wakeabby14

just crack on with it mate and you will be happy once its over and done with! im putting engine in sunday so more photos coming shortly

Not too much of an update, Got the gearbox cleaned up and painted, took alomost 2 hours with a dremel and wire wheels and then brake clener to get all the shite off the surfaces, then gave it a coat of paint ready for it to go in the car in the next 2 weeks

Im a bit ocd when it comes to getting everything clean haha want it to be as show quality as i can get it more update coming shorly engine will be going in the car with in 2 weeks!

I work in a car dealership so its not that bad glad you like the build cheers mate!

check my build thread out here good read

Awesome update! Friday night after work i popped down to my mate AJ's unit, He does powder coating in his spare time and agreed to do some bits for me, I purchased the colour i wanted and let him keep the rest of the powder i did not use as a thank you. So bits that got powder coated was Garret GTX2860R compressor housing, alternator bracket, fuel rail and oil filter housing. Photos dont do the colour justice colour looks far better in person. Work was quiet on saturday so i got the work i needed to get done and started lapping all my valves in at my desk, after that my brother helped me put the TD valve springs in the head as i did not have a spring compressor. Same night after work started putting bit and bobs on the the block, water pump, alternator bracket, engine mount, knock sensor and oil pressure switch ready for the head.With a cheeky bud 😉 Next day got some christmas shopping done then started on full assembly, Cleaned all the cam caps and bolts lubricated them up got all the cams timed up and rocker cover on. Also put on oil filter housing, thermostat housing and new thermostat with OEM gaskets. This is the moment i have been waiting for so long now and it was well worth the wait just look at these shots absolutly amazing with the WEPR GTX top mount kit speechless... Also a few photos with turbo blanket and K20 coils as a test fit to see what it looks like. So been a busy yet fucking awesome weekend, Next plans is enjoy christmas then clean up the outside of the gearbox and paint it ready to drop the engine in probs within the next 2-4 weeks. More updates to come! Peace out.

Cool thread dude! looking forward to see whats next, let the build thread be resurected!

Around 5-6k maybe? cracking car like

UPDATE: Hello everyone, been a super productive week this week and lots of bit coming back from body shop and machine shop ect, let me show you what been going on So first of all for the past 2 weeks Ive had my gear box at a garage near me getting my quaife ATB LSD put in with new diff bearings, Long story short its been a bit of a nightmare... the shim that holds the lsd in place inside the box was too small for the new diff so the diff would move around in the housing, So i called toyota directly and ordered 2 different types of shims neither of them fit luckily they were only £7 each, luckily enough the guy who was doing it has a good machinist friend and he made me a custom shim so now i have my gearbox back all ready to go. Just need to clean up the outside of the greabox housing and give it a spray paint to smarten it up now. Carrying on.. A few months back now i purchased a livesports spoiler and jam bumper but when i got both of them the paint work needed some attention and the jam bumper needed some fibreglass repairing, they have been in my friends bodyshop for a good 7 weeks and i got a call saying it is not ready to collect as he had a chance to get round to doing them for me. Car looks amazing now with them on, livesports spoiler fitment is fantastic but the jam bumper is a different story the fitement is not good at all, cant really tell unless your close just notthe best replica i guess, The paint looks amazing though and it still looks fantastic on the car so cant complain, Wanted this combo of bumper and spoiler for a long time all i need to finish the rear end now is a mid spoiler and im good to go. So i was planning on having liam at LC porting to do a full port on my cylinder head, the plans have changed, I have had a look at some videos online and been reading up about porting and I've decided to give it ago my self, I purchased some carbide porting tools and also a porting sandpaper roll kit and pretty much been porting all weekend. Im pretty pleased with the results and had a few pointers from liam which was a great help. Liam says the first run through the head with the carbide and 80 grit is where all the performace gains are and polishing is purely cosmetic and make no impact on power gains so i should see a decent gain from what i have done. What i have done to the head... Gasket matched intake and exhaust ports, smoothed and removed all casting marks and worked on the valve bowls, i have also cut down the valve guides to optimise air flow. here are a few photos of what i have been upto This is pretty much what all the ports in the head looked like including the valve bowls, loads of casting marks thatwill slow air flow down massivley This is after Before valve guides cut down in intake After guides been cut down Nice clean and smoothed valve bowls, well happy with the bowls, they took the most time by far... So whats next then... Im planning on starting to assemble the head now puttin gin new stem seals, TD valve springs then fitting the head to the block, will then assemble the full engine and get it in the car and start running it in, i will also need to sort my an6 braided fuel lines out and also get some powder coating done. So more updates coming very soon. clocking off for now!

looks fucking sick!

Looking good this mate! great fabrication work, cant wait to see more updates!

Sweet build mate! cant wait to see more on this

Just got my cylinder head back from the vapor blasters looks like a brand new head, time to get it skimmed then engine together this weekend. More photos to come shortly!

I hope your forging or swapping to a 4efte as you wont reach 0.6 bar of boost before your rods will be on the road

Update: Been a preety good week for the car let me share it with you After work on tuesday came home to a package from mike at TD as always spot on service and sorted me out fast. Nice quaife diff and new toyota diff bearings Then today on payday which was a great bonus had a call from engine builder saying block was ready to collect so i nipped out on my lunch break and picked it up Next plans are to put the engine on the stand at the weekend, start putting oil pump, water pump on ect and will paint the block and sump to make it look all nice and new. more updates will be coming at the end of the week keep an eye out logging off for now

Im trying to get to as close to 400bhp (at the flywheel) as possible should not be difficult with the turbo choice. I currently have the 4efte inlet manifold it should be fine for around 400 but I have been tempted to get a race plenum but im waiting one to pop up on the page. Thanks looking forward to early quarter next year to come to you for mapping

Update: Even though i have been in birmingham all weekend having a nice night away with the other half, its not stopped me and stuff has been happening. So this weekend i have managed to paint a few bits, and also splashed out £900 on a quaife ATB diff and new diff bearings, will get the gearbox sent off to a local builders to sort that getting put in and a check over of the gears and syncros. here are a few pics of what i have done Enjoy!

yeah man cant complain at all for £50, Im going to weld my fittings on to support the coils as want rocker cover open to see mirror finish nice to see you have updated your thread again too!

Came home today after work another parcel waiting for me racetech highflow fuel rail bargain again for £50. Will get this cleaned up and put in the powder coat pile ready for when one of my good mates coats a load of the engine parts. Need to purchase a load of AN6 fittings and braided line and get the FPR seated perfectly in the bay all tidy.

Picked up a set of K20 coils for £49 posted off ebay great deal for when I do the K20 conversion.

Im keeping it polished and going for a mirror finish needs more work. should look very good when done.

Im having liam porting my head in a few weeks as well haha cant wait, let me know how you get on! nice build

cheers mate appreciate it

Update: Managed to spend quite a few hours on the rocker cover over the weekend, started on 80 grit and worked my way up to 3000 grit, It not how i want it finished yet i would like a mirror finish on it but i cant seem to get it there with polish at the moment, I may need to get it done professonally to finish it off, here are a few photos non the less

Not too much of an update did a little work on my rocker cover this weekend, sanding all the surfaces down flat then going to mirror polish it. Engine has also been dropped off at engine builders to build the bottom end ect should have it back in a week or two then just waiting on my slot with LC porting for the head to be ported.