Carina stage 3!!

[toyotaloyal]

Time for another engine transplant on the old TA63.
The original 3tgteu had been removed when i got the car so i spent a bit of time and installed a rollcage- trd lsd trd front and rear suspension, coil overs power steering and getting a panel& paint job done completing the first evolution of my track day beater.

Ran it for about a year with the std 1uzfe engine having a ball beating down on it until finally it picked up number one big end bearing- ending constant braggin about how reliable my car was!

Plans from there were to simply rebuild the v8 upping the compression- adding some better cams and a set of 8 throttle bodies- until i spied a 2002 3rzfe engine package for a very nice price resulting in the 1uz and all its associated bits being offloaded to a friend in need.
early days on the 3rz conversion right now having only just finished the engine and transmission mounts today and mocking up the custom sump.
improvements to the 150hp commercial engine planned include a decently sized turbo- head work- custom inlet with 4age quad throttle bodies- remove the balance shafts- aftermarket pistons and connecting rods- MS3 engine management, just to name a few.

So heres my ever evolving work in progress

[banpei]

Nice going and great to see you open a project page for the Carina!
BTW: where did you find that lip?

[toyotaloyal]

Was donated by Reo from tama autos a long time ago-v i only just got round to putting it on and am not entirely happy with it so am thinking itll be coming off again soon as i find a NZ assembled ae92 corola front bumper to fit up

[banpei]

I agree with that: the while AE92 front bumper looks much better on the Carina than an added lip.

[dollykean]

Nice, Still fond of the cArina and yours is really nice

[toyotaloyal]

cheers guys- carinas definately trumps over a 86- for me anyways.

Got started on the oil pan tonight- probably the hardest thing about this conversion that ill be doin. (dont want to have oiling issue and run a bearing like the v8 did!

[toyotaloyal]

bit a of waste of a day today- trying to get the oil pan shape right to clear the steering rack and not hit the connecting rods- after about 6hours of refusing to admit it- ive mounted the engine too freakin low in the bay!
so tomoros mission will be to remake the engine mounts with the engine 10-20mm higher dammit.


Raging on stuff in the workshop didnt make it work

[fantapants]

i had to bite the same bullet on my beams conversion... too far back

and the worse bit is, if you bit it early, it would be finished way quicker than if you kept persisting

good work mate

[toyotaloyal]

Ill put the last days effort down to experience
Engine to come out in the morning- ill finish the new oil pan and remake the engine mounts breinging me back to square one.

[banpei]

Damn! That's a big setback!
But if you mount the engine even higher than this you will definitely need a big hole in your bonnet!

BTW: I did a feature of your car this week:
http://www.banpei.net/blog/carina-sighti...rz-fe-swap