Thanks Steve, I was considering that, as I want to reduce the chances of needing to have the engine removed again.

Good Luck Rob!

The engine is out, photos to come!

The ATS racing CV's look like a good upgrade but there is a supplier to the Sports Compact Series in the U.S. who provide some impressive CV/driveshafts for the MR2.

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Hooray!! My mechanic has finally asked me to bring in my car so he can start pulling out the engine and working on it
So, as of tomorrow my car will be off the road for a while. I'm waiting on parts from Gorilla Industries too, so hopefully that won't take too much longer.
For those of you who are interested, my mechanic is 'MRC Dyno Services and Performance'. Their address is 26/44 Carrington Road Castle Hill, which happens to be next door to Adaptronic where I work

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Just sent Mark a PS pump for his skyline :)

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Originally posted by robk

Hooray!! My mechanic has finally asked me to bring in my car so he can start pulling out the engine and working on it
So, as of tomorrow my car will be off the road for a while. I'm waiting on parts from Gorilla Industries too, so hopefully that won't take too much longer.
For those of you who are interested, my mechanic is 'MRC Dyno Services and Performance'. Their address is 26/44 Carrington Road Castle Hill, which happens to be next door to Adaptronic where I work

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Just sent Mark a PS pump for his skyline :)

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Yeah he told me about that, he was very happy because he was looking for one for months!

Well here we go...progress!
Now that I've got a look at the disassembled engine, it is very reassuring to see that it appears to be in extremely good condition. The turbo has hardly any play, for example, and the cylinder bores still look very good (not that it will matter a great deal with my 1 step oversized CP forgies).
I always believed the amazing 60,000km odometer reading because the car has always felt great...but now I can also believe that the engine has only done that many kms too.
I took a bunch of pictures, because I was excited, and because it is currently a COMPLETELY stock engine, so the photos may prove to be a useful reference to someone at some point (it is a 1990 Gen 2 3SGTE)...































CT26 turbo:




TVIS:




Looking up into the right hand side of the engine bay:


Looking up into the left hand side of the engine bay:


Looking up into the front of the engine bay:

nice progress.

the crw cv upgrade is good value for money and doesn't just supply you with the cages themselves (full replacements)

Nice! Keep the progress pics coming and good luck with it all

Thanks guys. I'll be able to take plenty of pics because I work in the same building as the mechanics!