MaxPower

have had a shitload of cars with this engine,seem to be very reliable will be following this with interest,two of my cars currently run them if you need another person to test out your engine let me no haha

i seen a very tidy but dirty silver one at a mechanics shop down maleme st greeton tauranga,must of been 6 years ago now? looked all standard,to me it seemed like it had just come in the country.didnt ask about it as i could have got excited if it was for sale.was there for a few weeks,never seen it again. 4 door. good luck with your car very nice.

I'm sure years ago i put a 1850 head on my gto,I'm guessing the cam would be different,and yes the dizzy out of the block motors apparently had issues. i also put a gs gto cam in a 1850 and thought it ran better,but could have been dreaming.

keen gardeners may recognise my garage light,

got the engine bay primed up,just need to find where i left my clear coat for the paint.

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been busy cleaning out all the crap in the engine bay to give it some paint,what a mess,takes such a long time to get all the grime and oil off.not fun and my gas bottle has run out. anyone want a 4 speed manual box? swap for a box of waikatos,looks super clean. also motor will be going to scrappy unless someone wants to swap for beer? its a 1600 with issues.

wondering if i should be blanking out my number plates like some of you lot do..

think these were delivery vehicles? has a different back seat compared to my old sigma wagons,folds down easier,has a high stop light in the back id like to bin,has a 4 speed box that will go in the same bin,use a normal 5 speed.looks like it has a ten bolt rear diff too so thats a bonus as i didn't think they came out this early. will look around for an earlier front end (round headlights like my other one.) no rush though.

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could put this in,been slowly building it up over the past year, vr4 block oilling mods,balance shafts removed,new pistons,bearings etc,evo 3 head,arp head studs,new valves, have made a top mount twin scroll turbo manifold to suit the evo 4 turbo,but can't afford 2 external wastegates right now. looks like theres room for a windsor though have a sohc 2L prob just put that in there for now and get it driving asap.

easy part done now,like doing this bit,its the finishing part that i struggle with,have got the paint from another project that i mixed up years ago that just happens to be a close match,haven't sprayed much 2 pack before so well see how she turns out,can always satin black it if i fuck it up. am after some 14" sigma wagon steelies if anyone is hoarding any. these rims are 13"s

drivers guard will need a bit of patching up,has an old ding in the front too which ill straighten out this week hopefully.

bottom of passengers guard,no dings or chicken mesh yet.

started stripping all the filth out tonight,looks good no rust for a change,just the bottoms of the front guards which is pretty normal

got the banana wagon (thats what the missus calls it) in the shed with the central heating going.

some tumeke plumbing

looks like it had a new clutch not long ago. not sure how to put up the comments parts maybe one of you mods could sort it out for me please?.better at motors than computers

pulling motor out,apparently they replaced the head gasket but still water in the oil\oil in the water,they reckon the block is cracked but I'm not so sure.

just brought this out of rotorua for $400,wof,reg on hold. 2 owners before me,motor blown up. plan was to just fix the old motor and touch up the paint but you know how these things go,its all in pieces now. hope to give it a quick respray and get a motor in,not sure what yet,am open to ideas..

radiators may look sweet after a flush,but we had a truck at work that kept overheating with a 'sweet' rad (rad shop said it looked good) but our mechanic insisted it gets properly looked at,took it apart and it was blocked as fuck.

dunno if this hepls,but i usually start the car up, and cut a 10cm piece of speaker cable and put it across the big fat power cable out the back of the alternator and put it on the pin for the excitor,if she powers up then i know theres an issue,or keep the piece of cable in the glove box for everyday/temporary use.have had a few issues like this.good luck

always a few cheap toyota boxes at this meet.

every engine part I've brought from summit has been very good,i agree with the above about speed shop owners, biggest rip off art its out there! buyer beware. they also don't like Japanese speed parts in my dealings with them. just my opinion.