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Order an aftermarket SS braided soft line (eg http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/price/Toyota/Supra_86-92/Techna_Fit/Clutches-Flywheels/Clutch_Lines/part/Clear_Coating). Figure out which end attaches to your slave cylinder, and then take the master cylinder and the soft line to a good auto parts...

In theory, if you could maintain the rpm at your torque peak in your top gear, you would get the best gas mileage. This is ~4000rpm for a 7m, which I believe is in the 85mph ballpark (roughly -- memory is fading). However, the power required to overcome wind resistance is an exponential...

When you're over ~1600rpm (If I recall correctly -- its in that ballpark) and the throttle is completely closed, you are not injecting any fuel into the engine. That is one of the beauties of fuel injection. However, engine braking slows your car down, so unless you're coming to a stop anyway...

Not hard on a thoughtfully modded turbo car -- especially if you have a standalone. You can run way leaner than stock under just about every condition (highway cruising included). The reason Toyota couldn't run that lean from the factory is because leaner mixtures makes a hotter combustion...

If the side of the head is still nice and silver -- then don't worry about the valve cover gasket. It *might* be the oil lines to the turbo, but I doubt it. If the car was just given back to you after a mechanic worked on it and you haven't driven it for a week yet, it could just be misc oil...

A winch? shoot they're so light you can just use a come-along ;) I'd just throw some good 31's on it (not sure of your local terrain, BFG mud terrains are popular here) and maybe a front locker (that way you can still drive normally on the road in 2wd). The biggest mistake you can make is...

My cam gears & timing belt looked like that. Never had a problem... If it is steam on the passenger side, look at the heater hoses and the bypass cap (plugs an unused port on the coolant pipe that wraps around the block. It is to the rear, and just below the turbo)

Your knee should be ever-so-slightly bent when you are flooring the accelerator (or clutch). Your wrist should be able to rest on the top of the steering wheel when your back is against the seat (don't forget that the steering wheel telescopes). And your head should be against the headrest...

Heh, the problem with internet diagnosis... I took from this: "turbo side of engine smokes up and smells awful after a few minutes of hard pulls" that your passenger side valve cover was leaking oil onto your manifold. Your turbo could just be blown, but that would cause smoke out the...

Consumer reports also settled out of court after a lawsuit was filed by Isuzu and Suzuki. Both claimed CR rigged the test to sell more magazines (consumer reports was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1988 when it said the samurai was "unacceptable"). But yes, if you take a Samurai or Wrangler...

street legal quad (both the death trap aspect, and the 4x4 ability)

+1 for reading the whole post before replying LOL The oil leak is probably from the valve covers -- replace the valve cover gaskets and while there, you might as well replace the (probably stripped) phillips-head bolts that hold the valve cover down. You can search and find the specs for the...

It may be a 1g car, but I'm thinking its probably from a MK2. Either way, it's going to be a weaker lsd and I would avoid putting any real money into it if you don't have to

You've got the BS ME, but MBA is master's in business administration... Pretty much the same. Ever since I was little I was always building stuff -- and my parents encouraged it with building blocks etc (even the cool ones with the troughs and marbles). When I was in the 5th grade I had an...

Some republican politician made a provision banning credit card companies from working with online gaming companies -- then slipped it into a vital defense bill so it had to pass. Party Poker got cold feet and stopped working with US customers, but Poker Stars is still going strong -- just not...

I think boredom is a part of any job, but engineers can certainly expect more than their fair share of tedium. That said, if I was working on the same part for 20 years, I'd consider changing employers. And if I was in management, I'd want to rotate people in/out of different projects in a...

your AP classes were for nothing, sorry. Mine were too. You take a year's worth of a "college level" class -- 5 days a week for an hour a day. So one would think you would get 10 semester units... But you get like 3. And chances are, your college will require 4 so you'll have to take that...

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I've never heard of that particular degree, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It sure makes it easier to be "#1" when you're the only university offering it though ;) Ask the HSU rep for the Student-Right-To-Know stats. It should give a break-down on the average employment rate for HSU...

Ah where at? Blue Lake? Mckinleyville? Eureka? Some of the good things about the area were the decent roads (once you got more than 10 miles away from Arcata's potholes). Also the Redwood Sports Car Club puts on decent autocrosses (although they kicked me out for drifting). There is also...