TOYBARU STX Build 2.0

[Briankbot]

Originally Posted by justinco

Myself, I need to learn how to close out my days with good 3rd runs...sitting on 1st run and 2nd run times is no bueno I did the same thing at Lincoln Spring Tour (and lost 3rd place) and the ProSolo (losing the last trophy spot), argh.

Pro Tip: Don't bump the key off with your knee on your third and likely fastest run of the weekend like I did.

[justinco]

Originally Posted by Briankbot

Pro Tip: Don't bump the key off with your knee on your third and likely fastest run of the weekend like I did.

Hah, I was working the corner where you did that. Was wondering what the heck was going on lol

[Silverspeed]

Originally Posted by justinco

Hopefully the car is back up and running strong soon.

I found someone to do the seals - More or less $1000 to have them done. There goes the racing budget for the year. I've called several dealers who won't touch the car with any performance parts on it. I thought about taking the car back to stock but Dave indicated that most dealers would check to see if the car had been tuned which I guess they can tell even if you remove the tune. There is a Toyota TSB out on this issue - in which the solution was to reflash the car to reduce timing in certain areas of the revband to reduce heat and make the seals last longer.

My other option was to do it myself which I probably could, but since the parts were $500 + $100 for the tool to install the seals, $400 for the install with a 2 year 24k warranty seems reasonable. That's getting it done at a Toyota specialist in Denver. Hopefully the car will be done sometime next week if the parts aren't on backorder. I also ordered a set of plugs to be sure they weren't damaged by the broken seals.

Will you be posting video from Sunday? I'd be interested to watch our runs. Thanks again.

[justinco]

For $1000 I would pay someone to do it too, not sure it would be worth the time spent especially when parts are that much.

Yep, working on getting videos up now. I will throw yours up on my personal youtube, sadly the damn thing didn't start recording for your best 3rd run Auto triggers have been flaky lately with the GoPro, might have to do manual start/stop from now on.

[justinco]

Here you go:

Greg Run 1 Day 2
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJY242ryIVU[/ame]

Greg Run 2 Day 2
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zagnMbnZFeI[/ame]

My raw runs from same day, of course my fast run did not get recorded either, stupid thing...

Justin Run 1 Day 2
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghDhdERqhE[/ame]

Justin Run 3 Day 2
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23LLKPn_4UE[/ame]

[Silverspeed]

My quickest day 1 run.

[Silverspeed]

The car is back in action... In the end, due to the shop not being able to get the direct injection seals on the old injectors, I opted to just replace all of the injectors. One of the seals was completely missing. I also replaced the spark plugs just to be sure there was no sign of the motor running lean - there was not.

I typically use Torco's Accelerator octane booster which I have heard turns the plugs orange - I can confirm it does.

As I noted earlier, the car is for sale. I will get a post up on this forum tomorrow now that I have the car back - $25,500.