[Roman]

Originally Posted by PHOENIX

No problem, anything i can do to help, let me know. Roman, i would like your help for a little project im doing and id like to ask you to be partners with it. Basically, all i need is information for a website coming soon (www.beams-redtop.com )

That sounds great phoenix, I have plenty of info etc. that I can contribute.
Get in touch, if you have MSN you can get me on beams3sge@hotmail.com.

*pic of piston* What, i dont see a problem

Haha, yes that piston is very munched indeed.
Part of the ringland blew up into the cylinder, and rattled around in there for a while.
The head was slightly damaged too, but has now been repaired.

Man, this statement kept confusing the hell out of me. For those of you that dont know.....Extractors = Exhaust manifold

Woops! err, sorry about that. It's just what we call them here.
Exhaust manifold, headers, extractors, the out pipes. :P

Im looking for one of these, my setup didnt come with it. If you happen to stumble across one, let me know

IIRC, 'lander' had one of these gearboxes for sale, however I am unsure if he still does.

Im currently working with a fellow board member in canada (canada is the ******* of the world BTW) about getting some Billet Cams made up for us. TRD a few years ago made an aftermarket cam that is VVT-I enabled so we wouldnt lose that. Unfortunatly finding one new or even used is impossible. So im researching the durations and lift of the TRD cams and will pick one to have made into billets. Luckily, the only cam we really need in VVT-I is the intake cam. Ill keep you posted on how that goes.

There is a big swag of TRD parts out there for the Altezza engine, however unfortunatly the cams will not work in the redtop.
At the end of the camshaft on the redtop, is the crank angle sensor 'fins' that pass a hall effect sensor, to work out the cam position.
However on the Altezza, there is the same thing, but there is another cam cap at the very end of the engine, past the sensor.
The redtop head has the castings for this extra cap, so it could be possible to machine the head to make it suitable for the Altezza cams.
Or alternatively, machine off the end of the camshaft, so it doesnt have the end cap any more.

Or alternatively again, you could get the standard cams ground, and reshim all of the valves to suit. Which is what I am thinking might be the best thing to do.

One thing that you'll have to worry about, is turning the VVTI engine into an interference head... you need to make a locking mechanism, so that the cam doesnt retard itself far enough to munch the pistons.

My Engine was running perfectly before he pulled it, if you would like, i can take pictures of the cams and cam gears and where they are set for you to copy. I actually havnt had a chance to check and see if the timing belt is still on so ill check tonight.

Nah thats okay, my other redtop is the same.
It hasnt had the cambelt off since it was running, so it undoubtably is still set correctly. From this, I will be able to ascertain the correct timing.