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Ha exciting! Are you doing the work yourself?
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Yep, its been 20 years since i did anything like this tho. That was with my RA28 Celica... Swapped an imported 18RG twin cam motor into it...did a big end bearing 6 months later (so much for it supposedly only done 40,000 kms!). Did a full rebuild after that and ran great for 7 years. I'm no mechanic, but my dad taught me a few things (enough to get me into trouble lol).
These newer engines are a bit more complicated electronics wise, but tuning the twin sidedraught solex carbies was tricky.
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Out with the old in with the Beams!
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Thanks dasic1. You're video on youtube was my reference for removing the old engine lol.
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Gigidy gigidy alraaiight!!! Let me know if you run into any issues but there's heaps of info out there now these days
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Just a reminder Rick (if indeed you even know about it)...
Before you try to mount the BEAMS in the car, don't forget that you'll need to slightly modify the strut tower on the driver's side to make a couple of extra millimetres of clearance for the engine. Otherwise, you'll find the cam belt covers will rub against the chassis.
There are some pics on Mandalay's build thread on the BEAMS forum that will show you exactly where the extra space has to be made. He did it by cutting a small section of the strut tower out, the filled the hole with a custom made piece of carbon fibre with a slightly flattened face. My mechanic simply made a tiny bit of extra room by carefully "adjusting" the face of the strut tower with a ball-end hammer and a can of touch up paint. You'd never even notice if was there.
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Thanks mister2, i had forgotten about that lol.
Do you have a link to Mandalays build? I had a quick search, but he's had hundreds of posts on the forums.
Alternatively, do you have any pics of your cars engine bay showing the clearance?
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Rick, it appears the linking of all of the pics in Mandalay's build thread is no longer working, but luckily I saved a couple of his strut tower mod back when I was doing my transplant. PM me your email address and I'll send them through to you.
post edited by mister2 - 2014/10/30 14:19:35
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These just arrived today, they've been refurbished and look fantastic :)
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rikkir
These just arrived today, they've been refurbished and look fantastic :)
A very nice addition Rick. Should look great bolted onto your immaculate Sdub!
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Thanks Mike, but my sdub is far from immaculate lol. The front bumper in particular annoys me. I couldn't really afford the strut braces, but i did want to get them one day and these were too good to pass on.
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Good move buying the TRD strut braces Rick. They're a 'must have' item in my book.
I was also going to mention, the engine mounts that came in your half cut will be a stiffer compound than the standard Bathurst ones. If they're still in good condition, you should use those when you put your Red Top in. All the Toyotas with BEAMS used slightly firmer mounts to cope with the extra HP apparently. They'll also keep your engine from moving around and hitting the strut tower.
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Engine is in and all engine bay connections are done. Tomorrow I'm re-installing the axles, exhaust and all the other underneath bits. Then it's re-pin the ecu time :) I've still gotta do fluids etc, but it's getting there. Everything has gone smoother than i expected so far.
post edited by Rick - 2014/11/09 00:00:03
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Re: Beams is in!
2014/11/09 11:41:09
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Rick, that engine bay looks great!
Congratulations on doing the work yourself, and good luck with the rest of the install.
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Re: Beams is in!
2014/11/09 13:14:10
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Very nice! It's always exciting to see a new BEAMS engine bay.
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