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Re: working a stock 3t worth it?
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Sun, 06 June 2004 08:40
 
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the 3T in most eyes is a heavy old boat anchor not even worthy of scrapping, but i beg to differ.
in my experience with the stock unit they are impossible to kill.
i had one in an auto TT132 wagon that had no oil pressure, or compression and a sloppy timing chain when i got it, i cooked it several times, and every time it fired up and kept going strong (done 20,000km with that car).
also had a stock one in my liteace van that was getting close to being as rattly and done 15k a lot of which was towing heavy loads including my club car.
unmodified they pack a wee bit of punch in light cars (KE70/KP60) as they have good torque and this is the reason i modded my first one as it was in a KE70 sedan. WARNING!! make sure it is a 3-T and not an import 13-T or the injected 3-T as the heads are different and can cause problems which lead to my self built engine heamoraging after only a few hundred km.the replacement moter i had properly modded has only just been taken out of service due to a run bearing after 12 years of (ab)use.
get the head ported slightly and clean off the casting flash inside the chambers. the stock valves are sufficent but bigger valves will be a benefit. i installed a hot street cam (270 duration) flows and a lighter flywheel as well as a baffled sump.
induction has been a variety of downdraft, twin downdraft and sidedraft and depending on usage/economy i can't advise which is best but the best 'feel' under foot i had was with a dual 40/40 syncronised weber off a 3.0 capri but even the 32/36 went pretty good and had the speedo well off the clock on rallystages, i've never gone so far as putting twin d/d webers on it but believe that it would go real good ,especially down low.
i originally estimated power to be 110-120 but having now run the car with a 110hp 2-TG ,i now believe it was 120+ and possibly even 150-160 when the 40/40 was fitted and run on Elf fuel.my engine builder claimed an easy 180 out of his one he built 15 years ago.
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ta22frog | Sun, 06 June 2004 07:46 |
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fangsport | Sun, 06 June 2004 08:40 |
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ta22frog | Sun, 06 June 2004 11:31 |
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Norbie | Sun, 06 June 2004 14:10 |
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hemi twofifteen turbo | Sun, 06 June 2004 16:19 |
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fangsport | Sun, 06 June 2004 20:41 |
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Norbie | Mon, 07 June 2004 00:04 |
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quest | Mon, 07 June 2004 12:03 |
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Hot Celica | Mon, 07 June 2004 11:52 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 07 June 2004 11:54 |
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Hot Celica | Mon, 07 June 2004 12:26 |
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Norbie | Mon, 07 June 2004 23:22 |
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fangsport | Wed, 09 June 2004 09:44 |
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rustfree | Tue, 08 June 2004 06:32 |
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quest | Tue, 08 June 2004 08:21 |
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Hot Celica | Tue, 08 June 2004 10:02 |
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thetoyman75 | Tue, 08 June 2004 10:47 |
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Norbie | Wed, 09 June 2004 13:50 |
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hemi twofifteen turbo | Wed, 09 June 2004 16:16 |
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Norbie | Wed, 09 June 2004 23:00 |
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fangsport | Thu, 10 June 2004 06:33 |
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