Wellll, its been over a year since I've posted anything..
I have the bottom end assembled and have been collecting parts. Lots of crazy shit has been going on but I have not forgotten about the Supra!
I played with a Muscle car for about 6 months that I bought. That was pretty cool and turned...
Well I measured by thousandths of an inch with feeler gauges. I did not file them at all I just measured them in the honed bore of my block. starting with top ring, going down
Also my cylinder head is not on yet, so there is only resistance, no compression. I plan on removing one rod at a time...
When I got the car, the previous owner had rebuilt the engine and he put a head on that was cracked. When he started it, coolant was blowing out of the exhaust.
has anyone ever used a torque wrench to turn over their engine? Mine is one of the old ones with the needle that moves when you pull...
I thought it might have something to do with the angularity of the crank as the rod is changing direction. Yes it happens 3 times during each 360* rotation.
I can't imagine how the block would not be straight.. ?
My pistons are OEM and the cylinders have been honed so I know that the PTW is...
But he did not specifically check the main tunnels that I know of. or specifically check the crank for straightness.. but I don't know how it could be, bent?
I had a machinist check everything out and when I picked up the parts he said everything was ready to assemble.
He balanced the crank. He told me that he has machined over a dozen 7m's. This guy is pretty sharp. Everyone that works in the shop has over 15 years experience. I plasti-gauged my...
Hello all!
I recently finished putting together my rotating assembly of my 7mgte.
I used stock rods which were resized with ARP rod bolts torqued to 50ftlbs. All my clearances were within .0015-.002 (Toyota says .0008-.0021)
I used stock pistons with new rings and the cylinders were...
So I talked to the previous owner of the car and he told me the turbo that came with the car is a precision sc34. I think thats just what the guy told him that sold it to him, so I have no proof because theres no tag on it, but it looks very much like the one that is listed on precisions...
My machinist told me to install the piston and rod and torque it to the crank journal. Then set the piston at TDC and put a flat edge over it since it sits above deck. then use feeler gauges between the straight edge and the deck of the block. You take that number and at +.035" and that's the...
So I've decided that I'm just going to take the block to the machinist to check it/deck it. I am uneasy about the pitting on the deck and this is the only way to be sure. I also chased the head stud threads with a m12x1.25 bottoming tap to remove all the gunk out of the threads. HOLY SHIT there...
The block was previously decked so I am not worried about straightness. I did look up the TSRM procedure. Ill see how close to the cylinder bore the pitting is. The deck is very clean and free of debris at this point. Might take it to the machine shop to see what my machinist would do. He said...
So my machinist looked up the specs for the 7mgte in his holy grail machinist book. He said that from factory, the pistons sit .012"-.020" above deck. This block was already decked .007".
My machinist told me to install the pistons and rods and set it to TDC. Then put a straight edge across...
Thanks! I have the ability to open it up a bit. I wish the previous owner didn't build the car off of ebay and actually put some quality parts on it. Oh well can't complain too much for 1200 bucks.
After a long couple of weeks trying to finally get around to working on the engine, I got the...
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