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Welcome to the Shattered Piston Garage! Here you'll find the rebuild stories of the 500,000 mile 1997 Toyota 4Runner, and my 1UZFE swapped 1982 Mustang GT

10/31/2023

This project has been incubating for a while now. I needed new fender extensions for
With the SN95 A-Arms, plus the wheel spacers, and then wider wheels, and lowering, the original extensions rubbed badly.

They're not a super common part, and when I started the build the reproductions from weren't available yet. So I didn't want to cut up my originals.

Instead, had a buddy scan one with a 3D scanner, brought that into and remodeled it. Then shortened the design by about 3/4" to work with the new wheel combo.

Printed on my in this lovely shade of pink (it was cheap!) And I'm super happy with the fit and finish of it all.

Now to blast it with some paint and primer to get rid of the layer lines, and move on to the next piece of trim to finish off the fender flares.

Slowly moving forward!

09/22/2023

Little details can make huge changes! These headlight bezels have been off for years because I either broke/lost/threw away the original mounting hardware, and it was hard to find documentation on what they were. For those wondering these use Ford 379830-S Headlight Door Retaining nuts for a #8 or #10 screw.

But man they make the front of the car look way better.

09/15/2023

Probably not going to be my most popular post, and I'm fine with that. First destination for the car was church. I have a Bible study at 6AM, and the early morning was perfect to make sure there wasn't much traffic in case gave me trouble. There were some hiccups for sure, but nothing major considering how much I've replaced or changed on the car.

I love our church, and am grateful of the support, encouragement, and love we've gotten from the community we have there. If you ever need a place to go on morning in be sure to consider

Oh, and the car did throw me a curve ball later in the day. But I'll go into that later.

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09/13/2023

Happy accident or precision engineering? Really comes down to how honest I want to be! The upper intake manifold has always fit a bit tight, I didn't think about wrench access for actually getting the nuts tight. Only this thin wrench fits between the nut and the manifold. But here by the pressure gauge it's impressively close!

08/25/2023

Spotted!! Finally out and about in the wild. This seems like a super basic photo, but it marks the first time in 5 years, and the first time for me ever, that the car has actually driven. And it even has insurance!

A few more small excursions, and then a bolt check, before it'll be ready to head to the MVD for registration.

After that? or bust! This is ready for the

Man I hope this thing does decent burnouts...

08/14/2023

I had to bite the and redo the the proper way. I removed the downpipes and cut them ahead of the bends (way easier than cutting in the bends!) And bolted the parts back on, then adjusted the mufflers, h-pipe and midpipes to sit where I thought they looked good.

With all of that done, and the exhaust tucked up nicely where I want it, this is the gap I was left with. Missed on both sides by a little over an inch!

This is an important part of the process for me. A lot of building confidence with these kinds of projects is going into them with the knowledge that you might mess up, but that's okay, and you can just cut/adjust/try again.

I'm not a fabricator by trade, just a guy in his garage trying to build something he thinks is cool, and wanting to do as much as I can myself. I'm learning by failing, and experiencing, and journeying. It's been a good ride so far, and I know so much more than I did when I started.

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08/12/2023

Finally got around to swapping these rear quarter panels into the interior. I snagged these out of a car at our local quite a while ago and have had them sitting on a shelf. In order to try and straighten up the garage, as well as finally get the rear seat properly bolted down, I installed them.

They look pretty decent! And I don't mind the speaker placement either. I should have washed them before I put them in, but who has time for that?

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08/04/2023

With the engine finally starting to be stable, I have a couple other must do projects before I take this down a drag strip.

makes these great panels for putting a T5 hump into a non-T5 car. Slamming it in with some sheet metal screws before I mark out the needed cuts to then come back and weld it into place.

The welding might wait a while, but I want to at least get some seam sealer on it to keep water from getting into the interior.

08/02/2023

What's that over there??
Okay, dad joke aside, I'm really with how this upgrade turned out. The split loom worked well given the harness was already on the engine, and the cloth tape is so much better than electrical tape, or that other garbage that "only sticks to itself" or nothing at all...

With the engine wiring looking neat and tidy, I just need the parts I ordered from to arrive to redo the throttle mount, and fix up the catch can with a new bracket as well.

It's going to be tight, but I think I can make it to the at

07/26/2023

It always seems to get worse before it gets better!

While updating the intake tubes, I'm also taking this opportunity to do two other upgrades.

First, upgraded coils, these were stock on the 2UZ/3UZ, and have a much smaller footprint compared to the 1UZ coils. Plus the connectors don't shatter the instant you try to release them.

Second, to go along with those coils, is a new ignition harness. Pulled from a this harness has significantly fewer splices in it, as well as retains the factory unions for the power and ground feeds. Overall, it'll pull well over 2 dozen splices from the harness, improving robustness, as well as giving me a chance to clean up the harness and finish the wrap.

Man I hope this thing runs well once this is all done. I need to drive this thing. Slowly losing motivation every day it's down.

07/23/2023

Out with the old, in with the new! Hopefully these ones last a while, at least if they break they're easier to replace.

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