That's not really true. Factory, yes the headgasket will blow 2 or 3 times during the life of the car but an aftermarket metal one from HKS will usually fix the problem.

 

1jz....stoopid cheap.

 

You sir are ignorant.

JDM 7m's are cheap to have.

 

2jz's are cheap to get too

 

well obviously you guys are bias towards the 7m, from what i've seen (neutral at that) they're pos's. he didn't have an "hks" metal but i believe it was a cometic and it still blew...at low boost as well. the car is always down with some sort of problem and it never runs well. so, IMO its a piece of shit engine.

 

Im not bias towards the 7m engine but im not ignorant to say its a POS either. Even if you use a metal headgasket you can easily blow it right away if you only torque it down using factory specs. On the 7M people usually torque the headbolts down to 75+ lb ft and this is what it should have been from the factory. Another problem is the mkiii community. Now im not saying all but the majority are always are looking for a cheap way to fix things. Thats why most mkiii supras you see are nasty looking, falling apart, or not running right at all. Because of those people, the 7M gets a bad rep because these people tend to have plenty of problems with the engine while people that did things right from the beginning have no problems at all.

As far as your engine goes supranite90, tell your mechanic to take the engine out and rip the bottom end apart. See how much damage it caused. If you are lucky all you might need is some machine work but it could possibly be real ugly down there as well. There is no way to tell just by looking at the outside of the engine what you might need done to get it running so tear it apart first.

 

ummm ok...i'd love to see where you are getting this stereotype from.

 

supernite90 wanna sell the car let me know

 

I've had this happen 4 times, did the work myself the first 2. I forgot who said it before but they were right, what you have is a rod knock. That means one of the rods have come loose from the piston and is banging around inside your block. Now, depending on the extent of the damage, it MIGHT be rebuildable. And going from what you said, you drove it way too much while it was knocking. You probably bent your crank, which is extremely expensive and hard to get to, and scored up your block which will need to be re honed. Not to mention a new rod, possibly new head, and new rod bearings. If you don't have alot of cash invested in this motor, your best bet would be to get a new one all together. You'll have to pay your mechanic for the time he will need to take the motor apart to see the damage, which is a waist of time and money. A used motor with decent amount of mileage should run you no more than 500, but I'm not 100% sure about those specific motors. Then your mechanic shouldn't charge more than 800 to swap them out. Rebuilding should cost around a grand. But if you pay him to rebuild this motor, come to find out it's so bad you cant rebuild it, or too expensive, you've just waisted your cash you paid him to take the motor apart. Like I said, get a used motor. Junkyards have them for pretty cheap, there are places on the internet to check, or just check some forums. Good luck man.

 

drop an .:R 32 motor in her, then boost it, then drift it, then crash it, then you can be a uber super mega sweet drifter