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i went to work he wanted to work on the supra and he knows a few things about working on cars from hanging around me a lil bit. i told him if he could place the motor on the motor mounts before i come home ill give him $50. well the lil knucklehead did it but said he jacked up the oil pan to...

Any inside trick i need 2 know? The engine is pulled, everything is off, pressure plate, clutch disk, just having problems taking the flywheel off. The usual, when turning to take a bolt off, the whole crank turns. I wanna just wedge a bar against it stop it from turning but I'm afraid that it...

Which way is easier? time consuming? To attach the wire harness before or after you drop the motor in?

Welcome My name is Ron This is my first Mkiii, 87 n/a Bought it from my cousin he did the follwoung to the car be4 i purchased it; Motor rebuilt with high compression pistons, cams, ported and polished head, 3 angle valve job etc Had the car painted cherry from a Cadillac sts Racing hart type c...

Which method is easier? I'm about to drop in my rebuilt 7mgte into my n/a and came across mixed answers. Some say its easier to pull the motor and tranny and then attach the tranny to the new motor and drop it back in. Others say its easier and less hassle to just remove the motor and drop the...

There a link in my sig. I need this car gone asap

I know this is a part on our cars that usually never go bad but i think i may need a replacement. Currently my car is overheating and can not be driven for more then 10-15 minutes. I changed the thermostat and removed the radiator had it cleaned, flush and pressure tested and its like new...

Where are you guys running your oil drain from the ct26 too? I know they are two options, one is to insert a fitting into the oil pan and use that, the other is to remove the block drain for the oil cooler and use that. I believe the block drain is the easiest way to do but would there be any...

My center bearing went out so its time for an upgrade. I hear alot of good reviews from shaftmasters 1-piece aluminum driveshaft but i also hear alot of stories about aluminum driveshaft's snapping at the track. Anybody ever snapped an aluminum drieshaft from shaftmasters? Will launching with...

An email that i received from my uncle. Not that i would let jiffylube touch my car anyway. fuck that Jiffy Lube caught on tape! Check out this link. View the VIDEO. It is REAL!!! <http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0503/9152183.200k.asx

Is this possible? I went to go look at a 7mgte the other day, looked a lil rough around the edges, 90,000 on motor with mhg and arp bolts and 120,000 on the ct-26. He told me that his first two 7m he spun a bearing by not watching the oil level and this engine he assured me that every week he...

I went to the exhaust shop and had a new converter put in and all new hanger and an extra support. He also said that i have a Header Leak and its causing The ticking sound from my engine that i thought was just wrist pin tap. Im curious as to how can a leak from your exhaust manifold cause a...

Taken from a writeup of the 2jzgte here on Supramania "To raise boost beyond the stock level the catalytic converters are removed, this allows the turbos to spin faster and hence produce more boost.. The Downside with this is the JDM turbos will in fact over boost far past their safe limit...

What are all of the possible causes? My car smells like exhaust fumes after 30 or so minutes of driving. I know this is dangerous and I need to get fixed asap. Plus my girlfriend doesn't like the smell 2 much either. I did a lil bit of research. So far I know it could be from an exhaust leak or...

Hey Jdub, I was in class bored as hell and was just thinking about oil and certain scenarios and came up with a two "What if" kind of questions regarding mixing synthetic and dino oil. Question 1: I'm driving a car with synthetic oil, I check it and I'm a quart low, stranded with no synthetic...

I was getting on the highway coming home from my girlfriends dorm and a red Scion tc with atleast an exhaust and red neon's underneath, the new 4door civic si, and a early 90's late 80's nissan 240sx hatchback all flew by me 2gether so i mash it to catch back up with the pack. For those new...

About 10,000 miles ago according to the receipts, the previous owner installed stainless steel brake lines to replace the factory ones. Last nite while i was driving, a minivan cut out in front of me and i went for the brakes and heard a pop and guess wat happened.... pedal went straight to the...

I replaced the slave cylinder, master cylinder and all the rubber lines and soft lines and I'm still having problems. After replacing the slave cylinder, the clutch work for a week and now its acting up again. After you depress the clutch pedal to disengage it, when releasing the pedal, it will...

Does anybody know of any tuning shops that does work on our cars? The ones that i know of mainly deal with acura's and honda's and nissan's and Rotaries, I have yet to come across a shop that specializes with 7m's

Today was just crazy, i wasn't even out looking for trouble, just driving over to a friend house and driving home, thats it, But i guess when your driving a bright red sexy ass car like a mk3 supra, everybody wanna try u. Race 1 was against a 5th generation Honda accord 5spd wit at least an...