BillyM247 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 So you might of seen my other post when i had first bought the car, if not you can see it on my profile.Just a bit of an update since then as i haven't posted in a while. Used to be CRAIG-SR old car many years ago. Was an SR but didnt know which thread to post in. If not, heres what it looked like Since then i had the head gasket blow so decided to learn how to do it myself and give it a try, went absolutely great and the car is perfect again. I used a athena 1.2 metal head gasket so hopefully wont have that problem again and also had the head skimmed/rebuilt with genuine toyota stem seals, valves re-lapped & clearances done. Quite proud of myself for doing head gasket it by myself .Pic of head off Also bought a new rocker cover as i snapped my PCV valve and found a cheap rocker cover so sprayed that soon as i got it, also sprayed the front strut brace as you will see in other pics Also fitted the new manifold that you will have seen i bought in my previous post, a new hybrid turbo which had been absolutely great at 0.8 bar! Bought myself a side exit couple of weeks ago and got that fitted & it sounds epic and made the car alot quicker in every way, less spool time, longer lasting power, more torque, crap cut out on the bumper but looks better now i have sorted that. Turbo Pic of side exit fitted, love the look of it. Better now the bad cut out is sorted. Gave the car a full machine polish and flatted the wings down and polished them back up and they come up like glass Car will be going in for a respray soon as my dads a paint sprayer think ive decided on a dark metallic grey but dont know if i can bring myself to do it as the black looks so nice Also swapped me old 14" Enkei's for some real nice 15" XXR wheels which have literally transformed the look of the car & it looks ALOT smarter now! Few pics of how it stands now Next thing is window tints then get an E-manage blue and mapped at 1 or 1.1 bar. then thats the everything i want for the engine sorted for now.forgive me if i uploaded the same pic more than once, gets very confusing lol. Glad i got the car now as it was from a breakers yard and bet he would of broke it if i didnt buy it as it was in pretty rough shape.love the results so far. Please let me know what you think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peaches_Screeches Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Looks good mate, good effort with the head! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyM247 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Thanks dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 come along way good work James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyM247 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Cheers jimmy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 What a lovely looking car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyM247 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Thank you my friend ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitsuruki Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 wow how did you get that dashboard carpet i soooo want one lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 wow how did you get that dashboard carpet i soooo want one lolSame here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
russ78 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Same here!http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=351456992173&alt=web Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyM247 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 That isn't it russ78 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tommyn1991 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Those wheels though 😍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addymk2 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Whered you get the turbo? Tidy motor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark_m Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 What exhaust was that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyM247 Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks Tom , got a good deal with them in my opinion. And I honestly can't remember addy sorry the old exhaust or the side exit mark? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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