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Just showing up at my new school. Somehow they thought I was in In-School Suspension when I was waiting to register for classes. It took three days for them to figure it out. On the third day the principle asked me what I did to get a In-School Suspension. I told him I did nothing and was...

No the crank was stroked .010/.010 when I got it. My friend at H&M Customs helped me put the motor together. Morgan did all the machine work on the block and head.

Yes! Somebody finally brought up the reason why I don't go turbo. Maintenance Cost It doesn't matter how much power you put out either forced induction or NA if your car is always in the shop. Going turbo or using nitrous or high compression is the quickest way to find the weakest link in...

I'ver read the article on another forum about the piston speed. That's why I went with a mild .010/.010 stroked crank. The crank in my motor is the lighter 6M crank. It's a risk I'm willing to take. When modifying a motor you decrease the longevity and reliability of the motor. Toyota spent...

First and foremost I should warn you that I have a really bad chest cold and I'm on some good OTC drugs so before warned. This reply was brought to you by NyQuil, the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold because you woke up and found your...

Let's play with some ideas here. This might help other members in deciding on mods. You've stated the weight of the R154 being a problem. Which is heavier a GTE with the R154 or a GE with R154. You've already saved some weight by switching motors. Now let's shave some weight of the GE, get rid...

When comparing N/A vs Turbo let's not forget that turbo's have differrent transmissions and rearends. The turbo is geared for high speeds and open diffs vs LSD. I suppect if you put a mild built N/A into a turbo body it would be a different story.

IMHO in Tuscaloosa Al, Morgan's Machine Shop on Jaybird Road. He did all the work on my motor and Iwould not take my motor anywhere else.

I know how you feel being a broke college student. The junkyard is your friend. A piece of advice. Make friends with the people who work in the junkyard. See if they need weekend help. You could end up with a job there. If you see the person pulling your core motor out of the car, buy him a coke...

I've seen too many people add on intakes, headers and exhausts and expect to achieve the same HP as the manufactures claim. read the fine print! Look at all they have done to the motor to achieve those numbers. You will be surprised. You have the potential of pumping more air in and out of your...

IDK maybe I'm missing something here. 200RWHP doesn't seem to be as impossible as some of you are making it out to be. Alot of the mods people are using seem to be basic bolt-ons without putting any machine work into their motor. If you are going to be spending alot of money on mods put some of...

Painting a car can be a real pita. If I was going to paint my Supra pink it would have to be that bright neon pink. Actually the car was three colors when I finally had all of the body parts collected. White, marroon and silver. The hood was white, the driver-side door and fender was marroon and...

Hey, I could paint it "Barbie Pink". There are a few mustangs and corvettes that color running around in this town. It's about time for a decent car to be sporting that color. Ken: "I want to marry Barbie.... That bitch has everything!" Ofcourse you all know I'm joking about...

That belongs to a friend of mine. He's going to gut the car and drop a 302 into it. If it was mine I would rebuild the motor it has in it and put a bigger turbo on it.

Here are some pics for you all. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2972827 We still haven't put the hood back on. A friend of mine saw my Supra and summarized the rebuild in three words: "Redneck Meets Rice"

Now that I got the motor running and not marking it's turf I can start on the bodywork. Oh and I'll get some of before and after pics for you pic hounds. I plan on a silver and metallic black color scheme.

Last night I went for a late night drive in the Supra. Definitely more power than my Integra! I also got pulled over for no plates. I explained that I wasn't sure if I was going to keep the car because it was hard to find parts for the car but I finally got the car running and I decided to keep...

Today my friend and I spent the day finishing up my motor and dropping it into "Mid-Life Crisis". Once we got the timing fixed she fired right up! Then the fun started. Chasing down air leaks, gas leaks, and other little problems. Tomorrow we are going to fix all the little problems and get the...

We took a closer look at the crack in cylinder 5. It's probably a scratch in the wall. Today we are going to break out the honing rig and see if it's a crack or a scratch.

Tomorrow I will get a chance to do some measuring. The only marking on the cams are a number 3. One of the guys down at the shop says they look like stage one cams because of the lobe height. Like I said tomorrow I will measure the cams height and hopefully that will help in identifying them.