New here, ST205 GT-four Group A Rallye, JZX100 Chaser Tourer V, ST162 White Lightning

Well no fncking around here, get in get it done

Got the head off today, seems that it wasnt "blown" in the true sense of the word, just old and fncked really. Head doesn't appear to have gone soft, but is very very dirty in in the inlet and on the inlet side the cam/cam cover.
Bores look pretty good. So it seems it will be a straight forward fix (hopefully, haha).

 

Yeah I know the stem seals are average on the inlet side. I'm getting the head checked for hardness anyway even though I'm pretty sure its fine, I'll get the engine place to give it a bath at the same time.
TVIS is fine.
Bores just look a bit dirty, they are actually not bad.

Whats with this needing a mod to approve posts first, I don't approve.

 

Yeah its been every post so far, maybe I need 10 posts or more.

Anywho yeah I'll chuck some new seals in it while I'm at it, while its stripped down, not a hard job.

By the state of things (head gasket, vac hoses etc) this thing has never been apart in its life so it's not done too bad.

 

Testing...

EDIT:
Woo, ok all good now.

I'll drop the head off tonight to be tested and cleaned, after that I'll start making some calls to source the HG, stem seals, timing belt and front main seal. If it was my own car I would use nothing but genuine parts, but since this is a money mule I wont mind getting them from repco/bursons etc.

So probably won't be back together till next week as it will be with the machine shop for a day or two, then the parts have to come in. In the meantime I'll make myself a little petrol bath and go to town on the cam covers, timing belt covers etc, clean them up like new.

 

Geez thats cheap, too cheap really.

 

Head is soft unfortunately, so looking for another one now.

 

Yep, women hey. Oh well.

 

Haha nope.
I've come across a few already, one has had a fresh rebuilt and was only ran a couple of thousand kms (before the bottom end spun a bearing)

 

Just a bit of an update, got the plenum back from the cleaners as it was very filth.
I've ordered the new HG, timing belt, front main seal and filters ready for when the head arrives.

I've already got a couple of people ready to buy it as soon as it's going but I might hang onto it for a bit longer as I am currently going through the process of importing another car, and I was thinking I could sell the Chaser, put the money in a high interest bank account until it's time to pay for the new car, in the meantime the 162 will be the daily.

No I will not tell you what it is, only that it's a Toyota and there is NONE in Australia (which the reason I'm having difficulties.)