Lets help Apolan get new/fix old 4A-G

[Apolan]

Hello!

I have delayed this to far already. My engine is screwed up (bearings) so i have to rebuild.

Short story:
I bought my hachi off a guy who has completely stripped the car, repainted it, and never had the time to put it back together. I bought the car an built it. The engine was laying in the garage for 6 years.
I replaced the neccesities (oil, filters) and drove the car for a month and some more. I sterted hearing a sound coming from an engine. At the time i hoped for the best, thought it was something to do w/ timing or something else... but as i drove some more the sound became more and more familiar. I now am 100% that its my con-crank bearings.

I have contacted some of the previous owners and asked about the car, engine etc.. It apears that the engine was mistreated on several occasions.. For instance, one owner let his brother drive the car and the brother misshifted 3 to 2nd instead of 4th. The mishap resoulted in a blown piston and scrached cylinder. Pistons were replaced, and at the same time there was work on the head - material added on the head.. The car worked fine than, later on it had the 6 year long rest in a garage..

So I know the engine has more than 130k kms on the odo (as the odo states). The cylnder is scrached, pistons are new tho.. and the bottom end is fucked up.

I also noticed my OIL PRESSURE gauge beeing always at 0. I asked my friend, he said it was oil level. I checked the stick, the level was fine so i drove.. thought the gauge is screwed.. was it possible to drive the car for a month and a half w/ no oil pressure?? i dont think so, or toyota really does miracles. is it possible that it was cloget to some degree that it wasnt feeding enough oil? dunno.

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So what are my best chances.. i have maybe 500 eur, and would like to make it happen. also need to patch up the exhaust. perhaps i can gather some more money.

I was thinking on buying another engine but there are second to none japanese imports here that date before 1989. We have 2 hachis, perhaps some ae82, some aw11, celicas maybe.. never saw a ae92 here..

well chances look bad.

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on the other hand the problem is i dont trust the local toyota shop, as those guys probably never even saw a 4ag before. every time i go there, people dont even know the car.. so i lost all hope in Toyota. and besides you know how it is.. toyotas dont break, if they do, they are probably 30 years old (w/o an oil change) and ready to go to the scrapy. so i doubt they have seen many engine rebuilds.

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fensport engines are too pricey for me... and you never know if they are really okay.

im really desperate, dont know wheather i should rebuild this engine or go for a new one. i'll know that when i open it up. I might be able to get a trustworthy mechanic, who has quite some skill in engine rebuilding. So the place an work might be taken care of, for a not so expensive price..

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so guys pleas help me out, write any ideas, propositions you might have, i'd appreciate it ALOT!

TNX, and byebye

saš.