megamax

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so after a bit got strapped down and got to business.









So thankfully the dyno guy allowed me to personally make some tweaks/checks/adjustments while trying to tune this mfer. i finally tapped my wide band into the aem unit. brought a filter for my iaac unit. did my best to adjust the idle screw on the throttle plate.

things were going well then hit a skid mark when the dwell started acting up.

megamax

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So we checked the spark and adjusted the timing.










Still no dice, then he fixed the dwell got it rev then disaster struck.

my rings went kaput. did a compression test and only 1 cylinder was healthy, one was 30psi and one was 60.

so that was my tune for the day, i finished out at 263whp on 9 psi. (i need a ebc controller for the aem).

so i got a few qts of oil from the guys and made my trek back to Missouri, defeated but not done, i vowed to come back.

im thinking the rings went because of poor crank case ventilation, i plugged the pcv valves and ran 10an lines to an oil catch can with no vacuam.

i was also told the filter on top of the can was way too small.


Now(currently) it huffs white smoke and some oil out that same filter.

megamax

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so now it was time to go 1.5jz. i got home and that next week sourced a older gs from a local junkyard.





so here we are again, faced with a 2jzge, and once again not 1 but 2 of the bolts don't want to cooperate.










so i had to get smarter than the bolts and mutilate them from within the block. luckily they were right next to each other.





then finally finally, the block was freed!!

megamax

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so now time to purchase some goodies and send this block away so i can get it back together in a timely manner?










never disassembled an engine before. so this is new territory for me. but looks like the bearings were not shot to ****.

im just looking to do a stock rebuild with stock size rings and some better x-bearings.










This thrust washer bearing thing is the most biggest problem i forsee for me.









and that is all i have so far, waiting on the machine shop to get back to me. he is charging me $250.00

-hot tank
-clean pistons
-polish crank
-hone cylinders
-install piston rings

97-SC300

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I saw your SC at SP a few times recently. Didn't know that was your car.

LoveSCs

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That sucks man. Sorry to hear about your motor. You put a lot of work into that, and I know you just wanted to cruise it.

So you think your rings blew out at only 9psi?

KahnBB6

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Holy cow... only *nine* psi of boost and your compression went? That's awful. I'm so sorry.

megamax

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yup, still have a kick *** tune. ill be back in maybe 2 months.

megamax

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my GUESS is that I blocked off the pcv valve and that might had something to do with it? or the rings were going out in the first place. it's weird because right after I got my head done I had a suspicious oil leak only in the intake manifold?

there was no oil in the pistons or on the spark plugs? ?

The head guy told me it was normal for if your rings to go if they are weak AFTER a head job.

gerrb

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Jim - sorry to hear about the mishap . Probably they were just on the way out . You had ventilation on your valve covers so taking out the PCV should not be the cause. Bad crank case pressure will blow your FMS and other seals.

Good Luck on your next block build .

megamax

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bumppers. getting back in the Toyota swing of things. I need some .20 over pistons and forged rods. also I'm going to get a clutch and yoke so I can install this r154 that has been sitting for a few years.

1JZPWRD

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Hey Jim,

I see your still at it. Sorry about your mishap man. Stay positive, as you have displayed, and it will be soon over. I remember when I first heard mine run after all I went through. I couldn't have done it with Cartmill's help.

megamax

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so with the help of gerb I was able to get my hands on the pistons I needed.
.20 over cp's.

I also opted to get some eagle rods, after buying/flirting with the idea of using rods from cx racing(took them back because the rod bolt was way smaller.

megamax

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so it's been a while between last year and now when the motor blew up, and I acquired another s13 which has since ben totaled by some dumb ***** and I reinstalled my rb25 which has also blown up due to a rod knock.

now I had time, so within 3 weeks I took my soarer out of service, swapped head and all the parts on the 2j block, swapped to the r-154 tranny I've had sitting for years and violia!!!

so first order of business was stripping the 1jz, all the stuff came off and I have it for sale for $200.00









then I snagged me a nifty cart to haul off the stuff that needed to be power washed!

megamax

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so finally got the block and stuff back from the shop, oh it was a happy day, everything was so fresh and clean.
-BLOCK WAS DECKED/BORED TO .20 OVER
-HOT TANKED
-CRANK WAS POLISHED/BALANCED
-PISTON RINGS WERE FILED/INSTALLED
-RODS WERE BALANCED/WRIST PINS INSTALLED
TOTAL BILL $870-930 (HAVE TO LOOK AT RECEIPT)

not what I wanted to spend.







also picked up some break in oil