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my turd will be running in a month or so! hopefully..... :(....

So, at work were moving shops and they were throwing away a bunch of stuff, and i walked over and notice they were getting rid of heaps of old factory service manuals and stuff. So i got a bunch of stuff dating back to the 4M and the Hilux trucks. aswell as a bunch of MR2 and Supra stuff. And...

evo owners for ya:biglaugh:

So, seeing as i dont want too spend the money on a new ugly accordian pipe, and the cooleeze ones are hard to come by. anyone see any issues with getting some pipem and making my own? just weld on the neccesary fitting and a mount for the maf. opinions guys? Anyone done this before?

i gotta sit in my car for about an hour and look at everything really closely. I was thinking it might be kinda cool to cutout all the dins in the center with the radio and lighter and climate controls. Then replace it with a powdercoated flat black peice of sheetmetal. So I could have...

Can you use the stock oil pres sender with an electronic oil pres. guage? Or is it gonna get more involved then that? Hmm.. glad i saw this thread... reminded me i should probably start planning what guages i wanna run before the motor goes in the car... id think it will be alot easier that way.

Awesome! much appreciated sir!

Is the tap from driftmotion a bottoming tap?

Where did you guys get your bottom taps from? Ive been to a few stores and snap-on and they dont have them. Then I looked on this site http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm and there are soo many options I dont know what i should get.

Pics are np, ill put some up when i get home tonight.

Thanks for all the replies, id never heard of the rivet problem before. but what about the coolant passageways being blocked partially on the intake side?

I love how the wotm guys take there mkiv out and burnup tires at 100+ down the highway....

So I finaly got my cometic mhg and I layed it ontop of the block last night just to see how everything lined up and all. Well, the first thing I noticed apon taking the mhg out of its plastic is that there is no coating on it. Cometics directions say to install the gasket dry but ive read on...

So is chasing the threads sufficient when using studs or do i need to tap them?

What would some experienced engine builders here reccomend for checking main and rod bearing clearences? Would a using a t guage then measuring that with a mic work? Or do you really need a bore guage? I got all the same # bearings from toyota so i dont think i chould have any problems and I had...

Any thoughts on this stuffs effectiveness for our motors? http://www.royalpurple.com/breakin-oil.html

Anyone?

Didn't Adjuster torque his down to 103?

If my cyl walls have only been honed, is it ok to go with the 84mm? How do you decide between the 83, 84, 85, or 86mm gaskets? Should i measure the top of my cylinders and go with the closest one? For the cometics though im down to either an 84 or an 86. Im thinking maybe the 86 is for people...

Meant to ask this before but forgot. When i searched i found that the stock hg is 1.37mm compressed, but are the thicknesses that are given for mhg's the compressed measurements aswell?