My 3s-gte Thread, rebuild project (pics) Done! Options

[95celgt]

Hey every one, this is my thread dedicated to the 3sgte in my car.
Im making one thread for all the projects that will be done to the motor itself.

Info: Since I bought the car from Chanh55, I was wondering why it was not performing as it should, I did various tune-ups, only making marginal difference.

The biggest project I did up to this point on this motor was when i took out the piping and FMIC to clean it out(this made a huge difference BTW). I addressed this due to massive blow-by coming out of the valve cover PCV pipe. clean up project

Well after that, I decided to check compression and the numbers were as follows: 180:170:95:180
As you can tell my #3 cylinder is gone for some reason....so the tear down began:

Stage 1:
Bolt on accesories taken off(TB,ALT, FMIC stuff, etc.) as well as harness plugs.

radiator out

turbo and manifold out (this was probably the hardest step lol)

Head off:I had to go to pep boys to get the t-55 hex bit for the wierd toyota head bolts.


This post has been edited by 95celgt: Sep 25, 2006 - 12:06 AM

[95celgt]

Well, i'm a bit relieved to find out the exaust valves on cylinder 3 had a bad seat, which may have been the cause of the low compression. So I have taken the head to the machine shop for a valve job, the head itself is pretty perfect, showing no signs of warp. I ordered a complete head gasket set as well. lets hope when i put it back together it runs like the demon it should be:).

BTW: The car always never hit over 6 psi, the acuator was capped off when i got it so i reconnected it to the vsv but no dice... should i get another?

Any mods i can do to the TVIS for gains? what would happen if i removed the butterfly's?



this is cylinder 3, does it look like its in good shape?