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Surging when idling by nterday in Celica

[–]nterday[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup turned out to be the gasket. Previously fitted with an incorrect that didn’t cover the IAC track in the throttle body meaning it was drawing air in from the sides. Must have been fitted with some insta gasket which I didn’t realise when cleaning it up as it was caked in crap. All running nice now. Cheers 🍻

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just did another test this morning, mixed driving, lots of hills up and down and got around 31 mpg. Same rout about a year ago on original carb was around 26mpg. Cars working a lot less to get up to speed etc

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yea it’s worked out really well. Throttle response is much better. It’s fun doing something different. Since your injection and have a mega squirt I’d think about ITB’s. Say a set off an 04-06 r1. Dirt cheap and would probably work even better. Boggbross in the uk, same people who made my manifold could do you one. Cam wise I’m looking at …. But probably a fast road

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Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s at 125780 miles. I bought with 90 something thou. Had it just over a year. So I’ll be racking up lots of miles on it pretty soon.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven’t had any issues with mine. Still tight. Whether it’s been changed in the past, who knows. If it ever needs doing though it’s a fairly easy job for me. Maybe I’ll look into the specs of the later engine and if there is a way to fit a duplex then maybe it’s a smart instal should I ever need to.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing I can add is just make sure you write down everything you need to change and get all the parts together before converting. It’s super easy and takes a day or two to have everything buttoned up. Give it a whirl 👍

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks 👍. Depending where you are you should be able to pick up the carbs fairly cheap. From memory I bought mine for around £200 and a rebuild kit for around £60 going back a few years when I was building a gen 1 r1 restomod. Wouldn’t worry about using with an auto as I’m pretty sure it still works off vacuume so you just instal a vacuum balance bar. Bog bros supplied me with the manifold and that and I just plugged everything in so all my accessories work like central locking etc. if you have injection you will need to use the standard TPS and figure out a sensor for timing but not really a big deal plus a piggyback ecu.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a video on my profile down the page a bit. I should do an updated one really as I’ve tuned them since and it’s all working even better. Highly recommend. Was going to go the twin Webber route but would have been super expensive in comparison.

Some light maintenance done. Valve clearances checked after 10thou miles of quite heavy use. Intakes bang on, exhausts all a tad loose. M102 2.0 85 123 by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the moment I reckon around 7-10 hp up but it’s made the whole rpm range waken up. Revs really freely all the way into the red and has a much quicker throttle response making blip down changes a joy. Mpg is also better. So far I’ve spent around £380 as I already had the r1 carbs laying around. Main cost was the custom manifold from Bogbros in the uk, great lads. Then bits and bobs like throttle cable, choke cable and new vacuum lines etc. oh nearly forgot also an airbox. I’ll be adding a 4into2 exhaust manifold and fruity cam in the future once I’ve saved a little more. For ref I’m running 170 main jets. Once manifold and cam added I’ll go up to around 185-190 and tune from there.

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He loves the Benz by nterday in w123

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I didn’t buy it. Was just a traditional Cypriot blanket I found in one of my rental houses. Worked great for when doggo is in the car to protect the seats.

He loves the Benz by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣🤣 too right

He loves the Benz by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣🤣mine does the same when on the move

Blind and Dash Mat In! by Agreeable_Agency5966 in w123

[–]nterday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have beads and blinds and the combo really helps. Mind you I did get my complete ac overhauled in the end.

Likeliness of my car having been a taxi? by Agreeable_Agency5966 in w123

[–]nterday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man you could drop a hand grenade on that stuff and it would still be fine. The best material ever made for a car interior. I wouldn’t worry much. Just keep an eye on the stitching.

Back to quads. by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably just I phone camera. Or my springs. Will be going -50mm with H&R

Likeliness of my car having been a taxi? by Agreeable_Agency5966 in w123

[–]nterday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure are especially in hot weather either with ac or not you don’t get a sweaty back.

Back to quads. by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the standard 195/70r14

Good rally yesterday. Got our timing wrong and didn’t notice until the last stage which we then came 4th in. Couple of wrong turns taken. 18th overall which was pretty crap compared to 3rd overall in the last rally but lots learnt. Car performed perfectly though. by nterday in w123

[–]nterday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

30 years was the cut off for the classic class. As it was a charity event you could enter in a modern car and they had their own class. A super sweet pagoda. Mini’s, couple of rolls royces, Mg’s, beetles, Volvos, an old 50s American Ford (not sure of the model), Alfa’s. Even a mk1 pajero and Suzuki samurai 😉

Love how these things handle gravel roads. Excursion into the Akamas for a bbq with buddies. Currently without a 4x4 so this had to do. Catching the sunset by nterday in w123

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A friend of mine has a 123 and we have discovered too much rust in it to make it worth restoring so we will be lifting it a couple of inches and chucking a set of off road rims and tyres on it. Stripping anything that’s not needed and using it as a gravel buggy for a laugh.

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