wtf is this shiat?

cylinders 1 and 2 are damaged. i have a rod knocking. the head is screwed. i need new valve seals. and my ECU short circuited something (i forget what)

the price i was quoted for all of those to be fixed aws near 800 without labor...i can get a 1zz for 700

on a side note...the noise from starting the car was the exhaust rubbing on the front stabilizer bar.

That really scares me considering I have a pretty good amount of piston slap when I first start my car in the morning, black shit out my exhaust, and Engine ticking at cruising speeds.

when its cold the piston slap is normal but it shouldnt be doing that at cruising speeds when the engine is warmed up. id have someone tkae a look at it.

I work at an auto shop. Ive had every employee there along with all of the employees from the other 3 auto stores in our corporation check and still cant figure it out. Its internal though top half of the motor sounds like its in the head

how many miles?

Well I bought the car a little over a year ago from a buddy of mine. They blew the original motor and replaced it with a motor with about 20K on it. My odometer reads 152xxx but im gonna guess there is around 70-80K on it now.

damn thats really young. mine has 142k on it.

THE ONLY plugs that work (AWESOME) on the 98 99 1zz-fe (cause it's not the coil on plug thingy) is the copper plugs, especifically the NGK copper plugs, normal or v-power, makes no diferrence.

wasted my money testing, 4+, 2, platinum, copper NGKs.

and the ones that worked best where the cheapest, ngk...

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actually read the whole thread now, ouch suck balls...
I hope I don't get that problem any time soon on the rolla...

sounds like you should do a 2ZZ or 3SGTE swap to me...