Blown headgasket FTL! Options

[OOBE]

Well, it's been 4 and a half years since I rebuilt the engine and ever since, it has taken the abuse I've given it like a champ. High EGTs and 87 octane fuel was the order of the day. It took it like a man. Compression was perfect across the board, and everything else was good to go. Well, you know how they say that you shouldn't have sexy time in your car because it jinxes it? Well, I think that actually is true, because before breaking a piston the first time, my car was the place of some love encounters with my girlfriend, LOL. It can't be coincidence that it broke again after I disrespected it with my current girlfriend. Blown tires and some other things happened before, too.

Anyway, the last straw that broke the camel's back was a 15 PSI test run after tuning it with the eManage. We were gonna take it to the dyno to tune it at that boost level, so we needed to test if the engine would hold or if it would blow like a grenade. Too bad I forgot I had moose piss 91 octane watered fuel from a gas station I never go to, but I had to this time because I was running low. I thought I had Shell 93 and well, nothing made a sound. I nailed it from a dead stop, it just roasted tires with the 17s, put our heads against the headrest, and then coolant was all over the windshield when I let go the gas. Good times. The auto tranny is holding well. No signs of slippage or anything. I ordered a Cometic headgasket and should be here this week. This engine can sure take some punishment. I need to up the boost to see if a rod gives up before a piston. I need an excuse to install the Belfab rods and some other pistons I found.

[FunkySR]

Walbros are noisy and if you hook them up to the stock wiring without a relay, they will go up and down depending on the electrical load of your car. I wired a relay to mine and now it gets constant voltage no matter what.
Why are you using your stock FPR with a Walbro? How is it working for you? I would take a picture of how I wired my relay but the Celica is not here as of this afternoon.




First time I leave my car in the hands of someone else. I met the guy this week at my buddy's speed shop . He tuned his Mazda MX-3 (almost 600 WHP) and the graph was awesome. Wow, such a fat power curve, impeccable AFR...everything nice and tight. Guy seemed down to earth and honest...and most important, knowledgeable, so I had a talk with him about my little goals with the Celica and what not and he understood.

We went to his house today and I saw he has a very clean 2G MR-2 Turbo. Ran 11.4 @ 138 MPH on street tires with 18" rims. He's adding an LSD and some other goodies to the car and then testing it with slicks. I LOVED the work he did to the deuce. Since my car was rotting away in the garage due to lack of time to work on it and the abundance of humidity and rats, I told him I would like him to put my engine together and re-do some things before I take it to the paint shop.

EDIT: I know the love for the 7A-FE here is pretty much non-existent so to those few ones with that heart of gold, I PROMISE you guys you're going to like what you'll see. I'm pretty excited about it.

Hi there.

Can you please email me detailed instructions how you relayed / wired your Walbro. Mine makes all sorts of noises and it is consistent with revs / load. My stock FPR is fine because I am using bigger injectors i guess. I have an adjustable one but I took oit off to eliminate the hesitation. Now I think it is an electrical problem I will put it back.