tim13

have spent a bit of time working on these things , from what you describe I would pull the coils could be as simple as moisture around them , have also seen a few coils arc out - pull the cover out (above plugs/coils) start engine you can hear or see the spark , also the enginebay wiring looms on these crap out (all the insulation falls off leaving bare wires) which causes some fun problems ! hope that helps

i possibly have the opportunity to buy some 32mm bike carbs for cheap, will these be too small for a 2000cc engine? im thinking yes.

also does anyone know what size r1 carbs are?

4x32 is prob much more total diameter than you have currently so will come down to jetting and setup , also remember bikes rev higher and you will have more vacuum being 2l vs 600cc , and with 40mm webbers/dellortos you run chokes of between 32 and 38mm anyway , hope that makes sense (still learning about bike carbs since buying a car with em fitted)

wow, sounds amazing. Will definitely look for them.

Covering it wise: will a tarpaulin do, weighted down at the ends, or what kind of car cover has everyone used?

Somebody's probably going to think it overkill, but everything helps. And there's got to be cheapo options.

as the owner of a car that suffered under a car cover and based on other advice from those who know "better to park car on top of cover to stop rising damp especially if parked on dirt/grass/stones" airflow is your friend , uv is a bitch but an easier one to get over .

had good results with mine by immobilising t-vis running mega ignition advance (20- 25 at idle , total advance 35 - 40 , I think) and retarding intake cam 1/2 tooth (using other slot in cam pulley) I also ran a bigger throttlebody but that took a bit of engineering , as stated above light weight , tyres , exhaust , practice launching to suss revs and bog/spin ratio , poor mans lsd - big burnout heats r/f tyre then l/f spins on launch should hook up ok (mine went round rwd and 4wd on good days) sound like fun , yay cheap motorsport

UPDATE , got a call from owner last night , was driving car when idle suddenly jumped from 1500 to over 3k , he has adjusted idle and seems to be running sweet so appears to have fixed itself (holding breath) he is going to check timing and advance to confirm

timing just retards to nothing and doesnt start to advance until throttle is released

That makes it sound like you have a vacuum retard situation

no vacuum advance on ae82 unless triggered by map sensor ? but map sensor appears to be working fine

should say I sold my wrx and bought a spitfire cause sick of bizare (expensive) stuff and like low tech and adjustable ................. first thing that happens electronic ignition craps out so now fully low tech points , condensor , carbs ...... may even go mechanical fuelpump !

but I still want to sort the fxgt for a mate , he is hunting a tps to borrow , double checked camtiming all good , timing just retards to nothing and doesnt start to advance until throttle is released ....... any masochists in chch who need something to take their minds off earthquakes ! ideal candidate works cheap and late and has own supply of 4age parts !!!!!

so what we are saying is we have found a common mechanical/electrical problem on a Toyota that there is no solution for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I H A T E to be beaten , will update as I find stuff , car now moved from the 04 to the 03 so now working remotely

just to clarify the only thing changed since it was running properly is the bottom end head sensors manifolds ecu body etc all same old same old , has been sitting a while though !

UPDATE , managed to get car running/driving ok with timing mega advanced and TPS unplugged , will try another TPS and see what happens

at a guess it would either be a dizzy problem or ecu problem, possibly map sensor but i would try the others first. get spares of them to try so you can rule them out, could even be dodgy dizzy wiring.

had a 4age way back which had a couple of wires on the dizzy plug mixed up and every time it started the timing would be different and would run like ass, wouldn't rev etc and the timing would always go the wrong way. swapped the wires around and it went fine after that.

did you swap the dizzy over from the original engine onto the new block, or did the new block already have a dizzy that you left on?

all original dizzy and head used , wires stayed in plug , plug only fits one way , I am still guessing its something simple I am missing , will post when I find it

ANY IDEAS

factory ae82 , so no knocksensor as far as I am aware , the other thread was similar problem but no conclusion - anyone know if they sussed it ?

any one had a bluetop 4age that the timing retards rather than advances when revved ? basics all ok , HEEEEEEEEEEEELP , car was running fine until a big end related engine swap (bluetop to bluetop)