Engine Rebuild help.

87hilux7mge · 05-23-2011, 08:50 AM

basically a high performance daily driver. so yea, if you want to drop the dough on them, the cp pistons and eagle rods would be a good investment.

lighten up the rotating assembly and be a lil stronger. not alot of ppl like the eagle rods, idk why, but they are good for the value as far as im concerned.

the turbo is a good start, and def the stopper gasket, combined with a set of ARP head studs would ensure plenty of clamping force for leak free operation.

after all that, a good down pipe and exhaust system would be worth a few hp.

if you really wanna drop some dough, some cams would pick up a lil bit too, but maybe too little for the cost.

a solid balanced bottom end build with a thoroughly machined and checked out head (maybe a small PnP?) with the aforementioned components would be an easy and streetable 400 hp i think.

if you wanna go all out, go stand alone so you can fully tune it and work out all the small kinks and tune it for exactly what you want.

05-23-2011, 08:50 AM	#5
87hilux7mge walbro fp Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: spokane Posts: 479	basically a high performance daily driver. so yea, if you want to drop the dough on them, the cp pistons and eagle rods would be a good investment. lighten up the rotating assembly and be a lil stronger. not alot of ppl like the eagle rods, idk why, but they are good for the value as far as im concerned. the turbo is a good start, and def the stopper gasket, combined with a set of ARP head studs would ensure plenty of clamping force for leak free operation. after all that, a good down pipe and exhaust system would be worth a few hp. if you really wanna drop some dough, some cams would pick up a lil bit too, but maybe too little for the cost. a solid balanced bottom end build with a thoroughly machined and checked out head (maybe a small PnP?) with the aforementioned components would be an easy and streetable 400 hp i think. if you wanna go all out, go stand alone so you can fully tune it and work out all the small kinks and tune it for exactly what you want. __________________ 87 toyota 4x4 single cab short box pickup, 7MGZE.