Yea mine are going CLACK CLACK CLACK...so I'm just gonna put it off till I eventually rebuild the engine. hurrah. (could be many many many months from now)

I need to put new valve seals in too... yay for blue on startup. Maybe I'll do my shims then.


Car also scared the shit out of me in rush hour traffic last thursday... I think one of my injectors got stuck becuse the car was real stuttery sounding. Got better once it was warmer outside later on that day.

if one of your injectors got stuck then you have big issues i bet it was just being cranky

instead of re-shimming old springs would it make more sense to buy some new ones/ maybe upgrade. friend of mine seems to think that wouldn't be too expensive. Opinions?

-fletch

springs or shims? lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FERRE...spagenameZWD1V

http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/perf...d_Retainer_Kit

and iirc shims are like 9 bucks a pop.

I believe theyre more 15ish each....at least at toyota in brampton

haha thats a bit of a difference. I guess I should've just checked, he works at napa and seemed to think he could get new springs for around $50. I think i'll stick with the shims for now.

-fletch

test your springs frist it take alot of milage to sofen them up

like 300 plus or a hole life of beat to death type thingy

as for buy better spring you can buy comp cam ones but there seat persure is alot more then stock were out your cams faster and there the cheepest ones you can get wheil useing the stock retainers

as for shims buy what you need

well Supra is staying with me.. not selling it anymore.. annnd now i have a list of stuff going to be purchased in the next couple months!!

crower 272/272 cams or 264/264 i dunno yet, springs, retainers, .5mm oversized stainless valves. hks 2mm stopper hg, toda main and rod bearings, arp head studs, greddy timing belt, toyota rings... i think thats it :) and this wont be done till prolly april.. but itll be done for summer anyways :) hopefully on full standlone too...

pistons? sounds like your building something fun :)

ive been contemplating pistons.. what will the stock ones support? running on full standalone so it will be tuned.. and yea it will be a project of making it reliable this year, then power next year :)

never buy ring's or a hg befor you trear apart your motor cause you may waste money

here is one for you get spetion frist mine is going to be for sale soon as well as in my shocks and springs

well, spent the weekend clearing out a nice sport for my new tent/garage, got in some gravel and spread'r around. Tomorrow the tent goes up and next weekend ol white rice gets tucked into her winter palace :)

it's not even winter nore fall fuck it hardly rains what is up wiht that

i kidna don't mind since i work out door's

The money I save on insurance+gas pays for my daily driver. A supra isn't very practical going to/from UVic everyday.

Besides, this gives me time to take stuff apart =)

and hope fully put it back togetter

yea but like i told u ryan, my motor has 200k km on it. so the rings are going to need replacing. id rather have a motor that runs perfect rather then one that just is good enough to run. if its all apart i might as well replace whatever needs to be replaced. i dont care about money much.

I bought a turbo, it should be here sometime this week. I'll need to order a gasket set and some shims and then I'll pull things apart and get to work. i was looking at shims and they come in different sizes, do I need to measure before I buy?

The engine work is going to wait until I'm done my body work, all the dents and dings have been pulled and filled, I have one dint in the roof to get out and I'll be primering my car. After that it will at least be waterproof!
I like doing this myself, I have the guys at my work helping me out and showing me how at first but it's an awesome feeling of accomplishment once I've made a dent dissapear and feather edged chips, etc.

Mine aint coming off the road...and you got way more money to spend on car than I do...


I take the BUS since its FREE.

Double the gas milage on a tercel is pretty sweet though :)

fletch: yeah, you should measure before you buy. I was reading the TSRM last night and it suggests to shuffle around the shims you know need replacing to ones that need that height...seems kind of obvious now after reading it :)

What's your time frame on needing shims? I will be doing the valve lash on if not redoing the whole head in a month or two...could order some shims and save on postage.

^That would be cool toby. I've never done it before i'll have to get to reading. I'm planning on taking everything apart all at once so I'm waiting until I have my turbo and manifold gasket but that won't be long. I'm not in a huge rush so pretty much anytime in the next couple months. We should meet up sometime and figure things out.
cheers

-fletch

mabye i should work on my car

naaaaaaaaa that be like working on some thing :D

well shit i failed aircare.. anyone have any idears... i failed everything except for NOX... im thinking of running on methyl hydrate.

run a cat or a fule reg

i dont have a cat :( and i dont want to buy one lol.. im on a limited budget... im going to run a litre of methyl hydrate and a can of gaurantee to pass and knock my tming down to about 12 and see what happens... my reliant spun a bearing so im fucked!

Aircare? wtf? Easy solution...register your car in victoria ;)