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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 17:21:40
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Nice write up vaeth keep em coming. And your car is in good hands Tris knows what he is talking bout ;)
I have to agree with vaeth on the fully synthetic oil comment, when i first bought my car hmm 7 yrs ago I made the mistake of one day running normal pulp on a 38 degree day, anyway blown headgasket later which at the time I got the local toyota dealer to repair, and they were amazed at how clean and in good condition my motor was in, when they pulled it apart, they asked me what oil do I run as they have never come across a mr2 with 100,000ish km that was so clean. I was using mobil 1 full synthetic. Shortly after that they started using mobil 1 as there standard oil for services (so they must have been impressed)
And 3sgte motors are tough, i drove home with all 4 pistons totally destroyed, it was a little harder to start but apart from that it still went quite well all things considered
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 21:40:57
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[^]mmmmmmmm abused engine internals
Did you tell the workshop you do trackdays
as tuning for drags/street use (full throttle short periods)
puts in less heat stress than circuit(like 8 drags a lap,lap after lap for twenty minutes)
most customers just want a big number on the dyno, especially if another workshop says you should have at least xxx kw with that setup,
the customer thinks 'oh their crap tuners I should have xxx kw'
for circuit you need more margin for sustained heat and need to be generating less heat in the chamber(lean is mean)
a few workshops have tuned drift cars to the max dyno power
then blown them up when drifting for sustained periods.
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MR2Vaeth
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 21:48:16
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Yeah I told the workshop I was going to be using it for the track, as I mentioned that many many times when I was telling him about the power band I wanted. Area under the curve >>> peak power any day anywhere in my books.
Besides, the track day that I blew my engine on was a track day run and organized by that same workshop. [B)]
And yeah, can't wait to get my MR2 back. The MX6 makes a good daily...big boot, sits four...but damn, and I hope I don't hurt anyone by saying this, FWD really really suxs. I mean, it's light and all that, and low, and it actually holds a tight turn pretty damn nice (credit where credit's due) but it just can't compare to an MR2.
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 21:52:38
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a plague on them then
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 22:03:43
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Hehehe, thanks mate. I'm wishing them a plague of locust, frogs, and pox too. 
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/04/10 23:52:08
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viscious rumor, not sure if its true but luan has the last known vial of small pox kept under wraps (behind the girlie calendar in his garage) to be unleashed on the next FWD cruise also know as the Honda Club Run brought to you by V-Tec yo.
So besides spamming, this has actuall been an engrossing and entertaining read.can't wait for future developments B.Are you still going to keep the car road registered??
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/05/10 13:35:49
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Yeah Sand, still gonna keep it road legal and road registered.
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2006/05/10 15:12:59
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Hey Brendan,
Nice write up. Brings back memories of when Tristan was building my motor. About the higher compression ratio, I've driven an MR2 with greater than 9:1 in the past, & the amount of extra torque it generated was noticeable. I'm writing about 10 things at the moment, but will discuss with you the advantages/disadvantages of the high compression engine next time we catch up (prolly with Luan).
Jay
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/11/01 23:25:26
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It's done! Engine's back in the car and Tristan's taken it for a couple of hoons...I mean test drives. There were a few additional hiccups since my last update. It turned out that my crank was indeed damaged quite badly. Not quite sure from when, and it probably wasn't from the same time I blew my pistons. Didn't quite understand Tristan here. Anyway, Tristan had a spare one lying around somewhere, so we used that instead. During the test hoon, Tristan heard an "unpleasant sound". Not sure what it is, but he thinks it might be a leaking BOV. I sure hope it is the BOV and not the Turbo...alternatively, as suggested by Luan, it could be the whistling noise produced by the ARC induction box...maybe. Would be good if that was indeed the cause. Other than the above, everything's good. Haven't tried the OS STR clutch yet, but according to the test hoon, it hooks up very well and is as light as stock. Twin Plate chattering is also apparently less than the OS R2CD. I think it has the test hoon's seal of approval. Although...it seems like Tristan wants something even more hardcore and has some scheme to modify the OS STR into some monster. [x2x] What else...hmm..I think that's it. For anyone who's interested, Perth to Syd transport (depot to depot) cost $840 by TOLL Autologistics. Enjoy the pictures. Might be some more to come. Not sure what Tristan was trying to show me here:  The Re-Assembled Engine!  Check out the cool HKS Cam Gears. Pity you can see them when the engine is back in:  Some part of the engine...somewhere:  Combustion Chamber:  Cylinders:  More Cylinders:  Pistons:  More Pistons:  OS STR Clutch!: 
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 00:55:58
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Sexy mate... can't wait to actually see this car in person.
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 01:02:35
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Hmm...check out the bracket that the altnerator bolts on to in picture 3. Can someone make a lighter forged Aluminium version of that? That'd be a good way to save a few kgs...
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 07:48:23
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Yes someone on the OC had a few made up ?Walker Racing? alternator bracket, looks about 10kg lighter than stock. Now need someone to replicate it in Aus.
There's a picture of it in one of my engine rebuild threads.
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 08:36:12
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What kind of skills/expertise are required to make something like that? Bascially, under what category in the Yellow Pages should I be looking for?
Assuming the right workshop can be found, it -should- be as simple as rocking up and saying "i want this in aluminium"...right?[xo]
Edit: Looking again at picture 3...gotta love how easily accessible the oil filter is. [}:)]
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 08:49:20
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Sorry brain has onqly just warmed up, it's the Hux racing alternator bracket [:I]
And here's one Trav uploaded earlier
http://toyota-mr2.mine.nu/MR2/uploaded/kameleon/2006626181127_AlternatorBracket.jpg
Anyone that can machine Aluminium could make you a copy, getting an original for a template might be tricky though.
If you were confident you could even sketch something with dimensions then get it made, I've been umming and ahhing about this for a while, the OE bracket really is disgustingly heavy.
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RE: Vaeth's Rebuild Blog
2007/12/01 10:17:55
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Ok...I'll see if I can get my hands on a bracket...from somewhere.
Is machined Aluminium strong enough? I was just wondering if the stock bracket was so heavy for a reason... Will the contact between different metals (alum bracket -> iron engine block) cause any problems?
Could we use Carbon Fibre isn'tead? [88] Just curious...not really serious.
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