Phil
Super Moderator
Well guys as some will have noticed, id be building and tidying a GT for a while now.
http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread.php?107657-EP82-GT-CCM-Demo-TAKE-2
But on tuesday night just past... i finally got the engine running some proper boost and the rattley forged lump finally gave way.
So first up im near ready to split the car up into parts.... But just out of interest i asked if browner can help me out.
Browner is someone who i heard of back a few years when spuddy mentioned the number of starlets and parts that pass through his hands. we are talking maybe 5 years ago? back in Spuddy/vs/animalgt times, just before the PukkaPerformance debacle.
anyways considering ive never met Conor and have only threatened to buy parts of him in the past, he still came to an arrangement that suits me now and in a week or two will meet his needs also.
very happy to have asked him and very glad he is going beyond the norm to sort me out.
so that's some PISTONS sorted.
Then i need some headbolts, happened across Abbie in the UKSO forsale section, free postage and boom sorted. Many thanks.
Then HOOKIE who is local ish to me is making me a deal on crank/block/head etc Have to go down and see him and have a look at what he might have for me, but its great to have proper starlet heads about who actually want to help a guy out.
Even _shaun_ has offered me some parts that could have been a help to me.
Over the years, Jay Chris Ted Weejohn and others have helped me out big style, (and many times they still do) but its very nice to see that the good will stretches out beyond these pillars of the starlet community. Many thanks to you all.
So far im getting closer and closer to getting this engine back together.
I still need
Forged rods
Bearings OEM or ACL hopefully stock sizes!
Engine gasket kit (or most of one?)
valve stem oil seals/crankshaft sealsx2 would maybe do.
is there other seals i really need to replace?
anyone with any of the above or some gaskets kicking about the place please make me aware.
Phil
http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread.php?107657-EP82-GT-CCM-Demo-TAKE-2
But on tuesday night just past... i finally got the engine running some proper boost and the rattley forged lump finally gave way.
So first up im near ready to split the car up into parts.... But just out of interest i asked if browner can help me out.
Browner is someone who i heard of back a few years when spuddy mentioned the number of starlets and parts that pass through his hands. we are talking maybe 5 years ago? back in Spuddy/vs/animalgt times, just before the PukkaPerformance debacle.
anyways considering ive never met Conor and have only threatened to buy parts of him in the past, he still came to an arrangement that suits me now and in a week or two will meet his needs also.
very happy to have asked him and very glad he is going beyond the norm to sort me out.
so that's some PISTONS sorted.
Then i need some headbolts, happened across Abbie in the UKSO forsale section, free postage and boom sorted. Many thanks.
Then HOOKIE who is local ish to me is making me a deal on crank/block/head etc Have to go down and see him and have a look at what he might have for me, but its great to have proper starlet heads about who actually want to help a guy out.
Even _shaun_ has offered me some parts that could have been a help to me.
Over the years, Jay Chris Ted Weejohn and others have helped me out big style, (and many times they still do) but its very nice to see that the good will stretches out beyond these pillars of the starlet community. Many thanks to you all.
So far im getting closer and closer to getting this engine back together.
I still need
Forged rods
Bearings OEM or ACL hopefully stock sizes!
Engine gasket kit (or most of one?)
valve stem oil seals/crankshaft sealsx2 would maybe do.
is there other seals i really need to replace?
anyone with any of the above or some gaskets kicking about the place please make me aware.
Phil
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