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I've been using a krytox-based lubricant on my bicycle for years now... http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/kry-tech.htm Neat stuff--goes on wet, dries without a sticky residue...and actually works pretty well. Doesn't attract dirt and doesn't gum up. Never tried any automotive...

Oh don't even get me started on how much Florida is FTL... I could post VOLUMES on the subject...but I'll spare everyone. *explodes*

Electric fans are ideal for people who have reworked their cooling systems recently and live in moderate to cool climates. If you put an electric fan setup on a 15 year old cooling system, you're just begging for cooling system issues. If you do go with e-fans, make sure you either get one...

GReddy Counterweight Shift Knob:

I agree strongly with Nick's statement, even though in practice I deviated from Toyota's design and went with e-fans like the OP. The thermostat is important for two main reasons; First, it helps the engine reach operating temperature more quickly, improving economy & reducing emissions (you...

Yep. I'll never forget one of my female acquaintences telling a story about one of the first times she drove her Escalade. Evidently the suspension was so plush (and she was such a bad driver) she ended up on the curb WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD and didn't even feel it...if her passenger hadn't...

Man, if I were you I'd be back at that parking lot a couple times a day (or at least around the time you think it happened) to scope for a vehicle with silver paint on it...Be sure to take a camera with you. When it happened to me I scoped the parking lot of the incident 2x daily for about a...

Heh, Flex-a-Lite rates those fans at 19.5A on their website, not specified as max or continuous, but I'd assume that's their continuous, based on the reports of fuse blowing fun. In my case the fans ate the 20A fuse and fuseholder in short order, so either those cheap Chinese-made 20A...

Yeah man, I hear you. Next time I get motivated, I'm going to put the stock fans back on and see where the needle on my GReddy temp gauge sits. If it's that much lower on the average, I'll just leave the mechanical on there. However, I believe that my gas mileage has improved with the...

Yeah, the fuse rating was too low for sure, but I thought the fuse would pop before it melted the fuseholder. It was a 20A fuse--I didn't want to go higher for fear of starting a fire. Maybe the on-off-on of the fan controller creates spikes in the load that the slow-blow fuse can't...

The fans are the dual Flex-a-lite fans that fit our stock-sized radiator. It's running through a SPAL fan controller which is really nice...but apparently the combination creates a nice little current load.

Hah, I've defended e-fans in the past, and still think they have benefits when used properly. But (as shown here) they are higher maintenance than their mechanical counterparts and need to be properly matched to a vehicle's cooling system--the Supra in particular is very sensitive to changes in...

Hah, amazing. I was lucky, it happened on a cool morning. It popped at about 50mph on the way back from school in 70F weather, and it really couldn't have happened at a better time. No traffic so plenty of speed & airflow, audible *POP* to signify the failure, and plenty of empty parking lots...

Always be prepared for something in your setup to melt, break or otherwise fail... Before I get blasted for using a Mini inline fuse, it's what came with the fan. And trust me, the second I saw how inadequate it was, I went out and got a standard size inline fuse holder. When I...

If you've done the TEMS firm mod already then honestly you wouldn't be losing anything--your shocks no longer take advantage of what TEMS offers anyways. You should have no problems using the TEMS-style shocks without TEMS, but I'd ensure that the TEMS actuators are set to firm before you...

Chick-fil-a FTW. I eat there at least 3x a week, and I hate myself for it. I need to stop eating fast food...but it's so good, and so easy. I can get through the drive thru most days within 3 minutes, and it's on the way to school, so it's really easy to just grab it on the way in. I just...

Heh, he may not get the idea. Perhaps the picture should be of a hand with some fingers cut off... Spam may be the way to go. I imagine most of these scammers do their work out of internet cafes, so the more porn/spam they have to browse through the more time they have to waste before...

The thing is, he hasn't paid legally. He has no intentions to. He sent me a fake email that claimed to be sent from paypal but wasn't. It stated, "this payment will be credited to your account as soon as you send a tracking number to the buyer." WTF? Paypal doesn't work that way...

LOL. With my luck JAV, it'd go off on the plane/ship over to Scamtown, Nigeria, and they'd trace it back to me. The main reason I want to do this is, we're going to keep getting scammed until they realize we have caught on.

Yeah Godspeed--I may just send him two pictures: the first would be a picture of the laptop, and the second would be a closeup of my middle finger. But I'm not sure if that would be as funny, or as costly to him--unless i filled the box with something else.