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Engine lean?
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Tue, 24 June 2003 10:25
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Whats the go with Toyota engines leaning toward the passenger side of the car?
The 2T does this in the TA22 and this is also the case in many other Toyota's.
Anyone have an explanation for this? 
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Re: Engine lean?
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Tue, 24 June 2003 21:02
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my 2T didn't lean anywhere in my TA...it sat upright!
unlike the 4K in my old KE55....
the 4A in my TA now leans a slight bit to the passenger side like the sprinter should. only a little tho.
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Re: Engine lean?
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Tue, 24 June 2003 21:49
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it has to do with getting the oil back into the sump.
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Re: Engine lean?
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Wed, 25 June 2003 00:44
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Wed, 25 June 2003 07:49 |
it has to do with getting the oil back into the sump.
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Is that all?? Pfft
Grega, The 2T does lean in the TA22 if its installed correctly 
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Re: Engine lean?
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Wed, 25 June 2003 01:12
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Thats why the idiots at Dellows sent me a Dellhousing that puts the engine square (well as square as they could make it..) behind the engine = shifter on silly angle. 
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Re: Engine lean?
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Thu, 26 June 2003 02:29
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All the 2T's sat on a lean from the factory. If your engine isnt on a lean then your passenger side mount isnt sitting all the way down
Or you have something that is bent 
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Re: Engine lean?
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Thu, 26 June 2003 06:37
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| rob_RA40 wrote on Wed, 25 June 2003 07:49 |
it has to do with getting the oil back into the sump.
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actually, in the K series, if they are upright, the oil drains back better, as the drain is next to the sparl plugs on the drivers side. i have heard no solid reasons why they have a lean, but suggestions include.
-easier to access dizzy, spark plugs and oil filter.
-safer in accident as the passenger gets dested instead of the driver.
-weight distribution, more even with only driver.
-the intake port angle thing, it angles up in the head, but if the manifold angled upwards it'd go thru the bonnet with an aircleaner, so the engine is tilted?
fwiw, TOSCO sold kits for K motors to mount them upright. their reason to mount upright? more room for sidedraughts and extractors and also much faster oil drainage to the sump. (twin dellorto 40's  )
kits included:
engine mounts, sump, oil pump and pickup, manifold stay, intake and exhaust manifolds, and bellhousing from a K motor to T box that removed the 15-20 degree tilt, so engine and box were aligned straight.
the kits were a few thousand back in the early 70's 
Cya, Stewart
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