Popular Post kpr Posted May 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 Wasn't planning on making a thread for this junk. but has a semi interesting story. and place to mock me @Stu about buying a 20v 4age. Since im diehard 16v smallport guy So i was after a cheap daily and this popped up local on trademe. in the action it said it had high idle and ran better when the plugs where swapped out, but still idled high. suggested not driving far. Ok bid sight unseen because cbf'd going to look and its cheap. plus worth a bit in parts, if all goes bad. End up winning auction for $1610. was about to pull out at this price.. So i get a ride with my good mate (we will just call her rangi for now) to go pick up. Roll up to where its parked on the side of the road. Get out, awww yeh nar nar looks a bit rough, ahh well. old mate comes out, says its not running right and is surprised anyone would pay that much for it. then proceeds to say how much of a sleeper it is. hands me the keys and say try start it. So give it a jam, thing barely kicks into life, running on one cylinder. this is about the time when im thinking maybe this is one of those times buying shit and hoping for the best isn't for me. Start poking around, find map sensor unplugged. no deal same thing. At this point ol mate offers me some tools to use. turns out he is an actual GC, just not mechanically minded. Take him up on his offer because too retarded to bring my own stuff. His lady friend comes out the the most freshest stanley too kit to come directly from mitre10 mega, no one even knows how to open it. Anyway i get straight to taking the plugs out. they must have around 200,000k's on them as the electrodes are half worn down. old mate proceeds to tell rangi and i how much of a sleeper it is. I find the 1 plug thats been firing. other 3 have gas on them. I decide to gap them down and swap the firing plug to another cylinder. as im smashing the plugs on the exhaust manifold old mate asks me if im a mechanic. "nar" get funny looks. reinstall plugs. same thing 1 cylinder firing. hmmm take them back out, the good plug was firing still. hmm ok 3 dead plugs seems weird. but oh well go down road buy more. Somewhere along the line old mate told us it just started running bad when driving home one day, and he had at least 2 different places try to fix it and take all the cash. I put fresh plugs in. fire it up boom all 4 cylinders. but wow 5000rpm idle. ol mate proceeds to say how much of a sleeper it is. spend a little time trying to find vac leaks. At this point was running out of time as rangi needed to be somewhere. say to the guy im just going to drive it. hes sketching out its going to blow up and im going to crash or something. but rangi and I both said at same time we had driven worse. get some more interesting looks.. so i give him his cash. He says he was borderline going to scrap it. and gives me 500bucks back, actual GC. So jump in. go to drive off allll the blue smoke. i lose rangi in said blue smoke. this goes on for some km's , till i nang it and it clears up. just shutting it down at traffic lights because 5000rpm idle. make it home. msg old mate, is amazed that i made it home. Pretty much had decided i was just going to rip engine out and give it a freshen up, since has over 300k on it. fix all the issues while its out rather than fixing it bit by bit. fwd sucks High idle. some goose had taken the top off vac chamber and somehow managed to put the little bracket between the halves ?? noticed wasn't getting up to temp on drive home. when pulled head off noticed some weird stuff in head gasket hmm that'll do it Was just going to throw some new bearings and rings at it. then remembered had some smallport/silvertop rods hanging around, so swapped them over I thought these heads were spose to be amazing from factory. but seen some things i didn't like and it got the better of me.. sharp edges on short turn radius. and shape edge around valves in chamber. put a nice radius on both awaiting parts now. this is probably the beginning and end of this thread.. 28 4 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kpr Posted June 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 Wow 12 4 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Fuuuuuuu your mate baz rebuild that one co? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Hah what a yarn, goddam penis finger mechanics eh. See you at wagnats! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kpr Posted June 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 I forgot to mention the bit, where he was probing me for sharns. I accidentally let out that i "had one of these engines in an old startlet" Wow, did i regret that. so now it bounced between how much of a sleeper the corolla was to, fark that must go harrrrrd.. I'm like yeh goes alright. farrrrrk that must go harrrrrd... I do feel better now i've made my own barry sharn and you poor suckers have read it . In other news. dropped crank and block off to engine guy. to give one of the mains a quick zing as some junk have gone thru that bearing. block getting a quick hone. told him to put his head in sand about rest 5 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 That corolla must have been such a sleeper 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Bahaha (points and laughs) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 that starlet must have gone hard! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 aww lock the thread 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Stu said: Bahaha (points and laughs) Wait so now Stu has a RWD 16v Toyota While laughing at Kris who has a fwd 20v This year 2020 has absolutely turned on its fucking head 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 I knew i went wrong, but when you put it like that. wow 2020 some fucked up shit 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Sounds like it's time for a Beams conversion. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, Truenotch said: Sounds like it's time for a Beams conversion. Geeez, kick a man while he's down. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 16 hours ago, Roman said: Wait so now Stu has a RWD 16v Toyota While laughing at Kris who has a fwd 20v This year 2020 has absolutely turned on its fucking head Wait till he starts delving into the wonderful world of 20v... 4age mad scientist ver2.0 will be born. 1 hour ago, Truenotch said: Sounds like it's time for a Beams conversion. Bahaha (points and laughs) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 20 valve head on a k24..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 new bearings, rings, fresh hone and block decked, arp head studs. water pump, cam belt.. blah blah And done. runs shit under any load when cold, so need to look into that. but otherwise so far so good. goes harrrd 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Just now, kpr said: goes harrrd How much of a sleeper is it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 So much sleeper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Probably lost a few kws when you removed that sticker though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piazzanoob Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 fuuuuck must go hard az nooow swaps for ride on lawnmower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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