Thought id start a new thread detailing the engines progress and installation updates.

The past week or so in between jobs ive been sorting out the engine,blasted clean,heads off,lick of paint...new head gaskets and new head bolts.Im pleased i did lift the heads as theres evidence of number 5 cylinder taking in water! these engines run so smooth its very hard to tell one cylinder dropping out occasionally.Anyway its sorted now which was the whole point of whipping the heads off just in case there was a problem.



Gone for a traditional red and silver for the block and sump casing,sump itself is black,heads will be silver and possibly red or gunmetal cam covers (undecided!)



So heres the heads torqued back down,starting to look like a proper engine now! you can just see my new exhaust manifold flanges.

Ive got 5 cam shims to order from toyota,5 of mine are slightly out of tolerance and the engine had a tick tick on idle.



Im at the beginning of a very long road...small steps and all that.