Less than an hours work took a rusty pan, and made it look like this...





The same paint as the engine bay.

Kinda thinking of getting my timing cover, valve cover and intake manifold soda blasted. I say an australian guy on youtube do it and he said it was fairly cheap. (like 15 or 30 bucks for a part).

 

you mean sand blasted ? I can get you stuff sand blasted and powder coated cheap if you need it

 

Put the engine on the floor, and took off the rear seal cover plate thingey.
Cleaned it up, and the back of the engine.
Replaced the rear main.
Back on the stand.
Bolted on the sump,
Bolted on the pan.

Went to the shop and sandblasted the timing cover and coolant bypass.

Noticed that the valves have touched the pistons before. Little tiny crescent scrapes in the pistons.

Moar tomorrow!

 

looking good,looking good, keep up the good werk brotha man.

 

looking good man and i say do it.

 

haha this mother fu_ker is gonna rip!!....

 

Inbetween some side jobs...

Managed to squeeze bout 1/2 hour of work into the motor. Mounted the timing cover and had hell trying to find the bolts. Even though I know I put em in a labeled box. Grrr.

Enjoy. I knows I need to touch up a little paint here and there...

 

Thats clean man, good job. Ya i hate when i miss place stuff, it always ends up right in front of you

 

What are you waiting for, Christmas? Cant wait for my 16v to spank your celica bah haha.

 

sounds something like oly would say..."What are you waiting for, Christmas?......bah!"(lmao)

 

Got almost all of my new hardware to get the Celi roadworthy.

Basically in a nutshell....

Front calipers
Front pads
Front wheel seals (for a repack)
Front rotors
Master Cylinder
Rear wheel cyinders
Rear drums
Rear shoes
Rear wheel seals (to keep em from leaking)
Rear hardware kit
Steering box pitman seal
Clutch hose
Clutch slave.

We flat towed it to the shop, all jacked up in the front from no engine and trans. Im thoroughly impressed by how light that little bastard is. Was like a tin can with wheels. Cant wait to drive it with 150 plus HP.

Pics tomorrow.

 

As promised. The flat towing was barking the tires the whole ~5 miles. The front tires are way cambered out and toe'd in.

A pic as it was with no engine/trans. (I got the grille, It does look less crappy with it on) Pile of goodies infront of my toolbox. All rock auto.



I didnt get to do as much as I liked to it today, but took care of other buisness.

Took both front brake assemblies apart. They looked like this...



And after painting the hubs and new bearings, a pack, rotors, caliper, hose(s), and seals...



I think it came out nice, besides the smashed to hell cap. The drivers side hub was full of water/grease mix. The outer wheel bearing was toast. So I just went ahead and got all four. Only 4 bucks each! WIN!

 

Cool progress! Must be nice to have a lift....

 

wow thats nice, good job so far looks good to me.

 

Yea, Thanks

Soo today, I went and picked up my fuel cell. 10 Gal RCI with a rear sump and two AN fittings. Gunna look sweet underneath the bumper, with braided hoses coming off of it...

Finished the RF hub/bearings/Rotor and seal. Still need some hoses and a caliper.

Pulled the RR wheel axle out and changed the seal. Drained the diff oil and it came out like 30WT. black, but nothing really bad.

Overfilled a little..


Want to know how tough a T-code rear is? Heres the axle matched up to a G code...


10MM bigger on the splines and on the shaft.



Me adding 40 bucks worth of Royal Purple to a rear end thats probably gunna blow up or get swapped out. Me needing a shave, sleep, and loosing 20LBS.



Fuel cell gets mounted right above my head there.

 

aaaaahaha
god dam i need a haircut, BAD!

 

20R race head done! Picking it up tomorrow. Ill get it back to the shop and port it a little more...

 

You ain't kidding holmes! I got a weedwacker you can borrow!

Not to much now.... Might strike oil!!

 

awesome build bud, I'd love to see it with a little 302 shoved down in there. but forthe time being the 4bangers are cheap fun I suppose lol Ima deff. watch this thread, and as soon as I get ahold of som 4x4 fenders some way some how Ill be sure to send you a pic. Best Wishes.-Joe

 

Yea cool. Dont forget those rear flares.


Today I Painted my rear drums. Went from bare to a sandblasted look with a cast finish paint. I painted both.



Now for serious buisness. Paid and picked up the head from the machine shop. Expensive! But they did a awesome job.





Viton valve seals under still stock springs.



A chamber close up...



I still got to blend the bowls to the new valve seats, heres a pic of the exhaust side.



Intake side.



The short side radius has a rough edge that has to be blended, but besides that, its pretty slick.
Damn I like it!