TODA 4age pistons

[motorculture]

hey guys . had nothing to do today so i thought i would crack open a spare 4age i had lying around. Original motor came from my sisters Trueno from Japan. shortly after owning it for half a year it spun a bottom end bearing and since then the motor has been sitting in my garage waiting for a rebuild . the trueno from japan had an old school HKS air flow controller & Toda ECU .

when we cracked open the timing belt cover we also found a pair of adjustable toda adjustable cam gears and toda cams. So i figured it would be worth holding onto this motor in case it had some more goodies.

so I spent a couple of hours following the manual and took the engine apart ( my first time) , i will be using the motor as a learning exercise.

As i suspected the bottom end had a nice set of Toda Pistons. Only Problem is piston 1 has a dent . My question. after a clean up , will this be re-useable ? what do you guys think would cause this sort of damage ? piston 1 .

[TODA AU]

Nice find...

If it's not an all out motor, just dress the high spots & crack test it.
If that's all good, clean 'em up as they should be fine to go again.
(Looks like FOD from a screw thread or something)
How's the Ex quench pad on the head #1 ?

I can get you a single piston if need be + rings, clips & pins are also available as sets or individual items.

[Sam-Q]

Toda man here has a good point, buying a single piston will probably be cheaper than dressing this one up and getting it cleaned and crack tested

[motorculture]

thanks guys.

i'll have to call around and get some prices and go from there .


ps. yep i found the little bugger that did it stuck on the head. pictures to come . this may of been the reason for the knock. and not the bottom end bearing as first suspected.