Received my pushrods in the mail last night! Whoo! I am closing in on the day when I can start scaring little old ladies again at every stop light. I can't wait.
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I took a break on Saturday ,while at work, and finalized a pair of front travel limiters. They should have some adjustment when needed.
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Ahhhh. with the holidays done and over with maybe I can get back to doing my thing. I received my valve springs from Texas-Speed and have since installed then in both heads. with my gaskets in place, I should have a fully assembled long block by the end of the week. Then all I have left is a starter, an alternator, and water pump. I should be beating up the streets within no time.
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It sounds weird for me to say that I brought my baby home this weekend , being that I don't have kids, but that is what happened. Got it on the engine stand and snuggled up next to the wall. With my starter and alternator repaired and converted, I only have small stuff left. Couple of fittings, radiator hose, and making sure the starter clears the header, and minor wiring. It gonna go down this weekend! And I can't wait!!!
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I feel like I accomplished everything that I set out to do this weekend. Got the motor all buttoned up and set in the car in 1 chunk. I only have a few loose ends to tie up, couple of hoses, few bolts, and a little wiring. I am so excited!
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And it doesn't look like it sets up too high. We'll see after a few test drives.
chiodos
HalfDork
2/15/16 11:32 a.m.
Whoooo! Awesome build, please try to get some videos of some of those test drives
Got up early yesturday and today. Drained the 2 1/12 year old gas out of the tank, added 5 gallons of fresh,checked the wiring behind my gages, topped off the coolant level, tightened up the motor mount bolts and torque converter bolts. I have to pump out the main fuel line and do one last double check on the electrical stuff that was moves over the last 2 years.(just my own paranoia) With a full day planned for monday, hopefully things will go good on Tuesday. If you feel an earthquake on Tuesday morning near lunch,....its gonna be my Corolla breathing new life. Watch out OKC, the streets won't be the same.
We like video. Don't forget to shoot some.
Will do. It may not come through very clear due to the camshaft. It may sound like a bunch of muffledness but I will make sure one is posted. (I'll just have to figure out how to do it.)
Upload to YouTube, copy enbed link and paste here.
Well I got everything in and buttoned up. Tried to start this car up on Sunday, and found a very massive fuel leak! Spraying on 3 header tubes while I was just flushing the old gas out of the main feed line. Hhhh. This line is only 3 years old. after looking at the rest of the hoses I found multiple places that large cranks. most of which looked only surface deep. I have been replacing the majority of them this week. I got all of the hoses replaced last night and tried to fill the carb bowls and found more leaks at the back of the carburetor. Found the bowl bolts to be loose and the sight plugs to be leaking. Tightened all of those up and then tried to start it up. It would only crank. Went over the schematic that came with the controller and all seems good. Zapped in another timing curve and a small window popped up that said " Cam Sn Fail". So.... I am running down why and or if the sensor is bad. Hhhhh. I guess if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
Man awesome build! Ive been following this intently and want to do something similar in my 80' Corona. Hopefully you figure out the cam sensor issue and get that thing going
Well i had a friend come over and had him take a look at the controller program. And i had a couple of things off. It was looking for a MAP sensor signal. And found out my cable was having issues at the box. Then realized the cam code came back even with a new sensor. We determined the the cable was causing the cam code. And finaly....it started. Yes! Only diled for now. Need some return springs, brake light switch, and to put my tag on it. Hopefully a teet drive next week! Hopefully.
Got up early this morning, got a return spring bracket installed(need to drill a hole on the carb linkage), throttle cable hooked up on the gas pedal, and put on my tag. All that is left is istall a brake pedal support bracket, brake lights, adjust the panhard bar so the anti-roll bar links clear, and refine the tune in the controller. Hopefully i will get a chance to tackle this stuff after all of my chores are done.
man always weird issues with these kind of builds. What did you use for a swap kit when you had the old motor in it? Im planning a 302 swap into my 80' Corona and read that the swap kits for the toyota pickups will fit the corona, corolla and cressida. Any input would help thanks
Well. I did some home brew stuff. I cut the bushings off of 2 leaf spring shackles. Welded the bushing piece to a plate for the block side and flipped the bolt side of the shackle over and used it to bolt to the bushing/plate. Then welded rectangle tubing to the bolt side of the shackle and then straight to the frame rail (with an 1/8" plate). Sound kinda rickedy but it was pretty solid.
Here is the video link for my motor idling. This is with the dumps closed and exhaust going through all 3 mufflers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZQuMI5ez_Y
And here is my annoyingly loud fuel pump. but afterwards you can here the camshaft cackling through the mufflers with the dumps open. I think it sounds really good. Especially since they are homemade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CO53PzzQaU
hey if it works it works! I read that the v8 swap kits for the toyota trucks will fit the corolla and corona so I might just go with that.