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  3. 4Age With Tomei Poncams Not Running

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

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    Ok so I got my Tomei Poncams into my bigport 4AGE tonight, and set all the valve clearances to spec. Reassembled the motor and tried cranking it over and it wouldn't start, when it eventually did I had to keep my foot on the gas and keep it at about 1500rpm to keep it running otherwise it would conk out. It also sounds like a unhappy rotary at the moment.

     

    So the tomei cams came with two manuals, one's got the cam specs on it and the other has instructions. The instructions say the poncams are designed to run on stock valve timing and valve timing set up isn't required, therefore I set them to the stock set up. I set my ignition timing statically to 10deg BTDC while I had the diagnostic terminal bridged.

    The spec's page on the other hand says the cams should be set to a 106 - 110 setting which from what I recall is not stock?

     

    I can smell a bit of unburnt fuel too so I am leaning towards my timing is way out but I am not sure. I also do not have the cold start system hooked up on my car as the guy who previously built the motor never set it up and I never really saw much need to.

     

    What do you guys think it is? the valve timing being at 110- 110 and not 106 - 110 OR is it something to do with my ignition timing? or is it something completely different?

     

    Cheers

    Charl

  6. Ae71/Ke70 Flat Nose Question

    in KExx Corolla Discussion

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    Hahaha told you :laff:

     

    How big is your hammer, the rad support just needs a little loving :happy:

    i was about to go on a rampage when i took that chip out of the louvre last night, how could i forget i didnt tighten the bolts yet :bash: owell will have to do until next sunny day or maybe even summer...

  8. Ae71/Ke70 Flat Nose Question

    in KExx Corolla Discussion

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    That's about it. I still call shenanigans on the louver panel tho, my slanty one worked fine with the front conversion i did.

     

    OH SHIT! that's waht i thought dude then i painted the car today, tested it out after reading this thread and took a chip out of the new coat on the louver because of bonnet interference, be it my bonnet wasnt tightened fully and it slid back, that's the position it needs to be in anyway to be nice and flush up front.

    slanty louver has same shape etc, but that centre section that's raised sits higher on the slanty louvre :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

  9. Best Oil?

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

    Posted

    for no real quantitatve reason i have always been a penrite fan.

     

    I use Penrite 20 - 50 or 30 - 50 can't remember the last one i threw in...

    but yes I agree i'll be sticking with it, the container just makes it look legit, magnatec's container makes it look cheap and unlegit.

  10. 4Ag Camshafts

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

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    Yeah, Tomei's prices have dropped significantly too. prices are about $540 US a pair now or here in Aus they go for $800 a pair. with prices like that I couldn't say no, will tell you guys how it goes when I get them in.

     

    those Wade's are about 650 a pair now i think as well.

  11. 4Ag Camshafts

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

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    I just want to liven it up a bit around the higher rpm range. I have been doing a lot of snooping around on club4ag and all over the joint really and i think eventually i'll buy a MS2 kit for a bit of fun, i like building kits like that and it'd probably be good experience for my elec eng units at uni.

     

    but yes i want to power the engine up a bit, just give it a bit better torque and higher rev power but retain a bit of friendliness when doing the daily drive.

     

    The Wade cam I was recommended to use by the company was this one:

    CamLift Duration Duration Valve Valve V/Lift Phase

    Adv 0.04 Clr Lift tdc <)

    intake 349 277 224 0.01 0.339 060 110

    Exhaust 349 277 224 0.01 0.339 038

     

    Now i'm still learning the basics about cams so I understand what most of these measurements represent but I don't quite understand how I could judge what is the more superior cam. Which is basically why I am asking what experiences people have had with Wade cams.

     

    Hearing amazing things about the Tomei's though and it's a 'plug and play' in the way that it is set up to be optimal using the stock cam gears and stock cam timing marks. I think I might go for the Tomei's just from the reviews I got depending on when this bloke emails me back.

  12. 4Ag Camshafts

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

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    yeah the car isnt exactly my daily so peaky is probably what i'm after. I do have the price on wade's and same with the tomei. never heard of clives. not so much interested in the price but more just what will be a really good performance cam out of those mentioned.

    i heard the tomei were designed and prototyped with a 4ag on a dyno so i guess they must be very well set up just wondering if anyone else has tried them at all

  13. 4Ag Camshafts

    in AExx Corolla Discussion

    Posted

    Looking for some cams around the 264 - 270 deg duration that can run with stock ecu and valvetrain.

    Has anyone had experience with Wade, Crower or Tomei cams? don't want to go HKS as they are stupid expensive and same with TODA and a few other brands i looked at.

    Had a good offer on a pair of Tomei poncams and am pretty keen to grab those but was wondering if anyone has experience with Wade cams from Aus or the crower cams (not brian crower).

  14. Anyone Done An Ej20G Swap Into A Ke70

    in Engine Conversions

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    haha missed it again i did say i would be using the ej20 turbo which is the ej20g. i just didnt want to use a turbo NISSAN motor because its been done to death just like the 4ag has.

    would be nice but yes like you said its too wide and i don't quite have the skill to do that level of custom work yet and i don't exactly have the work space for it right now either..

    i guess ill be going 3sge beams or 3sgte, maybe in a year or so when i got a fair bit saved up for those unexpected expenses and Fk ups that occur in projects haha.

  18. Anyone Done An Ej20G Swap Into A Ke70

    in Engine Conversions

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    oh with the EJ I would of used the EJ20G which is the single turbo version out of an RS legacy, i used to have one of those back in NZ and they were awesome.

    i just meant the whole SR20DET or CA18DET conversions thing not so much against turbos them selves... i think for now i will get a set of 264 hks cams or maybe the Crower equivelants for my 4age then save some coin and maybe go for the beams swap or 3sgte

  20. Anyone Done An Ej20G Swap Into A Ke70

    in Engine Conversions

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    yeah after posting this and looking for motors to buy i realized it would be far too wide without major mods.. mods that are far beyond my abilities at the moment. My uncle actually built a trike from scratch (own chassis, own shell etc) and even used the auto box from the EJ20G in NZ, currently trying to bring it over here and it looks absolutely insane.

     

    Definitely wouldn't be worth the work now that i look at it for now... It's a shame really because I like the EJ's

  21. Anyone Done An Ej20G Swap Into A Ke70

    in Engine Conversions

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    Just looking at lots of different things i can put in my KE70... Don't particularly want to go for the SR or CA swaps as they are too common.

    The 3sgte was my next choice to keep it toyota but the price and after market support really doesn't make it very appealing.

    could do the 13bt swap which would be a bit of fun but its been done to death in NZ and i'm not sure about rotary reliability..

     

    Then when i was standing there today having a gander at my mate's rex i was thinking about how hard it would be getting a EJ20 from a RS or legacy wagon and putting it in the KE70 I have... What gearbox would I need to run for it and has anyone else done this yet i would be interested to see what it came out like?

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