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

[yungazzdriver]

well i could have sworn i used 10mm socket for the head bolts??? but uhm yeah you should look into the ringland problem 3sgte's are known for this thus being the reason for my rebuild but luckily my block is GREAT!!! because i took it to the machine shop for a quote and cleanin and pics will be up soon,.........highly recommend changing water pump and oil pump timing belt etc while you at it that is and well get it balanced, apr head studs and well build a MONSTER!!@! muahahahah