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  1. Figit090

    a nice exaust note without spending much?

    I have a 86.5 n/a... but i thought this might work better in general because i figured a turbo 7m probably doesnt sound much different from a N/A one. (EDIT) turns out i was wrong. so this only applies to N/A engines...sry basically i was wondering what i can do with the stock exaust to get a...
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    my charcoal canister is buzzing at me.

    just as title... This struck me as curious because I've had my car down for a few months now and randomly i hear the charcoal canister making a faint buzzing sound, and just yesterday it did it again but this time really loud. what is going on?
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    how is it possible to bend your spine like that?

    I was looking through the unveiling pics of the new Panoz World Champ Car and this is one of the photos that was a show before the actual showing of the car... now...this reminded me of every time i see this sort of back-breaking arobics...and i've been meaning to ask...how the HELL do they...
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    OK now that i'm putting it back together FINALLY...

    I had to make a new thread for my BHG ordeal assembly because my old thread was dying, and now i'm not tearing down, i'm assembling, and i need to know all this before i can move on. I have checked the TSRM. but i'm still sorry if these seem like silly questions to any of you, i'm a TOTAL newb...
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    I think they might have sold me snowmobile plugs for my supra...

    This is stupid... I went to my local parts dealer who gives me good deals and i thought about buying platnums but they were considerably more expensive than the copper/standard plugs so i just said screw it im not paying that much for plugs... (no job) well i ended up getting NGK plugs...
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    When buying parts do you say, "1986" "1986.5" or "1987"??

    I have a 1986.5 and i'm about to start price checking things and buying parts but i was wondering what you other 86.5 owners tell the dealers/parts places when you buy parts and they have to look it up. do you tell them.. "1986" "1986.5" or "1987" just to make sure you dont get a MKII...
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    good deal? '89 turbo for $300?? Never purchased a non-running car before

    I know this might sound like a silly question but I need some other opinions on this. I've been looking at supras for sale near where i'm going to be traveling tomorrow and i found one...but i've never bought a non-running car and i need opinions on this. details: he wanted 500 but now 300...
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    what is involved with repairing wheel studs?

    I found an 87 supra turbo for sale for 1600 dollars and the only thing the guy claims is wrong and needs to be replaced are the left rear wheel studs, what exactly would cause a problem there and i know its vague but what commonly would break back there? I was just wondering what it would...
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    Cherokee vs. mk3 supra.....

    i did not expect that thing to be so fast?! guess which one i'm referring to.... http://www.picgames.com/forum/video-code.php?id=R9MOniGI2nE
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    How do you decide on a good base for a project car?

    Hi, I did a search but didn't get much... I was wondering a few things about supras...first, what everyone thinks about buying engines as opposed to a full car...I've been thinking and the cost of a decent supra can be anywhere between 500 dollars to 7000 depending on how it's been kept...
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    Question about Prestone Super Flush.. could it have damaged my engine?

    I was in the process of running Prestone super Radiator Flush through my cooling system when i ran out of time and had to put the car away before running it through for the reccomended time, and ended up leaving the water/chemical solution in overnight instead of the 10 or so...
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    What should I do while the head is off to prevent more problems??

    I have a BHG...quite common so i wont ask what to do about that, i'm taking off the head myself, purchasing parts, and putting it back together after the head has been machined. I am NOT going for big HP...if anything i'll replace the intake because the rubber on mine is cracking around the...
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    Sparkplug severly stuck, very stiff and doesnt want to move past 1/2 - 1 turn!!!

    I'm taking my plugs out because i have a suspected BHG and i'm trying to verify what it's done if i do indeed have one... And i got to the 6th plug (the furthest from the front of the car incase its not #6) and I tried to take it out and I got it to turn and it was really tight, so i kept...
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    Chugging and puffing white smoke while cleaning out cooling system...

    I flushed my cooling system with Prestone stuff that is supposed to clean all the deposits and such from the system and i was in the middle of doing so last night when my dad told me to come in, so the stuff was in my system overnight...it worried me but he said not to worry if there wasnt a...
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    Changing coolant and thermostat.

    I'm going to change my coolant and thermostat...and i was reading the TSRM on this and it mentions the engine drain plug, i was wondering if i need to uplug it, because it also mentions putting sealant on when you re-install it and if i can do just a good of a job w/out messing with the engine...
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    Cold start tapping/knocking...uh oh....

    Every other time I start my supra I notice a knocking sound coming from something in the engine bay...probably the engine... but it's getting me worried... This only happens sometimes... and after about 3 seconds it'd gone, but sometimes it hits hard enough to feel and i just dont like it at...
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    Getting new spark plugs...HELP!! iridium? bosh platinum? I need help on all of this

    Hi, 1986.5 supra, 7mge, and i'm doing a tune up and need to know what sparkplugs to get....and then how i should go about dissasembling/getting to the old ones to replace them. I went to parts america (because they are affilated with one of my local shops) and came up with these...
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    Exaust question

    I have a 1986.5 NA and I was checking out the exaust, and there appears to be two mufflers. there is a smaller one in the center of the car and then the one at the rear.... I was wondering why there are two, and my car is rather quiet so I was thinking i'd unbolt the rear muffler and take if...
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    safety on the MKIII?

    Can anyone tell me anything about the safety of the 3rd gen supra? I'm looking at a 1986.5 and i'd like to know if there's any info out there...:icon_conf