The Truenos Transformation

[The Big Yin]

well here is an update for you all


the car is not back on the road yet as i had hoped

ran into a problem where the car was not acclerating right, or going hrough the rv range quick enough, we thought it was an ignition problem

so changed the leads/dizzy cap/rotor arm/plugs

this did not sort the problem

so next thing we checked was the timing which was out slighlty, after we sorted thiswe could not even get the car to start, so next up was a compression check

which gave these results

here are the figures
dry
1 130
3 155
2 103
4 112

wet
1 135
3 163
2 120
4 132

according to the books

min is 142 and max 179 with a max of 14psi differance


so strip the head off to discover one fucked head gasket

and once fucked cylinder number3 and a fucked piston









so i ordered a new TRD 0.8 metal headgasket as it was cheaper than a standard one

it got delivered by a courier but it was fcuking well folded in half
contacted fensport they went apeshit and are sending me a replacment asap



in the meantime i have decided to scrap my engine as it is an early model 3rib big port engine

going to go with an engine from a AE92 FWD corolla as it is the later 7rib smallport engine so better for further modification in the future


all that is left to go is the gearbox now and when that goes i am fitting a supra box instead of the T50 as it is cheaper and stronger