Recent content by supr88

i will second that none of those bearings look bad enough to be rod knock. whats with the green dye? keep things that dont belong in your engine out. you can do whats called a bearing roll in to get those mains. you need to take one cap off at a time and using a screwdriver or other pointy...

that would be a restrictor fitting which is needed. you can buy different sized ones, maybe you had one that was too small.. did you pre-oil the turbo really good when you put it on there? I hope so. that explains the smoke, there is too much oil going to your turbo so it has to go somewhere.

been there, my 1jz didnt come with a map sensor and it took a few months to come from toyota.. so that whole time all I could do is idle my car, it would idle fine but the second you try and rev it, it stalls.

was your car from the factory with a sunroof? mine has one too, I think they are pretty rare, and possibly didnt come from toyota like that.

and wear some good welding gloves.. thats how I always do it at work to replace manifold gaskets, I am a heavy truck mechanic. be careful, wiggle the bolt tight then loose a few times to avoid snapping the stud off in the head.

another usefull tip is to get the engine nice and hot before you do any exhaust manifold/turbo removal.. it makes it alot easier. some careful use of the torch will help you alot, but dont go burning anything important.

ride with those tires for a while and watch them for uneven wear. tires will tell you everything you need to know about your alignment, frame, bearings and tire pressure if you know how to read the signs. the door jamb number is by the factory engineers, true. but that is for the original tires...

2 different cars, 2 different autometer gauges same thing. nothing is loose all connections are good its been double checked and been completely redone twice. i even isolated the gauges onto their own circuit with the own grounds. routed the signal wire away from any possible interference, and...

remember the faster the air is being forced down the pipe, the more friction which creates heat. makes sense to me.

the manditory poser shot

the green truck.

at this point I think you might be 50% crazy, but when its finished and covered I would be willing to lower than number significantly. I cant really visualize what its gonna look like done so we will have to wait and see.

yeah I would definately get into a good sized hockey fight with that guy, and spread the word so that if he ever tries to go there again the same thing happens.

the driver must really like getting high off exhaust fumes, never seen an exhaust end before the front tire.

sure anything can be done. you would need one big turbo and some sort of adaptor to stack the turbo up that high. it would totally ruin the best part of the supra though, the bodylines at the front! dont go raping a car to put turbos through the hood, it will look like shit!