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    KDL Targa Brace

    While I have seen a few people offering targa braces they can be hard to come by. If you want to spend a pretty good amount of money the "weezl wings" can be found. Some people also offer bars. I guess the bars probably work well but I wanted something with a little more style. I decided to fab...
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    Popping and sucking back in exhaust during hot idle

    As you may have guessed from the title I have an idle problem. I recently rebuilt the engine and did the is300 coil on plug swap. I did not have this problem prior to the build but the engine was smoking terribly and lacked power so I rebuilt it again. On cold start up the car seems to run fine...
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    Scary low oil pressure

    Ok, I have a question about my newly rebuilt engine. I shimmed the oil pump but I still have low hot oil pressure. When I first start up oil pressure is great, like 45-50 psi at idle. As it warms up it drops which I expect. While driving the first 20 minutes or so my pressure seems to be "in...
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    Head porting write up?

    Just as the title says, is there a write up with pictures or anything for porting and polishing the 7M head? I have been searching for a few hours and find some answers but not all in the same place and some varying opinions. I know not to mess with the exhaust side. My main concern is how much...
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    Another charcoal/evap canister thread

    Hey everyone, I want to relocate my evap canister. I do not want to delete it but perhaps substitute a smaller one. I have tried searching and just end up in circles with people talking about why not to remove it. In those other threads it is always mentioned "just get a honda/kia/tercel one"...
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    Ringing noise?

    Hi. I was wondering if anyone else has had a kind of ringing noise coming from the front of their 7M. My roommates car has this metal, very light sounding "ring" coming from the front of his engine. I would not describe it as a rattle or a knock, kind of like a pinging or tinging on a thin piece...
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    Boss Sr. Turbo question

    I am not sure if this is in the right section, if not, mods please move it. Anyway, I have a 60-1 o-trim journal bearing Boss Sr. turbo. I am wondering what size oil feed lines people are running and if they are running a restrictor and or filter or not. Any help is appreciated. I've tried...
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    7M-GE Starting

    So i have seen a thread similar to this before but i cant seem to find it. Basically, i want to know how little electronics i can get away with and still have the car run properly. Like lets say, i want to run the motor on a stand/engine dyno(i dont), how much would i have to hook up to make it...
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    sweet tits................................................another knock sensor thread

    so. i have a code 52. now before i get a bunch of replies saying, "its knock sensor signal" or "search" i already know what the code means and i have already tried searching but its very seldom that i can ever find what im looking for with the search function here. so now that i have that...
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    So confused. Turbo, pvc system, rings?

    I have tried searching and i know that things like this have been covered but i cannot seem to find what im looking for, i believe my case is different. I just rebuilt my motor, new pistons, rings, mhg, arp harware, resealed turbo etc less that 2000miles ago. I broke in my engine and have been...
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    7M-KDL's slo-car build 56K probably wont enjoy

    hi. this is not really much of a build thread since i do not have pictures of all of my new parts or the old ones but i figure its worth posting. for those who dont know, my name is Matt. I purchased an 88 turbo, targa, 5spd supra about two years ago. it is color code 21C which is two tone blue...
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    "another" thread by me, i know but i need tuning help

    so ive been searching and cannot seem to have any luck. im trying to get my car running. it has a newly rebuilt motor with mhg, +.020 bore, 660cc injectors, afpr, safc, lex afm. i can get the car to start and it idles really low, like less than 500rpm. i have my base fuel pressure set to about...
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    target air fuel ratio

    so i dont know if this has been covered before or not but if it has i cannot find it. does anyone have a chart for target AFR's at a given rpm on our motors or is that one of those things that will be different for every vehicle. i know that the ACTUAL afrs will be different for every car but...
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    rebuild and now no power

    i searched and coulndt find the answer i was looking for. if this has been covered please direct me to th thread. so i rebuilt my motor and am just now getting it put back in the car. the motor is in and the most of the connections are hooked up already. i figured i would hop in the car and turn...
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    questions about e-fans and water temp senders

    im not sure if this is in the right section or not but i have a few questions about the cooling system. first question is about wiring a new temperature gauge. the new gauge i got came with a sender and it says that i need to put it somewhere in the engine block to allow the sender to ground. do...
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    anybody wreck today?

    i saw a silverish 86.5-88 supra that had just been in a wreck on hwy 70 outside of new bern. it was just past the bridge. it was this morning around 7 o'clock. i was just wondering if it was someones on here. it looked clean,except that it was just in a wreck (like it was in good condition...
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    help with wiring.

    hopefully this is in the right section. i have a question about the knock sensors on the 7mgte. more specifically, the wiring for them. i am in the middle of a rebuild and planned to re wrap my harness while everything is out. so i got all the tape and tubing off the harness and there are a few...
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    BHG Much?

    so, as some of you may or may not know, i am in the process of doing a full rebuild. i started bc i feared BHG. the original plan was to strip it down to the long block then just take it to the shop and have them do my machining and rebuilding. well, i had some free time and thought id pull the...
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    rebuilding 7M

    ok, so ive gone through every page and tried searching but cannot really find what im trying to find out. so i already have a bunch of parts for a rebuild but i am wondering if anyone has other suggestions or anything. i want to know what else i need basically. what i have(came from Mizumo...
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    hg question, not sure if this is the right section

    so i thought i remembered a thread discussing this topic before but i cant seem to find it. my question is, how much horsepower can the oem replacement head gasket handle. torqued down to 80ft/lbs with arps of course. if someone else knows where to find the thread with this information please...