As most of you guys know i got that blue mr2 with a rev3 3sgte and i finally started dropping the old engine out of my car to make room for the new one
Here is a few pics of the progress so far over the last week...
Enginelid, bootlid, sideskirts and bumpers removed

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Then started lifting the car, just engine crane and a few pallets required :)

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Also used a few tyres to have the back of tha car a bit higher.

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Got the engine out

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Fairplay max well done cant wait to see end result hope all goes well 4 u on this one?

Ah thanks
Went well with my last 3 swaps cant imagine this being any different.
Im stripping the whole engine bay to do some graffiti work or some sort of painting,
I never did graffiti so expectations and reality may differ a lot lol

Good job. Some nice timing gears on there, any other changed internals?

Thanks, I got them gears on eBay for about €60.
The internals are wossner pistons with compression reduced to 8:1
Bottom end redone with genuine Toyota parts.
And the rest of the mods are 650cc injectors, sard fuel pressure regulator, walbro fuel pump,
Downpipe, chargecooler and an st205 turbo from a Celica gt4
I wonder how much power it's gonna put out....?
My guess is between 300-400 bhp

Here is what you want to do to that engine bay


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Nice list of parts there

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I wonder how much power it's gonna put out....?
My guess is between 300-400 bhp

What pressure boost are you thinking of running at.

@slipsliderg- Ive no idea what pressure it can take i want to run the maximum pressure possible, any ideas what it could take??

@peggyontherun- I dont like them sticker bomb stickers, i was thinking of something like this:

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And here is a simple one but dosent look bad either:

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I dropped the fuel tank today to install the walbro pump.

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Walbro pump is smaller than the stock one...

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Got all the pipes and wires out of the engine bay, gonna clean all the dirt off tomorrow and then comes the difficult part, painting!
Pics kinda dark but thats the stripped out engine bay:

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Fair play man its coming along nicely for a weeks work.

Now I want my car home to get started even more

Kcd for luck with the build

Thanks man cant wait to finish painting because after thats done it will take me 2-3 days to put everything back together

Not sure what boost you can run, are you going to use a standalone ECU. Quandry could best direct you on boost levels with those mods.

Nope no standalone ECU's just the stock one. I think 1.3bar should be safe but what would be the maximum the engine could hold before detonation, melting pistons or the bottom end going.
What bhp can the stock bottom end hold??

spla300 wrote:
Nope no standalone ECU's just the stock one. I think 1.3bar should be safe but what would be the maximum the engine could hold before detonation, melting pistons or the bottom end going.
What bhp can the stock bottom end hold??

Don't know, wouldn't like to go that high without a wide brand / and good knock detection, while on a rolling road with an experienced tuner.

savage job hopefully ill be starting mine soon

Yeah i actually want to get a wide band with a good gauge and have it running a little rich just to be safe.
I actually have a brand new genuine wide band sensor from a 05 BMW 520D, would it work with any AFR gauge?
And how much is a good knock sensor and what brand?
And would all them parts work with the stock ECU?
Im guessing ill leave the boost at 1bar for now then

Got the sandblaster out today and set it up gonna start sandblasting tomorrow

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And here is the before picture of the engine, should have the after pic tomorrow :)

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Before and after of the engine would be smashing.

here is all i got done today, not finished though still lots of sandblasting required.

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Can anyone tell me what the screws circled in red are? could i get an oil pressure/temp reading from them???

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Finally finished sandblasting today, was covered in sand, i hope it turns out well in the end, here are a few pics, some before and after of the gearbox and a few little bits and pieces.

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Ill start the cleaning and spraying on monday.

And does anyone know what them 3 allen key screws are circled in red im my previous post????????

Had really cold weather so painting was delayed,
So far i painted the engine and the engine bay, engine bay still not finished though...

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Chargecooler wont mount properly can anyone tell me what im missing...
The coolant fill pipe thing is in the way of the chargecooler ones, also need a different intake thing...

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Excellent stuff mate, kc'd! Keep it up

Unreal work max FairPlay...can't wait to see it finished..

Thanks guys i hope to have all the painting finished tomorrow if weather is good and hopefully have her back on her 4 wheels by next week if everything goes according to plan, still waiting for clutch and some seals, then it will be a matter of getting some soldering done and find a few little brackets and mounting the chargecooler and the rad properly.

@ Max - you will need to take the intake part off you will need a throttle sock can be got from toyota main dealer

Throttle sock - T17861-88480
4 x throttle sock bolts - T91511-B0825

Purple not my fav colour but you're doing great work!! kc'd for the efforts..

Awesome stuff thanks Sean any idea on the prices of that throttle sock?

Yeah dont really like purple either it was just a good idea at the time and i wanted something random, i used green for gearbox, charge cooler and other bits, finished painting today ill take pics tomorrow as i start assembling everything.

Also finally arrived in the post today, an exedy 3 piece stage 1 clutch kit for 330 including postage from a lad on donedeal selling exeady clutches.

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you did some job on the engine kcd

Thanks,
Here are more updates:
Didnt get much done today just started putting the wiring back on the engine and fitted the clutch and gearbox.

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