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by Rogue-AE95
Sat Jun 10, 2017 5:25 am
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: OST-044: What the "F"?
Replies: 25
Views: 31914

Re: OST-044: What the "F"?

I was hoping to see you attack one of the 2nd gen 4A-FE heads someday. I have one sitting atop the 7A-FE I bought to make a 7A-G(T)E, and wondered if it would be better or worse than the 1st gen head for building up a turbo'd economy engine.

Those 2nd gen intake ports are so steep.
by Rogue-AE95
Wed May 31, 2017 3:59 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: stuck a cheap endoscope camera down my spark plug hole - here's what I saw
Replies: 6
Views: 6935

Re: stuck a cheap endoscope camera down my spark plug hole - here's what I saw

Those look like smallport pistons. Are the piston domes coated (OEM or aftermarket)?
by Rogue-AE95
Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:37 pm
Forum: 4A-GE Engine Parts
Topic: ColtCams Tri-Flow Camshafts for 4AGE 16V
Replies: 6
Views: 6874

Re: ColtCams Tri-Flow Camshafts for 4AGE 16V

I've considered getting these cams before. I changed my plans to going 7A and turbo, and wonder how these would fare.
by Rogue-AE95
Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: I did some metrology on 4A-G pistons
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: I did some metrology on 4A-G pistons

I was also able to look at the STL files at college. Very interesting! I didn't have time to get a proper screen cap of the image, but I took a couple pics with my phone. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/garbageboxlove/cars/ae101-piston_burdickjp.jpg~original http://img.photobucket.com/albums/...
by Rogue-AE95
Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: I did some metrology on 4A-G pistons
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: I did some metrology on 4A-G pistons

Interesting, thanks for sharing! I'll have to see if I can look at the files on the CAD computers at my college.
by Rogue-AE95
Sun Mar 26, 2017 7:18 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 4AGE Turbo Setups and numbers
Replies: 3
Views: 3918

Re: 4AGE Turbo Setups and numbers

You are not alone, I would also like to see the builds with numbers. I'm planning a 7A-GTE in the future for my wagon. I was thinking about the GT2860RS.
by Rogue-AE95
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:42 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 88 gts with bad pickups
Replies: 14
Views: 10702

Re: 88 gts with bad pickups

All of the 16 valve (USA market) distributors should be a round body. But the two plugs coming out of it, there are two kinds. Definitely take pics of stuff that you remove. It's also a god idea to "bag & tag" your parts. When I dropped my wagon's subframe, I used some plastic trays to...
by Rogue-AE95
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: Things I should know about the FX16?
Replies: 26
Views: 45634

Re: Things I should know about the FX16?

Nice work on the cargo cover!
by Rogue-AE95
Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:22 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 88 gts with bad pickups
Replies: 14
Views: 10702

Re: 88 gts with bad pickups

I'm trying to remember, and I can't... are the 88-89 GTS distributor plugs round and green like the AE86 has? Are all the MR2 dizzy plugs that round & green type? I know the 90-91 smallport distributor has somewhat flatter, smaller, grey colored plugs. And the TPS had two versions, squarish and ...
by Rogue-AE95
Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:05 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 88 gts with bad pickups
Replies: 14
Views: 10702

Re: 88 gts with bad pickups

I think he means the 4A-FE engine, being in the same engine family as the 4A-GE, it would bolt up to the GTS trans. But the wiring is completely different, and that would be a lot of work to make a downgraded engine run in the GTS. It would be better to fix this problem, or if going with another eng...
by Rogue-AE95
Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 4AG turbo recommendations?
Replies: 6
Views: 5542

Re: 4AG turbo recommendations?

jinx wrote:Can machine stock T25 housings for a T28 chra to chase low 300s


Would this be the GT2860 "disco potato?" I thought I was looking at that at some point, when I was going to build a 4A-GTE.
by Rogue-AE95
Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Bluetop 16V + Poncams + Pistons = ?
Replies: 21
Views: 16099

Re: Bluetop 16V + Poncams + Pistons = ?

mr2mk1hero wrote:I got 2x exhaust catcams from the first catcams package which are 8.0mm lift and 244° duration.


Where did you get the pair of exhaust Cat Cams from? I'm also thinking about getting a matched pair for my 7A build.
by Rogue-AE95
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:02 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: Info on swapping a 20v into an '87 FX16 GT-S?
Replies: 9
Views: 25446

Re: Info on swapping a 20v into an '87 FX16 GT-S?

When you get custom axles made, can they basically create an entire axle from scratch (and I presume, using high quality parts)?
by Rogue-AE95
Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:30 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: OST-043: Deutscher größerer Ventilkopf
Replies: 26
Views: 16959

Re: OST-043: Deutscher größerer Ventilkopf

http://ost.ebeans.ch/albums/userpics/10005/_8_valve_seat.jpg Eye spy a small nick on the edge of the combustion chamber... and a nice casting line that will be OST'd ;) and to make sure there was no glass beads left... the galley plugs were removed, the galleys cleaned, and the head threaded for th...
by Rogue-AE95
Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:31 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: 7age options
Replies: 7
Views: 5981

Re: 7age options

as to the head/intake combo... I would recommend a smallport with the smallport intake... but I'd add the O/S valves, and port it accordingly.... In fact I'm currently doing a O/S valve smallport head... this one for a 1.6. In your case... why I "argue" for an O/S valve... is it helps whe...
by Rogue-AE95
Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:20 am
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: help identifying wire
Replies: 7
Views: 10902

