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]

Now, for part 2:

After a few hours of squirming and re-adjustment of the input shaft we got the tranny bolted up:



Now it was ready to be held in the engine bay(noticed how daylight dissapeared as soon as I took a hour lunch break ):



Once it was "sitting" in there, I proceeded to install the intake manifold, water pump hardlines various hoses, etc...


This is me on probably the end of the 2nd day working nonstop on the car, putting in that darn cold-start injector..(Laborday weekend!)...
In major need of a hair cut, food, and sleep!!


Turbo on after a couple of hours putting in new hoses and all: