Building all the wrong cars

Too soon for jokes?


Har har har

I'd agree if I touched that part.

Just an unknown milage motor, and I took a gamble. Compression was about 200psi when I tested, but bearing life was unknown.

That shit sucks dude. Just when things were getting saucy. Good luck man.

I feel you..

So finding a decent condition short block is proving pretty difficult. Best I can do is a brand new OEM short block for $1775 shipped to me.

Used complete motors with like 80k are going for $2000 and no one wants to sell the block, plus I'd be going all the bearing clearances and shit that the OE short block has done already. Fuck.

Just put your old motor back in, that way you can still drive your car around.

too much work; rewiring, redoing the exhaust again, buying a new plastic intake manifold (cracked mine on the way out

your bottom end is not salvageable?

I can rebuild possibly, but the cylinder walls have a coating, and the crank has a coating. If either of those are nicked, you can't machine them down. Less headaches just buying new or just redoing bearings and rings on a good condition one.

If I do pistons, I would have to sleeve the block. Which is why I didn't do it in the first place. It's like 2k+ to get pistons, rods, bearings, sleeves, and all the machine work.

I found a bottom end with 60k on it for 600 shipped. I'd re-ring it and change out the bearings. Probably going that route.

^^^ sounds like a good plan. Much better than spending 2g's

Yeah, fastest way to be back on the road too. the 2GR V6 wouldn't be done until later this year if I went that route after parting the 2ZZ stuff. Toyota new block would be reliable and all brand new, but I really don't want to spend $1800 on it. This low-ish mile motor should be in good condition, and with new bearings and rings, I don't see why it can't last for at least a few years. I'll try to get opinions on a stock+ block lasting at 9000rpm. Lotus versions rev to 8500 stock, where as the Celica was 8400 in 00-01, and like 7900 in 02-05.

Dude, I was gonna ask you if your car was payed off yet?

Got a new-used block

Baller.

the new motor, soon to be on it's way

Got a coil pack cover while I wait for the new block to come

Short block should be here Wednesday. I'm much too lazy to pull it all apart again though, so I may wait a week or two. Still have to order bearings, gaskets, and ARP hardware. Probably do that in 2 weeks since I have a wedding to attend to.

Not really motivated to work on this.

good stuff. Glad you found a way to get this up and running again in a timely manner. If my shit blows right after I finish it, I fucking give up. The car will sit until I have dough for an f20c and full chassis harness haha

Yeah, I really wanted to go with the Camry 3.5 V6, but the down time would kill me. Coupled with the frustration and annoyance of trying to sell parts at a minimal loss to fund buying all the new ones I'd need... not going to happen anytime soon.

If I do anything else, I will end up hacking up a lot of this car and sticking in a motor with a transaxle sticking out the rear (Read: big motor with at least 1 turbo). I'd build a stupid car that would put me miles in debt. Probably better that I just stick with what I have.

In case you were wondering about that 3.5L V6; 295whp 275wtq, stock motor with I/H/E. 360whp, 325wtq with a TRD supercharger at 3.5psi. It is now making 415whp with a smaller pulley. Not bad for a internally stock motor. Oh, and the motor itself sells from scrap yards for roughly $2k.

got this


and bought these
1 x MWR Rod Bearing Set - Toyota 2ZZ-GE Std
1 x MWR Main Bearing Set - Toyota 1ZZ-FE and 2ZZ-GE Std
1 x MWR Thrust Bearing Set - Toyota 1ZZ-FE 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Main Bolt Set - Toyota 1ZZ 2ZZ
1 x ARP Rod Bolt Kit - Toyota 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Valve Cover Gasket - 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Oil Pump Gasket - 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Oil Pickup Gasket - 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Head Gasket - 2ZZ-GE
1 x Toyota OEM Rear Crankshaft (main) Seal - 2ZZ-GE

yea!!!!

Sweeet.

Hey cool, I was right.

shizah

What does that mean, if I may inquire?
My motor has been spewing various chunks of metal from every orifice for years.