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Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: MR2 GT Vs GT4 (1990)
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Thu, 22 September 2005 02:49
 
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most 3sgte's seem to show their age at around 200 thousand KMs ..
I know of 5 or so that have done headgaskets at this age of miles , though all were running non standard boost
mine came out at 210thousand , the bottom end was in excellent order , the head gasket went due to a small case of electrolysis in the head , opening up a chamber too much and making the gasket weep ..
This wasnt a toyota fault - it was a previous owner not using the right coolants fault ..
My rebuild was on the greater side of extreme so i wont give you a figure on that - but a decent refresh isnt all that expensive -its the labour of getting the motor in and out that is ...
if you get your motor rebuolt , do it once , do it right , get a professional to do it - that can have a covering warranty for workmanship ..
This has recently saved me twice - the most recent being my spare car blowing its HG after 3000 KM ( fresh rebuild - everything was done )
basica maintainance is fairly simple on a gt4 - its a little more constrictive to get to some items , ie the oil filter , but not impossible ..
Any major servicing should be left to people who know what they are doing IMHO
overall - i love my Gt4 bar its issues - most of which relate back to its previous owner who flogged it just about dead , and i got burned with a sick car in need of love ..
Everything ive done to it is holding up perfectly so far - because it was done right in the first place , not fudged or arsed about to save a few dollars
On Gt4's - get an australian widebody if you can - they seem to be sturdier than the japanese ones - and come factory fitted with the group A spec rear torsen , and Steel gutted turbos ..
Jap ones are questionable in this respect
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Corona RT142 | Wed, 21 September 2005 03:58 |
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Corona RT142 | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:07 |
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Corona RT142 | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:19 |
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wiso | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:29 |
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Corona RT142 | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:48 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 09:50 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:13 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:29 |
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Squid | Fri, 23 September 2005 01:46 |
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Classique71 | Fri, 23 September 2005 02:51 |
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BlackGT4 | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:31 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 04:42 |
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Puffy | Wed, 21 September 2005 05:24 |
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carsanactra | Wed, 21 September 2005 05:53 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 08:41 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 06:27 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:22 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:31 |
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GriZZly | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:32 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:35 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:37 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 10:50 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:03 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:08 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:02 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:11 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:24 |
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BlackGT4 | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:47 |
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tooch | Wed, 21 September 2005 11:53 |
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Matty P | Wed, 21 September 2005 12:06 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 12:56 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 14:03 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 14:19 |
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silkishuge | Wed, 21 September 2005 22:13 |
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-=DV=- | Wed, 21 September 2005 23:37 |
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silkishuge | Thu, 22 September 2005 00:25 |
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Classique71 | Thu, 22 September 2005 02:49 |
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Rainey | Thu, 22 September 2005 09:46 |
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-=DV=- | Thu, 22 September 2005 10:47 |
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silkishuge | Thu, 22 September 2005 04:26 |
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GriZZly | Thu, 22 September 2005 11:01 |
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silkishuge | Thu, 22 September 2005 22:45 |
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Nark | Fri, 23 September 2005 00:51 |
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silkishuge | Fri, 23 September 2005 04:00 |
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Nark | Fri, 23 September 2005 04:39 |
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silkishuge | Fri, 23 September 2005 04:45 |
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silkishuge | Fri, 23 September 2005 04:48 |
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Classique71 | Fri, 23 September 2005 08:52 |
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Nark | Fri, 23 September 2005 09:09 |
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TRD_Supra | Fri, 23 September 2005 09:42 |
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silkishuge | Fri, 23 September 2005 12:30 |
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Nark | Fri, 23 September 2005 13:00 |
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silkishuge | Fri, 23 September 2005 13:35 |
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Nark | Fri, 23 September 2005 23:33 |
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TRD_Supra | Sun, 25 September 2005 11:18 |
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-Totenkopf- | Fri, 23 September 2005 14:27 |
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sated | Fri, 23 September 2005 14:53 |
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silkishuge | Sat, 24 September 2005 04:58 |
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Nark | Sat, 24 September 2005 10:27 |
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silkishuge | Sat, 24 September 2005 12:49 |
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-=DV=- | Sat, 24 September 2005 13:21 |
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silkishuge | Sat, 24 September 2005 13:42 |
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-=DV=- | Sat, 24 September 2005 13:47 |
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silkishuge | Sat, 24 September 2005 13:55 |
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-=DV=- | Sat, 24 September 2005 14:01 |
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silkishuge | Sat, 24 September 2005 14:14 |
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-=DV=- | Sat, 24 September 2005 14:24 |
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Nark | Sun, 25 September 2005 00:51 |
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-=DV=- | Sun, 25 September 2005 01:21 |
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silkishuge | Sun, 25 September 2005 06:47 |
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BlackGT4 | Sun, 25 September 2005 07:54 |
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CelicasuprA | Sun, 25 September 2005 07:02 |
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Nark | Sun, 25 September 2005 07:06 |
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CelicasuprA | Sun, 25 September 2005 07:14 |
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silkishuge | Sun, 25 September 2005 07:47 |
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CelicasuprA | Sun, 25 September 2005 09:30 |
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silkishuge | Sun, 25 September 2005 13:22 |
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TRD_Supra | Mon, 26 September 2005 02:22 |
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-Totenkopf- | Mon, 26 September 2005 02:18 |
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EldarO | Mon, 26 September 2005 02:30 |
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