supra head gasket questions+ rebuild

[Andy C]

was worried about the crank nut started jamming a pry bar in the flywheel area to try and break the nut tension, didnt trust the teeth so left that and tried the starter method, i connected the battery went to turn the car over and nothing happened no power dont know whay would of thought the starter motor would of turned???? any ideas.

Any ended up bypassing the starter motor directly from the battery instead,
put bar on the nut and and turned car over, only for a second it was enough to realease the nut, worked a treat.

pulley just slid of too. removed bottom cover and cleaned as it was caked with fibres from the 20 year old belt.

just waiting for parts and the head now to start rebuilding.

decat downpipe
and wastegate shimming to do.

i dont know what to expect power wise from this car, when i first got it a few weeks ago the turbo read .6psi had a blown head and blown turbo gasket. so with all this done and the extras, im hoping for a good increase in power what you guys reckon on the bhp ??

[supramacist]

You got soooooooo lucky dude.
You must have had someone owning it that took care of it instead of driving it into the ground. Good Work.

[Andy C]

not sure what you mean by sooooo lucky mate?

[t.ortlieb@peoplepc.com]

wrong guy andy didnt post sooo lucky. i am going to see if i can post that snap on tool... i no you are already done but if you have to do it again [ hopefully not] it might come in handy Snap-on Tools


used w/a level i have had a lot of good results. not to mention it takes gasket material off in a matter of min... any way im just trying to help

[supramacist]

Originally Posted by Andy C

not sure what you mean by sooooo lucky mate?

You'll know when you deal with a janky one how easy this one really was.
You got lucky.

[Andy C]

do you mean witht the crank nut supramacist?
does this not always work for people?

[supramacist]

Ya it works. But not as easily as you're making it sound.

Alot of new guys struggle with that for the lions share of 2 days.

I'm just saying good job dude, jeeeez.

[Andy C]

ill count my lucky stars with that then mate.
went to the machine shop yesterday to speak to the guy about my head etc. he said if this is my hobby then i should fix the car then sell it, said that underneath the journals was scoring looked like it had been ran low on oil at some point, then i read uop that this is quite normal on these cars.

he didnt fill me full of confidence the cheeky bugger.

im really enjoying everything im doing on this car and though people tell me ive picked a hard car to start on for my first project i have nothing to compare it too so wouldnt know.

i think the hardest part so far was removing the turbo oil pipe, had to get to it from the top.
so far so good ill keep posting until i finish. hopefully this will help beginners too.

[supramacist]

Look dude.
I'm a 91 n/a 5 speed. This was my first project car as well.
It's been great and i wouldn't trade the experiencce for too much of anything.

BUT IT'S BEEN A HELLISH NIGHT MARE MONEY HUNGRY, well I'll refrain.

It's going to get much worse before it gets better unless you got damn lucky. But it's worth it in the end. Just don't race every fool that revs at the reds. Sometimes it's more cool to rool out low.

[Andy C]

yeah moneys starting to top up.
ill just do bit at a time when i can afford it. ive been hearing a little bit about checking the thermostat for silt? this was recommeneded by a local parts supplier which he read directly from the book about these cars and there head gaskets?

anyone else heard of this?