By now some of you might have gathered/might know that ive bought a Gemini for daily duties and ill be offloading the Piazza once finished. HOWEVER, the prick of the thing is being just that [a prick] and im having extreem dramas with it. First things first, dash lights - no speedo, no water temp/vo...

Cant be right, G200z bearings have an extra oil hole?

Heres the ebay shop

http://stores.ebay.com/JIS-Engine_W0QQc ... idZ2QQtZkm

52USD for a 4ZE1 oil pump! HAVE to get myself one of them.

Just a quick question - do C1's and D1's share the same bearings for crank journals and rod journals? Found a cheap Ebay US shop which i might be using to rebuild the C1 going into the Gemini... Spewing i got shown this site now and not before i did the headgasket on the Piazza - i paid $100 TRADE p...

Fuck thats nice. What are you planning on selling it for, or more to the point WHY the car looks mint?

As for the brake locking thing, im guessing you still have the old, fucked tyres on it? Could be a number of things - poor tyres, tyre pressures, sticking front right caliper.

Nick-

PICS OR BAN!

G200z is 156kg, VN V6 is over 180. What i want to see is a 6VD1 or 6VE1 put into it, and at 160kg of all alloy Isuzu v6 they arent heavy.

Where the hell have you been? Was begining to think you died of Piazza Syndrome. Dont want to touch the valve clearances until ive eliminated everything else. As it stands [apart from being loud] it all sounds healthy. No knocking from anywhere etc. Got my hands on a timing gun, now i need to get my...

R9 is out of the RA rodeos im pretty sure. If so, NO. The 2.4 4cyl is completely different to the 4ZE1.

Nick-

Was looking through the Piazzasearch galleries and found this:

"John has had this beast for years and its still going strong"

http://www.piazzasearch.com/images/johnr

Wonder where this car is now

Valve clearances were set by the engineering company that machined the head for me, as far as i can tell its pretty spot on as the valves are silent at idle. When i say noisy it gets loud under throttle - not engine note loud, more like angry mechanical loud. Could be normal - meh. Yeah there is a p...

Had abit of a play around today, some things are better some things are worse. It now idles! Just not very well, still misfires and carries on like its got a cam in there - note i still havent timed it properly, just played with the dizzy till it would stay on. Sorted some more of the vac lines out ...

Shuttle shouldnt have an 02 sensor as its Carby.

O2 sensors are 90% of the time generic, so any off-the-shelf replacement with the same thread should work. Take the sensor out and take it to Repco or Bursons and they should be able to help you. From memory its a 2 wire non-heated type.

Nick-

Cam timing is spot on, so rapt with it :yawinkle: I think ill need to sort the vac issues out first before i worry about the self diagnostics. All sensors etc are from the red car which was running fine, even with the leaky headgasket. Going down to the car 2morrow so i might even get some vid foota...

Should see mine, it IS a complete mess. I might have to drive it down and take a look at one of bobs but the way its running i dont think ill be able to get out the driveway. Doubt its the timing making that noise, its definately not pinging [theres no load on it] but ill be retiming the dizzy anywa...

Definately buy one, they are alot of fun :supz: As for aftermarket parts, depends on what you want out of the car. The engine itself is actually pretty common and are well known when it comes to whats needed to make it go fast. What do you want to spend and how fast do you want to go? If you willing...