I did decide on the Duplicolor High Heat Aluminum. After spraying the transmission and block with this color, all I have to say is WOW. It looks wonderful! I have painted the motor mounts and other accessories on the transmission a high heat black. The two colors together look really nice. I have probably 98% [...]

Last night Mark and I removed both the block and transmission (Standing-in-engine-bay pictures coming soon!). My previous post stated that I think cleaning up the engine bay is going to be the worst part, but after looking over everything it’s not going to be too bad. Almost half of the bay is covered in black [...]

There are some things I want to do before I actually start reassembly . I’ll try and list out everything I can think of here. Block Remove single broken bolt Install Freeze Plugs Wipe engine down (Been sprayed with WD40 a couple times) Tape off non-painted areas Paint block with high heat engine paint Duplicolor [...]

So the motor in my stock MR2 decided to bite the bullet. I believe an oil ring on one of the pistons let go, as I was leaking oil out of my tail pipe (and plus the sound of piston slap rang loud at low rpms). After removing the head, the head gasket is blown [...]

I’ve started polishing a spare intake manifold I have from another 4AGE I purchased. The intake is aluminum, and when it was cast originally it is covered in small pit marks and casting lines. My goal is to polish the plenum and clean the underside well. So far I’ve managed to remove about 95% of [...]