Ebay Engine kit...foney?

[wchico15]

i was looking at this engine kit for my 7mge. im rebuilding and i was wondering if anybody has had any expierence with this kit. if its foney or if its reliable. im just rebuilding to stock power. no racing power. daily driving hopefully.lol.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-9...hash=item330208303184&_trksid=p3756.m20.l1116

 

[suprarx7nut]

I bought my gasket kit from them. While I did NOT use the provided head gasket, I used the others and they all work just fine.

I'm sure anything aside from a paper gasket would be significantly lower quality though.

With something as important as rings, pistons and ESPECIALLY bearings I would NOT risk it and just pay more for stuff you know to be good.

Imagine having to tear everything down in a few months because the cheap bearings give way...

 

[DegreE]

Aslong as its going to be for casual daily driving, no racing... it should be fine, I don't see why not. Looks legit. The only thing I would do is toss that timing belt away and get one from Toyota. Other than that... looks like a good kit.

 

[wchico15]

yea thats whay im aiming for...daily driving. any suggestions for other kits or just parts that are not expensive but reliable?

 

[BlackDynamite]

I used NPR piston rings and acl main bearings and they've worked GREAT.

This is what i used for my rebuild.

ARP

The TOP LINE gasket kit. EXCELLENT!

Get pistons and rods from dealer or HorsePowerFreaks.

 

[wchico15]

suh-weet! thanks for the pics man! awesome. i'll definitly be looking into these.

 

[ronnie4]

That's some good stuff. I used almost all of the same stuff when I rebuilt the 22re on my 4runner. No complaints so far.

I used NPR piston rings and acl main bearings and they've worked GREAT.

This is what i used for my rebuild.

ARP

The TOP LINE gasket kit. EXCELLENT!

Get pistons and rods from dealer or HorsePowerFreaks.

 

[BlackDynamite]

if you can't get a hold of the "top line" i can get them through the shop i go to.

Nippon(30$)
Arp(100$)
crp(30$)
TopLine(200$)
GMB(30$)

Something of the lines of those prices. Not to bad. Don't Have exact prices and may have changed.

But whatever you do, don't get this pump. It's a pump, made by Nissan. How that works i dunno but i had gotten it and it just sucked a fat one. Made for our cars but from a Nissan company(i guess kinda like a common last name or something. Smith, brown etc. i guess)

Here is the acl and clevites i used

And i also used this for my oil pump(If you decided to rebuild bottem end;])
http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/price/Toyota/MK3_Supra/Toga/Engine/Oil_Pumps

a little more $ than stock but i liked it.

 

[wchico15]

the acl bearings and thrust washers,clevite 77, how much do those usually go for?

 

[BlackDynamite]

Not too expensive anywhere from 25-60 bucks max. But i bought i new crankshaft and those came with it. Brand new crank for 360 with bearings. Not from dealer though;]

It was a 1000 for the crank alone at dealer.....

 

[wchico15]

wow, u got a sweet deal bro.