My 86 Hachi coupe

Chris-pee · Post by **Chris-pee** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:52 pm

I may be wrong, but that is an oil drain for the block

Post by **dr.occa** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:54 pm

MadeInThe80s wrote:Whats the thing next to the oil sending unit?

air purge for your coolant.

when you flush and replace your coolant, just gradually open it as the car runs and when you have a "laminar" stream of coolant coming out you're pretty much bubble free.

Chris-pee · Post by **Chris-pee** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:56 pm

I thought I was wrong

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:09 pm

Yesterdays work:

Todays work:

Coated the manifold with some high heat paint to avoid rusting as well. Hopefully it works ok.

Didnt get as much done on the A/C today as I wanted to but it does blow air right now. Does anyone know if the divertor in the middle has some sort of duct that goes to the dash for the vents? I just dont see it lining up correctly where the vents start out.

And I need to piece to extend the defroster to the passenger door as well if anyone has that piece.

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:28 pm

very nice progress!!!

pm sent on the a\c stuff. do you wanna drive down for it or ship it? i might even let go of my dash(wich is perfect,no cracks or anything) since your such a cool dude.

anyways i cant wait to see that turbo on!

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:07 pm

OOOOOOOH.. dashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Id probably use my UPS account to ship the stuff. If you let the dash go Id probably see about picking it up though just to avoid large shipping fees.

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:54 am

the dash will probably have to be a swap. cuz i still need one.

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:28 pm

So is an 88 MR2 motor with 40k on it for $995 to my door a good price? Im assuming its a USDM version. Since Im just using the block, is it going to have the right pistons/rods in it Im looking for? or do I need to go straight JDM everything?

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:12 pm

i would say no if its not a gze.

if its not a gze it should be the same motor as yours as the 88 89 corolla gts still sported a bigport.

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:32 pm

Its a GZE according to the motor people. Are all GZE's the same other than oil squirters?

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:16 pm

no they are not all the same. the ae101 gze came with dli ignition and where on a smallport head. all the usdm ones should be the same though

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:44 pm

My main thing is the block and internals the same, it's all I'll be using anyways.

landslideATX · Post by **landslideATX** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:53 pm

side note, sorry. do you still have those stock bumpers by chance?

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:56 am

the usdm models have slightly lower compression but everything is basically the same in the lower end.

MadeInThe80s · Post by **MadeInThe80s** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:49 pm

Well, bit the bullet. My GZE is on the way. :D Should be fun switching everything out.