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  1. StrikeIS

    "Red Jacket" Build N/A to 1JZ

    Hi everyone. Ive recently bought my second supra. My first one was a 89 targa Turbo 5 spd that spun a bearing on cyl. 2 and when money got tight I ended up selling it to a good home so that it would not just sit cause I could not put any money into it at the time. Now for the new one...
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    buy it, build it, break it.

    Ok well back in april some time I bought a 89 Toyota Supra with a 7MGTE 5-spd and it ran like poop. The exhaust looked like it was about to fall off, it had a weld on fart can on it, and a lowes mbc. It had all sorts of leaks from power steering, coolant, and oil. So I got to work and took...
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    Cup holder!!

    I just got a oem cup holder for my supra at the junk yard for $2.50 now only if my car ran I could put them to use. :icon_sad: Does anyone else have a cup holders cause it seems like they are rare?
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    Rpms drop at 1700rpms

    OK I had a boost leak that was the third injector o-ring. Thats fixed now and the vac is at 20psi vac and full boost is 7psi but if I slowly rise the rpms to 1700 it will drop fast down to about 900rpms and if I hold it there at 1700 it will jump back and forth from like 900 to 1700. I dont...
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    crazy idle problem

    okay i had my car running right for the first time yesterday:icon_bigg. took it down the road had no spitting or sputtering nothing out of the ordinary. got home saw some smoke under the hood so i checked it out. cracked lower radiator hose no biggy. relpaced it and some how now my car has a...
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    Firing on 3 cylinders

    OK I want to say its my coils but I just wanted to check with you guys. cylinders 1,3,5 are not firing and if they are its so low of a spark I cant see or hear it. I tested the coils ohms and got 1.1 and I beleive it should be around 0.3 to 0.5 ohms on an 89 turboed. I also checked the plugs...
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    Car is spitting, among other things.

    OK I just replaced my turbo, it is a used turbo but was in very good working order. I put a BIC DP on but it is not a DDP, the car currently has no exhaust on it and is running the stock IC and piping. I did replace the spark plugs on it before I replaced the turbo and such but everywhere I went...
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    Steering Rack Leak?

    Ok the rubber boots at each end of my steering rack are filled with power steering fluid and its leaking out. Is there a way of fixing this with out taking the steering rack off the car or replacing the rack altogether. If I do have to replace the rack do I have to lift the motor out(up) to get...
  9. StrikeIS

    Introduction

    Well I bought a 89 MK3 Turbo 5-spd its red with gray interior, and after owning it for 2 days I went to replace the power steering belt and in the process arched the alt tensioner to the positive battery post and now the car gets no fuel. I did the Fp to B+ and nothing happened and I changed the...