please no :jamie:

so engine is out and engine bay is half stripped.

 

g/box will come out tomorrow.

 

and finish stripping the engine bay. then to clean and paint. then install the 4k + 5 speed

by the end of the week... ergh... gonna be a long week.

yep sounds like a plan.

beers to be had by all?

yep sounds like a plan.

beers to be had by all?

 

 

Please ;)

 

 

Luc's shout :lolcry:

your shout!!

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?

ok so another night hard at it.

 

g/box is out and tailshaft.

 

engine bay is as stripped as its gonna get. onlt thing left are brake lines and master cyl.

 

started cleaning it with some Duthin and man o man its gonna take some scrubbin. (by the way duthin is industrial grade thinners.)

 

but it still takes ages.

big thanks to jason (bmxsexmonkey) for his emotional help on the car

^lol

 

anyways...

 

so here are some pics.

 

here is the scabby 3k removed etc. not how filthy the bay is.

 

 

and here are the cleaning pics. and the finishes sanded product. will be painting it tomorrow.

 

clean

 

filthy

 

and all ready bar some masking.

 

it's all SPAARKALEEEEYYY!!

Holy shit dude, you don't muck around.. ;P

cheers man. i do but don't lol. engine was out so why not??

 

wait a couple of months to see what in store for it later.!!

 

bit of an update on my front suspension,.

i used ra40 power steering arms on the mx62 struts. but i put the left one on the right and vice versa.

 

this created a funny angle for the tie rods but once i'd lowered it, i was alright. kinda.

this coupled with the camber tops gave me -1.5 degrees camber and quite an increase of track,.

 

last wkend i installed short stroke shocks from a st185 gt4 celica. (made a spacer for the bottom of the strut)

and lowered it down again. swapped the steering arms back to how they're meant to be.

 

this provided a much nicer angle for the tie rods and balljoints.

 

but..... even with the cambertops i still now have +2 degrees camber. horrible.

 

so now i'll be getting some skidma control arms to bring this back in check.

 

so for anyone out there i would say stay away from the cressida strut in a ke as a brake upgrade. the kingpin angle is just wrong. unless your gonna run coilovers.

 

cheers, Luc

So much for leaving the MC in hey!?

taz? i'm confuzzled... i wasn't going to leave it in cos you can't paint around it.

the MC is the pajero one. so it kinda just sat there outta the way.

 

so today was a hard day

 

painted the bay in vitrethane 2 pack urethane enamel.

this shit is great to work with and is designed to put up with high heat. and has adhesion like nothing else.

 

anways pics.

 

and the 4k is in. so its had a new head gasket and VSS. a good clean and a new rear main oil seal.

also has been mated up to a 5 speed with a near new clutch.

 

pics

 

and here jasol (bmxsexmonkey) big thanks for the help. get this guy started ad he works like a man on a mission.

 

Looks great man, really like what you've done with it, new engine and engine bay looks sweet!