Bluechulappa's 89Turbo restoration
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*UPDATE- Took the head to scroggins yest. monday. Should have it back today tue!
Going to order my MHG as soon as I figure out what thickness I need!
Driftmotion Stainless steel braided turbo lines on their way!
In the process of buying a driftmotion 57 trim turbo locally!
Looks like I will be getting some parts powder coated soon or I will be buying my own powder coating setup!
Going to order my MHG as soon as I figure out what thickness I need!
Driftmotion Stainless steel braided turbo lines on their way!
In the process of buying a driftmotion 57 trim turbo locally!
Looks like I will be getting some parts powder coated soon or I will be buying my own powder coating setup!
*UPDATE- Scroggins called... NEWS not good at all!:cry:
Bobby from scroggins called and gave me the double dose of horrific news this morning. The head had been previously shaved with a BELT SANDER! WHAT!!!
Yup, thats right.:3d_frown: Belt sander had been used in the past and the front of the head was 22 thousandths below minimum spec while the rear of the head was 10 thousandths below minimum spec. My compression must have been pretty high when it was running:aigo:
At this point I was already thinking SHIT! This head is a goner, then Bobby delivered the double blow. The valves were leaking very badly in the pressure test that they did.
So Bobby gave me a choice, rebuild the head and use a very thick head gasket to lower the compression. Or to try and find a better head and scrap this one! I'm choosing option two since to much of the material has been removed from the head. It would be pointless to rebuild this head if the surface material is already below minimum spec.
My dad already made a call in town trying to locate a head! So hopefully we can locate one for a great price! :icon_mad:
Bobby from scroggins called and gave me the double dose of horrific news this morning. The head had been previously shaved with a BELT SANDER! WHAT!!!
Yup, thats right.:3d_frown: Belt sander had been used in the past and the front of the head was 22 thousandths below minimum spec while the rear of the head was 10 thousandths below minimum spec. My compression must have been pretty high when it was running:aigo:
At this point I was already thinking SHIT! This head is a goner, then Bobby delivered the double blow. The valves were leaking very badly in the pressure test that they did.
So Bobby gave me a choice, rebuild the head and use a very thick head gasket to lower the compression. Or to try and find a better head and scrap this one! I'm choosing option two since to much of the material has been removed from the head. It would be pointless to rebuild this head if the surface material is already below minimum spec.
My dad already made a call in town trying to locate a head! So hopefully we can locate one for a great price! :icon_mad:
gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
UPDATE*
Bought a new head from a local guy here on the forums! Looks good, already been decked and hot tanked. Also picked up a brand new HKS 2.0mm headgasket from the guy as well.
Driftmotion turbo oil feed lines came in yesterday. Looks great but missing the CNC machined piece that fits on the block that the AN fitting screws into. Aaron said I should have it tomorrow!
New head minus cams n shit!
2mm hks mhg
Some free aem cam gears... I'll use these for decoration in my garage!
Oil feed lines
And finally a shot of my work space with my beautiful daily driver in the background!
Bought a new head from a local guy here on the forums! Looks good, already been decked and hot tanked. Also picked up a brand new HKS 2.0mm headgasket from the guy as well.
Driftmotion turbo oil feed lines came in yesterday. Looks great but missing the CNC machined piece that fits on the block that the AN fitting screws into. Aaron said I should have it tomorrow!
New head minus cams n shit!
2mm hks mhg
Some free aem cam gears... I'll use these for decoration in my garage!
Oil feed lines
And finally a shot of my work space with my beautiful daily driver in the background!
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Id be happy to take those free cam gears off your hands:naughty: They could decorate my motor instead of your garage lol.
Everything looks good, glad to hear you scored another head so quickly.
Everything looks good, glad to hear you scored another head so quickly.
GC89;1214747 said:
Well the problem is that one of the cam gears is FUBAR. Needs welding and then I'm not sure it would even work. I'll try and get a better pic to show you what I mean.
To fix that cam gear, you just gotta get it re-welded up and have a new hole drilled through. Like I said, I gave them to you because they were just paper weights in my garage, already ordered new Fidanza gears for the motor I'm building.
GL with the build!
GL with the build!
Did a couple things today cause I got bored...
This is where you put the 5mm worth of washers in right? To shim the oil pump? They need to fit into the bolt? or around the out side? Just wanna make sure everything is correct with the oiling!
I dunno why I had been putting off cleaning the bracket and putting new hoses on it?
Before: Yuck!
After!
And I guess this is far as the fitting goes in? I read somewhere that it does not screw all the way in...
This is where you put the 5mm worth of washers in right? To shim the oil pump? They need to fit into the bolt? or around the out side? Just wanna make sure everything is correct with the oiling!
I dunno why I had been putting off cleaning the bracket and putting new hoses on it?
Before: Yuck!
After!
And I guess this is far as the fitting goes in? I read somewhere that it does not screw all the way in...
God Damn... this is a nice rebuild man.. givin me some good motivation to get on fixin my car...
already done my full engine rebuild, only thing reused was the block
just gotta get a new master cylinder
new ebrake pads. (mine are gone, Toyota wants like 300$ for the full set)
and Tires! most are bald..... mainly from me having fun when i first got the car
Sadly though because of the bad ebrake my care gave way and rolled down a hill at work.. i tried jumpin in but the door just smacked me down, car scraped down a wall and whent into a corner of the buildin and fucked up me bumper and bit of the back area.. hopin its not to expensive to fix
but yea. this builds freakin sweet, took me a couple days readin now and then to get through what you've done, and im thinkin either your bloody rich, or you got a hell of a great job.
Thanks again for the inspiration to fix my supra
already done my full engine rebuild, only thing reused was the block
just gotta get a new master cylinder
new ebrake pads. (mine are gone, Toyota wants like 300$ for the full set)
and Tires! most are bald..... mainly from me having fun when i first got the car
Sadly though because of the bad ebrake my care gave way and rolled down a hill at work.. i tried jumpin in but the door just smacked me down, car scraped down a wall and whent into a corner of the buildin and fucked up me bumper and bit of the back area.. hopin its not to expensive to fix
but yea. this builds freakin sweet, took me a couple days readin now and then to get through what you've done, and im thinkin either your bloody rich, or you got a hell of a great job.
Thanks again for the inspiration to fix my supra
gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
gtsfirefighter;1216341 said:
Early 89 motor. It's weird I have all grey plugs like an 89 but some things are different. Like the crank and where the number is stamped on the side of my block.