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MR2 Tear down and WTF!!


Janszen

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So we tore the MR2 down and ran in to quite a bit of problems.

 

1. New engine need old engines head

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1636/headlb6.jpg

 

2. Old engine had BBQ sauce for oil. (not really it just looked like it)WTF!!!

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3928/wtfsh6.jpg

 

3. Old engine had a thrust washer inside that looked like this.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9263/thrustqq5.jpg

 

4. Clutch and Flywheel are good :) only 1800mi...

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4562/clutchcy1.jpg

 

5. This is why the head needs rebuilt

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7875/isthisbadeh3.jpg

 

This is the block waaa hoo its most likely fucked up too.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8656/dsc00435xd4.jpg

 

Here is everything all spread the hell out

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1729/carupwc7.jpg

 

So yeah it needs alot of work but hopefully is will be done before I go to school in August...

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I dont know how many people know about the story of the fucked up MR2 deal gone bad so im gonna fill the ones that dont in. Pretty much janszen bought a gen2 3sge to swap in his car because the original blown motor (3sge gen3) had the thrust washer in the crankshaft area/the block. after taking the engine out we soon realized that we should of waited till we found a gen3. the exhaust manifold wont match up unless we swap the heads from the gen3 to the gen2. also if we tried to just make a custom exhaust manifold then that means we would have to try to find brackets or make brackets so we could mount all the acessories. i have some more pics from the teardown.

 

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/posmustang/DSCN0365.jpg

more pics of the head that we need to hopefully get bored and some oversized cams so we can make this thing work

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/posmustang/DSCN0361.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/posmustang/DSCN0363.jpg

crankshaft is no good. its cut up and the bearings were fucked

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/posmustang/DSCN0376.jpg

where the bearings rest, the metal is shaved and screwed unless machined.

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i cringe looking at those pictures. I have spent too much time doing a head swap on a 3sgte. If you are putting a newer head on an older block, the distributor and the timing belt tensioner are different bewteen the two. Of course, he was putting a newer mr2 head onto an older all-trac block
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I never saw the thrust washer,interesting... thats probably the rod bearing root problem. It makes you me wonder if how bad this motor looked before it was put in. I find it hard to believe that that could happen in 1500 miles.
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yea i kinda agree with u, but since the guy didnt drive the car that much for 6 months. maybe he didnt even change the oil for 6 months. it makes me want to break apart an engine b4 i buy i used car.
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So I just found a replacement Gen3 3SGE a exact replacement, I am going to order this as soon as he responds back to me with the picture of the dip stick, dave at north end wretch showed me the difference between a car that was fucked up in side and not fucked up just by looking at the dip stick. He said on a messed up engine the dip stick had a lot of the yellowish burnt oil on it. So check dip sticks b4 you buy used engines!!!!!!!!!!!!! or else you get BBQ sause
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So I just found a replacement Gen3 3SGE a exact replacement, I am going to order this as soon as he responds back to me with the picture of the dip stick, dave at north end wretch showed me the difference between a car that was fucked up in side and not fucked up just by looking at the dip stick. He said on a messed up engine the dip stick had a lot of the yellowish burnt oil on it. So check dip sticks b4 you buy used engines!!!!!!!!!!!!! or else you get BBQ sause

 

unless your buying an engine from a private seller, the oil is normally drained from the engine before you pick it up.

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