My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S

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My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-10-2018

The head is mangled. Oh well, at least I won't need to do the valve clearances and stem seals any time soon.

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-10-2018

steviewevie Hopefully it is something relatively easily sorted, like the head gasket gone.

Fingers crossed for you, keep us posted.

The head gaskets don't fail on rev3+ cars. They are multi-layer steel gaskets and there's a known weakness in the blocks, so once you get to the point of blowing the HG out the block fails first!

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - Sparkystav - 01-10-2018

Gutted mate, is it salvageable?

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-10-2018

Sparkystav Gutted mate, is it salvageable?

Yeah, seems so.

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - steviewevie - 01-10-2018

Sad

but good news if it's salveageable.

How is the head mangled then ? Like valves destroyed ? Or you mean the head itself is distorted ?

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-10-2018

Not totally sure until it comes back on Monday, but it does look like bent valves through foreign object intrusion

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - Sparkystav - 02-10-2018

Part of your turbo come off?

or somethign gone through the Turbo as well?

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - steviewevie - 02-10-2018

Hope the damage is relatively minimal (e.g. just the valves and nothing else).

I presume it'll be cheaper to find a used head from another engine to swap onto there ? Or at least raid for its valves ?

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 02-10-2018

Sparkystav Part of your turbo come off?

or somethign gone through the Turbo as well?

It's possible, as there were 2 chips out of one of the wheels. But like I said, it drove OK on the way down there and now it's so bad it won't start.

steviewevie Hope the damage is relatively minimal (e.g. just the valves and nothing else).

I presume it'll be cheaper to find a used head from another engine to swap onto there ? Or at least raid for its valves ?

That's more or less what's happening yeah, it's not being rebuilt with brand new valves. New seals and all valves cleaned up and ground etc.

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 18-10-2018

Well, I picked the car up this morning and drove it straight to its MOT, which it passed (of course, lol). Initial feedback is very good, it's really stigging fast but that might just be a biased opinion from driving my Fiesta a lot. I wasn't going to push it due to new seals everywhere in the head and the turbo, and the new head gasket, which will all want a few heat cycles before they're settled. As well as the fact that it's quite slippy out there!! It's got no tax at the moment anyway :lol:

Got a few pics of marginally tarted up engine bay:

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Lots more blue, including the SFS MR2-specific intake hose which they've only just started making. Not sure that the mix of blue and orange hoses works yet, so I may still just make them all blue.

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Chris's handiwork is obscured at the moment, but that heat shield's coming off shortly Big Grin

Chargecooler expansion bottle is now at least mounted somewhere, although that will get fettled a bit

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Dump valve mounted much more sensibly, no more rubbing on the cross brace and no more mis-sized B&Q hose!!

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Cam cover is now black to match the chargecooler instead of flaking off white paint. This makes a pretty big difference IMHO, and I don't know why I didn't think of it.

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Now that the head's been off, everything's been cleaned up - you couldn't previously see the fuel rail, it was just coated in a thick layer of stig. Now all clean and shiny Big Grin