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    good stuff

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    heads off.. going into the machine shop soon

    hmmm this might need to be welded up (round the water jacket)





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    Looks tasty as dude... I know what your having for dinner... with a side dish of rice
    Nah looking good man, progress is gooooood

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    how deep is the corrosion? I find it hard to tell from the pics. I pretty sure there isnt much difference between 7mge and 7mgte but we stopped doing m series heads due to too much dramas with warpage and corrosion. I see worse everyday though wouldnt take 5mins to fix that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AirStrike View Post
    Faaaaa why is this looking more and more like a headache!!
    heads in the machine shop getting decked/valves cleaned up, the "corrosion" is just oil mixed with water thats been sitting too long and made a sludge :P
    theres the normal carbon build ups aswell

    im fitting some quallity gaskets and head bolts so i dont see this being a issue again, maybe a rebuild down the track with a bullet proof bottom end





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    looks like they were driving it around with a blown hg for a while... looks better now its cleaned up, your cooling system will feel much better once its flushed out... might pay to get a proper flushing agent.

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    yeah the guy i bought it off wasn't the best owner :P

    im just wondering how clogged the fuel system will be, given that it hasnt been started in almost a year

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    just fitted bstillens & new springs, sits a bit lower and **** is it firm now!!!!

    just gotta go pick up the head and the Cometic headgasket & arp headbolts should be here mid next week,

    then ill put it back together and make it run...

    from what i can tell i only need a few things before i take it for RWC, im waiting on my new gear shifter leather & hand brake leather, i need to try and find a stock airbox,
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaRaDoX616 View Post
    heads in the machine shop getting decked/valves cleaned up, the "corrosion" is just oil mixed with water thats been sitting too long and made a sludge :P
    theres the normal carbon build ups aswell

    im fitting some quallity gaskets and head bolts so i dont see this being a issue again, maybe a rebuild down the track with a bullet proof bottom end
    Or a 2J conversion.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by f1tzy View Post
    Or a 2J conversion.....
    alot of ****ing round with the 2J, these things have tons of wiring, sensors telling you when your engine does anything,

    so far ive cleaned up the bores and scraped/sanded the block and its dead smooth (and heads dead smooth) waiting for my MLS headgasket i should recieve on wed/thurs, then it all goes back together, so next weekend it should be all back together, running is another story,

    bstillens stiffened up the front end heaps

    anyway, i havnt got photo's but its getting there, cleaned heaps of stuff and took the cooler piping off and gave it all a clean / polish, going to need to replace some of it as its not big enough :P
    and the FMIC is ok but no where near big enough!

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    Looking good..........speaking of gaskets, my old mans one tonner blew a manifold gasket, got that fixed to find out it had blown a cylinder or two.

    Instant V6 conversion anyone?

    Got any big plans for the supra?
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    as it stands

    step 1
    get it working again, bog stock, 5psi boost stock cooler and register it

    step 2
    add boost controller Boost it to 10psi, redo cooler piping replace stock bov (can leak boost at anything over 10)

    step 3
    add a boost cut defender, bigger FMIC boost to 15psi

    step 4
    fit bigger turbo, fuel pump (ive got a GSS341 walbro), maybe add a rising rate fuel pressure reg / maybe new turbo manifold & 550cc injectors + 1UZ AFM (i have the afm already) and boost to 20psi

    then if it breaks or i get bored and decide i want more boost, ill build a new bottom end.. and run 25psi

    still 20psi should be good for 400rwkw :P plenty of supra's out there with the same engine running that boost daily

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    Nice work, got any interior pics?
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    late 88 out of the factory in japan, most likely mid 89 before it arrived here/was sold

    its a MA71 (series 2 pretty much)

    i get the head back tommorrow and SHOULD recieve the cometic Multi layer steel headgasket + ARP headbolts tommorrow! if not then thursday!, and ill probbly put it all back together on sat/sun

    its got "porn brown" interior... so ive been told, im not a huge fan of the colour but i dont hate it.. atleast when i **** my self after hitting full boost i dont stain the seats...


    fitted new shifter boot/ hand brake boot today (arrived in mail)
    it was missing the shifter boot.. i need to do these things before i take it for RWC

    new battery
    replace battery mount
    new side indicator
    finish headgasket
    fix horn
    new globe for one of the fog lamps

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    got the head back today! and started cleaning everything i put back onto the engine

    i get the Cometic Gasket on friday with the arp headbolts, then i just need some minor gaskets, oil+ filter, spark plugs and leads then it should be good for launch! no cracks or anything in the head and no warpage sooo woot







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    Nice work, bet you cant wait to drive it now!!
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    Looks like someone crapped in your engine bay...hahaha. Joking. I go to the strip on saturday Gordonz, what do u think ill run. Good to see your NEARLY there with this one. Get it done!

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    cool mack, i go to the strip club on saturday... what do u think ILL run?? :P

    i think you'll do a 15 flat or close to if your lucky a high 14

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaRaDoX616 View Post
    cool mack, i go to the strip club on saturday... what do u think ILL run?? :P

    i think you'll do a 15 flat or close to if your lucky a high 14
    Woudnt have a clue what you'll run, but if I run what you said, im selling my car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mack View Post
    Woudnt have a clue what you'll run, but if I run what you said, im selling my car.

    I hope by 'selling my car' you actually mean 'getting a blower'

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    Did they reface the valves on the head? it looks like it been acid bathed. I was wondering if they checked the clearances on the shim when they reassembled it bucket and shim heads are a PITA. Otherwise its looks very good. Do you know if you need to retension gasket after a while we normally recomend this on alloy heads especially if you got a shim or metal headgasket in your case.

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    valves wernt removed

    but yeah im happy for $110 (they took the cams off to shave it as i didnt have time)

    waiting on parts now polishing random things lol.... oh well atleast she'll be clean

    mack the majourity of 5L owners think they're all 14 second cars but truth be told most of them arnt...infact alot arnt, it makes you respect foam even more once you realize this!!!!!

    i just took the cheat way out and went turbo... :P

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