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Ditto - I know because I just fired my rebuild up last night for the first time. :icon_razz I think he did say that he cranked it for 5 seconds "a couple of times", though. That makes me feel better. RiyadYar: Let us know how it goes.

Yup... New Toyota T-stat w/ jiggle valve removed. That's what I wanted to hear - I'll time it in quick. OK... Learned something new. Glad I asked. What do they glaze with - carbonized oil?

So I just turned the key last night and fired the Supra for the first time on my 7mgte stock rebuild. No major issues on start-up... I think I have successfully turned money into noise! I primed it to get oil pressure, started it up, and then let it run for a minute to make sure I wasn't...

My block was pitted when I changed by HG as well. I was planning to just do the gasket, but decided to pull the motor when I saw that I had pitting around my water passages, and between my water passages and cylinders 5&6. The comment from the machinist was "Those damn 22R's like to do the...

Paradox - Your finish looks great on that deck. Nice and shiny. You should really clean off all of that adhesive from the tape before you put your head on... It should come off pretty easy with some acetone, isopropyl alcohol, or brake cleaner and a little elbow grease with a clean rag. Harsh...

Congrats... I'm guessing since you're 17 that means you just graduated HS? Congrats again. You're Supra is working... Mine is not. Go for a drive and enjoy it!!! And while you're enjoying it, remember not to fuck it up. You're emancipated as long as you don't fuck something up big -...

^ I think that's good advice. Sorry about the 0 - 5 V in my previous thread. My mind was already spinning down Vf paths when I wrote that. I'm an idiot. :slap: Smart Guys: Thanks for calling the bogus info out... My bad. Glad there are so many people on here to keep the story...

I think what these guys are saying is "You don't want to do that... Even if you think you want to do that." A narrow band "steps" really quickly between 0 and 5 V when you cross the 14.7:1 AFR line. So the ECU is looking for that fluctuation... If you give it the wide band signal, it won't...

Try giving a phone call over to Aaron at Driftmotion. I needed all #2 or #3 sized Toyota bearings for my rods and crank, and ended up ordering a set of Clevite 77's from Driftmotion. After talking on the phone with Aaron, he gave me the confidence to try them. After putting them together and...

Nice job on getting him to get the ad taken down... People that try to swindle others into buying their crap piss me off. And apparently, it's not all that uncommon for people to not ever look under their hood to see that they don't have a V6. After a 1 min search...

Yeah, but we all know - They can be GORGEOUS and still have a blown head gasket. :biglaugh:

No problem. I used to drive a '65 mustang that would ping like you wouldn't believe when I filled up with cheap gas. I'd have to keep my foot out of it for 1/2 a tank and top off with some good quality high octane before it quit. That's how you learn...

Kind of sounds like the proof is in the pudding. You've already sold your own solution... stay away from the bad stations! Octane # is not the only thing to be concerned with as far as gas goes... The "name brand" companies put additives in their fuel to help it burn cleaner and leave less...

Background: I blew a head gasket on my 87 7mgte with 125K ish on the odometer. It was a stock Toyota head gasket that was put in at the Toyota dealer at 88K miles (receipt from previous owner). Taking things apart, I saw that it was only a coolant-exhaust leak, with no signs of transfer to...

Assuming everything is working properly & it's just the cold... Buy a block heater (replaces freeze plug to pre-heat the coolant) &/or an oil pan heater (pre-heat the oil). You'll probably hear differing opinions on which one to run and why, but both should help your cold starts. I live...

There's always a "better deal" out there. And there's always something wrong with that deal that is different from the problems you have with this car. Here's what you've gotta weigh: You know the problems with this car. You know that once you fix them, they're done the right way because...

Figgie - You are absolutely right in that you don't want to just pour this stuff in your tank, and I did not mean to lead anyone astray. I was hoping to show with numbers the basis for why nitro-methane is used. I meant not to plagerize... hence my reference to getting that chart from...

Here are some numbers for you: The site I got that from had an old saying that I heard back when I used to pit for winged sprint cars (methanol fueled)... It made me smile. Gasoline is for washing parts, alcohol is for drinking, and nitro is for racing.

The Supra stays in the garage. Too many people don't know how to drive, and I don't want them to hit me. Besides - not much 2wd makes it through the unplowed snow on the side roads around Flagstaff. 1983 F150 4x4... It's a tank, and people are scared to hit me!

You know the part in the movie "Old School" where they power slide the van around the corner to Metallica's "Master of Puppets"... Yeah. That does it for me.