Supra

[toyota00]

I just got my Tamiya Supra today. I opened it and it looks great. My plans are to put custom rims on that I already have, and then I am also going to lower it, and it will be spoileress.

The question is about the intake. Where exactly does it go if I do a custom one like some of the ones on the Supra meet. I don't understand where this piece comes from....

Thanks for any help, its hard to explain without showing you the piece. If anyone has the manual on their computer with the engine pic it would be alot easier. Thanks for anyhelp though.

[willimo]

What you've circled is the turbo shroud. The exhaust turbine is inside there. The air most likely goes from the intake turbine, to an intercooler. Whatever the case, it ends up on the other side of the engine from what you've circled. There is a blue silicone joint between the intake plenum and the piping in that picture, right by the optima battery.

[toyota00]

So when people scratch build the intake, the sb that too?
On the Supra model, on the side of the engine that is circled in the pic, there is that stock intake. When I build the custom one, do I mold it to that one and put that shroud over all of it? Thanks for the help

[daklunk]

You don't have to build a shroud. The heat shroud, shield, whatever, is to lower the amount of heat that gets to other underhood components, like the intake turbine, stuff on the firewall, and ABS components (on this car). Lower temperatures are better for performance, reliability, and such. Also, they do not all look like that one. This car (in the picture, not the F&F kit) has a single turbo, while the Tamiya has twins (correct?). The AMT F&F incorrectly has twins (cheap junky ones at that) also. So you would build 2 smaller heat shields if you wanted.

You could make the shield out of styrene sheet, thin gauge sheet metal, maybe even tin foil. Some "shields" are just a special type of high temperature insulation that you wrap around the exhaust turbine. Or you could just got shroud-less...

[Jaymes]

you don't really have to build a shroud for it. I rarely see supras with shrouds. They like to display their nice turbos instead.

[toyota00]

So when I make the intake, I make a turbo too? I know, I know nothing about engines.....sorry for the dumb questions....

[willimo]

Not to sound dismissive, but I suggest that it's high time you go learn a bit about engines. There are plenty of sites that have all sorts of good information about how engines work, what's where, and why. Be a fly on the wall in other areas of the forum or in other forums where they discuss engine modification. Get some magazines, or for free, go to the bookstore and read the magazines and look at all the pictures, and read the captions. Do a Google image search. Check out a book from the library. There are lots of ways to learn about engines. There is a ton of information out there.

Frankly, it's hard to answer your questions because we don't use the same jargon, and moreover, there is WAY too much to be said about this for any one, or group, of us to explain in a little thread. Sorry, I'm not coming down on you, but there are other places where you can learn faster than here asking half cocked questions to get answers that are at best, a guesswork response to your ambiguity.

[willimo]

Try this link, especially this bit here to get an idea about how it all works in there. That's the most concise explanation I've found.

If you click on this, you'll find a ton of pictures, some useful some not.

If you're willing to wade through it all, the Supra forum here at AF is probably a good place to get info (but try reading first, before asking a barrage of ambiguous questions).

Good luck!

[RallyRaider]

Well said Willimo.
Doing your own research is the best way to go.

[D_LaMz]

so you went to SILV?

[daklunk]

Yes, research is good! I post in the 1:1 forums sometimes when I need reference for a build.

If you don't know much about engines, then take a look at this:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm Then you can venture into how turbos work and stuff like that.

Good luck!

[toyota00]

Thanks