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yes I made it myself and it has no deflection at all even with suddenly forcing all my body weight on it so I did overdo it a bit. It's made from 4130 (Cro-Mo) as I think aluminium is a poor material to make braces from and is only used because of how cost effective it is. Here is test pannel from t...

you can run the airbox, it just takes a bit of work to make it fit:

they come with them originally. So just source the original manifold and throttles

if you replacing the valves it's a very point you make, well said

insurance. you really want to replace a 6,000 dollar motor for a 1 dollar piece of bronze. thats 20 years old mind you. or how about if you change it it's one more thing that might not go right due to substandard parts, poor install, etc... All of our engines have bucket and shim valvetrains, this ...

yes I suggest it, you then need to make the choice on which model of pistons on how much boost you want to run

I thought it would be interference because the FE head has a 22 degree valve angle with recessed valves vs the 50 of the 16V 4age. This will very likely mean the edges of the valves would hit. Also what I suspected was right, I had a look and the ring lands of 7afe pistons are thin, I wouldn't be gi...

I forgot to mention that using 7A pistons might make the engine an inteference design, also they wouldn't be very strong compared to ZE pistons

Are aftermarket rods/pistons easily available?- yes

Is a different/aftermarket crank necessary?- no

Regular machine shop able to do the work and assemble the bottom end?- no machine shop is needed unless your reboring

How high would i be able to rev? about 8000 or so with aftermarket rods

am i missing something here?

if you have oil on your sump then chances are is your front crank seal.

Yes toyota silicone

are you going to sell spigot bearing spacers to suit? or just use a dual row bearing?

I might be interested in a bulk purchase of these to be a reseller here in Australia, either that or a swap for some 20V cooling parts.

A-series engines dont use an oil pan gasket.

not without the blacktop loom and ecu you won't.

you have to be very carefull using the 7afe gasket with 4age pistons as the gasket is made for pistons with a lower compression height. 10:1 is a good compromise between power and response. Compared to an engine with 8.5:1 it will be much more responsive. moorofit: while your right about raising the...