3T GTE Tech

[7t5-27]

Hey whats the little box thingo behinds the oil filter? Its got an inlet but what feeds it ??
Chhurs

If it is like mine it is crankcase breather that connected to the back side of the air cleaner assembly, No place for it to go with EFI IIRC. Be safe
Greg

[YelloRolla]

It is a crank case breather and in a turbo application it needs to have a check valve to prevent blowing your seals apart under boost (ie prevent boost to the sump). it connects to one of the fittings on the intake manifold.

[Radar]

Can I just leave it open?

[YelloRolla]

You can, but that is not without risks of oil vapor pouring out into your engine bay.

Perhaps plumbing it to an oil air separator makes better sense.

[Radar]

Sensational idea!.. Cheers man

[3t-RA40]

Well had the car tuned today.
With the changes I had made, intake/exhaust manifolds, the old tune was not cutting it.
Left the shop today, 229rwhp @ 17psi.
More power on less boost than before and so nice to now drive.
Asked about more boost but my little turbo isn't gunna cut it.
Need to get over this tune bill as it ended up being a full re-tune (changes plus previous bad tune) and then I'll be chasing another turbo, something like a disco potato I think.
Cheers,
Neil

[RiceburnaGTV]

Well had the car tuned today.
With the changes I had made, intake/exhaust manifolds, the old tune was not cutting it.
Left the shop today, 229rwhp @ 17psi.
More power on less boost than before and so nice to now drive.
Asked about more boost but my little turbo isn't gunna cut it.
Need to get over this tune bill as it ended up being a full re-tune (changes plus previous bad tune) and then I'll be chasing another turbo, something like a disco potato I think.
Cheers,
Neil

Good work mate that would be alot of fun to drive!

[steeko]

is quite inspiring to hear numbers like RA40 has got
What turbo do u currently run?

my pistons,rod,gasket turned up today from BRD Am a happy boy, i may even drive this car this before Christmas ???

[RiceburnaGTV]

hey guys I have twisted the arm of my welder mate to build me a nice inlet manifold. We are going to do it properly and get the flange laser cut and build the runners etc rather than just weld the old runners onto the new chamber.

Any suggestions for size,shape or a good bigger throttle body to use?

cheers
Nath

[3jcelica]

RiceburnaGTV,

I use a RB30 (vl comodore/R31 skyline) on mine, it is 50mm readily avaliable, and has a 0-5v tps as well as idle/WOT switch. It does not have idle control valve on it.

Roger

[toyo-al]

Do the RB30 bolt holes line up without modification? I was measuring it (real rough) up the other day and it seemed as though it'd fit straight on!

Cheers,
Al

[adamke35]

hey guys im picking up a 3tgte on sunday, looking at doing major service providing compression is good, should i be looking at compression testing the front spark plug side, the rear spark plug side of each cylinder, or aim for a medium of both??. any other points i should look out for on the motor, i believe its standard and hasnt had a rebuild, whitesandshoe posted up fuel rails, exhaust manifolds have a tendancy to crack, and injectors can be a problem, pretty much any hot tips or info on what to look out for and any pointers you've come across on the build, or working with the motor would be good. intentions are to drop it in, aslong as compression is good, and use that as a starting point. living in a rental and having 5 cars doesnt go down to well so once is running it looks a little less problematic, what ever help you guys can give would be much appreciated. cheers

[GT1978]

hey guys im picking up a 3tgte on sunday, looking at doing major service providing compression is good, should i be looking at compression testing the front spark plug side, the rear spark plug side of each cylinder, or aim for a medium of both??. any other points i should look out for on the motor, i believe its standard and hasnt had a rebuild, whitesandshoe posted up fuel rails, exhaust manifolds have a tendancy to crack, and injectors can be a problem, pretty much any hot tips or info on what to look out for and any pointers you've come across on the build, or working with the motor would be good. intentions are to drop it in, aslong as compression is good, and use that as a starting point. living in a rental and having 5 cars doesnt go down to well so once is running it looks a little less problematic, what ever help you guys can give would be much appreciated. cheers

Either plug hole will be fine. They both go into the same cylinder space so just pull the easiest plug to access from each cylinder then screw the tester into the open plug hole.
Things to remember when compression testing a 3TGTE,
Make sure at least one plug is removed from each cylinder and throttle is held wide open to allow the engine to spin freely.
On the cylinder being tested ensure the other plug hole has a plug screwed in or you will get 0 compression.
Earth out coil leads to a good earth (Block, head etc)
Make sure the car is not in gear.


Regards,
Glen

[AE25]

adamke35:
near the bottom of this page it describes what problems to look out for.
http://www.toycrazy.net/tech/3tgte.htm

[adamke35]

thanks guys checked out that website and slowly poking along, picked up the cars yesterday/last night and hopefully if she shitty winter sun gives me enough light i'll get the 3tgte out of the car i just bought. the wiring loom looks like an absolute nightmare, ill get some photos of the motor up tomorrow. hopefully its a pretty straight swap, its a 3tgte from a ke36 pano that im putting into a ke35 hardtop. cheers and ill keep u all posted. also ive got 2 ct20's ive been told 1 is a highflow, everything is bang on identical. is this accurate or are the 2 turbos the same? the inlet to the compressor,outlet of compressor wheel trim everything looks the same, whats a telltale sign?