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Got a head for a cordia turbo for free
Gave a clean .
It appears to have been caused by the fire ring on the head gasket
Is this common on this car?
Will I be able to have the head resurfaced?
It looks deep

i guess no one cares

No, we care..........that head looks buggered, you might be able to get it alloy welded and refaced...........looks like the head gasket has rusted to cause the damage to the alloy.

Facing the head alone will render it useless.

Engine bay is complete .
Finished installing engine had to replace all belts and the crank bolt was a pain
Didn't wont to come out but got it out in the end also I removed new water pump
From old engine and replaced it on new engine.
All I have left is exhaust can't bolt it up till rubber boot thingy in rear
Suspension is installed

also had all new ball joints and shocks done few months ago

the crank bolts are always hard, but its looking good as

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AA Silver saved,4g62t SOHC,Td05,FMIC
AB Silver bullet in the build, 4G62T DOHC
AB Silver original unrestored 1 owner car
AC Wanted $$$(must have 4g62t, or I can swap it back)

last cordia:
Blue 88 GSR turbo AC with 62t, TD05 14B and FMIC
(I WOULD LIKE IT BACK IF POSSIBLE, OLD REG SYH354)

Does anyone know how much would
Cost just to recover black velour on driver side?
Like in this pick you see the orange sponge coming out.
I would like to keep it as original as possible
Don't wont to change the centre pattern of seat

i can't wait to start the new engine
no exhaust lol

Looking good, if you have a sewing machine the drivers side repair is easy..............just means you will have to use VHT black to paint the rest of the seat as it won't match.

If you can get the outer skin off (not hard just need a hog ring remover and unzip the back) an upholsterer may only charge $100 - $150 to stitch in, means you will have to put it back on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y-EzYH3mcc

yeah thanks Andrew.
i will find out on weekend a friend of mine knows someone

What's next?

Brake upgrade to 266mm AC or magna?

Never liked the 243mm the AB's come out with, very easy to heat up and loose pedal!

i been reading about muitipoint .
basicly i would need ecu, injectors, manifold
anyone have set up for sale?

i would love to but 1st need rego once i got it on road themget few more upgrades

Personally multipoint only makes the engine more economical the power increase is minimal.

The 62 has a badly designed inlet manifold, cylinders 1 & 4 always run a little "lean" where 3 & 2 always run "rich".

Up to you though, a fuel only ECU is needed or you can "piggy back" the current ECU.

what ever is cheaper i would say.
never heard of piggy back
what kind of power output would i get out of it?

My old 62 made 180 FWKW until reliability became a problem, mid you that was running a T35 and a crow 280 degree cam with 28 psi boost.



Standard I would say between 110 - 120 Kw.

At the moment the way my car is ,what's the most I can boost with stock ecu?
I think factory ecu has something to stop from over boosting
I think the most will boost 12 psi but im not sure just guessing
Something I read on web but it was not about cordia some other car.
oh by the way i picked up 2inch straight pipe exhaust has a silencer

had look on web for Piggy-back
and i came across this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcV7tTj_Miw

update on my new ac engine
the engine i pick up is ac model has less kms them my original one AB model over 300.000kms .
the Ac model bugger wouldn't start cause had massive amounts of carbon keep valves open.
so i removed head ,carbon was bad, black like charcoal.
unfortunately pictures didn't come out of the scummy filthy head ,valves, pistons.
only got after all cleaned.