Hello everyone. Purchased this thing at the start of 2013 for relatively cheap, '89 factory manual ma70 turbo. Came with Cusco zero 2's all round, near new carbon wrapped ganador mirrors, clean interior, nice paint and as I'm sure most of you can assume, a nice blown head gasket.
(On the trailer)
Got it home, got it off trailer, looked at it in better detail, fucked around with some stuff.
Investigated the bhg, turned out I caught it pretty early, luckily..
Did the usual stuff, Got a hks metal gasket, arp studs, new seals through the motor, got rid of the shitty factory oil cooler and replace it with -10 lines and a 10 row cooler.
Got it all back together, the ct26 was cactus, so I bought an old greddy td06 kit (The one with the t3 adaptor flange) and a toms r5 remap ecu for better maps and no fuel/boost cut, bought some wheels, Needed more steering lock as standard is rubbish, used some jzz30/sc300 knuckles shortened, slip on spacers and I elongated the lower balljoint holes, gave me about 6 degrees of negative camber and heaps more lock (Perfect) Attended qld 24 hour matsuri, did some skids, killed a 5 day old koyo rad as a result of a shitty fan shroud and a dead engine mount..
The soarer brakes I was using were glazed and rubbish, So I went with some ucf20/ls400(Ithink) front calipers and rotors as they bolt straight to the soarer knuckles.
I had decided to bite the bullet and buy a 1j as it came up for relatively cheap, bought a trust greddy td06-25g kit for it.
Then a mate of mine offered me his built 7m and a steal, so I sold the 1j and proceeded to sink money into the new 7m and bit and pieces for it (Who gets rid of a 1j for a 7m?)
Put it on an engine stand, painted some stuff, bought some cams for it (Toda 272 7.9mm intake bc 272 8.7mm exhaust)
Pulled the old motor out, degreased the engine bay.
Bought some fuel lines and fittings today, waiting on clutch to be rebuild, engine mounts to arrive, money for ecu and various other miscellaneous items.
Basic spec list at the moment is
Engine
7m-gteu
Nitrided 6m crank
Balanced rotating assembly
Eagle rods
9:1 CR Arias forged pistons (20thou or .5mm oversize)
Running toda 272 7.9mm intake BC 272 8.7mm exhaust and standard cam wheels.
BC 1mm oversize stainless valves with 3 angle grind
BC valve springs (thick ass single springs)
BC titanium retainers
Port matched manifolds and a slight port polish with good surfacing
Cometic MLS head gasket 1.3mm (total cr is about 9.2:1 ish)
ARP head studs, main studs, and rod bolts
fabricated steam pipe exhaust manifold with 6 into 1 merge collector
Trust greddy td06 25g 12cm t3 vband rear housing, externally gated through a tial 44mm gate witha 1 bar spring
Denso 1000cc injectors
Car
'89 ma70 factory manual turbo(r154) Japanese import
Digital dash
grey interior
Padded nardi gara steering wheel
Greddy 60mm water and oil temp, hks 60mm oil pressure, greddy 80mm boost gauge
Bride gias II bucket seat
Most of a standard interior
carbon wrapped ganadors
Factor weather strips
Suspension/running gear
Cusco zero-2 coilovers
Standard arms everywhere except front end
jzz30 soarer knuckles cut and shut for extra lock
Elongated lower ball joint holes in the lca for extra track and wheel clearance when on lock
Powered by max cradle bushes/risers (To get rid of axle tramp)
Welded jza70 4.1 diff
ucf20 big brakes up front
Very basic write up at the moment as it is 20 past 2 in the am here in Australia..
Let me know what you guys think!
Will.
P.S. okay, so if anyone can tell me how to delete vbulletin attachments, that'd be great thanks!
(On the trailer)
Got it home, got it off trailer, looked at it in better detail, fucked around with some stuff.
Investigated the bhg, turned out I caught it pretty early, luckily..
Did the usual stuff, Got a hks metal gasket, arp studs, new seals through the motor, got rid of the shitty factory oil cooler and replace it with -10 lines and a 10 row cooler.
Got it all back together, the ct26 was cactus, so I bought an old greddy td06 kit (The one with the t3 adaptor flange) and a toms r5 remap ecu for better maps and no fuel/boost cut, bought some wheels, Needed more steering lock as standard is rubbish, used some jzz30/sc300 knuckles shortened, slip on spacers and I elongated the lower balljoint holes, gave me about 6 degrees of negative camber and heaps more lock (Perfect) Attended qld 24 hour matsuri, did some skids, killed a 5 day old koyo rad as a result of a shitty fan shroud and a dead engine mount..
The soarer brakes I was using were glazed and rubbish, So I went with some ucf20/ls400(Ithink) front calipers and rotors as they bolt straight to the soarer knuckles.
I had decided to bite the bullet and buy a 1j as it came up for relatively cheap, bought a trust greddy td06-25g kit for it.
Then a mate of mine offered me his built 7m and a steal, so I sold the 1j and proceeded to sink money into the new 7m and bit and pieces for it (Who gets rid of a 1j for a 7m?)
Put it on an engine stand, painted some stuff, bought some cams for it (Toda 272 7.9mm intake bc 272 8.7mm exhaust)
Pulled the old motor out, degreased the engine bay.
Bought some fuel lines and fittings today, waiting on clutch to be rebuild, engine mounts to arrive, money for ecu and various other miscellaneous items.
Basic spec list at the moment is
Engine
7m-gteu
Nitrided 6m crank
Balanced rotating assembly
Eagle rods
9:1 CR Arias forged pistons (20thou or .5mm oversize)
Running toda 272 7.9mm intake BC 272 8.7mm exhaust and standard cam wheels.
BC 1mm oversize stainless valves with 3 angle grind
BC valve springs (thick ass single springs)
BC titanium retainers
Port matched manifolds and a slight port polish with good surfacing
Cometic MLS head gasket 1.3mm (total cr is about 9.2:1 ish)
ARP head studs, main studs, and rod bolts
fabricated steam pipe exhaust manifold with 6 into 1 merge collector
Trust greddy td06 25g 12cm t3 vband rear housing, externally gated through a tial 44mm gate witha 1 bar spring
Denso 1000cc injectors
Car
'89 ma70 factory manual turbo(r154) Japanese import
Digital dash
grey interior
Padded nardi gara steering wheel
Greddy 60mm water and oil temp, hks 60mm oil pressure, greddy 80mm boost gauge
Bride gias II bucket seat
Most of a standard interior
carbon wrapped ganadors
Factor weather strips
Suspension/running gear
Cusco zero-2 coilovers
Standard arms everywhere except front end
jzz30 soarer knuckles cut and shut for extra lock
Elongated lower ball joint holes in the lca for extra track and wheel clearance when on lock
Powered by max cradle bushes/risers (To get rid of axle tramp)
Welded jza70 4.1 diff
ucf20 big brakes up front
Very basic write up at the moment as it is 20 past 2 in the am here in Australia..
Let me know what you guys think!
Will.
P.S. okay, so if anyone can tell me how to delete vbulletin attachments, that'd be great thanks!
