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Yea, I have a Walbro 255 I'm going to install. Thing is, my Supra is sitting up on jack stands (front) and the back is a few inches away from the garage wall. Its hard to get to right now; I'll do that once I'm done with everything else and can move the car forward. Nice, make sure to get a...

Next I began work on the fuel side installing the AFPR kit. This is another one that kept me up until 5am Tuesday (today) morning. But from some other threads/guides online this is how I linked mine up. Basically, the return line from the J-tube was taken off and place (w/ braid stainless steel...

And so, Sunday afternoon began the reassembly. I've heard from some people that installing the ARP studs FIRST then the head afterwards is the correct way to do this (however, the back two studs are damn hard to get in thus, I threaded those through). I got an engine lift after all so it was...

Alright, so after reading din094's post, I went at the block again but this time with the razor blade scrapping into/in the direction I'm scrapping. Well, surprise, surprise, there was much more gasket material left in certain areas. I've really gotta thank din904 for this cause I would have...

I'm telling you guys, I went at this thing multiple times. Its hard to tell from the photos (which I went at it again after taking them); I feel all I'm scrapping at this point is iron....not gasket material. Thing is, I don't want to scrap into the block causing low/high spots. If it...

As you can see from the previous post photos, the pistons looked damn bad so, I took a brass wire wheel (installed on a corded drill) and cleaned up the piston surface; I also used carb clean to loosen/break up the carb build up. Carb clean I found, works fairly decent; not a perfect finish but...

Heli coiled my exhaust side studs today. Went in with a drill bit, then a tapped/re-threaded and then inserted the new heli coil/thread; installed the studs with the "anti-seize" stuff. Here are some close-shot photos of my block's surface. I took a gasket scrapper to it...

Alright guys, here it is; I got my 7M head back from the machine shop today. They decked it taking off 0.0012 (cost of $80) and cleaned the head up a little (cost of $25). Gotta get on an online compression ratio calculator now and see where I'm at (CR based on stock HG). Lol...

Yea, after I posted your photo, I kinda realized it still had a gasket sitting on top of it. Lol Last thing I need to have is pitting in the block. I'll take another photo of it tonight (close ups). Thing is, my head gasket was clearly on its last leg and had I thrown on the 57trim turbo, I...

Alright, here's a comparison of some sort of 7M block surface's that have been prepped; not machined/resurfaced (including mine): FIRST black89t's first 7M head gasket prepped block (as posted by him earlier in this thread): SECOND www.mk3supra.org GUIDE: Changing a head gasket thread (by...

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I wish either you or this other guy (who are more experienced in this area) could take a trip over to my place and inspect the block's surface to see if its ready/decent for a new head gasket seal. Honestly, I feel I can't judge accurately seeing as I've never done...

On choosing metals: I'd go with 304 stainless steel to start.

Yea, I've watched a couple here/there; that's where I got the idea from. Also, I saw photos/threads about HG changing on a UK Supra forums site where this dude took a block sander to his 7M bottom end surface. I'm a little worried about keeping those metal shaving under control though. That's...

Dropped my engine head off this morning to the machine shop. I wish I had brought them my exhaust manifold stud/heli coil kit from DM (some were stripped out) but ohh well. They'll deck the head, vacuum pressure test (valve sealing) and clean up the head little for me as well. Also, they'll...

Also, can anyone circle/mark/point out (on paint software or something) where all the oil holes are located on the block; I wanna make sure not allow dirt/crap to fall in. Using my own judgement, I found and thought the three larger holes would be the oil holes and a smaller hole in front of the...

Stock bolts as well....ptsss. 7M head in the box my Megan EZ Street coilovers came in. Decided to measure the valve lash while it was in that box and found most of the intake valve shims to be out of spec.

And there you have it, classic 7MGTE, classic case, BLOWN HEADGASKET!! One would simply not believe the SAVAGERY that was unfolded here today (look at photos, look at the savagery). Had I thrown my 57trim turbo on without doing this HG job, my shit wouldn't have lasted one damn pull at 15psi...

Here's what I got. Straight from Driftmotion; should do the job just fine too, right?? https://www.driftmotion.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DM102

I'm in school (college) too and can barely afford what I've done to my Supra but over the summer I burned a hole in my pocket by purchasing some Megan EZ Street coilovers for around $650. I was thinking to get shocks/springs however, I REALLY wanted the option of lowering/raising my car when I...

Yea, thanks man. I called Aaron from Driftmotion yesterday (Tuesday) and asked him to throw in the 12mm x 1.25 bottom tap for $8 along with my timing belt and tensioner I ordered. Should be here in a few days. So the plan is: bottom tap, brake cleaner and compressed air cans to clean out bolt...