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Im not bothering with removing it for the moment chap. Its here if you want it i will even meet u at lakeside with it ;)

Ive got a abs removal kit for sale the same as the one pictures above Toyota diagram you want the parts in yellow

Thats good going. As the toyota 4e engine is so well engineered but the only issue i think is the trust bearings is not the greatest design specially with the higher reving engines. What hp and torque are making out of this monster?

Looking good keith. What type of crank are you running in this?

Tuning developments charge 116.99 on there site. So £100 delivered is a good price

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Hi mate i will take them off your hands pm me price delivered to cr69ah

I will take this if not

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saw you out on track yesterday dude. looked like it goes well. what is the spec?

i may have one of these at home chap

Crooks you have pm

thanks chap. yeah im looking forward to see it running too also want to see yours now as you have done a lot since I last saw it. Jamie hope its not going to be much longer I will call you later and explain thanks buddy thank you mate. I am retaining stock inlet for the final setup, the inlet has been port matched with the head. looking at cars in japan pushing the same turbo it will be ok and still make a good result.

Looking really nice dude car just gets better and better and engine bay looks great.

Well yesterday I thought I would pop down to Robs and see how the engine is coming on as I know he has been manic with work and design products and has not had much time to spend on mine. One of the request I asked him to do was to weld up the PCV valve intake and vacuum line on the face of the inlet and smooth off and then send away to get aqua blasted. only left to do on that is tap some vacuums in the back ready for take offs. various powder coated, zinc coated bits have now been fitted on the engine so its slowly getting there. was nice to see the turbo kit on the engine in person I bought the down pipe with me to see how that fitted and all good. we have got to modify the oil feed as line is crazy to big Also in process of making up a letter box style baffled sump. the baffle plate in the sump has had its spot welds drilled out and removed. cardboard templates were then made to the baffled we required to get made up in steel and was sent off to the laser cutters to get the plates made. received these and got them to Rob and he has tacked these up to get these in the right place so it can be tested for fitment and then can all be welded up and installed. more to come on this in the next week. the builds slowly getting there just the problem with myself and Rob my engine builder are so anal about stuff and has to make sure its 100% perfect on everything.

I can only vouch good things with Race-tech I have bought various things from them from custom manifolds, turbo kits, ecu's etc. and never had any issues and always when I have questions or need advise ricky has always been helpful and spoke on level. Like Ricky says waiting for parts to be realised from customs is a nightmare.

Cheers Si will pop down with it when done and go for a blast. cheers Jamie does look good on there been waiting for ages to see it like that thanks liam thanks chap. hope it wont be too much longer

what abs removal kit is on this?

Little update Head is now on and bolted up and engine looking like an engine now. Also test fitted the turbo kit which i had made by racetech and looks great on there. Now just modifing the oil feed line as it was a bit to long. Heres the pics which ive just been sent

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Will call up and get an update tomorrow sumps I hope to have a big update on to ;)

Cheers Jamie hope not to be to long now

Regards to the bent rod issue PEC would like to comment but they are having issues joining the forum but this is what they sent me to reply to the thread "This is an open letter to all members of the Starlet club and anyone else who should read this. This thread was brought too my attention some time ago but I have not had the time to sit down and draft a response to some of the questions raised in this thread until now, apologies for the delay. The rod that has been picturered earlier in this thread, as far as I know, is one of ours. What has been missed out though is that this is the first time I've seen this or have even been made aware of its existence. I have not knowingly dealt direct with any company called TB Performance and have not been contact by them relating too this matter so I can only assume that they have dealt with one of our re-sellers but then I have not heard anything from any of them either. I have to query why the owner decided to post on forum's rather then contact the manufacturer or even the company who sold him the rods? To clarify this statement: Because of the bends it caused the bearing to overload on 1 side leading to bearing failure. This one was the first one to majorly fail where the bearing grabbed, spun then welding itself to the crank causing that huge bend and then pushing itself out the side of the engine block casing. This is quite incorrect. Rods will not bend on their own, there has to be an external force. In this instance, it looks like an oil pressure or supply problem has caused the bearing to super heat due to lack of oil, then grip and spin on the rod / journal. If it gets hot enough, this will "weld" the bearing rod and journal together and cause the whole rotating assembly to grind to a hale mid cycle. This will bend the rod as it cannot take the forces being loaded on to it. (if the link doesnt work James please let me know and I will send you the pic to post up). This is a Peugeot rod that we were running in an engine in house with a new type of oil pump. The pump was running out of pressure at higher rpm's and was causing similar problems to those I mentioned above. Note the same decolourisation around the big end as the rod posted earlier, these are the tell tale signs oil supply problems. We have often maintained that it does not matter who you buy from or how much you spend, if you have fundamental problems with your engine such as oil supply and detonation, it makes no difference wether you have spent £50 or £5000 the internal components will eventually fail. To clear up some of the specific questions on here... 1. No, our rods are not made for us by Cosworth, nor do we make rods for Cosworth. We used to deal with Cosworth for pistons but that is another story. 2. Block notching. Older versions of our con rods used to need the blocks notching due to space constrictions inside the crank case. When designing rods, it is essential to leave enough material in places to maintain strength in key areas and also use the right radiuses to also maintain strength. Over time, we find ways to modify the rod drawings to improve strength and fitment, an evolution of the design if you will. Our present rod design is the optimal design we have at present but older versions are still more then up to the jobs they were supplied for and current customers should not worry. Lastly, on a more personal note. Dave at TM was a close friend of the staff here and his loss is still felt. One of the reasons why Dave and ourselves became so close was his regular visits to us, helping us work on the design of Starlet components and us in return supporting him in his business and also explaining too him the technical constraints in mass manufacturing parts such as this. We still love Starlet engines here and will continue to develop new components for them (watch out for some new pistons at the Autosport show) and if any one wants to know anything at all about anything and wants to show us anything that has happened to another person that we are unaware of (as has happened here), please contact me directly, we are always happy to try and help. Dave - MD PEC P.E.C. ltd www.performanceenginecomponents.com Europe's finest selection of Performance Engine Components 01376 583030 9-5 Mon-Fri Due to large volumes of e-mails received, please include all previous e-mail messages when responding. This allows us to view the complete situation and will result in a quicker response. Thank you.

Thanks chap