ep70 custom NA engine build (many many pics inside, be warned!)

[rage]

let's try it here.

a friend of mine has a ep70 boxy starlet and he had a badly worn out engine.
was using a lot of oil and running a bit to lean. had a stock 1.3 carb engine with 100 vacuum hoses. very prone to problems.

so... he thought: rip out the engine and fit something else! something better!

he bought a 5efe block but turned out that the seller screwed us with a bad block. crank was shot...

think... think.... toyota is like lego! so why nog throw something together from a big pile of parts?

and the idea was formed to build a new type of engine. combining parts from a 2E, 2E-E, 4EFE, 5EFE engine.

first up: stripping the car down:

derusting the bare 2E block

Masking

primer

also working on the gearbox

gearbox painted

fitting the new larger radiator

quite massive compared to the old one

gearbox all painted up

engine has the last coat of paint on it

2e-e ecu now fits on the p7 ecu brackets.

strippen!

clutch pump wast in the best condition anymore, swapped it for the ep81 version which fits after a few modifications

en ep82 brakes are better aswell, so we modified it to fit on the ep70

cleaning!

rdy for sanding

decided to paint the engine bay black so the red engine will stand out nicely

looking good:

in the meantime toyonut was fiddeling with the wire looms.
as we mixed up 4 types of engines the loom needed a lot of work

also fitted a home made lower arm bar

custom brake cylinder stopper

put the front end back together

don't underestimate the work that goes into the loom everything is custom on this build

painting parts...

new disks, pads, repainted..

why buy if you can make it yourself?
custom copper headgasket in progress

it fits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6BYwkXfisY&feature=youtu.be

more goodies!

block was rehoned to fit the 5E pistons

fitted pistons: (cleaned the 5E pistons)

had to machine the oil pump sprocket a bit

finally we get to the assembly of the engine

nice and clean

copper headgasket

fitting the head:

parts parts and more parts

bling!

everything bolted to the engine, time to fit the gearbox

box fitted

rdy to drop it in

and in she is

and last but not least! she ran for the first time!
fuelpump was busted so we started her on brake cleaner but she fired up straight away.
so now we need to finnish up the loom, exhaust and a lot of small fiddely bits but she's getting there!

we have a runner!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPKAq8OOKx4

 

[accent_97]

nice work there rage is it still 1331cc?

 

[markostarletturbo]

Nice mate good work

 

[whitestarlet]

Very nice a lot of work went into that!!! good job

 

[toyonut]

Bored & Honed the 2E block to fit the 74mm 5EFE pistons, so it is now as a 4E 1334cc's because the 2E had 73mm pistons

 

[Sheldon]

welldone! nice

 

[yaristurbo]

That white on black bay looks sex

 

[GT-TD04]

Thats some work,fair play to ya

 

[SupaStu]

Amazing job gents.

The colour scheme looks great !

 

[GP82]

Great work Rage, Toyonut has done the same thing as you with the custom copper headgasket!

 

[rage]

this is toyonuts car we are building it in my garage

 

[malcolmgt]

yum

 

[rage]

loads more to do though

the loom needs to be finnished, suspention, welding the new exhaust, etc. etc.
but we'll get there!

 

[gt_turbo!]

class build man

 

[rage]

first start

was quite a hassle to get the fuelpump to work propperly but we got it working.

still needs a lot of work but we are getting there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAvyO33o804&feature=youtu.be

 

[toyonut]

First problems: bubbles air in coolant... After retorquing head discovered a loose headbolt... To short... damn