I wish I never sold this, was and is a very fun car.

 

Congradulations on all your hard work Chris.

 

Miller

Very well done, Chris!

 

It would be a great idea if you could take a heap of showy photo's at the beach or something for everyone to drool at. :)

Don't forget to have tyre smoke coming out of the rear guards while you're taking the photo, though. :P

 

Also, have you Dyno'd it or any other kind of performance test yet? Would be glad to hear the results!

 

Congrats!

Any updates on the ol gurl?

Time for an update:

 

I just got my motor lightly rebuilt. Due to all the smoke it was blowing.

 

So i pulled the motor out of the car and took it to my mate how rebuilds motors.

 

 

He stripped it down to see what the problems are, he found that the piston rings were stuffed- the bottom oil ring was seized, the big end bearing were starting to ware down to the copper, some of the rod bolts were stretched and the valve stems needed doing.

 

The bores were still very good with light scuff marks

 

 

 

He gave them a light hone and checked the clearances when he put the new piston rings in. The pistons were in very good nick too.

 

The valves had alot of build up on them from burning oil for a while, this was cleaned before re-assembly

 

 

Here are is one of the rod bolts and the bearings

 

 

 

So in the end i got the following done:

 

New piston rings, Lightly honed the bore, new head gasket, new valve stem seals, new big end bearings, new rod bolts, and some new seals- rear main, front main, cam seals, CAS o ring.

 

Just some other random pics showing my cams cleaned and water system concerted to RWD:

 

 

 

Awesome,

if u don't mind me asking, how much did it set you back in parts?

 

Cheers,

Mark M

Roughly:

 

Rings and head gasket (Toyota)- $250 trade

Big end barings (ACL)- $50 trade

Rod bolts (ARP)- $90

Valve Stems- $30

Seals (Toyota)- $100 trade

hey mate just finished reading your thread

a big congratulations for your work on this car :jamie:

one of my favourites rollas here

arran

Thanks for those prices...

how long till it's back on the road??

well its back on the road now....got the motor back last weekend. Put it all in, in one day. Then it wouldnt start!

 

Couldnt find the problem for a couple of days then figured out that my mate put the exhaust cam in up side down, once i fixed that it started with no problems.

 

Now I'm just starting to run the motor in.

Hey Chris

 

We are having a BBQ at Lane Cove Natonal park on Sunday 3rd May

 

You should bring it along to get a few nice photos and show off all your hard work

 

Check the regional thread for more details if your keen :jamie:

just had a read of the whole thread, makes me want to whack a sc14 on mine now

Looking good chris, happy to hear that the rolla is on the road again. Maybe you could bring it along to ke ping it real's meet up which is posted on the events thread. I think its on may 3, I'm going to let all the RadRollaz cru know about it so hopefully we can catch up.

Hey Chris, read the whole thread buddy, Awesome work on everything.. as someone else said, good to see things being done right!

Love that colour orange - what is it?

 

Did the box over your pod filter quieten down the intake noise?

I was suprised at how much whine the super charger makes in kebiin's vidz. Hoping I can get mine to run quieter than that ..maybe just sound deadener under the bonnet for a start.

 

I'm figuring out A/C,power steer and alternator wheels on my GZE at the moment (going into AE95)

If only I had kebiin down here to do my wiring! :elvis:

 

Like the guys have said already ..get some pimpin' shots down by the beach at sunset etc.. great car!