hahaha ok ok, i get it

i saw your pics (and i can't see them at work), and yeah, they look great. mine aren't nearly as dirty as yours were, but i can't see the inside of mine. did you get your cold-start injector done as well?

 

i would save your pennies on the cold start injector. rebuild your other four(have them rebuilt/serviced). But the cold start? There is no performance gain from the cold start, and it is only used for a few seconds....i think i would clean that one myself to save a few bones....my .02$

 

I probably agree with ya, but it only cost like $19 or something like that

 

makes sense. thanks guys

 

I had RC Engineering do all mine(they're up the street, walked em in).... Glad I did, because my CSInjector was leaking pretty badly as well as VERY clogged.....which was partially the cause of my more difficult starts before I rebuilt.

I can see RB's point... I can only speak for myself in that I'd rather start fresh up there in the EFI as much as possible. Good thing about that one though, Ian.... you can pull it at anytime without having to yank the plenum, etc. So, yeah.... either way, IT WILL run better, even if you only do the 4

See you're screamin right along, man, that's great... can't wait to see you do that first fire up! WOOT! lol.

 

next weekend i should have it mostly together. i'll try to work on it a bit this weekend, but no promises

 

here's what i got done today:

pulley off



this bolt did not want to come out of it's hole



so i looked, and saw i had to take the entire a/c off



here's the side bolts of the a/c bracket. not in the haynes manual, of course



and the lower one





that infamous "hidden bolt"



front end off





yay... grooves





more of the front of the block



and my bolt layout board. it works well if you prop the whole thing up on some empty (root) beer cans



intermission

sweet. ahead of schedule

front shaft



how it sits right now



finally drained the pools of oil and chased the threads



here's the chambers- 1 through 4, in order

1



2



3



4




and that's it. this week is going to be long, but i should have the truck up and running within two weeks. woo!

 

nice work

 

SUWEEEEEEEEEET! Great pics, Ian, .... and love seeing those "Toyota" stamps on the valves, lol. Looks like pretty even on the carbon and exhaust ash across the board, and pretty nice in general.(You're not doing anything to the head but the adjusters, etc., right? No 'servicing'?)... Just curious if anything's changed in the plans since you're swooopin right along, lol.

Way to go, man, ..... you're kickin rump!

Mark

 

thanks guys.

nothing's changed from the plan of taking the engine down to the block to get a nice seal. i'll be ordering the last few parts this week.

i feel more comfortable working on engines now, and i probably could do a full rebuild easily. or a swap. but this is first

 

Yes Ian, the hardest part of an entire rebuild you just did. Most people get a little intimidated on bottom ends, but really they are more simple then a head. Only critical part is learning how to read and use plastigage most of which don't even bother using.

Good Job, looks like you will be ready in less then 3 months?

 

hopefully in less than 2 weeks. i need to get this thing back on the road. i have all of next week (starting friday, it's my spring break) to work on it.

 

WHat you don't like that Elantra?

 

haha, except for the sticky gas pedal and the constant fear of being run over, no, i like it... (especially the 35 mpg )

injectors sent off today... more pics to come

 

hmmm that;s funny, I never had an issue with my 2001. But then again the OEM throttle body was one of the first things to get upgraded on it.

 

i don't know what it is, but it does feel sticky. also, the brakes are a little soft every now and then. but it's a fun li'l car to drive.

injectors are sent

 

to witch-hunter?

great progress

sorry i couldn't stick around saturday.

are you going to lap those valves. see my thread for how I cleaned them up.....pretty ingenious if I do say so myself

 

yeah, witch hunter. hopefully they get back before the weekend, but with a 2-3 day turn-around, they should

no lapping of valves. it's one more thing for me to do. i'll try my best to externally clean it and what-not, but i'll be doing a full rebuild (and maybe a few major upgrades) within a year or so.

that's not to say i don't like what you did with your engine. in fact, i'll probably go back to the thread when i do the rebuild.

and again, thank you all for the help. it's like an online garage of information

 

as I've said to many people, it means alot to me when I know you can use my thread to help.

 

indeed it does help.

i think i've ordered the last of my parts. nothing really left to do. i still need to swing by and pick up some of that magic red coolant that costs too much, but that's it. everything else i either have or is in the mail