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I almost have my head off, but I can't get the intake cam out thus can't get a good grip on the head bolts on that side. What am I doing wrong??

I am replacing the head gasket on my own for the first time and was hoping someone in the Yakima area would want to help? I'll supply the beer! so far I have it down to just doing the head stud nuts (which are a bitch!) and mostly am just scared i'll do something wrong putting it back together...

so finally after 3 months of having my car in the shop being rebuilt, im driving it home, i down shift into a corner, and i hear a little pop noise, and then no boost. so i though an intercooler pipe popped off, but no. i get home and try to spin the turbo....nothing, it won't spin!! just after...

ever since i can remember ive been a hater of the fart can. but eversince i heard the titan motorsports supra ive been wanting to put a muffler on my car. my question is, i have 3" exhaust all the way back, if i buy the same muffler as the titan motorsport supra will it sound the same? if not...

so i when i brought my car in a couple of days ago for the bottom end rebuild, i told my Fast1, my mechanics, about a weird squeal noise my turbo makes under fairly high boost. i also told them that someone suggested my seal was going out. they suggested doing my research and preparing for...

im considering rebuilding the bottom end and i was needing some suggestions, preferences, or advice from the pros or someone else that has done it before, i am on kind of a limited budget but i don't wanna go wal mart brand. any help is greatly appreciated thanks, adam

i have a knocking/ticking sound once i hit 2500 rpm, and it is farely quiet if im holding a steady speed, but when i accelerate, it becomes louder, is this really a rod knock? if not what could it be. i do have an oil leak, but i keep up on it pretty well. Any help on what it is and how i can...

i know i know, theres already a couple of threads like this, and ive read them, but i didn't see anywhere in them about the car cutting out at like 4000 rpm. my car is doing that, could this be the same injector clip problem?? or is it something to do with the headers?? if i run it slowly its...

one day out of the blue, i start my car, and my heater isn't working, this happened in summer, so i didn't think much of it, but now that its starting to get cold, and i live in washington, i was wondering what could've gone wrong??? what are the most common solutions?? i did my research but...

my friend recently got his 96 integra ls boosted and wanted to race me. so i met up with him at the skate park and we decided we'd do a few pulls. then one of our friends with a 01 or 02 mustang wanted in on the action too, he had a cold air intake and exhaust. so we pull out to go to one of our...

are a divorce down pipe and test pipe really necessary? i have a cat. but its pretty much shot anyways.

i have had a slight oil leak for a while now, but now its getting alot worse now. if ive been running it hard and then i park my car, smoke will be coming from under my hood! but its only the oil burning off. also i can see where the oil is, but im not sure if thats where its coming from cause...

does anyone have any suggestions on what type/size of aftermarket intercooler i should get?

last night after indoor soccer, again, one of the players asked if i wanted to race, and i said sure. as we made our way out to the parking lot, i saw his m3 i think it was prolly around a 2000 or 2003, and he did a few burnouts to try and intimidate me. after i got in my car i offered to race...

thursday night i was on my way to indoor soccer at the local indoor arena, and my friend and i were kinda late so when we came up on this bmw that was doing 35-40 in a 50 zone, we got a little irritated. i put up with it for a lil while til a clear passing spot came, then i romped on it and flew...

i just installed the cooleeze turbo inlet pipe, but ran into a problem. the vacuume hoses that came off the old black accordian pipe are to short to fit onto the new cooleeze pipe, i have seen a few pics. where people just blocked off the ports on the cooleeze pipe, can i do that? any help is...

hey guys, i read the section about the MAFT Pro for non turbo cars, but i can't find anything out there for turbo cars. i have it at home, and i really wanna get it hooked up and running, can you guys please help me, any helps greatly appreciated thanks, adam