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  1. zachm611

    silly honda

    well i still havent finished building my supra so im drivin my little toyota pickup around with a 22r and a few little performance mods nothing serious. anyways on my way home from taco bell i see this honda civic weaving in and out of traffic im like what a douche cutting people off with...
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    machine work question

    hey everyone im just wondering what is the max that can be removed from the head and the block? thanks a lot, Zach
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    Titan MHG ra spec?

    hi everyone i ordered a titan headgasket but it didnt have anything in it about ra specs. no biggie i went to the titan website and still couldnt find it. im taking my head and block to machine shop next week and would like to know what ra spec to give my machinest thanks a lot, Zach
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    AT to W58 swap one question.

    Im going to be doing a AT to W58 swap pretty soon i have a parts car that was originally a N/A so the transmission should be good and i dont intend on making over 350hp anytime soon. my friend has a MK2 with the w58 and is making 500+ so my power should be fine until i get a R154. my only...
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    Engine Build troubles

    Hey everyone, i seem to be having some trouble during my build. after plastigauging the bearings i realized i needed oversized bearings so i changed them out today and now the engine is extremely hard to turn over. it used to be fairly smooth. now it doesnt budge at all. piston number 1 was...
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    rod bearing woes

    i bought a parts car for $400 mainly so i can do a AT to MT swap in my supra, ive been tossing around the idea of keeping this car for a future 2jz swap, not sure yet we'll see what its future holds. now to the point.. it has a jdm 7mgte. i bought the car with rod knock so i finally got around...
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    bspt to npt adapter tee

    Im looking for a bspt to female bspt to npt adapter tee which will allow me to use an aftermarket oil sensor and still retain the stock pressure sensor. I remember seeing a link in a thread here before but now i am having trouble finding it, all i come up with in the searches is just the bspt to...
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    rattle in friends saturn

    A friend of mine has a saturn im not sure what year/model i just know its a saturn and its a auto 4cyl. anyways she has a rattling problem whenever she puts it into reverse, it doesnt do it in drive or anything but reverse. any ideas? thanks for the help, Zach
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    ARP head studs or bolts?

    i am in the middle of a build and the short block is pretty much all taken care of. i have a few questions, first of all which size mhg should i go with? .012 was taken off the block and .010 was taken off of the head. second question is, what is the difference between arp head studs and...
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    quick rebuild question

    well im in the middle of a build and had the block decked but later i read the rebuild tip thread and saw that the rear timing cover needs to be decked with the block but then i think i read the front timing cover needs to be on. i guess im asking which one is it? and i am very new to supras is...
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    wtf is this? stop leak or?

    i decided to take the head off the long block i bought off ebay a long time ago today just to see what it looked like inside the engine and all. and when i look at the head its got some crap in there like someone ran a lot of radiator stop leak or something. maybe they did it on purpose? this is...
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    more hp...on smaller exhaust?

    I was talking to a friend of mine who is probably getting a golf gti. and i told him to open up the exhaust a little. and he said no, he has to make it smaller to get more power. but i thought opening the exhaust would allow the engine to breath better and the turbo would spool faster with a...
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    i hate ups

    i came home from work excited that my package was going to get here, nothing special just another accordion hose and a bosch bpv, only to be suprised with nothing at all, its been on the truck since 6:53am where is my part at. everytime i get something via ups it takes forever... I HATE UPS!!! i...
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    accordion hose carnage

    so i was investigating possible causes for a jumpy idle and when i got the accordion hose off... wow was all i could say lmao it looked like someone tried to repair it with rtv or something but it was like cut all the way around. so would this be a cause of jumpy idle? thanks, a new one is on...
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    Prelude Si

    on my way to walmart the other night in my 87T i come up to a redlight and i see a car from behind suddenly pull up next to me, i look over and its a very nice prelude si, looked pretty fast so i put it in L (yes i have an auto) and as soon as it turned green i stepped on the gas. we're dead...
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    crazy thing happend at work today.

    so im a cashier at walmart and earlier today some one came to my line and bought like 500 worth of stuff and some 200 gift card etc, they were paying with a credit card and the computer said the card needed a referral from the bank, and i turned around to ask for help since im still new and...
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    lmao look at this cheeto

    so i was eating cheetos and this one came along... and well take a look at it lol i was like WTF... its pretty funny... or maybe im just tired...or bored or both lol...some cheeto is obviously happy in that bag...
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    dam bird

    just as i was having a good time laughing at other people talking about that stupid light mine decided to turn on, and my rad is full and i put some water in the overflow and it still didnt go away.. could it just be the sensor stuck or? any suggestions are appreciated, thanks, Zach
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    exhaust leak?

    hey everyone, i have an exhaust leak from the back of the cylinder head. any ideas where it could be coming from? i looked in a haynes manual and i think it could be the EGR cooler gasket, would this be a possibility? thanks for the help, Zach
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    speedo cable

    hey everyone, i took my long speedo cable off and it seems like its bound up somewhere but it still turns, i was just wondering if it should be hard to turn or not? thanks.