cheers man i'm pretty happy with em.

 

ok here is my engine work pics.

basically everything is stripped down.

the head has been stripped also. except for the VSS.

as soon as i chase down some 4agze pistons and some head bolts it'll be getting balanced.

 

funny story trying to get the cank bolt off..

had a flywheel bolt in one of the hole. a pole jammed up against that and the engine stand.

breaker bar and socket on the main bolt.....

not strong enough..... i aint weak either.....

what have i got nearby...... hmmmm

i used a leaf spring on the end of the breaker bar!! still was hard to get off!

did some work to the rolla.

engine bay is probs about 60% stripped back to metal.

come to realise that i can't finishe of the rear end until i can get my rotisserie.

welding underneath a car just aint fun.

i have the rotisserie just nee d to modify it a bit.

but i need to be back at work for that.

so engine bay is getting all the attention atm.

Sounds like good progress.

Any pics ?

yeah pics will come when i've got it all stripped and i start refinishing it.

 

for the moment i've had two deliveries today!

this one will be the centre piece for my custom boot skin covering.

 

and this will ensure my 9000rpm limiter won't cause engine failure!

Soooo,

 

once youre engine bay is stripped, do you wanna do mine?

 

I am not looking forward to that part :)

 

Nice work! :P

lol NO!! it is not easy wish i could use a hand snadblaster but where the car is it'd be too messy.

Soooo,

 

once youre engine bay is stripped, do you wanna do mine?

 

I am not looking forward to that part :)

 

Nice work! :P

 

paint stripper made it pretty easy. just use a plastic scraper like a spatula. or let it dry up a bit and use steel wool, takes it back to bare metal real good 8/

 

Car actually looks liek its making progress now that 85% of the outside is mianly one colour (primer)

Wow, this thing is going to look mad once it's done!

i hope so. all this work better pay off~~!!

some more progress shots..

stripped back

and some seam welding done

 

 

in etch primer.

 

first step of smoothing. metal mend fibreglass.

 

hopefully get other side done tomorrow. then all i got left to strip is the back of the front panel and a little bit

more of the firewall. YAY!!!

Sweet, Lookin good. should be heading round saturday to give ya a hand.

update.

my gasket kit arrived today... full of toyota goodness.!!

 

did some more work on the bay smoothing.

 

sat down and planned out my engine build..

 

. ARP rod bolts

. ARP main studs

. ARP head studs

. ARP flywheel bolts

. Fully balanced bottom end with gze pistons

. ACL race bearings

. Supertech Valves 1mm oversize + valve springs + titanium retainers

. Intake ported

. Exhaust ported

. need some more research into cams... may leave em stock.

. TODA metal HG 0.8mm.

. At this stage i believe i'll be using an EMS computer. have one sourced still trying to decide if its gonna be good enough.

. 30mm trumpet inside custom plenum

. Td-04/05 turbro on custom turbo manifold.

. tomei crank cap ladders

 

about as fas as i've gotten. but should be a tough engine.

changed your find on keeping it NA i see, I'm happy you did

yeah i went in LukeAE71's car and i wouldn't be happy with it personally.

so turbro it is