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I have always had an obsession with the trd 3kr engine from back in the day, realised I was never going to get a real one so I decided to build my own.
I don’t recommend this conversion to anyone I did it just to be see if it could be done. It took a lot of time and if I was not a fitter/turner a lot of money.
Hope you find it as cool as I do.
- Phil Matthews-Frederick.
To save a lot of questions here are the specs.
Head
4AGE small port head, head stud holes elongated to suit 4k block
Head face machined 2mm
Front face milled to clear 4k waterpump
Valve train
Stock valves
trd springs
stock cams for now (294deg 8mm lift on the way.)
belt drive system using 4ac pulleys
38mm camshaft extensions
Oil fed support block with needle roller bearings for camshaft extensions
Crank pulley mounted on the front of the standard v-belt pulley
Block
Sonic tested
Bores repositioned and overbored by 6mm
Decked by 3.8mm
Lifter bores, head oil drains and feeds blocked
Mechanical fuel pump removed
Crank
Side counterweights removed
Knife edged
Balanced
Shot peened
2kg lighter than stock
Flywheel lightened by 4kg
Pistons
Late 4age smallport cast pistons
Balanced
Conrods
4age smallport rods
Balanced
Shot peened
Oil system
4k internal oil pump shimmed to 60psi oil pressure
Hose feeds to head, cam extension bearings and oil pressure sensor
All original head oil drains blocked
External head oil drains
4k camshaft remains to drive oil pump
Sump
Increased capacity by 1L
Built in air/oil separator for crankcase breather
Fitting welded on for oil drains
Cooling system
3 core alloy radiator
Remote thermostat
Heater ports blocked
Ignition system
4k electronic distributor modified to suit 4age head
Ca18 sparkplug leads
Inlet
Quad Mikuni 40mm CV carbs
70mm trumpets
Exhaust
Hi rise tuned length headers
2” straight under-diff exhaust, huabusa muffler
Externals
3k-r look cam cover
Electric fuel pump