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robie

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  • Birthday 08/02/1983

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    94 turbo corolla and 2012 4x2 TD hilux
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    1994
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    New South Wales

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  1. have any of you got/had them your opinions (is it worth it) how long have you had it for best brands (im looking at chipexpress)
  2. if you want a ZRE to have potential make it a GRE in stead or just import a toyota blade with the 2gr already fitted toyota if your listening bring them here for us aussie to buy drive and enjoy
  3. 1j as the 7m is becoming rare and expencive to rebuild and unfortunatly the engine/head design is shocking i mean buttom end good for 500-600hp but the head just wont stay down and the gasket will let go where as 1j isnt a massive job to do conversion theres some places that have a day turnaround if you were to do it your self and you had all the tools required you could probably do it in a week or so and you dont have head gasket issues with the 1j even 2j if you have a little more money to spend id be looking into the 1j conversion though
  4. Base model, new IS350 is $64k. With 233kW and 378Nm of torque it's like an Aurion with direct injection and rear wheel drive *drool*, almost as powerful on paper as the Aurion TRD, but apparently faster from what journalists are saying. its direct and port injected buddy v6 with 12 injectors port injection gives more torqur at low rpm and the direct injection give higher power output now thats tecknology
  5. did you try removing the spark plugs and then cranking to get the water out put fresh oil in replace spark plugs and try and start
  6. to me it seems unreliable i mean im no engineer but the motor to run those cams would have to be fast powerful and reliable and i dont think electronics are quite there yet wats wrong with pnuematics like on F1 cars
  7. if you go see a reputable 4wd specialist they can recommend systems to suit im from wollongong here we have turbo glide they have full kits and packages including tuning but other wise if you look online you can buy kits which have manifolds turbo and piping but you still need to adjust the pump timing and maybe injectors but you really need to go to the pros for that part of it as if the air to fuel ratio aint right on a deisel holes in pistons can be a result also another word of advice with that engine high recommend servicing every 5000km 2500km if turbocharging i know it seems frequent but oils cheeper then engines
  8. why not go for the car thats sorta best of both is 350 base mod you can pick up for around 70000 and you get is looks and practicallity with 350z performance
  9. no better part of self achievement then when you open the oven door to that wiked fresh baked bread smell mmmmmm fresh baked bread
  10. fair call but as a 2nd going on 3rd yr apprentice i think an engine rebuild would be best option as most apprentice wont do an engine build you gain experrience you wouldnt normally get untill qualified a yr or so and there much more sense of acheivement in building and old engine and having it start fist go and having good comp and nice drivabillity and no smoke bla bla bla then you get if you just swap an already built engine my saying is a fitter makes things fit a mechanic makes things work (my old mans fitter)
  11. thats the point in playing with cars and building one up yourself , it's called pride "Buy mine" ... i say built not bought. Who ever said your car was what other people wanted anyway? I suggest the cheapest and most cost effective way of keeping your car and placing a fuel injected motor in , buy yourself an SX corolla thats smashed or in poor condition thats priced well for you then budget in the time and parts based on that. This way you get everything , engine , box , wiring , ecu , rear disc brakes nice interior pieces etc. The most cost effective way to build a nice little fun car. ok say you do buy a wreak and swap stuff you can still run into wiring issues and sensors may be damaged not fun to look for faults when things arnt standard and when you remove things like wiring on cars which are 20 yrs old they get pretty dame brittle and any way even if he didnt like my car for my car the engine is the 4age with much internal work done with after market ecu as it has a turbo on it i have the gze transmission with mechanical LSD bigger brakes and 17" alloys to go over them that will bolt on to the ae92 as i swaped all of this out of my ae93 seca and put in an ae102 seca and if you swap it all you still have a self sense of achievement when you fire it up and all is sweet
  12. robie

    gt5

    yeah i found out bout the release date delay 2 days before nov 4 release date i was so ****** off but wat can you do
  13. dont waste your money doin your car up its nice n all but ive been there my corolla owes me 40G's if you want a fast corolla buy mine if you want a nice car just fresh up the motor and drive it other wise you just keep spending money it never stops
  14. well it didnt happen today but i finally put a new clutch and was forced to put new turbo on my car after the old 1 decided it had had enough but as i went from hiflowed GT28 to GT28RS turbo retune was needed it now makes 5hp more on less boost but has higher boost good for around 230fwhp uposed to 220fwhp all that for $3000 to think im sellin it for $13000-$15000
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