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Update: Update: We got this all sorted with 3 days of Gieco taking over. She's still waiting for USAA for own up to their share, but she found a new car (1 year newer, better trim level) of the old one. Gieco paid 7 grand for her old car! That went a long ways towards the newer, slightly nicer...

During my rebuild I either lost mine or never got one with my GTE. How much does that stay support? I wanted to buy a new one from Toyota, but Champion said it was no longer available. I was also thinking that everyone running an aftermarket turbo would have to go without this brace since it...

Hello all you experts. I have a problem and if anyone can help me track down and fix the problem I have $10 via paypal waiting... My sweetheart of a girlfriend got me a mini-kegerator for my birthday and it doesn't cool. It appears to have been manufactured in 07, but it's brand new/never used...

So I'm trying to repair my 88 auto and I can not for the life of me get the tie rod separated from the steering knuckle. I've read up on other cars and people simply hammering the knuckle casting to jar it loose, people using a pickle fork to seperate them and I can't get those to work. I can't...

So upon inspecting my stock Toyota BPV, it is completely shot. I dont know how I was even boosting so well because I can blow straight through it. Anyways... finding the 110 has proved very difficult. I finally found a porsche dealer (actually a well known local euro tuning shop) that could...

Hey guys and gals, I'm looking for some advice here. My GTE swap has hit a speedbump. About a week into driving the "new" GTE motor I developed a bad miss. Did a compression test and #3 showed ZERO compression. Sure enough, it's a stuck valve. I can see #3 with an open valve. Now my...

Hey, I just dropped a GTE in my NA chassis. 90 NA chassis, late 89 block and harness. All ECU connections are plugged in, but two connectors near the ECU do not match up and are not connected. CEL light does not come on at any time, but I can hear the fuel pump whirring when the key is on...

After 3 years and counting of obsessing over the MK3, I've owned 3 (2 turbo, 1 NA) and only gained enthusiasm. I'm finally ready to build a BPU MK3. After 310,000 miles my 7MGE is going to be separated from its body after 20 years of more or less "loyal" service. I'll be documenting some of...

Hey guys, my 88 turbo auto project car is having some trouble. CLIFFS: Auto tranny slips in 2nd gear from 2k~3.2k rpm. Car is drivable, just doesn't catch in 2nd at those rpms. Any adjustments that I should check? New to auto's so I'm kinda clueless... The tranny slips intermittently, mostly...

Hey everyone, I'm in the final stages of parts gathering for my turbo swap. I have a newly rebuilt w58 that I will be using. DO NOT TELL ME TO SWITCH TO AN R154! I am sticking with the w58 and that's that. Now I'm seeing a few aftermarket clutch options available, but can't get much of any...

So I ordered a HG from Toyota. It arrived in an insanely large box, like they always do from Champion and on one of the water jackets, the copper is slightly dented. It's enough to feel with your finger. I bent the jacket straight so now the only problem is the dent. Here are pics from before...

I just got my invite and a new number, which I got to choose. 3355991 not a bad number at all. :) Anyone else using google voice? Free number, sms, forwarding, voicemail transcriptions sent as email or sms.. etc. I tried to find local number with SUPRA in it, but to no avail. There were...

If you haven't seen the new firefox, you should check it out. Customizable skins and a new look to a lot of small things. Just a nice looking browser. I made a quick skin of my own:

So we got the rod caps off the other day on the 88 auto and this is what the crank and bearings looked like. The car never knocked or had low oil pressure. It had a blown head gasket so we wanted to check bearings to make sure they were healthy. Plastigage said bearings were well within...

Looking for a pic of a crankshaft with pistons as if they were in a block, but with no block in the picture. I want to make a shirt out of it. Preferably, it would be slightly diagonal, but almost head on. Trying to find a pic to start with so I dont have to photoshop it all. Doesn't...

You fucked my Thursday good, long and hard. You somehow got my gmail password, changed it, set forwarding to a fake operamail.com account with my same username and deleted the gmail copies of my email. You sent an email to all 250 of my google contacts, some of which were professional...

Hey all! I have recently acquired an 88 turbo auto to bring back to life. The car: Red Pearl (3H1) Paint in good shape 128k original miles Automatic tranny Interior is very good other than seat rips Currently 100% stock (that I know of) The dilemma: Previous owner stopped driving...

I remember seeing a badass homemade cockpit for gran turismo that someone made out of an old bmw dash. The speedo worked, the tach worked, it was awesome. Can anyone find a link to that? I think it was in a bmw-themed forum, but google is not helping me in the least. Someone please help...

I always like the idea of more useful fogs on the mkIII. Enter projector goodness. ;) Kit is nearly complete. I still need to source more wire connectors and add the option of a clear, custom cut piece of plastic to fit over the round Lexus lens. Anyone know if any other cars use the stock...

Anybody have a tip or trick to getting the overflow bottle, brand spanking new and white? I picked up a pretty clean one at a junk yard and want to make it absolutely white as can be. My current bottle is ok, but its not white or new looking. Now I have one I can take my time with off the car...