Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 01:48 am, by: Grant Perry(Grantusmaximus)
Hey guys!
Can anyone suggest a good Brisbane mechanic.. I've been using toyota for some general work/servicing (or lack there of..)...
Last time I had it in I ended up getting it compression test while they were doing gaskets.. Lets just say the results were rather shocking on a few cyl's..
This was awhile ago but until just recently I didn't notice any problems! Now its running rough as guts seems to be misfiring and all sorts!
So I'm guessing its rebuild time... pitty i was going to try sell it in 6months...
So I'm putting a call out for recommend Brisbane Mechanics???? Also any ideas on what i should expect to be paying for the task.. it's an SC300.
Monday, September 25, 2006 - 06:53 pm, by: Aaron Mead(Aaron)
The world is your oyster mate! You have a chance to either go for a Twin Turbo, a V8 or a very low KM naturally aspirated 2jz for very little money. Only rebuild if you want to build an 800HP monster.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:16 am, by: Grant Perry(Grantusmaximus)
Well lets just say I'm EXTREMELY dubious about the 110 000 klms that are on the ODO... Since having purchased the car I've had a few of things needing replacement which I wouldn't have thought would be common for a car with this number of Klms! I suspect it was wound back by someone... but maybe you guys can tell me what you think! ;)
From those I remember... Front discs have been replaced... Rear discs need replacing, they're below spec (shhh!)... Rear shocks need replacing and squeak like hell Radiator top tank had a nasty crack that progressively got worse until it couldn't hold pressure and was repaired, and a couple hoses here and there but at 12 years old some of that's acceptable... But the discs?! It had soft pad when I got it and I'm still using soft ones.. come on!? Hehe
Still not sure what to do yet, I'm looking at buying a new Lexus or maybe even a 350Z... One of my mate seems to think a car yard will take the car as a trade in regardless and that I'd probably end up paying more trying to fix it to get a better trade in.... problem is I need it to last me about 6 months before all this happens!
I use to like this engine when I had my Supra... now it upsets me Hahaha
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 11:17 pm, by: Tim Pike(Keydecoder)
My advice mate, take it down to Lew at Marlew Performance on the Gold Coast and get him to take a look at it. I think he even had a 1JZ engine for sale (that was a while back, so he might have sold it already).
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 07:36 am, by: Lew Radbourn(Marlew)
Thanks Tim!!!! Grant; Mate give me a call mate I have a 1jz down here but before we jump the gun tell me whats going wrong and we can try to sort it out 0425749436 / 55327259 cheers Lew
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Otherwise full rebuild will easily be upward of $1500!
