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  1. Bigzavs

    Build up on my 93 SC300

    Well guys, things finally have calmed down for me somewhat and I can finally make a post on here. After parting out my MKIII, I came across this car on craigslist, called on it, and picked it up in a couple days. Turned out the car was the daily driver for Chris Johnson (from...
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    My New daily - 1997 Eclipse GST

    I traded my Formula for this car, and so far am glad I did. So far it is barely using any gas at all, and I havent even tuned it yet. The guy was kinda a dumbass, but his brother was the guy that built the motor, and he knew his stuff, and showed me machining and parts receipts for the motor...
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    Changing around my brothers 1998 MKIV

    My older brother just bought this car, a 1998 MKIV TT from a guy in Colorado Springs. There is good amount of things that he wants to change on the car, but being that he is still stationed with the Navy in Yokosuka, Japan, theres not much he can do. So he made me a deal, I install the parts...
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    Building up my 98 WS6..........to sell it

    Well, a little over a week ago while driving to work, had the radio up pretty loud, and in between tracks, I get to hear that nice knock knock knock sound. Got the car towed back to the house, and really didnt start working on it till this past Sunday. Luckily, a local friend of mine does...
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    No exterior lights at all! Needin some help

    Hey guys, I finally got my car back to the point where i could power it up, and I have interior lights, gauge lights, all that, but nothing outside. I do have front turn signals, but that is it, rear turn signals do not work. i have no running lights/headlights/taillights/foglights. Now i have...
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    Building a 2003 WRX for my brothers first car.

    This is the car I'm currently working on, its going to be my little brothers first car. I found it at a small dealer in Garland (about 45 miles away), it currently has rod knock on cylinder #4 though. This coming Monday I;m picking up a new motor from JHOT, not sure on the mileage, but as long...
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    Need some help from the Fab guys, Sway bar endlink idea's?

    hey guys, i recently got this rear sway bar from a friend for FREE, was told it is an ARC item, i'm not sure who makes it (no markings). here's a pic of it it has no endlinks with it. need to know what you guys would do for endlinks for it, ive got a couple ideas, but seeing that my...
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    1.5JZ engine height vs the firewall, need pics! please help guys

    i forgot to measure how the motor sat before taking the trans off and its pretty off angle right now, and im not sure where exactly it needs to be. if anyone with a 1.5JZ (1JZ would work too, just would have to add an inch on my side to the height) take a pic or two like the ones attached...
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    BigZavs T56 swap/Finishing my 1.5JZ project

    well to keep this short and simple and not much reading. I missed the T56 that i had in my old Firehawk before my supra, and i really wanted it again. Found an guy in Australia that made a T56 to JZ adapter plate. So I've started to assemble the parts, mostly temporary stuff just for getting the...
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    Odd turbo flange?

    i currently dont have pics of it, but a friend has a TT manifold for the 7M and the flanges it uses are odd. they are smaller than T3 but bigger than T25/28. he and i were guessing maybe some kind of IHI turbo? ill ask him to take measurements and maybe a pic or two of it. any help would be...
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    AFAIK One-Off 7M-TT Manifold, Friends new setup begins

    Snagged this part from Japan for a local buddy of mine, itll be for a really sick 7M build hes starting soon (even tho he already has a built 7M-TT in his car). I know there is plenty of knock off Trust style twin TD04 manifolds out there for the 7M, he currently has a original trust manifold...
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    Weird starting issue, Temp sensor related

    alright, heres my issue (car is a 1.5JZ running on an Aristo harness/ECU) when i go to start the car up while cold, it has no problems if its inside a garage in moderately cool air. after it has warmed up, the car will not start at all. if i spray some starter fluid into the throttle while...
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    Weird starting issue

    back in february, i was having issues with my car not charging the battery and the car randomly dying after a hard pull (18psi into 4th). took it to my friends shop, he redid the battery relocation fixing my charging issue, but we didnt bother with the dying issue yet since i was about to drop...
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    My 86.5 1JZ --> 1.5JZ Swap

    This all started out about 3 months ago being tired of how laggy my GT72 was on my 1JZ, i was hitting boost around 4800-5000, and wasnt liking it too much. So i sourced out a 2J bottom end locally, tore it down, had it decked and honed and also sourced out a set of 10k mile TT rods and pistons...
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    OS Giken Clutch issue

    hey guys, i just installed an osgiken triple on my car, went ahead and bled the system with the new slave cylinder, and for one, it feels like pushing against a wall, pedal is stiff as hell. pedal currently has about 1" of travel before engaging the system. problem is, i cant get the car...
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    Aristo harness injector wiring question

    hey guys, im just wondering if i can still use a 7M resistor pack on my new setup, aristo harness and ecu. ive got low impedance injectors right now, and id like to know if the 7M resistor will work considering the 2J ecus are sequential and not batch injection thanks
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    No power to the ecu...........again

    well guys, i was out in my supra tuning on 8psi, and everything is going fine, car is running strong. after about 5 miles, i come to a stoplight and the car dies on me, im thinkin o well, its probably nothing, well car doesnt restart, i try so much crap tryin to figure it out that i kill the...
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    2JZ ecu + fuel pump question

    hey guys, im running a USDM 2J ecu on my car with a MAP ECU. a buddy of mine made the adapter harness for me, and it works cuz i drove the car today after fixing a timing issue. my question is this, what wire do i need to connect or what to get the fuel pump to work. Its working right now by...
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    Greddy EGT Guage wires?

    hey guys im putting in a greddy egt guage right now looked at the manual but i can pretty much only gather two of the wires on it Red - 12v power Black - Ground but theres a few other colors, anyone know what these go to? thanks for the help
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    Clutch Swap, Car not charging?

    hey guys, all ive done recently is swap the clutch on my car (yanked the motor to do it and put in new front and rear mains). got the car all back together and now i cant get the car to charge the battery for some reason. before i swapped clutches it would charge just fine, albeit a little weak...