Daniel's Rookie DIY FTO Build!

[fraz91]

Whereabouts in the east are you? I wouldn't mind coming round and having a look/offering some helpful advice this arvo

[Daniel2019]

Whereabouts in the east are you? I wouldn't mind coming round and having a look/offering some helpful advice this arvo

Im in pagewood/botany. Im free up until 5 oclock then I have to go to work

[fraz91]

Whereabouts in the east are you? I wouldn't mind coming round and having a look/offering some helpful advice this arvo

Im in pagewood/botany. Im free up until 5 oclock then I have to go to work

Ha, I don't finish work till 5

Might be able to duck away early today and come round to help out for about half an hour or so. You're not that far from my place, so would be good to meet another member. Whereabouts in pagewood/botany?

[Daniel2019]

Whereabouts in the east are you? I wouldn't mind coming round and having a look/offering some helpful advice this arvo

Im in pagewood/botany. Im free up until 5 oclock then I have to go to work

Ha, I don't finish work till 5

Might be able to duck away early today and come round to help out for about half an hour or so. You're not that far from my place, so would be good to meet another member. Whereabouts in pagewood/botany?

Just saw this, sorry mate haha. Dont pedo me

[PHIL069]

Hey Bestie....
Can you run a razor blade/stanley knife around and under the rocker cover to cut the sealant used, don't cut yourself though, even if you can cut some of it you might then be able to get a small wedge of timber in there and hit the wedge under the cover to lift it.

[phi-tec]

Just saw this, sorry mate haha. Im in banksia street on the pagewood side, bout 2 minutes in the car from eastgardens. Im free saturday afternoon from about 4pm onwards

im a serial rapist and pedophile and u jst gave me your whereabouts gg son

[silverGPX]

im a serial rapist and pedophile and you jst gave me your whereabouts gg son

x2

[Daniel2019]

Just saw this, sorry mate haha. Im in banksia street on the pagewood side, bout 2 minutes in the car from eastgardens. Im free saturday afternoon from about 4pm onwards

im a serial rapist and pedophile and you jst gave me your whereabouts gg son

Oh good, me too. Care to share techniques?

Also, cheers phil. Ill have another go tomorrow

[Daniel2019]

Got the cover off. Used a hammer and a big chisel

[PHIL069]

FTW
Not far to go now, your nearly finished the reco

[Daniel2019]

FTW
Not far to go now, your nearly finished the reco

I just have to put the cover back on and its done right?

[PHIL069]

FTW
Not far to go now, your nearly finished the reco

I just have to put the cover back on and its done right?

No, you have to put the flywheel back on too

[Daniel2019]

FTW
Not far to go now, your nearly finished the reco

I just have to put the cover back on and its done right?

No, you have to put the flywheel back on too

[Bennoz]

Soooo..... hows this coming along?

[Daniel2019]

Soooo..... hows this coming along?

Ive had exams and been at work a lot trying to pay for Fiji and rego so I havent had money or time to do anything

After next week exams will be over and ill be on holidays, and tax money will be coming through so Im planning on getting a decent amount of work done. Hopefully I will be replacing the rocker cover gasket and learning how to do tappets, including taking the intake manifold off and such.

Every time I walk past the damned thing I want to take some sh*t apart or tinker with it but I just dont have the time

[ObsidianRadio]

The serious lack of images and lulz is killing me.

[Daniel2019]

More lulz to come in a few weeks!

[Daniel2019]

Slight update. As I will be finishing with school in a few months and undertaking a project thanks to dstocks, Its time to get the ball rolling in terms of planning this out. As you guys have seen from my absolutely AMAZING progress and work on this project (hahaaaa..) I have no idea what I'm doing!

So my question is, after having a look at what I need for a pretty much full re-co, is there anything aftermarket which I should be using instead of stock parts? i.e. camshafts etc. Pretty much, the aftermarket replacements I'd be interested in would be either not much more expensive in comparison to new (if possible) stock parts, or parts which are genuinely worth the money. Be nice.. I know im a bit sometimes (always) but its time to get serious with this engine to hopefully have it ready for this new shell.

[Taz]

Possibly look into forgies these days, getting cheaper and cheaper possibly worth getting pistons more than anything - depending like you said on price of OEM pistons

[Astron_Boy]

I entered the thread and sniffed some Gen Y.

Thought for a second you were buying the ute.

The Gen Y set.

Where am I?



I dare say, if you really want to put this engine in to the new shell to have a decent runner, then you really need to read up on what exactly goes in to building an engine.
From reading over the dribble above I can't determine where you are; enough to give a decent answer.

But more or less, you would want all new parts to ensure the thing will stay alive.
Have the heads checked and decked, new gaskets all round, replace sensors, mech items, etc.

Honestly things like mods make things complicated with these motors and ECUs.
Your best honest bet is to get the motor running factory form and into a shell so it's running.

And THEN go about modding.

atleast then you are confident in oem construction enough to understand where to go from there.

my 2c, ex. gst and carbon tax.