Celica TA40 from france 2.3TB
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 9:17 am
So let me introduce my car.
It's a Celica TA40 1979 ST 1600 powered by a 2TB (86cv).
I have bought it in South of France (sunny area) to bring it at home in the North of France.
Few pics just after the reception of the car.
I have quickly bought those wheels from Japan, a good way to be sure that I will not see the same on another car.
They are period correct.
I have started by fitting a MegaJolt ignition
before buying a Mikuni Solex from a japanese 4AGE powered car and a 3TC "ebay racing" exhaust 4 in 1.
I have a lot of problem to tune it but I was far to think it could come from the engine... But after a compression test, I have found that 2 cylinder had 7.5 kg of compression and the 2 others had 8.5... so I had to open it to have a look.
I have choose to mak a completely new engine and start to order parts from US...
So I bought all those parts.
Crower stage 2 camshaft
The head is totally rebuilt, made by a professionnal guy from Belgium (86mm cylinder, head planned, block planned, machined valve and seats with 1mm seat (1.6mm normaly), new valve guide...
So the last thing I have to find is a used 3TC crankshaft because I haven't found 2TB forged pistons and the only difference between the 3TC and 2TB is the stroke by the crankshaft (but I don't learn you this point). So 3TC Wiseco pistons have a 4mm higher pin so if I fit them on my 2TB crankshaft, I will have a 7.3 : 1 compression ratio...not really good for a NA engine...
It's a Celica TA40 1979 ST 1600 powered by a 2TB (86cv).
I have bought it in South of France (sunny area) to bring it at home in the North of France.
Few pics just after the reception of the car.
I have quickly bought those wheels from Japan, a good way to be sure that I will not see the same on another car.
They are period correct.
I have started by fitting a MegaJolt ignition
before buying a Mikuni Solex from a japanese 4AGE powered car and a 3TC "ebay racing" exhaust 4 in 1.
I have a lot of problem to tune it but I was far to think it could come from the engine... But after a compression test, I have found that 2 cylinder had 7.5 kg of compression and the 2 others had 8.5... so I had to open it to have a look.
I have choose to mak a completely new engine and start to order parts from US...
So I bought all those parts.
Crower stage 2 camshaft
The head is totally rebuilt, made by a professionnal guy from Belgium (86mm cylinder, head planned, block planned, machined valve and seats with 1mm seat (1.6mm normaly), new valve guide...
So the last thing I have to find is a used 3TC crankshaft because I haven't found 2TB forged pistons and the only difference between the 3TC and 2TB is the stroke by the crankshaft (but I don't learn you this point). So 3TC Wiseco pistons have a 4mm higher pin so if I fit them on my 2TB crankshaft, I will have a 7.3 : 1 compression ratio...not really good for a NA engine...