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What torque do I put the main crank bolts and the connecting rod bolts to? My manuals giving me no help at all.

Not the Russians

A challenger has appeared in my room. I was sitting here listening to an old Soviet anthem when I noticed it from the corner of my eye. A mouse...Slowly making its way towards the pasta I had left out from dinner. I didnt move but it knew I was watching it. Both of us locked glazes. We sat...

Ok, We got my cousins HG replaced and now the car shudders pretty bad. It only seems to do it at cruising with my foot lightly on the gas. When I let off the gas or floor it everything is how it should be. CEL is giving me code 25.(running lean; or bad O2 sensor maybe) The engine free revs...

Is it OK to reuse headbolts? I know it'd be better to go with ARP replacement but I cant afford them now. Since Im gonna reuse them Im gonna clean the threads on the bolt and block. And then after 60-100 miles retorque them to spec (54 LBS). Will this work?

Go see for yourself. Edit: I was searching in Bay area, CA.

I tend to lowball myself alot when Im selling stuff. So I want to see what other people would charge for the work Im about to do. Heres the story: My cousins headgasket is going out on his Supra so he asked me how much I would charge him to fix it. The shops around here are asking $1200...

Anyone know what the undercoatings made of? My tranny got caught during the last engine pull and tore a chunk off. I was thinking of getting a can of Rhino liner, the stuff for truck beds and redoing the transmisson well with that.

I just saw this on Top gear. Pretty quick, I really wanna know about the anti-lag system. Im assuming it relates to the turbo. Anyways shame they're not making it. Look on Youtube if you want to see the video.

http://lolftwdan.ytmnd.com/

I found an MKII on craigslist that some guys giving away. I should have it in my possesion by next week. Its gonna be my cheap BPU project for while my MKIII is getting the more serious work done to it. Say its ugly now but wait til im through with it. Should I swap my 7m N/A...

Im redoing all of the gaskets on my 88 N/A. Is there any gaskets that need special primer before installing? Like coating them with oil or silicone. Ive heard some things about FIPG, but never found out what it was. Right now I'm doing the gaskets behind the lower metal piece (timing...

Samuel L. Jacksons upcoming horror movie... Discuss.

To start theres been some people breaking into cars at the parking lot right next door to my house. probally 5-10 breakins in the past few months. I guess some lady was going into the park that the parking lots for and she put her purse in the back of her car. She walked a little bit away...

I wanna know why us 7M's arent making the power the those high and mighty 2JZ people are. We have essentially the same engine as them, so whats holding us back? The best 7M setups are pushing what...700-800 HP? 2JZ's are making twice that. Why is the 2JZ so much better at making power over...

Im putting some new stock pistonsW/rings into my N/A. the manual says I need to remove the glaze from the cylinders before insatalling the new pistons. I got the tool and everything but I dont wanna mess this up. Has anyone done this before? Is it hard to do? Any advice helps.

I was going through some of the paper work for one of my cars when I stumbled across this: Pretty cool bit of info. Surprised this bit of papers survived almost as long as I have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3uaTyNWcBI&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b Damn, I wanna find a way to put this in my car.

Go look at the Bungie.net page. Awesome real time trailer. ...I put ate...damnit.

Im thinking about taking an old car and doing some extensive modification to make it look like an indy race car. but a 2 seater with passenger behind the driver. Something old too so It wont have to pass smog. (im in CA) I want to use something that can already legally be driven on the street...