubber damper and M8 blind rivet nuts in the frame.

first test to fit in place


horn removed to a higher place




first try of the frame



installed with the cooler


frame from the side and holes for the lines to use with rubber grommets





i build a bracket for the external filter remote with thermostat to fit on the fan. this a good place to change the filter






this pictures from the first tests to fit correctly witha strut to the pipe. i will do better pictures

i also took the opportunity to replace the first build alloy adapter for the Greddy sensors (oil temp and pressure) to steel parts (BMW drain plug) the i made long time ago. smaller head, no funky paint. M16x1,5 with modified with a 1/8np thread (japanese standard for Greddy sensors)

 

Next step was to install the sandwich take-off plate.

the current used oil filter is not really bigger as the plate


installed


my first Dash10 fitting installed on the hose.. big parts

hose with rubber grommets and steps to mount










this weekend is horrible here in austria, a cold weather front with very much rain and wind up to 60mph over several days stops my project. next update, next week

greets

Boergy

 

Your modifications and solutions are always so clean and thoroughly done, Tom! Excellent as usual! Hopefully that Setrab will be plenty to keep your oil temperatures down especially during the warmer seasons!

 

^^ I was just about to say the same thing! Your thoughtfulness with modifying this car is out of this world. I'd trade mine for yours in a heartbeat. Keep up the good work!

 

Hy!

After weeks i finally installed everthing for the oil cooler setup. maybe on some position a hose clamp and a hose guard. Autumn has now arrived in austria, rainy days, sometimes sunny. Yesterday it was sunny, ideal for a test drive. but first, pictures from the installation:


















It fills like the engine now needs a little longer to reach the 90°C (194°F) oiltemp. which previously happend quite quickly when stationary. The maximum was 102°C (216°F) instead of a good 110°C+ (230°F) during sporty driving. The 90°C (194°F) thermostat works correctly



After the trip he took a shower, dried out in the sun and then put on his pajamas







Overall i´m very happy with the setup, a few little things still need to be done and the oil cooer project is completed.

greets

Tom

 

The spring is here, and the new tires arrived at home. I bought the Potenza Race for the next 2-3 years. that will be fun

 

Hy!

we put on the new tires 2 weeks ago. fitment is great, very beefy the 265/35 on the 9" wheel.

still with the old tires


left side Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy3, right side Bridgestone Potenza Race



from this perspective the tire does not appear wide



welcome 90s look



The first drive was great with the new tires. noticeably more direct, a bit harder, but not unpleasant. The oil temperature on the highway was a constant 92 degrees (198°F), which is great! The oil cooler is doing a great job.

greets

Tom

 

I'm about due for tires too, but going to try and hold out for another summer on my current set and replace them next year. I keep finding really killer deals on old stock pirelli pzero's (500 for a set of 4) which makes it hard to resist.

 

Last weekend was a big carmeet on the Red Bull Raceway here in Austria.