78 Gemini Sedan

F3ared · **Posted:** Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:32 am

Unfortunately, just after finishing my DOHC Gemini [few threads lower] i had the misfortune of having a decent accident in it. Bonnet flipped up into the roof at 100kmh and made a pretty bad mess of things. Have since sold that car to my dad who will be rebuilding it back to stock and all the DOHC gear will be going into my new aquisition....

Stock as a rock 1.6L Auto, im the third owner from new. The previous owners had it for 15yrs and in the past 5 its only covered 4000km.

F3ared · **Posted:** Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:56 pm

The final thrashing for the G161z/Auto combo

Before/During

New dash

I gots rust

Treated

Fixed

ben · **Posted:** Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:55 am

Sorry to hear about your other car. This one's a beaut! Keeps us posted on the project.

F3ared · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:36 am

Thanks dude. The aim with this one is to keep it looking standard on the outside but hopefully get it running in the mid 14 second bracket over the 1/4 all while naturally aspirated. Also hoping to do a few motorkhana/hill climbs in it, i think i might need a different wheel/tyre combo for that one though.

F3ared · **Posted:** Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:15 am

Some progress.

Now in and running, currently cleaning up the wiring and some loose ends such as...

More pics 2morrow.

F3ared · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:03 am

Some small updates, its been on the road for a few weeks but its back off again [the fucking curse continues...]

King springs all round [~3" lower]

Quick doortrims i knocked up

Dodgy fuel system but it works [standard pump on 12V feeding Bosch 044]

Cluster

And the nanna blanket..

ben · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 am

Lower!!

F3ared · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:56 pm

I cant, it already scrapes the exhaust everywhere :cry:

F3ared · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:56 pm

Ok, some old updates some new. Got the ECU remapped a while back, made 82kw atw, or 112hp at the wheels in the US measure. Not bad for a standard engine based in the 70's ay, considering the only mods were the ecu, exhaust and a bigger throttle body. Just to piss off the Toyota-philes its more then iv eseen from modified 2TG's and 18RG's....now where is the emoticon for the middle finger....

Unfortunately, unsure why but it lost oil pressure [maybe it was the fact that it was seeing the 7000rpm rev limiter every day?] and consequently spun a bearing. So, like deja vu, im at this point again...

Insult to injury...

MX5 seats

Just a teaser on whats going in. Yes its a SOHC, no its not going to be standard....

cute wee gem · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:54 pm

F3ARED wrote:

Just to piss off the Toyota-philes its more then iv eseen from modified 2TG's and 18RG's....now where is the emoticon for the middle finger....

Unfortunately, unsure why but it lost oil pressure [maybe it was the fact that it was seeing the 7000rpm rev limiter every day?] and consequently spun a bearing. So, like deja vu, im at this point again...

Yeah yeah but the Toyota-philes are still running 7000rpm all day with-out spun bearings :lol:

Nah, just givin' ya shit! - Sweet car, what are the plans with this new engine?

F3ared · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:19 pm

Yeah, should tell that to my mate with the 4AGE KE70 who just ate his motor the same way as mine, despite not being treated as hard :lol:

Was originally planning on building a spare G200 ive got lieing around with a monster cam and quad throttles, but it was still going to be too slow for my liking, so....

161 EFI with a T28.

EHonda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:24 pm

Old school but still clean.. nice ride!

F3ared · **Posted:** Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:20 pm

Thanks dude.

Some updates, should be an interesting/productive weekend if my cam and turbo arrive like their supposed to on friday.

First port of call, opinions. Hubcaps or wheels painted like this with the chrome dress rings?

New steering rack. Tie rod ends were shagged on the old one, steering column coupler was fucked. Would explain why the car never felt right going through corners.

Heavy duty valve springs. Gotta love trade price - $60!

HD Exedy

Fucking filthy 5spd box

Now the fun stuff...

Custom plenum on Rodeo 4ZE1 runners

Turbo manifold. Need to change the flange and block the external wastegate output...

F3ared · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:59 pm

Rebuilt the head a few weeks ago...

This went in [Crow cams turbo grind #2]

Viola

Screwed the engine together and dropped it into the car along with the 5spd and inlet manifold.

Should have the hot/turbo side done by the end of the week, will post pics then. I kinda, sorta, got carried away...

Lincoln Stax · **Posted:** Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:41 pm

As for opinions on the wheels, I'm tempted to say hubcaps for that perfect sleeper look. I'd just be worried about losing them with the way it sounds like you'll be driving it.

F3ared · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:14 am

Hubcaps fell off a few times with the DOHC in it. This time itll be alot faster, cant afford to risk mauling my quarter panel from a flying cap. So i think ill do it this way...

This is going in 2morrow

F3ared · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:25 pm

Bah, wheel pic didnt work yesterday.

Had a good day today, getting there =]

F3ared · **Posted:** Tue May 04, 2010 4:04 am

Its back - sort of.

Made 215rwhp on a conservative dyno. How conservative? See below.

It killed a heavy duty clutch rated at 240rwhp in under 400km....

zep · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 5:06 pm

Hey dude,

What have you done to the engine? Some nice power figures there!

F3ared · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 5:19 pm

Apart from the mild-grind cam and HD valve springs, the engines a fresh-but-standard early model G161.

All the bolt on stuff is good tho - Garret T3/T4 roller with external gate, 3" dump with screamer into 2.5" exhaust, 4ZE1 runners with custom plenum, VN V8 hall effect and a Microtech LT10s.

Its pretty much at its limit atm. We left the timing as-is to keep it conservative and ran boost through it instead. The engine is simply not capable of spinning the turbo any harder/making any more boost. We took the hose off the wastegate and raised the rev limiter to 9k and nothing happened - stopped building power/boost after 7000rpm.

I could try a slightly bigger cam, bigger headwork etc and itll probably squeeze abit more power out of it but as it stands, its fucking quick. Turns second gear hard on the roll.

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