Update on what's going on, new parts, shopping
list, plans.Finished tearing down the head and its ready to
go to the machine shop sometime soon. Have been purchasing
parts a-lot lately as there are a-lot of things I want to
replace while everything is apart.
First I bought a complete head gasket set from www.carmadillo.com
for $102

At the same time I also bought a set of Denso
Iridium Spark Plugs for $11 each. These are
supposed to be the best of the best for spark plugs, notice
the tiny electrode at the end of the spark plug. This
is made of a rare metal that was found in an asteroid that
landed in the Gulf Of Mexico. They should keep my engine
running well for a very long time.


My next purchase was a set of ARP
head studs. These will allow me to get very
accurate cylinder head torque and will keep things in place
if I turbocharge the motor in the future. They were
purchased from Summit
Racing for $102. It would probably cost nearly
as much to buy stock replacements from the dealer and the
old ones cannot be reused so this is not such a bad thing.

Also purchased from Summit
Racing is a 2 1/2" high flow cat that is a direct
bolt on replacement for my stock 1 7/8" cat. This was
an expensive purchase but should yield some good power as
removing the cat adds 9hp so this should give at least
5hp if not more.


I purchased a used Pacesetter
headder from a MK2 Supra mailing list member. It needs
to have a flange welded on it and then it needs to go to Lake
City for ceramic coating.
I bought 4 210cc injectors from the junkyard
a while back that will need cleaning before going in I also
will need 2 more of these might have to buy new as they are
hard to find.
That being said I still have lots of things
to buy as well as machine work that needs done. Here's
my shopping list as of now to complete the project.
1.)Flange for the headder $8
2.)Radiator $170
3.)Injector grommets-For some reason the gasket
kit came with only the O-Rings but no grommets $12
4.)Water Pump $60
5.)Front main seal $10
6.)2 210cc Injectors $15-80
7.)New stainless steel valves $90
8.)Valve springs $50