OK so I think it's time for all those who have undergone a total motor build( done right with quaility items) to go ahead and list all the items purchased for the build.... with brand names, where you sourced the items, prices, and a little end user review!

.... I think this will be a great help to all those who are looking to build their 2AZ-FE
also to anyone who has had a failure and is look to rebuild!!!!

so list all and dont forget anything ( all internals, fasteners, bearings, valvetrain, the works!)

Make this a good one guys so we can sticky!!!

 

Call Dezod and they can help you out! They have everything for it, believe me.

 

I think the list of people is going to be real short...LOL

 

here comes the curse

2007 Scion tC

yesterday we put in K1 rods, CP Pistons stock bore, ARP 2000 Head Studs, Cometic Head Gasket, ACL rod bearings

15 miles on the car everything seems to be fine so far

Took about 20 hours with the motor in the car from dead start to clean up

if anyone has any questions feel free to ask


also.. ____ timing chains

 

ps.. we did it in my ____ty driveway

 

^^^bout to help my boy with his build. Might be hitting you up.

 

I've build a Saturn 1.9L before. JE 9:1 slugs on Crower rods. At that time these were custom order - none were on shelves. Anyhow, that motor also uses a timing chain - I hate it as well.. but atleast you don't have to worry it snapping as quickly as a belt.

Make sure you properly break in the motor. Don't do any sustained speeds for a long period of time. You want the motor to go through various rpms. Initial start-up is critical too - I hope you primed the oil pump properly before starting.

 

We haven't started on anything. But thanks for the tips.

 

guttedtc0. if you don't mind me asking what was the total cost. i'm planning on doing the same thing soon. did you pull the motor or rebuild it right in the car?

 

As far as I know, this is one of few that has a motor built that's still up and running, his name is Garm(scionlife name: tc4fun4me), I think it was done about 2 years ago, the crazy thing is he uses it as his daily driver, it dyno at: 443 whp, 474 torque @ 22 pounds of boost, the car is at a body shop right now getting a complete exterior makeover. Here's a link to his website: http://www.sciontcx.com/index.html, it has most of the info you need about the car, you can always contact him by email to ask him about the motor built.

 

my concern is whether or not you guys pulled the motor or not, if you did how did THAT go? is it hard?

travis, do a DIY!!!

 

Brian (Jester), don't come to SL but every once in a full moon. Fully built top and bottom, Hydra standalone... 542whp.

But yeah, I remembered Garm making a thread when he dynoed it. Took that 443whp to the track and ran like a high 13 sec low 14sec in the 1/4 mile....Don't ask.

 

Do a DIY!!! Yeah, lol....I'm a noob to that, so I doubt I want to take the chance of giving the wrong information. I plan on helping my boy do his (he has built his old honda motors before), and then after getting my hands dirty on his car, I will see about a DIY for mine. But that's a big SEE...

But I just got a call from him, and he's talking about just putting stock stuff back in the motor, so no pistons/rods. I told him to AT LEAST get a head gasket and ARP headstuds.

 

due to the curse... my lips are sealed until she is fully tuned!!


until then... http://itsmyscion.com/RSRACER/view

 

542whp, wow...thats carzy, I know Garms is capable of more, but that's as far as that Turbonetics log style manifold will let him go, he has been trying to get the twins over at www.twinsturbo.com , to make him an equal length manifold for a wild now, but those guys are always freaking busy working on race cars, especially on Rado's drag and road race tC. The last time he took it to the track he had some volk 17x8 wheels, but now he has 18 x 10 forged rims with 275/35/18 tires, more rubber on the floor, will it help? maybe and maybe not, cause that thing has a glob of torque.

 

Nice......keep us updated, thanks.

 

Oh yeah.....I know this is off topic, but he also has a turbo Yaris that's he is getting ready to drop a built motor on as well, just as soon as the tC is done.

 

we did it with the motor in the car and the car on jackstands in my driveway that is a big ___ hill.

If the car had a timing belt instead of a chain it probably would have taken about half the time.

We just took the head and the timing chain cover off and did it like that.

33 miles on it and so far so good

First start we primed it several times.. on about the 6th turn it started.. Let it idle for about a half hour and ive been driving it since. Havent gone over 2500RPMs

Since we took all the mounts and ____ off something is vibrating but thats besides this thread

Since we just did it this weekend the whole process is still fresh in my mind.. so if anyone has any questions let me know

and we opted not to remove the balance shafts

 

forgot to lay it out sorry

K1 Rods $400 from K1
CP Pistons 88.5mm Bore $423 from Race Engineering
Piston Rings $80 from Race Engineering
Cometic Head Gasket $65 from Race Engineering
ARP2000 Head Studs $142 from Ptuning
ACL Bearings $65 from CNS AutoParts on eBay

Had to buy Oil, Filters, Antifreeze/Coolant, Rags.. other small ____

 

Yeah, it's running the Turbonetics GTK 550 turbo, with a custom manifold built and tuned partly at ZPI and then transfered down to Turbochargers.com where they finished up. I can't remember, but it's reving to like 7k+ rpm.