Jhandy Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 right well i should have started this hen i got the car about a month or so ago, but oh well, when i bought this car, i fell in love from the start, when i drove it home it just felt so right, but enough of that, 2 weeks later i lost compression on number 4 cylinder, which turned out to be worse then what it was, so i stripped it down and found out that i had 2 ringlands broke on number 4 piston and a slight crack down number 3, so i got straight on the forum and got some pistons from ryan lang which was with me the following week made me smile and on the same day i got all my parts direct from toyota which where cheaper then anywhere else lol the weekend beofre i got the engine preped ready for the rebuild, gave it all a clean, changed the valve stem sills re-seated all the valves, which was a must because the exhaust side was and 2 thou out of tolerance. so monday daytime i cleaned the pistons and installed the rings then put the pistons in with all new bearing a torqued them down, once done that soaked the bores top and bottom in oil so the pistons move freely which they did, then i installed the head torqued that down, but afer that i was tired so i decided to cool it a night, then the next day didnt do anything, but weds was the day i started it. it turned over then instantly it started ran better then it did before, i was happy, but i had a leak from the oil return where it had been boged on with tape before but no biggy i was going to pod on thurs next day so the car stayed in the garage, until monday, at pod i bought some HIDS, and was on the forum bought a oil return and a set of rocker box nuts and washers off of dean at rw developments, unfortunatly i wont have any pics until later on once the car has been finsihed properly but you will get to see the car with its freshly painted midnight metallic purple wheels and grille, also forgot to mention picked this glow panel up off ebay for £21 quid bargian and it worked as wellwill get some more pics up tomorrow and more as i go along with the car please comment and leave your feedback cheers jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rinseep82 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Very nice mate looks really clean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Nice project John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Nice start there matey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shavnh Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 V nice clean looking starlet ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Looks clean mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Looks good dude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lew777 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Looks clean mate did you buy it off here? Looks familiar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yeah its my old car bud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lew777 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Ah fucking hell duh lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jhandy Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 she is running like a beaut now, got my oil return pipe in the post yesterday and my throttle body pulley today, and will hopefully receive my hids tomorrow, also picked up some corbeau buckets, which im gonna attempt to fit friday then will take some pics and post up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jhandy Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) well a couple of updates been busy over the last week so didnt get much time, over the weekend i started to underseal the whole car that takes ages and makes your hand kill like a bitch with a brushhere is what it looked like beforethen aftergot a couple of things for the engine to had the cambelt casing sprayed blue also fitted my throttle body pulley had the manifold sprayed black toi thought there was to much white on the car so i had the wheels sprayed a midnight blue with metallic purple shineyand the last thing i managed to get done was my seat still need to fit the passanger one but it takes so long measuring and keep taking and putting the seat in, but its comfy Edited April 16, 2012 by Jhandy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hows the car goin ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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