PISTONS:
Currently looking into the Wiseco pistons. I understand they aren't the lightest @ ~327grams - the JEs are ~297g, but I'd like to know if anyone has weighed the stock piston?
The Ross pistons were right around the same weight as the Wiseco pistons.
I'd like to hear back from anyone that has used any of the available forged pistons in their build. $559 including rings is a hell of a deal on the forged Wisecos, and the fact that the top 2 spots on 7Mpower.com use Wisecos, gives them some serious credibility to me
CONNECTING RODS:
I was thinking of re-conning the stockers, ARP rod bolts, and call it a day. With a good tune, these will take a hell of a beating. Bryan's kinda leery about running stock rods @ elevated power output, so I'm going to do some research into this...
CRANKSHAFT:
I've got a '91 Cressida in the upullit - crank's gonna get yanked (should be a 7M crank) and it will be used. Depending on the price of new rods for my motor, I'll either be leaving it stock, or knife-edging it. Either way, everything up above gets zero balanced.
I'm definitely going to line hone the block. Bryan's assuring me that there is no need to stud the bottom end, unless I'm shooting for like 1200+ hp, lol - the bolts are beefy as hell
Boring it will be obvious. The question remains, what size do I bore it - and that will be determined by both the wear I have, and the size of the head gaskets available. I will match the bore of the gasket to the bore of the block, period.
Balancing will be a must. After I go standalone, I will be pushing 7200rpm, and no more, with the 7MGTE. Should I forsee problems with the shims spitting out @ 7200rpm?
I'm considering having Bryan go through the head, and do the oversized valves etc etc to bring the airflow characteristics more inline with the 2JZ head, but ~$1500 cost *may* put it off until the summer - it's not like I can't yank the head out later and send it off
Harder to do that on the bottom end, though!
Freeze plugs. Has anyone thought of tapping the holes and using screw in freeze plugs, ala the Ford BOSS series?
This will be a start, and I want to ensure I've done my homework over the next couple days, while I yank the 7M and begin a tear down on her.
Currently looking into the Wiseco pistons. I understand they aren't the lightest @ ~327grams - the JEs are ~297g, but I'd like to know if anyone has weighed the stock piston?
The Ross pistons were right around the same weight as the Wiseco pistons.
I'd like to hear back from anyone that has used any of the available forged pistons in their build. $559 including rings is a hell of a deal on the forged Wisecos, and the fact that the top 2 spots on 7Mpower.com use Wisecos, gives them some serious credibility to me
CONNECTING RODS:
I was thinking of re-conning the stockers, ARP rod bolts, and call it a day. With a good tune, these will take a hell of a beating. Bryan's kinda leery about running stock rods @ elevated power output, so I'm going to do some research into this...
CRANKSHAFT:
I've got a '91 Cressida in the upullit - crank's gonna get yanked (should be a 7M crank) and it will be used. Depending on the price of new rods for my motor, I'll either be leaving it stock, or knife-edging it. Either way, everything up above gets zero balanced.
I'm definitely going to line hone the block. Bryan's assuring me that there is no need to stud the bottom end, unless I'm shooting for like 1200+ hp, lol - the bolts are beefy as hell
Boring it will be obvious. The question remains, what size do I bore it - and that will be determined by both the wear I have, and the size of the head gaskets available. I will match the bore of the gasket to the bore of the block, period.
Balancing will be a must. After I go standalone, I will be pushing 7200rpm, and no more, with the 7MGTE. Should I forsee problems with the shims spitting out @ 7200rpm?
I'm considering having Bryan go through the head, and do the oversized valves etc etc to bring the airflow characteristics more inline with the 2JZ head, but ~$1500 cost *may* put it off until the summer - it's not like I can't yank the head out later and send it off
Freeze plugs. Has anyone thought of tapping the holes and using screw in freeze plugs, ala the Ford BOSS series?
This will be a start, and I want to ensure I've done my homework over the next couple days, while I yank the 7M and begin a tear down on her.