Rick Bosak's Journal

The stock Toyota intake air box that connects to the four throttle bodies was much too large for the engine bay. Chris was able to build a new one with the correct volume and once he painted it up it looks fabulous. We had to flip the throttle cable linkage to face the opposite way than it did in the stock Toyota configuration and the cable is Nissan. You can see the Ford fuse box that fits into the passenger side pedal plate. The car had only two fuses originally, but I have banished Lucas the prince of darkness and have many more circuits now.

We worked hard to get the engine and weight as far back as possible to aid in handling but you can see we still worked in a heater. The battery is in the boot now and helps a small bit with weight distribution also. The radiator is a Toyota Trecel and the overflow bottle is off-the-shelf from O'Reily's. You can see the washable intake air filter poking out in front, which will lie just behind the grill. The pedal box was built to be adjustable and contains a Chevy Chevette brake master cylinder. With the mix of brake components from Mazda, MGB, and Spitfire we wanted to be able to change the leverage as needed. We also installed a balancing valve on the driver's side wheel well. Front shocks are also adjustable now that they have been rebuilt by World Wide Auto in Wisconsin.