Recent content by bigred

The closeup is where I think it blew. Is that what to look for? Does anybody have any Idea what else this could have been caused it to be smoking?

OK thanks. I did use a chopstick to make sure I was TDC on #1. and it was good. The car this all came out of had about 60K miles. And I have ordered a complete rebuild kit from Cometic as well. I had also checked the torque on the arp studs and they did not budge at 85 ft/lbs. This is my first...

I had just installed a 7mgte in my supra trusting it had been assembled correctly (dumb ass mistake). Engine was running rough so i checked the timing and it was way out. I started investigating further and found the timing belt was installed wrong. Both cam gears were at about 1 o'clock with #1...

So I started my quest by purchasing a completely stock '88 N/A supra. Mostly for daily driving. Soon after I discovered some rust and was considering selling the car but the day I decided I had over reved the motor and it developed a knocking sound. So thanks to all the excellent information on...