1MZ-FE into my MR2, Building a 3SGTE these days. Options

[95CelicaST]

Well turns out the bores are in need of honing. .020. No more stock pistons. The crank also needed some work, so it's all back at the machine shop.

I bought a set of Weisco 86.5 9:1 pistons, and Eagle H beam rods. They'll be assembled with ACL Race bearings.

So much for an easy stock build.

[NgoFcukinWay]

So much for an easy stock build.

Thaaaattt's.....usually how the spiral starts. lol

[95CelicaST]

Yeah, this is more like angry money now. The most over-built stock build. Ever.

Pistons and rods came in yesterday. Still waiting for the machine shop to let me know if I need oversized bearings.

Probably will go down to Goodwill and see if I can find a food scale on the cheap and weigh out the pistons and rods to balance them.

For now:

[Bitter]

Why not let the machine shop balance the rods, pistons, and crank all together?

[95CelicaST]

The machine shop isn't assembling the bottom end.

They will be balancing these to the crank. I'm just going to weigh out the rods (the pistons are all 365 grams) and mark them. The machine shop will then tell me which set goes where in relation to the crank.

[95CelicaST]

My friend just wrapped up ceramic coating some parts for me.

[Box]

Parts turned out really nice.

[GMan]

Really Pretty ! :-)

[Bitter]

Amazing! How much does he charge for a valve cover? Is it just spray on or does it need to be baked like powder coat?

[95CelicaST]

The downpipe and valve cover needed to be baked to cure. The other pieces were air cured @75 degrees+ for 24 hours.

I got the homey hookup on all of it, but I can ask.

Still waiting for the block to come back from the machine shop. Loosely assembled the head for inspiration.



Due to the camber plates I put up front, I couldn't pull enough negative camber out. I had a pair of smaller crash bolts in my toolbox from the FRS, so I threw those in the front. Still needs an official alignment, but I'd say I eyeballed it 95% of the way.



Also, this arrived.

[Bitter]

If the wheel was straight you're way toed out from the change in camber, easy to fix. Add a tiny bit of toe in and it'll even the wear across the tires for street use.

[95CelicaST]

Sweet jumping Jesus. 9 weeks after I dropped the block off at the machine shop, they have finally finished it.

The bores were done, crank was polished. New freeze plugs, new paint, although the paint looks crappy. Pistons and rods were balanced.






Waiting on the ACL rod and main bearings to arrive to start assembling.

I have a wall of parts waiting to go on.



I also took some time over the last two months and painted the transmission, as well as the mounts. I also purchased a new mechanical speed sensor and swapped out the electrical unit that was there.

[Box]

They knew the engine was going into the MR2 and it wouldn't be seen anyway, let's go with that.

[95CelicaST]

I found these online about a month ago and decided I needed them. They're on a boat, taking their sweet time from Thailand.




And because it is always raining in Seattle:

[Box]

Nice score on the seats.

I thought it was always sleepless in Seattle? Or maybe it's both.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Where'd you source the seats through? I've been keeping an eye out on seat options, but have mostly been checking on eBay and one of the MR2 forums I think.

[95CelicaST]

I found them on eBay, and I messaged the seller saying that their price was bit steep, and that I would buy them for X amount right now.

They sent me a PayPal invoice for the seats, took the listing down, and that was that.

These are SR-Zero seats. I believe DB8 has a bunch of goodies on MR2OC.

[NgoFcukinWay]

yeah, DB8 was the one I was thinking about. I have his thread bookmarked and just waiting til he comes across something that I like.

[njccmd2002]

wow nice updates, nice to see some love on a yota

[BonzaiCelica]

Oooo ahhhbb