Impulse's Sportivo [WA]

[ImPulse]

nice looking rims mate btw how is the ride on the bc coils?

sean

@ sikwitit: The ride is much and much fine, definitely harder than stocks but I've got them set on setting 2 (2/30 where 30 is the hardest damper). She definitely sticks a lot more with the lower centre of mass though. A decent compromise I would say. But I used to drive an S13 with 8/6 kg/mm FR/RR respectively so that might not tell you much haha :P

Quick update, the rims were not actually on the cards, so I'm gonna lay off the modding for at least 2 months. But these were purchased about a week ago off a fellow forum member Jason [MRRUNX]

Had them delivered quick smart, definitely recommended as a seller. And the amount of cushioning he put into the box... lol Cheers mate :)

ADM vs JDM

Passenger side in

Out with the old :P

And done :D :D :D . JDM as FVCK.

Well that's it for now. Cheers for looking.

[HaiiSon]

Wow nice ride mate.

I saw those rims on Antilag. Such a bargain

[Walker_TexasRanger]

Very nice car, looks great!! Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got planned for the future

[MRRUNX]

looks good alf... :)

[-DAvo]

looks fantasic mate!

come out to the perth meet up and let me get some photos of this beaut

[eviltwin]

looks the goods... so jealous of the new shoes!

[ImPulse]

Thanks for the comments guys :)

Now for some bad news. Shortly after I just replaced my antenna (CX-7 one), and used thread locker to put it in this time in the hope that it wouldn't be easily stolen, someone decided to snap it off. So now the base turret is broken :(

A minor issue, but it annoyed me for a day.

Onto brighter news, attended an AHG driver performance training day. Some shots:

I learnt so much more about my car, the way she handles on the limits, and that sportivo brakes are actually pretty damn decent. *until they fade :P

- Davo: Extremely keen on turning out the next meetup, want to be able to put faces to usernames. Haha it looks like you don't meet that often though, so I'll make the most of the times you do :D

[ImPulse]

Quick update, more for the purpose of keeping this 'blog' for my own references than anything else.

Managed to track this down, a lot harder to find at a decent price than I thought it would be. I even called the head office of Fuch's themselves to ask for distributors. And they seemed unsure as to whether this Super GTO was a fully or semi synth. If someone could clarify that for me that would be tops :)

Up till now, I've changed the oil twice (every 5000km), starting off with whatever stuff Toyota uses (some tell me its Castrol) from the previous owner as he had her serviced at Toyota.

First try was Penrite HPR 5 (semi-synth), while decent, it seemed to make the engine a lot noisier.

Next up I gave Castrol EDGE 5W-30 (fully synth) a shot, and this is what I had in during the skidpan day. From 'seat of the pants' experience I quite liked this one, but it worries me that Castrol themselves actually specify their 0W-40 for the 2ZZ. Cos for the price of the 0W-40 I'd be looking at something like Mobil 1 5W-30 instead. If someone could clarify this for me that would also be great haha.

That's it for now. Thanks for reading :)

Alf

[eviltwin]

The Castrol site specified 5-30 in the edge sport when i last looked ;)

[ImPulse]

Actually what the... I just checked and it seems you are right :S Where did I get the 0W-40 from? :S :S

The Castrol site specified 5-30 in the edge sport when i last looked ;)

[ruimond]

Looks good with those bronze rims. Just need the TRD Front Grill and maybe the rear lip (but some people don't like the rear lip). Haha.

Oh and black surround headlights! Then should be set exterior wise. Don't need much else.

[Tash]

The rims do look excellent - congrats on the buy! Loving the tail lights as well :D Overall a very nice package, please keep the updates and piccies coming :)

[ImPulse]

Thanks guys ^.^

Quick update, dunno why it took so long for Toyota to find me the OEM filter, but we got there in the end. Just did an oil dump today:

Mileage: 86 xxx KMs

Oil used: FUCHS TITAN SUPER GTO 10W-30

Oil filter: Toyota OEM part # 90915-YZZE1

First impressions of the oil? It was a very hot day today (38 max), but to be honest the engine seemed to be noisier again (almost akin to the sound I got out of using the Penrite HPR 5). The previous Castrol Edge from last service still seemed fairly golden (even after the skidpan day) and was still nice and thin :)

I'll drive around for a few weeks before reporting back with my verdict.

Ruimond: I very much do love the look of the rear lip, its pretty pricey though isn't it? Next mod cosmetically I'm thinking of the grille, but that will be after getting my rear sway.

That's it for now, thanks for looking :) I have ordered a TWM shifter early last week so that should be well on its way. Will post up when it gets here.

[ImPulse]

Wow, I'm extremely pleased at TWMs shipping time :D :D :D

Delivered to my work address today.

Neatly packed with shrinkwrap.

First I got to install the new base bushings, here's a comparison between the stock rubber ones and the TWM alloy ones. Apologies for the iPhone fail photos...

The only gripe I had is the new bolts they provided were metric (1/2" from memory) to replace the 12mm stock ones. I'm lazy to change socket heads like that >.> haha.

Removing the stock shifter cap trying not to damage it was by far the hardest part (its made of plastic)...

Comparison: Features 40% reduced throw and 2.5" length reduction

Shifter-less haha

TWM installed.

And here we go.

Coupled with the TWM "Desert Eagle" shift knob.

She's so much more of a pleasure to drive now :D

[King Young]

This is awesome!

Have you done the cable shifter bushings? If you haven't, I highly recommend you do that. Eviltwin can help you out.

[ImPulse]

Thanks :) I haven't done the shifter bushes yet, TWM wanted about $60 for them and I think I read somewhere that you could make them out of skateboard bearings.

What do they actually do to the feel though? At the moment, i'm pretty satisfied with the shift feel, except when it is actually in the gear 'gate' it does have some lateral movement. Will changing the shifter bushings help this feeling at all?

Also reverse gear seems more of an effort to grab now. Do i just need to work out more? :P haha

This is awesome!

Have you done the cable shifter bushings? If you haven't, I highly recommend you do that. Eviltwin can help you out.

[ImPulse]

Quick update, finally got around to doing a mini-shoot.

For the photographers out there specs are as follows:

Nikon D40 (baby)

Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 AFS lens.

Thanks for looking :)

Alf

[thegourou20]

Really nice pictures Impulse.

Love your wheels. =-D

[ImPulse]

Thankyou :)

Really nice pictures Impulse.

Love your wheels. =-D

Just two more for now.

Side profile.

[-DAvo]

nice shots mate, where are they taken? woudlnt mind meeting up for a photoshoot :P

[ImPulse]

Somehow I think your car would outshine mine, Dave :P

They were just taken in the industrial part of canning vale, outside a warehouse on a Sunday afternoon. I'm always looking for good locations, and have been kicked out many a times haha.

[that.guy]

nice ride, great example of a clean sportivo! love the DS! looks like its got good weight/feel behind it.

by the way, have you changed your rear speakers yet?

[Tash]

Those photos are fabulous - what a great location! Definitely worth getting kicked out for So many lovely cars over in WA!

[diamond white]

the whole project n pics looks fantastic great work,great to watch n learn

[ImPulse]

Thanks for all the great comments everyone :) Its always cool to know that my build blog is actually being read ahahah :P

For now, one more addition, I need rails made up but we'll sort that out soon.

nice ride, great example of a clean sportivo! love the DS! looks like its got good weight/feel behind it.

by the way, have you changed your rear speakers yet?

that.guy: No, I don't really have any intention of changing the rear speakers at this stage for the simple fact that most of the time, no one sits there. Any particular reason you ask?

Edited April 4, 2011 by ImPulse