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Starlet Gt Turbo Re-Build


russeh123
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my project car :D , a freinds car :P hes not very good with them thats where i come in usefull , im a mechanic in training and the more practice the better :) its a good car very clean .... look at the link and i will try to keep up to date :) but also any help would be soooo helpfull cheers , russell http://www.flickr.com/photos/73822431@N02/

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well it was showing usual signs of the bottom end going so it was taken to the performance centre ( my garage ) and we knew at this point it was gonna get a good old going at so just cracked straight on and started the tear down .. engine out and stripped down took the sump and oil pick up off , the ends of the rods on one of number 1 piston and found this

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Pretty bad bearings. How is the shaft? How are the other bearings?

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have not had the crank checked yet mate but as you go down from 1 to 4 they seen to get worse

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this is the 3rd set they were welded together on the shaft had to break them apart with a hammer and screwdriver the picture is not great but they are like paper thin and have a sort of lip all the way around each side and the oil holes are just not there any more

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heres just some general pictures got a bit snap happy with the camera :P

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engine bay shot :)

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hks exhaust apparently it goes from the decat 2.5" down pipe through a sports cat and centre to a 3" at the back box bit

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they guy that sold him the car said it had a greddy gearbox or something along those lines i really dont know how to tell any ideas guys ??

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it does have an exxedy clutch in it with is not old it was done just before he bought it

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the head witch was rebuilt about 1000 miles ago after the gasket went on the standard engine it now has a few goodies on it

engine when it came out

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  • 1 year later...

To do just a head gasket on one of these glanza. Where can I get the head torque specs from or is it same ads normal starlet 1.3. Any help would be great as have to do a head gasket on one soon?

Cheers

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