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    Need some quick help, a measurement

    OK, the Lemons car I bought as a basket case and have had quite a few missing pieces (duh!!). No surprise there. Putting the engine in and just realized that I do NOT have the clutch pushrod. I can make one on the lathe with no problem but for some of you that have it out I'd really...
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    A Plan for your Consideration and Discussion

    It's time to visit the oracle that is the 7M-GTE forum here at SM for some thoughts from the village elders (not necessarily referring to age but experience). I am in the final planning and assembly of the engine for our Lemons car. Two things are paramount: 1) Longevity 2) Budget...
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    Question on Speedometer Function in ECM

    Hi Folks, After a several month hiatus from the Supras I'm back getting the race car ready to rock and roll. I have a question on the speedometer function WRT the ECM. What I'd like to know is what the effect will be on the driveability of the 7M if it has no speedo input. I don't...
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    Opinions on Suspension Set-up

    I've built several different race cars for closed course road racing, open road racing, and even a few dirt track cars (modifieds). I'm going to state right up front that if the setup will work with the car I generally prefer a soft spring/stiff bar setup, but I've also seen cases where some...
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    Time to pick brains for spare parts suggestions.

    This will be our first Lemons car that's been turbo'd. The other two we've run have both been N/A and we've had good luck with those motors for the most part. I'm looking for suggestions in two areas. First, the engine will be basically stock as far as power adders. Stock IC, stock turbo...
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    24 Hours of Lemons Build

    You've all seen the coverage in different online and print publications and thought to yourselves "that would be pretty cool to do with a Supra". Well, I did the same thing except I've been doing it for abotu 3 years. First a bit of history. A few years ago a friend in CA contacted me and...
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    New member, but not new to the forum.

    Greetings one and all. I've been lurking here for, oh, maybe a couple of years. I've been involved with a two Supra MKIII team running the 24 Hours of Lemons series mostly here in the central part of the country. We've been to Houston a couple of times, Denver, Omaha, Thunderhill in CA, a...