The cool thing tho, is notice how a can of Seafoam (applied following their directions, in 1/3 of a can intervale - that's 2/3 of a cup - through the intake) Completely nuked the carbon from the combustion chambers. Funny... I've been preaching that forever & it always catches on. You guys should start using it here much more often!

(For people that don't know, disregard any fluid in any picture, it dumps in when you break the seal to the intake manifold & the cylinder heads - it is not due to leaking)
This time last year when I replaced the head gaskets the first time & did the head porting:





This time:





Cyl #4 (note the carbon build-up where the head gasket is blown)



You can see the MASSIVE amount of difference it can make just by looking at the combustion chamber -> Mint. The valve cutouts for the piston ->Spotless.


Water Injection PWNS
WI2WIN





Coolant + Oil + Exhaust + 80psi pump
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Somebody take that batter & make some muffins!


Ok... That's head gasket set #4. This time it was ARP bolts torqued 5lb-ft at a time to 100, or 105lb-ft (I forget), then re-torqued after a 1/2 hour of running.
Oh well, now I get to buy a JDM 3vz-fe & twin turbo it this winter & have a spare engine to build next year! I'll miss my awsome DIY port job tho. :\ Mine owned everyone else's that paid for it minus one freak.

Guess I gotta drive the Honda again <sigh>.

*edit* swapped to second PB account 'cause the other one sucked.

 

Very nice man.. haha, Toyota headgaskets do rock

Is that a 5SFE MR2? what's the motor/model?

 

It's a 3.0L 3vz-fe v6 in my '93 ES 300.

This image host sucks, but I'm tired of filling photobuckets left & right & TFT keeps kicking me off for no reason... Sorry if you can't see the picture, try it later.


FYI Notice the front head gasket is blown in the exact same damned place... I bet the rear one is blown in the same damged places too... Sigh.