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You might search for Tubbies(?) build. It was a turbo and super charger combo, but it has a lot of good ideas. Mainly, the intake he was building. I think it was an intake with an inner cooler built in, but don't really remember. Good luck. That pic everyone was talking about: The...

You should talk to TIP(Wiseass, the suspension forum mod.) about his spring/sleeve combo for the Bilstiens. As far as I know, there is no difference between the n/a and turbo suspension parts.

Pick up a box of neoprene gloves at Auto Zone, O'Rielly's, etc. Keeps the oils in your skin off of your parts during your cleaning and painting process. Around $12 for a box of 50 pairs. Change them frequently. Oh yeah: They don't have any powder in them, so they won't put any contaminates...

I've been a mechanic for about ten years now(no schooling). I don't love my job, but I don't necessarily hate it, either. Some things do get boring, after a while... Anyway, some things you need to think about: You can't be afraid of getting dirty. Not just your hands, but from head to...

Now that I think about it, there is another possibility. I had a similar situation when I first got my car, and it turned out one of the harness connectors under the driver's side kick panel was loose. I've had ignition switch troubles on just about every make/model of car. They all had...

Takes about 10 minutes to remove the plastic covers and look at the back of the ignition switch. There's 4 or 5 wires soldered to the back. One should be constant power, one should be power in acc. position, one should be power in "on" position, and one should be power in the start position...

I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a destroke kit as well, which might help increase your rev limit while maintaining a safe piston speed? Iirc, the 2JZ uses a bigger bore with a shorter stroke, and has a higher rev limit.

lol, if you can rebuild the harness and do a head gasket job, you'll do ok on the switch. You could do the alarm mod that's posted here somewhere, as it's pretty simple and straight forward. That would rule out the alarm for sure. I don't remember who did the write up, but think it was one of...

Seth: DO you still have the factory alarm in your car? The switch is fairly simple, iirc. I took one out of my parts car a year or so ago. Different vehicles have different symptoms for this type of problem. I can't say it's definitely the problem, but it seems a likely culprit. Usually...

There's a Comp Cam BBC inner valve spring that fits perfectly on the 7m head, with much better characteristics. I don't have the part number handy, but it's here if you search. There's a ton of work you can do to the head to increase flow, such as porting the runners and deshrouding the...

Ignition switch is going out. Not the key part, but the white electronic part behind it, with the wires coming out of it. I know its in the tsrm somewhere... If I was gonna try someone other than the dealer, it would be BAP Geon. 877-570-9500. They have a much better inventory of import...

One heat cycle would be vehicle run up to normal operating temperature, then cooled completely to ambient(outside air) temperature.

lol. I don't have a heater valve, and it still takes ten minutes to get heat. That's not even good heat, just lukewarm. That, however, is a different story... OP: I would definitely check the valve and solenoid. Common issue with a car this old. If they are working good, I'd flush the...

You're probably grounding out the sensor wire somewhere. I'd check the harness from the connector back for broken or worn insulation on the individual wires.

A Felpro gasket will be quite sufficient. Steel ring seals around the cylinders, and brass jackets for all the coolant passages. Also, the other gaskets in the kit are good quality as well. New exhaust rings, metal throttle body gasket, and metal and graphite exhaust gasket. I've had nothing...

I would lean toward plug wires. Would be curious what a compression check would show, though. Not going toward bhg, but maybe some carbon got hung up in a valve. I would really check the wires, first. Especially if you haven't changed them.

A 3" exhaust on an n/a is going to be unbelievably loud, and the drone will drown out your radio. There's a few excellent exhaust threads here, if you search around a bit. Quite a bit of good information, from headers to mufflers, and everything in between :)

I'm pretty sure the stock GE piston volume is right around 16 cc, and the turbo was around 20.

I'd really like to see the fitment of that 2jz crank in a 7m block.... Raping a stock Metro, Civic, or Tempo isn't really saying much. When you get your n/a to run with a GT Mustang, you can talk smack then.

Also check the ISC valve. It's in the efi section in the tsrm.