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Looks like it had a small engine fire by the downpipe -- make sure you go over the wiring

brand new engine/turbo and it uses some oil? who blows not one, but both power window motors? rear end spider gears are "sticking?" WTF Carbon flywheel? lawl AC isn't working, paint is badly faded and missing some trim, no radio, no shift knob (lawl), janky-ass wiring running around the...

Cheaper intercoolers are probably more prone to cracking, but I've never seen or heard of an intercooler cracking with a H20 sprayer (I used one myself for quite a while on the silver car based on the plumbing/tank for the headlight squirters). I don't like the idea of CO2/NO2 sprayers since...

Calipers can reach 400 degrees -- just make sure the paint you buy is rated for that ("any old paint" won't be...)

If water was an absolutely perfect conductor of heat, then this discussion would be pointless, correct? It would be able to transfer all of the heat from the intercooler to the heat exchanger... But its not a perfect conductor of heat -- even though it is better than air. You are still and...

That mainly is due to the energy absorbed during the phase change when water evaporates from your skin. For our purposes, the coolant remains in a liquid state, so this phase change never occurs. They are liquid cooled because it was a cheap/effective way of maintaining the engine at a desired...

Yeah, and I could see how daily driving in a hot/metropolitan area would yield those results (although I'd recommend using the fans in a puller configuration if you could fit it -- let the front surface area be exposed to as much cool air as possible). My car will be weekend/track only where...

Are you actually getting heatsoak? If so they are fairly effective (and often used to lower the temp of an IC to sub ambient). Whether its worth the time/money depends on your needs... Most cars already have an IAT sensor (though I believe the mk3's is in the AFM so it wouldn't help). But...

Good God, so much to respond to... Kind of ironic since I'm probably going to go with a liquid to air intercooler on my build. Anyway, most of what has been posted here is in and of itself true -- just incomplete (this goes for arguments both for & against L2A). So I guess let's start off...

If only there was a shit-talking JZ-owning gear man around when you needed him ;) Glad to see you're still pushing the envelope Duane...

Unless you're super experienced, its better to just keep it straight and come to a stop. You get sideways in the sand and you bruise more than your ego...

A new underbody/splash shield is $140 from Champion Toyota and still available. I don't think you'll be able to beat the price, but good luck

You don't NEED any special tools to set the valve lash (something that machineshops tend to charge a lot to do). After you've had the valve seats ground (or lapped), install the valvetrain exactly as it was when you took it apart (so when you disassemble, mark each shim "I1, I2, E1 E2" so you...

Please realize that any answers you get will be very rough. I've paid $250 for standard (but quality) machinework (resurfacing head, block, crank, boring cylinders). I've also paid over $1000 for that same work (same quality, just was living in an area with little/no competition and high cost...

Damn, I was just in Elk Grove yesterday... I may still want to do a U-pullit run one of these days though -- do you know if there are many Supras in the Rancho yards these days?

yes, although it may require spacers depending on the tires you use.

new? I didn't have a real need for a bbk with my last car, but it was a LOT lighter. The stock brakes have plenty of power, its just matching a pad for the temperature/abuse & giving them adequate venting. But if the rotors won't hold up to abuse with an extra 500-600lbs, then I'll have to...

I believe the way you approached it is the way Reg Reimer originally intended it to be done. But if you'd like to move fuel cut up just a little, you can adjust the afm screw to allow maximum bypass, and then raise the fuel pressure back to where you'll have VF of 2.5... The only downside is...

An reason the tolerance had doubled in a few months?

The DSMs are already getting them in bolt-on applications: