The 4WD Terc needs another engine and I'd like to upgrade to a 4AC or 4ALC. Anyone in the Seattle - Vancouver, BC area know where to find a serviceable engine?
Question: are the cylinder heads and cams the same on the 3ACs and 4ACs?
BTW the original 3AC died about 138,000 with a broken #4 piston. There is now a small dent in the cylinder wall from the wrist pin (presumably) and some strange wear marks. Anyone know what causes broken pistons?
I see good ones come up for sale quite often on the AE86 Corolla GTS forums. If you keep an eye on these forums, you'll likely find one for free. They seem to pop up every couple months or so. The AE86 guys often upgrade Corolla SR5's to GTS's, and so scrap the 4AC in favour of the 4AGE. http://www.dorikaze.com is a forum with a lot of guys in the PNW where you'll often find 4ACs. They are running a temporary forum right now though, because the main forum crashed and they are taking their sweet time fixing it.
GTSSportCoupe wrote:I see good ones come up for sale quite often on the AE86 Corolla GTS forums. http://www.dorikaze.com is a forum with a lot of guys in the PNW where you'll often find 4ACs.
A great tip GTS, Thanks. Wish they had the whole site up, it seems very active.
Question, any idea if the SOHC 3A head will fit on the 4AF DOHC (2 valves/cyl) block?
Hachiroku.net is the forum I am on (just got out of the AE86 scene) It's an awesome PNW forum. 4AC's can be had for waaaay cheap when they pop up. Hope that helps.
Hachiroku.net is a great resource. Joined last night and already have some leads. Thanks
No problem. The Tercel and Corolla share quite a few parts......I'm looking at suspension set ups right now. Wish I could spring for a coil over set up- can't afford or justify it though.
Anyone know what causes broken pistons?
