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my whole point is are Toyota not supplied by Tiaho ?? As they state ?
Thanks for all the helpfull responses, i have come across this forged block from future motorsports which actually works out cheaper to ship to australia than to buid one here myself, has anyone heard of these guys or have experience with this block? Pic uploaded with the specs
Right, I can't be the only one.
I'm still confused.
Taiho supply Toyota the bearings, then Toyota slaps on an extra £200 odd quid. Why would got to Toyota when Taiho do a variety of sizes for your needs for a fraction of the price?
No one mentions four, Jay says three then Skiny linked to the various sizes.What's difficult to understand?
Toyota are the only ones who do 4 (I think it is) different STD sized bearings. No-one else offers that..only std / .25 and .50....what' hard to understand?
No one mentions four, Jay says three then Skiny linked to the various sizes.
What's hard to understand is that if Taiho sell various size bearings for a fraction of the price, and Toyota Use Taiho bearings, then why would you pay absurds amounts of money for the same bearing.
I get it if you can get sizes from Toyota that you can't get from Taiho, but skiny already linked in the various sizes
BECAUSE TAIHO ONLY DO ONE STANDARD SIZE!
TOYOTA OFFER 3 OR 4 STANDARD SIZE BEARINGS
ARE YOU STUPID?
So can you not worry about these "Std" sizes and just have the crank machined and use undersized bearings?Calum122 in response to your last post, i believe that the different sizes are made because you can have different wear on different parts of the crank, so if rebuilding and not machining the crank you may have to buy more than one set of bearings as each bearing you install may need to be a different size, if the crank is machined then all surfaces of the crank are even and one set of oversized bearings will work
So can you not worry about these "Std" sizes and just have the crank machined and use undersized bearings?
over here people rarely ever go to the dealer because typically they are more expensive and take months to get parts down. Toyota offers Taiho in all sizes. any Taiho dealers will have some same sizes at a cheaper price (and usually in stock). its been a while since i had buy some main/big end bearing...but from memory the whole cost around £50-60. nothing more. not that any of this info would be very helpful to you guys who are over the pond...just sharing my 2c.
as for buying a built long block....it may be cheaper..but i feel it better to have it done locally as you can make sure everything and all clearances are done to spec. if anything goes wrong, you can easily hold someone accountable for warranty etc. buy a block from overseas and something goes wrong..you may as well throw away your money. again just my 2c.
i have emailed jsp asking them for a full list of all the bearings they have/can get for us