ENGBLDR Cyclinder Head

[h0nke]

Has anyone does biz with these guys? Any problems?

I'm looking at the TOYOTA 22R 22RE Street RV 1985-1995 cyclinder head.

$520 bucks what do yall think? 

How about CA smog with this thing on a 22re?

--eric

[CTENG in KS]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301207&highlight=engnbldr+head
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35478&highlight=engnbldr+head

[BLUCRUZ]

The head itself is awesome, I'm not too keen on his cams or rocker arms though. Go with Toyota rockers & shafts & crane or lc engineeering for the cam. I say this because the cam I got from him went flat in a year & the aftermarket rocker arms won't allow as good of oiling as the toyota ones.

[h0nke]

thanks for the info - seems like the head is a real good buy.

[kyle_22r]

why don't the aftermarket rockers allow as good of oiling?  these things aren't really rocket science.  besides, i don't exactly hear about many rocker arm failures, except from a bad cam break-in.  it's the rocker shafts that do the oiling, so you can always improve on those(LC sells them).  for the most part stock or stock replacement aftermarket is gonna be fine.

if his cam went flat in a year then you probably screwed up somewhere.   those are good japanese cores, probably the same stuff toyota's are cut from.  either that your you got a bad one.

[BLUCRUZ]

why don't the aftermarket rockers allow as good of oiling?......it's the rocker shafts that do the oiling.....

if his cam went flat in a year then you probably screwed up somewhere.   those are good japanese cores, probably the same stuff toyota's are cut from.  either that your you got a bad one.

The aftermarket rockers that he sent me had very poorly drilled holes in them & they were roughly 1/2 the size of the Stock Toyota oiling holes, & yes the shafts supply oil to the rockers but the rockers themselves oil the the opposing lobes on the cam throught that hole. As far as the cam goes I bought what I thought was a new 272 cam.  After the failure I had a local machinist who I've known for 15 years look at it and said it was a reground cam & the metal was way soft. Anyways I got a bad cam which fried the rockers. I'm not saying engnldr stuff is bad, plenty of people here use his stuff with no problem, but my experience wasn't the best. As far as screwing up somewhere, anything is possible but I've rebuilt dozens of engines with no problems so I believe the cam was junk to begin with...IMO

[kyle_22r]

yeah, sounds like you might've gotten a soft core there.  the aftermarket rockers i bought seemed to be pretty good quality.  i bought toplines off of a seller on ebay.  though i'm not sure about the oil hole size, since i replaced steel rockers with them.

[BLUCRUZ]

yeah, sounds like you might've gotten a soft core there.  the aftermarket rockers i bought seemed to be pretty good quality.  i bought toplines off of a seller on ebay.  though i'm not sure about the oil hole size, since i replaced steel rockers with them.

Yep, Topline is the casting he sells for the head too. it's a very good quality casting.

[h0nke]

Anyone with this head smog their vehicle?

It's sad when we have to buy parts based on smog pass/fail isn't it?

When any other state, and the rest of the world for that matter, does not.