rob2.2

if you throttle bodied it and kept the turbo it would be epic

new plugs fitted and not a blind bit of difference, stalled twice at junctions on way back and still a miss-fire/hesitation at 2-3k rpm after changing them

it does it from cold, will try throwing a set of spark plugs at it, the car has uprated ht leads fitted so i asume there ok.

hey guys my starlet is massively poorly, below 2k rpm its fine, 2-4k rpm it missfires, dies and bumps itself going again 4k+ it fine again sometimes when sat at traffic lights/junctions it just dies for no reason at all has anyone had this happen to them? any idea's of what could be causing it would help greatly cheers rob

re-building an engine is a piece of piss, just get all the settings/torques and clearances and stick to them , when re-building an engine make sure the work area and parts are as clean as an opperating theater!

thanks guys will give them a try really like how usefull and helpfull this forum is guys

hi guys and girls, just done the headgasket on the EP82 gt and it runs great and holding boost and water temp is great but i have a idleing issues, idle is at 1k rpm so a little high when pulling up to junctions or stopping the car sometimes idle's fine but sometimes the rev's drop and the engine either stalls or jumps to 1500 rpm then back to normal. ive looked at a mates starlet and all vacuum pipes are goood and in the correct place, is there an idle control valve that might be blocked/needs cleaning thanks Rob

thanks for your help will give that a check tomorrow

So in theory i can drive it to the charity event tomorrow and sort it monday after work yeah? definately wont do any harm as i dont wanna drive it unless it definately will be ok. how sure are you on this? cheers rob

No i was un-aware of this , i thought it was like any other car but clearly not i will no try to do as shorty has said, im so annoyed its something simple more research when working on the car next time im a honda lad originally so didnt know about this Thanks for your help guys

hi there, i marked the cams position when i took the inlet cam off, i have put it back in what appears to be the same position but after finishing everything and starting it i am gettin a nasty rattle, are there any factory timing marks in the inlet cam i can look for? HELP i need it running right for tomorrow for a charity car event and its getting dark outside

Thanks mate for that advice im using a stock toyota head gasket so will do what you have said, cheers Rob

thanks for everyone help, for a small price of £26 i got a set yesterday, The information above is interesting as i have looked on different topics/site as found 3 different settings from 3 diffferent sources, can someone confirm these settings are correct 1st: 22 2nd: 44 3rd: 90 Deg thanks rob

surely easier to jusyt fit a turbo lump and get the correct loom/ecu?

DO NOT DRIVE IT AS IT WILL MAKE IT WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get it sorted as soon as possible mate, im doing mine as we speak and its a nice easy job

new ones ordered from parts supply place @ £26.40 inc vat will be here tomorrow

its relatively simple as long as youyake your tim eand remember where everything is. i would take lots of pics of ripping old engine out and lots of the engine rebuild.

toyota are to expensive, as im skint who is tmd? i need them for tomorrow so i can fit the head tomorrow.

Has anyone re-used them?

as tittle says ive removed my cylinder head and looking to fit it tomorrow night and wondering do i need new head bolts or can i re-use stock ones? if so where can i get some at a good price? do i need to go to toyota stealer?

is 700kg's possible for a starlet, if so im gonna start ripping everything out of mine

who did the engine work mate as it sounds like it could be build related? have you got a way of checking blow-by? excessive exhast smoke could be because of high blow-by! are you running a crankcase breather/oil catch tank or filter on the crank case, if that is blocked it will cause blow by.

cheers Chris H much appreciated mate

thanks ep_brad thats a great link, mrkd5916 - thanks but ive just paid for one, cheers for the info guys, can anyone shed more light or show me pics on the "special tool" please as i dont realy wanna pay out for something im gonna use once

head will be checked on a flat table and skimmed if needed, is the *special tool* just a long torx socket ? marc think turning the boost up made the old one fail, nice easy fix tho so not to bad.