Re: help identifying wire

I'm not sure about the 4A-GE AC comp, but my 4A-FE AC comp has a single wire for the clutch to engage. I thought when I was looking through pics of the different AC compressors for 88-92 that some had two wires. Maybe someone replaced the comp with the "wrong one" and cut off a wire?
by Rogue-AE95
Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:07 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: OST-043: Deutscher größerer Ventilkopf
Replies: 26
Views: 16959

Re: OST-043: Deutscher größerer Ventilkopf

Deutschland?
by Rogue-AE95
Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:44 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: help identifying wire
Replies: 7
Views: 10902

Re: help identifying wire

Does (or did) the car have AC? I was thinking it was a 1-wire plug, but it could be a 2-wire plug for the 4A-GE AC compressor.

So the wire is brown with a black stripe? That does sound like a ground wire.
by Rogue-AE95
Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Mildy tuned 4a-ge bigport MPG
Replies: 4
Views: 4557

Re: Mildy tuned 4a-ge bigport MPG

I asked about building up a 4A-GTE for gas mileage a while ago:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=16515
by Rogue-AE95
Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: rheostat
Replies: 2
Views: 6343

Re: rheostat

http://www.alltracwagon.net/forum/m-135 ... -34/#num34

But I bought a 100 ohm rheostat because of using LEDs. You may not need one rated that low for standard filament bulbs. I don't know what resistance would work for those.
by Rogue-AE95
Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:01 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: My GSI Hatch
Replies: 9
Views: 13133

Re: My GSI Hatch

Nice find! What year is it? I wonder if GM ran out of their "plain" valve covers and had to use the Toyota 1600 ones on the exhaust side. Or if it's the other way around, and the early models might have had them. Interesting in any case. Does the ex side cover have the three mounting tabs ...
by Rogue-AE95
Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:45 am
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: Heinous Rodknock from 1986 Mr2
Replies: 28
Views: 25370

Re: Heinous Rodknock from 1986 Mr2

If it's the original 1986 engine, it's probably an early bigport (40mm rods, not a fully counter-weighted crank) aka a "Bluetop" (never call a 16v by a color, it's just inaccurate and confusing). Removing the oil pan would reveal which crank you have. Even going by year to identify the eng...
by Rogue-AE95
Thu Dec 15, 2016 5:41 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Help Identify noise
Replies: 14
Views: 10069

Re: Help Identify noise

I'd fix it rather than get rid of it, but then I like AW11s.
by Rogue-AE95
Sat Dec 10, 2016 7:33 am
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: t-vis butterflies
Replies: 18
Views: 12844

Re: t-vis butterflies

I think Techno Toy Tuning, and possibly others as well, make T-VIS elimination plates.
by Rogue-AE95
Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:45 am
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Small Port Oil Drain
Replies: 8
Views: 7064

Re: Small Port Oil Drain

I thought the head & block drain was mostly because of a FWD setup, which was the only way hi-comps were available from Toyota. When making a hard right(?) turn in a FWD, the oil would pool into that end of the head, so the drain helped move the pooled oil back into the oil pan to prevent oil st...
by Rogue-AE95
Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Alternator on the exhaust side...
Replies: 7
Views: 6023

Re: Alternator on the exhaust side...

Not to thread-jack this. Sirdeuce, on that note, would it be OK to ceramic coat something like an alt or dizzy housing? That way it has a little more thermal protection than the plain aluminum, but can still have its vents & openings cleared.
by Rogue-AE95
Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:53 am
Forum: TECH: 4A-GE ENGINE
Topic: Alternator on the exhaust side...
Replies: 7
Views: 6023

Re: Alternator on the exhaust side...

The 4A-FE bracketry places the alt in roughly the same place as that pic above, and they seem OK being there. But the FE exhaust manifold has heat shielding panels, and the FE alt sits a bit higher than it can with a GE (because of the GE dizzy being on the head like it is). Maybe you can make up a ...
by Rogue-AE95
Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:41 am
Forum: TECH: Corolla AE86
Topic: Flywheel bolts... the lowdown...
Replies: 21
Views: 18305

Re: Flywheel bolts... the lowdown...

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/jondee1/flywheel%20stress%2001_zpsjzrplzmr.jpg Basically, as the flywheel rotates at high speed, it wants to fly apart, but the material of construction holds it together. The highest stress concentration is near the centre, and you can see a band of yellow ...
by Rogue-AE95
Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:05 am
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: 4A-FE pistons question
Replies: 11
Views: 20125

Re: 4A-FE pistons question

So I've been thinking about this a little more, since there's a possibility of me buying a 4th car which would have a 1st gen 4A-FE. I have a lot of extra parts accumulated over the past several years since I bought my first Toyota (my CAT wagon). One of my acquisitions is an MR2's disassembled 4A-G...
by Rogue-AE95
Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:07 pm
Forum: TECH: Corolla FWD / MR2
Topic: '88 gt-s struts
Replies: 5
Views: 6233

Re: '88 gt-s struts

Just be real careful with the spring compressors and removing the spring. Make sure there is no tension on the top hat when you go to undo that nut on top. I sent pieces flying one time when I was breaking down a front strut when I thought all the tension was off the top hat :? Always wear eye prote...