What should a novice put in a TA22

[hosking1991]

My tafe teacher has something like 170hp out of his mechanical injected 2t in his sprint car and is n/a the kent knows his shit about the 2t single cam motor!

[TA22Celica]

The old 2T is extremely under rated!
If it is still in reasonable health i.e. not blowing smoke etc, my vote would be leave it there!

My first celica had the 2T on board and it was a blast!
It got a 25-65 Ivan Tigh cam (friggin NO idea what those figures mean) which lumped away nicely at idle, a slight shave of the head to give 10:1 compression, a 350 holley carb, and a set of extractors mated to a 2 inch 'sports' exhaust. I could outrun all my mates with bombed 6cyl early commodores both over the quarter and top speed, plus it pulled gnarly slides into 2nd gear when you were giving it a hard time! Long before the term was known I was doing drifting with the thing as well as dirt rallying etc... Made the trip from Rocky to Mt Tamborine in 5hrs i.e. pulled quite a few revs for quite long periods!

A 2T built in this way and treated as described above should almost survive your P plates at which time it will be worth thinking about that turbo upgrade!

My 2c worth,

Cheers,
Jason

Agreed the 2T is very underated, slap a turbo on it (when off P's) and hold on

Trent

[Panda]

Lol, for some reason the hemi and booze seems like such a good idea

Well im still going for a 2TG but if i cant track one down in time i'll mod up the 2T. i doubt i could get 170 out of it but hell, it'd be fun trying

Thanks all!! now to get on Ebay

[river]

Hi,

Don't forget you can always go to the Classifieds section on these forums, and post in Parts Wanted, for a 2T-G. Maybe a fellow Toymodder has one?

seeyuzz
river

[Panda]

Yeah i will, just gotta make sure i have a TA22 first, cause if i end up with a RA28 (or something) and i have a 2TG for it......... well crap

[RiceburnaGTV]

Webber carb and extractors and zorst on the 2T! Load of fun if set up right.

[{Mr Crabs}]

A healthy 2T is a shitload better than a 18-Rc.

A 18r is a small boat anchor.

A 2T+Webber+Extractors and exhaust is the shiz for the old22.(sounds like a small aircraft on the freeway).

A 3tgte would be good,a tops engine but super old and expensive to rebuild. A 1G for an IS200 would make a very cost effective upgrade.

Case

[twentyEight]

What is it with people assuming that because an engine doesn't have a turbo, that it's P Plate Legal? FFS people, P Platers cannot drive a vehicle that has a "modified engine". Just because the engine is stock, doesn't mean it's not a modified engine when it's put into a 70's Celica!

Hell, why not put in a 3.6L 210kw Holden V6 in a 70kg KE20... It must be P Plate Legal because it's a stock engine.

[NME308]

NME308 those figures mean that the intake valve opens 25 deg BTDC and closes 65 deg ABDC, your exhaust valve opens 65 deg BTDC and closes 25 deg ATDC. Total duration therefore = 270deg and you will have 50 deg of valve overlap.

These numbers are theoretical and truly apply if you set them up that way (IE your valve lash is set correctly and your cam is timed in the correct position).

Ahhh... Thanks YelloRolla! Duration and overlap figures I do understand!

and never blew a diff?

My bad... Thought we were just talking engines!
1 x Blown diff
1 x Blown gearbox
2 x busted uni's
1 x shagged clutch

Better factor in some extra pocket money if ya gunna drive like a total idiot!

Cheers,
Jason

[skiddz]

just 3vz it, all the cool kids are doing it.

chances are ill get mine running and sell it in favour of a bigger and better engine lol, engine conversions are easy, but time consuming and expensive, just keep the 2t in there, i know i sure as fuck should have

[floppy]

Hey Skiddz,

If you really want it, I have your 2T still sitting here

Dave

[skiddz]

do you really still have my old 2t dave?

you've had that almost 3 years, glad to see its of good use, worlds most expensive door stop (was it $50? i cant remember)

[floppy]

do you really still have my old 2t dave?

you've had that almost 3 years, glad to see its of good use, worlds most expensive door stop (was it $50? i cant remember)

Hehe, yeah its still sitting there.

I did buy it just for spares for my red ones 2T though.

All in good time

Dave

[{Mr Crabs}]

I'm onto it now LRP

Case