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    Went for a 110mi drive....

    Man it was relaxing. Targa off, brace on, cool air, heater on full blast... man it was good. I was too busy driving to take a lot of pictures, but here's the ones I was able to snap. (In chronological order ;) ) One of the smallest churches in the country - founded in the...
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    NW Toys for Tots Run 08

    - copied from http://pstoc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3207 - NW TOY RUN 2008 December 13 , 2008 Time: 1:30 pm Place: 272nd park n ride. exit 147 off I-5 Bring: unopened toy TOYS FOR TOTS YEP. THATS RIGHT! SATURDAY DEC.13th 1:30pm AT 272ND PARK N RIDE. EXIT 147. GONNA DRIVE OVER TO PACIFIC...
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    Completed Pictures

    The weather was STUNNING today, so I took the car out of the garage for some pictures. Build Thread all the pictures from the shoot: http://www.timduganphotography.com/projects/beckyoct22/
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    Firefox font problem

    So, all of the sudden the default font in firefox has changed. Honest to goodness, I didn't change a thing. closed FF, a few minutes later, reopened it. The font now is some ugly ass Arial variant. I've looked through all of FF's font settings, tinkered with them all, and nothing will change...
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    Who thinks the LHC will end the world or have any chance of doing anything harmful?

    Cause if you're one of em, don't ever ever ever open your mouth about anything related to physics again.
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    ToyotaFest IV - Sept 20

    I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted here, but here it is copied from another forum: From what I've seen so far, it looks like it should be a pretty good turn out. I'll be there, snapping pics as usual. If anyone wants a minishoot of their car, I'll be setting those up as well.
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    DIY Camera Rig

    Well now that my car is mostly done, and I've got a few weeks before school starts back up, I decided to put together a project I've been wanting to do for a while. A Camera Rig. What the hell is that you ask? It's a set of rigging used to enable photographs like... NOTE: ^^ not my...
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    Painter's bullshit or truth?

    So, I'm having some issues with my painter. I got the car painted a couple weeks ago right before i left on vacation. I got it assembled, and when all the peices are together, the color is slightly off, but only when you look at it from the side. Well, I went by the painter today to see about...
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    And I thought the JZ blocks were stout....

    http://www.cobra4me.com/phpBB/GT500History.php "1019 RWHP and 1016 RWTQ with a complete factory stock Shelby GT500 Production 5.4L"
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    Oly/Tacoma Paint shops?

    Well the time is near, body work is in process and I need to find a place to get the car painted. Going with either a Mica or Pearl grey- should be very yummy :). anywho, I need the body shop to be good enough to not overspray, run, orange peel, bla bla bla. I'll have the car mostly...
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    Seattle exhaust shops?

    Well, to make a long story short, I took my 1jz Downpipe to an exhaust shop to have it lengthened to fit the car, and instead they made me a new pipe. Oh well. The problem is that its got a ball/socket type flange. The Y-pipe and test pipe are normal flat 2bolt. Does anyone know of an...
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    How important is the P/S pump Air Control Valve?

    How important is the P/S pump Air Control Valve?? In swapping mine over from my bad pump to the new one, one of the nipples broke off. Do I need to whip out some plastic welding stuff and get it back on, or can I just bypass it?
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    Speed's Photos of Speedy Things

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    HDR Tutorial

    INTRO First off before getting into anything HDR related, the most important thing about photography is composition. You can have a $5,000 SLR and still take crappy ass photos if you don't compose your shot well. Likewise, you can have a fantastic photograph with a run of the mill Point and...
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    Steering/Subframe help

    in the process of finishing my 1jz swap/build, I had to bleed the power steering - did that. however now, when on the ground, engine running, the P/S pump makes a high pitched sound only when you turn the wheel, and theres another sharp noise coming from the rack area it self. I bled the...
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    Erratic Idle

    When the car starts, it idles fairly high, then dips back down, then up down up down up down up down.. you get the idea. When you give it just a little bit of throttle it holds RPMs steady... only at idle does it bounce around. We were thinking vacuum leak. Any other idears?
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    Panoz Esperante Photoshoot

    When I was down in FL last month, I did a photoshoot with my best friend's Panoz Esperante. First some of the goodies about the car: Full carbon fiber body Aluminum frame Supercharged 4.6 Tuned by JDI Gos like f'ing hell. AMAZING steering feel and response AMAZING braking AMAZING...
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    I need Help understanding the starting circuit

    Okay guys, I'm a bit confused. My starter is good, but is getting no voltage on IGN "Start". The Starter relay clicks, but no voltage is sent to the black/blue wire on the starter. According to this: http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TEWD/MK3/manual.aspx?S=Main&P=038 the starting...
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    Parts car?

    Anyone have or know of a parts car? I need some doors! Thank ya Tim
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    Ignition Problems

    A few problems with my 1j- 1) The B+ Circuit with key to "On" gets ~1.25-1.5v. If I remove the EFI main relay and jump it, i get 12v at all key positions (obviously). What would cause the ignition circuit to trip the EFI relay, but only put out 1.25v? Is the relay even being activated...