The crank key and it's position are the same. However different pulleys have timing marks in different locations so for example if you are using an AE86 timing cover and an AW11 pulley what looks like TDC will not be TDC. Also be aware that transverse pulleys such as the AW11 are spaced differently ...

This is the method I use and believe in.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

There has to be something else going on here. Washer diameter isn't relevant unless you are actually permanently deforming the aluminum. This seems extremely unlikely and would be very apparent when removing the bolts. The stock bolts are 8.5mm in diameter. The ARP 20v and old 16v bolts were about 1...

Yep sounds to me like you are using a Blacktop tensioner on a 16v.
If so the easiest solution would be to get a 16v oil pump and tensioner. If you are rebuilding the motor it's a good idea to replace the oil pump and tensioner anyway.

The AFM is very restrictive, and the largest reason why the MAP equipped markets had higher horsepower than the AFM equipped markets. This is absolutely not true. The MAP motors were rated for their market and it's believed that at the time those markets allowed a little more flexible power ratings...

Due to the level of your questions I suspect your best and safest route will be taking the motor out and tearing it down to the point that you are comfortable and then taking it to a machine shop to have them inspect everything and then decide on where to go from there. As said if components are in ...

$1700 is a tight budget to upgrade on but if you do most of the work you can do a bit for that. Personally I would try to stretch that budget just a little higher and you could see quite a bit more power. LIke 140-150+ at the wheels. Personally I wouldn't do anything less. When you are looking at dr...

Ok, so alot has happened, er, well, a lot of time has passed. surprising how little you get done when you're buying a new house... and then a teammate buys house and we're moving the base of operations... anyway. had a spare block, brought to shop (BEST MACHINE in San Rafael) who did our head / blo...

The issues with ARP head bolts have been resolved. There is one that is shorter to go under the dizzy. They also have narrower waists so you don't need to worry about the oil passage any more. If your kit comes with the shorter bolt it should also have the narrower waist but if you want to double ch...

Fuel or maybe even oil. Try to figure out what is on that plug and why it's there. Could it be oil from the spark plug well getting on it as you pull it out? This is where the FSM will be your best friend. Go to the FI section and start going through all the related troubleshooting and diagnostics. ...

As mentioned the TVIS isn't a problem. Just leave it unplugged. Fueling won't be perfect but it will be pretty good. Personally this is the break in I use and believe in. http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm I believe the thinnest 7A HG is .5mm. Even that is dangerously close and could ca...

What I am trying to do is find out if the ECUmaster DET3 piggyback will make my factory bluetop ecu run the GZE injectors. When the engine was dyno'd, the dyno AFR sensor saw that, at times I hit 16.3 AFR underload and had missfires around 5700rpm and 6200rpm. I do not have a wideband. I am running...

Yep they do some cool stuff and have set some impressive benchmarks for me to chase.
This car uses one of their 9A stroker kits and other bits and pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HMn3EB ... dotB-Pfoer

I'm running a smallport with 11.3 compression and bigport injectors. I have 4agze injectors ready to be thrown at the smallport but i need something that can run the larger injectors. I'd like to delete the AFM just to clean up the engine bay so it's not all that important but if this piggyback can...

I don't know anything about that system but I am not generally a fan of piggybacks. I would generally say if you are at a point the stock ECU can't do what you need you are better off moving to aftermarket engine management. It does sort of depend on the application which has me wondering what you a...

Ok, it seems that the ITBs are not needed at this point. Can anyone recommend a decent header? Yep header is probably not going to be a huge benefit but it totally depends on your build. That's partly why I was asking about how far you were pushing the build and what your goals are. The other reaso...

Hello, I recently bought a clean 1987 Corolla GTS with a blown motor, Im having the motor rebuilt with Brian Crower rods, CP piston, HKS valve springs, ACL rod bearings, ARP heap studs, HKS head gasket and Kelford cams. Im looking to find out more information about Individual throttle bodies. What ...

I am somewhat confused of what compression I am now running as various websites have different piston dish volumes and it's all very confusing! Can someone work out my static compression ratio based on the below please: AW11 MR2 16v 4AGE Big port head 81.5mm NPR oversize pistons 81.57 approx cylind...

It could be made to work. It also depends on what you mean by that. It would probably bolt on the 4AGE and would probably do exactly what it's designed to do. Whether that would blow up your 4AGE or not depends on a lot of things. To me doing something special for your car and shopping at CXracing d...

I am not terribly knowledgeable on this subject but I believe it's a little more complicated than wiki says. I am fairly certian there is a smallport dizzy model and then there is the smallport DLI model. I am also not positive that all smallport GZEs were MAP but I am not real sure on this. Whateve...

i did have a feeling that was possible..... thank you yoshi. you have helped me in the past and you know your stuff. you may remember my post a while back. it was about my turbo AE86 running a 22-RTE ecu!! lols i melted my standard N/A pistons due to leaning out. i didnt know **** about tuning back...

Ugh I can't believe I messed that up.

jdm86gtz is correct. The protrusion on the stock rods points to the front of the motor.

R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C is my point. Didn't you just mention being realistic ?? If torque "does not matter", as u claim, then displacement doesn't matter, neither does vehicle weight. Nonsense! Who cares about any 20k rpm 1.0 L, a 19 speed gearbox.... or any unobtainable crap. THAT is what &quo...

Edited for my mistake.

Protrusion on the rod points to the front of the motor.

I am not saying 3800 swaps shouldn't be popular. Just saying that your expectations are a little unrealistic. As for the other stuff. Just because you don't understand the math and physics behind the theory doesn't mean you should attack unrealistic expectations? You mean like a 1.0 L 7000 pound du...

my first hand experience: bone stock zzw30 spyder, i never saw better than 28mpg on the highway. cruising speed 80-90mph (florida is crazy). after building a turbo setup, using a/w for intercooling, and most importantly, a professional tune, i saw efficency on the highway jump to almost 40mpg, with...

Dude, I told u where to look for 3800 mpg..... but of course u would know more than they do..... and everyone else I found good MPG numbers. And all of them fell within a nice little window of what I would expect. Anything that falls outside of that is either someone who has seriously modified thei...

One instance is meaningless especially when it doesn't contain any information. It says best MPG. That could mean one day driving downhill with a tailwind they got 37 MPG. Fueleconomy.gov has a number of user avg mpg reports and they average around 20 MPG. Fuelly has 36 Fieros. I didn't look to see ...