Timing belt stabiliser

Commonly found in TRD variants of the engine, timing belt stabilisers were used to keep the long end of the belt supported, ensuring it was stable under high loads. Though my engine is far from high performing, I recently purchased one for peace of mind. I always noticed the belt fluttering and although this is […]

トヨタ 4.778 + CUSCO RS (pt.2)

After driving the oil seals into the axle housing, I focused my attention back to the centre. This is where the pumpkin goes back into the housing 🙂 While inspecting the region, I soon realised I forgot to replace the factory mounting bolts before putting the housing back onto the chassis… Though most were fine, […]

Rear axle rebuild 2

Yep… this time round, my zenki differential gets the treatment it deserves… Using a slide-hammer, my axles started to come out slowly: Here’s a picture of it gaining some distance away from the housing, you can see the bearing surface peering through: Eventually it gave way and came out… the bearings were surprisingly in good […]

4AG Breathing Work

Picked up my cylinder head back from the shop 🙂 Several years of carbon build-up now gone, I was more than happy to torque it down with a new gasket: Having the opportunity to replace all the seals finally came. Over the past years I only upgraded the head with lighter internals and didn’t do […]

Rear axle swap

Rear-axle swapMy rear axle was in desperate need of an overhaul – it was leaking from the differential, the axle bearings were shot, it made clunky noises and had sticky brake calipers… overall it was in a very sad state… Luckily, I managed to acquire a complete axle with my competition chassis. Since I parked […]