Sorry I haven't updated anything over here. Been pretty busy lately with other priorities. Basically I had the car somewhat running, and then the flywheel adapter came loose. So I've since pulled the tranny, applied more loctite to the bolts this time. I have the adapter, flywheel, and clutch installed again. Now I just need to get the tranny back in. I'm old and slow though, so don't hold your breath.

Love it! I plan on using ms3 with my Na-t. Gathering parts for now. Baby on the way. Have the same color as yours and love it. Keep up the good work!

Just got done reading this front to back, took three Damn days. Anyways, I am so grateful for running across this thread, I have been fighting with myself on what to do for a manual swap, and using MS and keeping the stock computer in place to run peripherals and maintain idle, very smart move, I would have done something stupid and ran the MS alone to control everything and then raged on the car for running terribly.

My hats off to you, now to sell some stuff and get my build off the ground.

Small update. I finally got the trans back in. So I guess I can officially say the trans can be dropped and installed with the motor in the car, however it does require some banging of the tunnel, and also requires you to tilt the motor as far back as possible. But it can be done.

Now I just need to put the rest of the stuff back together and hope I didn't break anything.

Well she's all back together, and back to where I was. I'm working through a trigger noise issue with Megasquirt, and also need to modify the shifter to move it closer to the stock location. I also appear to have a leak of some sort but no idea what it is yet, lol.

Wife and I took a test drive around our block. All 6 gears and Reverse work. Drove and shifted smooth as butter.

Clean sc300 my friend

I wonder just how many more of the 6 speeds trannies I will foresee going in the SC??

I am glad you got it in and shifting properly. Another nice mod that seems to be holding whatever we throw at it, from the research I have read about them.

Car so far is still running OK. I think I have some sort of fuel issue though because everyday when I start it, the fuel pressure is different.

Anyhow with it mostly running, I figured I'd give this new buffer and goop a try. First time ever attempting to do this on my own, and figured this is a good test subject since I'm pretty sure it needs new paint, so if I do any damage no harm no foul.

So far I've done: NoRinse wash, clay bar, NoRinse wash, M105 w/ Orange pad, water/isopro wipe down. Tomorrow will be M205, water/isopro wipe, then some Zaino Z5. Car already looks way better, but still not as good as I'd hope. Pretty sure new paint is the only end all cure.

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So I completed my first ever full on exterior detail I've ever done. I'm pretty much a perfect example of an exterior detailing newb. And I seriouslly mean newb, like wash my cars with dish soap, stack **** on top of my cars, never seen a claybar in my life. That all changed a month ago, thanks to Aaron's detail day with Randy and Dan of Northstar Detail. So I picked up some new stuff from then, and this week decided to give it a go. Here's basically what I did.

1) NoRinse wash with MF wash mitts, and dried with MF towel.
2) Zaino Clay Bar using NoRinse as lube.
3) NoRinse wash and dry again.
4) Using Griots buffer and Orange pad, applied Meguiars M105 to entire car.
5) Wiped off with MF towel.
6) Spray/wipe car down with 50/50 water and isopropyl alchol mix and MF towel.
7) Using Griots buffer and White pad, applied Meguiars M205 to entire car.
8) Wiped off with MF towel.
9) Spray/wipe car down with 50/50 water and isopropyl alchol mix and MF towel.
10) Applied light coat of Zaino Z5 sealer using MF applicator.
11) Wiped off with MF towel.
12) Final wipe down using Zaino Z6 detail spray and MF towel.

Here's some pics of the results. Pretty much the best looking job I've ever done. Don't think Teh Bean has ever looked this good since I've owned it. It took me about 3 days, 2hrs per day, so 6hrs total. I learned a lot doing it, so I think next time I could probably do a better job, and do it faster. Key take away, if my newb ass can do it, anyone can do it!

Note: in the 2nd pic, that big white chip in the middle of my hood, that's not actually a chip, that's the mufukin reflection of the moon!!!

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man your car looks great.

Looks very clean man. Do you plan on dropping it at all? I just got my Bilsteins/Eibach Supra springs installed and it rides very solid at about 2 inches lower all around, if your going for the not-so-streetracer feel, that's where its at..

Brandon, congrats on getting her all buttoned up! Great detailed work too! So fresh and so clean!

steve

Looks phenomenal :thumbup:

When I bought it, it had an SC300 Eibach spring kit with stock shocks (which were shot). So I eventually traded it out for OEM supra springs w/ Bilsteins. So techincally it is dropped, but not much. We'll see how it looks once I do the body stuff, and decide if I want to go lower then.