corolla twin cam question

[dtm]

lads n lassies,

fella i met earlier was lookin at my nova (particularly astonished of how well its kept) n said that a his friend has just finished restoring a twin cam (and do they need restoring! :lol: ). he said everyhtin was rebuilt including the 'pockets'. Ive heard of this before in twin cams what exactly are they?

cheers,

[Stuart]

i'd assume when he said "restored" he meant rebuilt. its a commong thing to do for many engines, jstu to get back to factory power at least.

as for "pockets" id hazzard a guess that the pistons were pocketed to accept a higher lift cam. in which case the engine has been rebuilt to a fast road/race spec.

there have been a few of them rebuilt at uni by rally people, they seem to love the twin cam engines

[brian]

the "pockets" in a twin cam are; in the boot when the side panels are off if you put your hand in and down towards the floor there is a pocket here (inside the rear wheel each side)
These rust away in all twin cams eventually.
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[dtm]

thanks brian it was buggin me for ages!! :wink: :wink:

[brian]

no problem, there is any amount of them over here. They are making crazy money. A friend of mine bought a silver/graphite "87 one 2 weeks ago for 9000euro!! :roll: