Kenshin X

welcome mate, nice choice ;) hope it brings you a different feel and a better one at that with you new purchase :)

er............................................. what model toyota? that wold really help :P

nvm, i found the problem. its the air con hose hitting the front strut -_-

nice pic of the... legendary GTR! :D

i noticed today and yesterday there is some vibration noise coming from the front of the car (it seems so). yday asked mrs to rev the engine to 2 - 2.5k where the sound is more loud and tried to pin point where the noise is... i tapped the exhaust with my foot and the noise is gone. came back again while i was driving to my parents this morning but when i got my local mechanic to look at it he said there isn't anything touching the chassis... now im worried that the bolts for the manifold weren't in tight enough and is causing the vibration after i drove it a little hard. the bolts fro mthe factory came out really tight and i said to him to hand tighten the bolts up really tight for me. r you meant to torque up these bolts and nuts? it could be that the bolts on the heat shield aren't in properly and causing vibration too. i checked the top ones but the bottom ones i cant get to. it didn't happen when i left the exhaust place. it only start yday night. i took it for a thrash (of course with the newly ported headers) but it didn't happen straight after. it only happens in the 2 - 2.5k rev range only when decelerating in gear or revving up to 2 - 2.5k in neutral. the exhaust place did fix a different rattling problem when my engine was cold and it was due to me knocking the back exhaust on the gutter causing the pipe to bend. he fixed it by him heating up the bent pipe with a torch and me slowly levering the exhaust back to where it should be. no noise now but this different noise is present. any ideas on what it might be guys? cheers

track ready? :P yeah... i think so ;)

More stupid questions from urs truly ;) With ported headers does it make ur car have a bit more "grunt" sound? And also i feel that 1st n 2nd gears arent showing a bigger difference in torque aa 3rd. If this is true, y is that?

4th cylinder... Collector... (left) Collector ... (right) Got this bad boy to "Exhaust Bros" @ 287 Princess Hwy Footscray and Chris was very good in swapping them over even though he hasn't done work on the 2zzgte before. For the guys who plan to do this in the future and take it to an exhaust place who haven't done work on a 2zz engine before: remove the top heat shield from the top of the engine bay. then you need to take off the mid pipe, take off the rear engine mount and loosen the front sway bar before you can take the exhaust manifold out. The verdict: freaken awesome!!! i have increased power band throughout the rev range (esp the top end) and the engine feels happy to be revved high up in lift now. :yahoo: Also the difference will be most felt at 3rd gear. 1st and 2nd not much difference. good BFYB mod! :lol: I have my original ones for sale in the Buy and Sell section if anyone is interested, get a chain of port polishing going! :D

Ok guys, here are some before and after shots of those openings! Overall (top) Overall (bottom) 1st cylinder... 2nd cylinder... 3rd cylinder...

just been on the fun day @ winton, i dont think its a proper day for seeing who i can beat, but i can tell u only one car that passed me was the lotus elise ;)

Depends where you are in Melbourne will determine how your water taste. At least it taste better than SA water tastes better than sydney water :P

Pm if u wanna come ((:

I tried tapping with a spanner but it doesnt work... Do u just pull it off?

oh yes, and my original stock header is up for sale if anyone wants it, shotgun now :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

if they have maps for australia, yes they will work. but being bought from the US i highly doubt it.

dyslexik maybe coming over this sunday and i'm free all sunday if u want we can have a mini meet at my house :P

no because you're not changing the capacity of the engine

yeha man, this serves a good purpose, but i still think i'll give my car a good rinse at the jet wash before i wash it at home. normal hose isn't good enough to wash the loose dirt away... -_-

just fridays when the boys from west get together for a wash/kebab/hoon (maybe)

get to it! yes we all want teh rice gone so it lookz supa 1337 :lol:

nice and clean and1, but not good enough for u it seems well i talked to peter today and he was by himself at the workshop so didn't get to talk to him all that much. but he did show me the parts that he believed were restricting the flow of air. so hopefully when i get it back early next week i'll chuck them on and see how much of a difference it makes toyota gave me the 1zz gasket instead of the 2zz so i went back to get the correct one. the 2zz one they gave me doesn't look all that good compared to the 1zz. maybe its just the packing?

hi mate, welcome to the forums :D

LOL. i haven't tried it on mine yet ;)

10pm ish... as i was driving back from sunshine kebabs getting one for my mrs. did a u-turn and drove at a casual pace back towards st. albans, when i see some car in the rear vision roar up beside me. at first i thought it was dyslexik so i slowed down... then i saw it was TOYTRD! chatted a bit when we caught each other at the lights enjoying a bit of lift here and there :lol: seriously dude, come to one of our mini friday meets? even if it is for 30 mins or so ;)

note to self: i'm going to sell the varex and pedals to duy when i sell the car cuz i know he has got a gun to my head and will shoot if i dont LOL jk mate, good note on the exhaust, i just wished i got in sooner ;)