Ryan_EP82 GT

What fmic you running then? That's my next planned mod as I want the extra cooling for more boost but with as little lag as possible! I think the hdi ones look the job atm. Where ya sending it to get dyno'd? Sure if you ever need to get a few extra pennies up you know where you can sell your interior ;) lol I seen some of those oem goodies you have,that's also an addictive habit getting them together isn't it haha

I was hoping to go for a Mine's or Jam, have you had any experience with those lad?

Go ahead lad!! Gt28's are mental..lol I call shotgun for a blast when you have it fitted. I was hoping for a good Tongs hybrid but I think I might try make my own with a ct12 exhaust housing and ct9b impeller,unsure about the exhaust wheel yet :/ means minimal lag/roughly same spool but with a few extra horses top-end. What hybrid you running bud?

Yeah I suppose your right pal that's where you get a few optional extras lol.. Bet ya can't wait to get it on the dyno mate.. What plans have you beforehand? That's interior is the dogs balls I wouldn't change it atal lol have you tried browner for Recaro fishnets?

I was running .8bar with a few minor mods before the bottom end went, nothing too extreme until I get an emanage or piggyback ecu to sort the fuelling proper. I'd like to see close to 200 eventually, that's my goal for around xmas time... Once I get it back to that boost I'll bring it to Autotune in ballymena and get them to RR it there.

Good read thanks guys.. just got myself 4 gallons of millers mineral from mr opie to run in the Gt with

flintygt gets my vote..tidy looking gt

Thats it bud nothing beats peace of mind! Do it once, do it right an all that except for bungee cords!! i stick by them...lol. I need to get it on the rolling road once its back up to a higher boost again, im dying to see how healthy the engine is and it would be interesting to see what its putting out at stock boost pressure

i just slapped my laptop thinking there was a fly on it!!! lol @ at your sig rbz! paul youre the guy with the big blue tdo4 flames coming out the side exit arent ya lol im not the only clown then lol

i second that, the white doesnt let it show its full potential lol get her sprayed great built tho lad

is that the oem mk1 interior aswell? i love it its fooking amazing!

Yea majority of em have had a hard life and end up scrapped, or the decent ones get broken up for parts and scrapped! its bad craic lik.. what hp you pulling outta this motor? im beginnin to think i want a mk1 especially with the bootlid an tail lights an that, makes them stand out alot more

Thanks mate, didnt expect to have to rebuild it so soon but thats life, and here i am.. I think iive a few bits just, wheel an headlight alignment, new clutch slave cylinder, and getting hold of a battery to send it through. I dont think they'll appreciate me holding down an 063 battery with a bungee cord!lol

oh my god..i love the sound of that! literally the best sounding GT yet!!!

Have you fitted the panhard rod? Did you notice much difference?

Very nice gt bud love it. Some crackers down over the border!

Can't believe ther not snapd up by now!

If its a new toyota/glanza gasket it may cause a water leak when fitted to a gt. Sorry to jump the thread but I just found out the hard way

what boost were you running it at to achieve your bhp?

Now that its home it needed tidied up a bit to prepare for mot..

Found an oem Toyota rear strut too I got a few genuine Toyota oil filters over time and Millers competition 10w40 mineral oil for bedding in We painted the rocker cover since it was off anyway and tried to somewhat resemble the Magnecore blue lol THE FPR HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED/DESTRYOED!!

thanks alot mate.. i genuinely missed the little thing! i cant wait to get a drive in it again

Managed to swap a few turbos and bits an bobs, got myself a Roadrunner manifold that had a bit of an ugly weld thrown up the middle and ported it out it with a Dremel and mock exhaust gasket before fitting Searched and found, thanks to Browners stash as usual lol, a matching Roadrunner twin-pipe decat It's supposed to seperate the exhaust gas and wastegate gas to improve air flow. This is them both installed as a mock up before the engine was fitted..

So we got to the root of the problem anyway, turns out a wrongly configured FPR led to the engine overfuelling and destroying the ringlands Costly lesson indeed and after some favours and a bit of saving the GT is back and running on the road Firstly, i got myself a full Toyota engine gasket set from Idrees and had every gasket and seal replaced and a new Toyota PCV valve as well.. Then we got the head sent off to be pressure tested, skimmed and fitted with new Toyota Valve stem oil seals. Came back like this: Things were going good but that was the end of the progress for a load of months due to a lack of funding! But another student loan came in, and went straight out again on the Starlet lol. The bottom-end was sent off to be rebuilt by Byre reconditioning. I got the block pressure tested.. bores honed and washed, ACL bearings and washers fitted, and pistons with new Toyota piston rings installed. Component list fitted: -ACL Big-end bearings -ACL Main bearings -ACL Thrust washers -Genuine Toyota piston rings -New timing belt & tensioner kit 4 cracking pistons from another Gt Turbo cleaned up and ready to be fitted with the Toyota rings The engine was torqued according to Toyota specs the head fitted with new Toyota head-bolts Just waiting on the paint to dry on the cam cover and in it goes!