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    Need switch help bad!

    As the title says, I'm trying to hook up a few lighted switches. They are regular lighted toggle switches, with three contacts on the bottom. I'm assuming these are power, load, and ground (for the light, I guess). Here are some pics, can you nice folks tell me how to wire it? All I need...
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    Switching Oils?

    I'm planning on changing oil in the next week, and was wondering if switching from standard to synthetic would give me any problems. Right now, I've got 10W40 Mobil Clean 5000, planning on switching to a new K&N oil filter and 10W30 Mobil 1 full synthetic. Questions: Would switching...
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    bookmark /set as homepage?

    is there any key combination (like ctrl+d to bookmark) to set supramania as my homepage? i'd change it under the tools>properties, but the administrators on this system have disabled that. anyone good with stuff like this?
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    New Cell Paint!

    Now this many not be exciting to all of you, but the paint looks pretty good. Just a cheap three-step system from Plasti-Kote. Better than that damn Verizon cover and logo. On a side note, sorry about the poor picture quality, I'll get some better ones after I get my A540 up and running tomorrow.
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    supra weight specs?

    ive had this site on my favorites at least three times now, but still manage to lose it. does anyone have a link to the .pdf of the supra's weight breakdown?
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    wtf is my comp thinking?

    hey all, just downloaded a few episodes of the starship troopers roughnecks series. if any of you remember it, i think it might be around 7 years old or so. anyway, it was around 4 gigs of file and when i go to open up the folder, it won't let me in the form of an error message with an...
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    water temp hookup

    is there a way i can hook an aftermarket water temp gauge up using a new sending unit and still tap the stock gauge into it?
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    active tach/speedo idea...help me with this

    you may remember my latest "help me with this" thread, its the one about supercharging that turned into a big ol' argument :biglaugh: anyway, here's this week's "help me" topic: an active speedometer that would work in unison with the tach. the needles would move in synchro with each...
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    ricer song - streetfire

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    finally started fiberglass!

    finally got around to the fiberglass, it looks like ive got a long road ahead of me. right now the thing pushing me is the vision of the finished product ive got in my head:icon_bigg anyway, took the console/dash trim out and foiled it, then got the first layer of glass on. took me three...
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    gauge hookups, searched

    ive looked for information on here about hooking up an A/F gauge and a water temp gauge. so far, i think that the water temp/coolant temp sensor is in the housing that the upper rad. hose leads to. which of these will i need to put the new sensor in, and can i keep both the stock temp and the...
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    Nitrous Questions (already searched)

    its me again. and ive got my flame suit already on. anyway, it seems that on here, the general consensus is to only use a 50- to 75-shot nitrous system on a stock engine. i was wondering if that sounded agreeable to everyone here. i'm looking for a small power gain on my NA just for kicks...
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    fiberglass+console+gauges?

    hey all, picked up the necessary materials after reading all i could find on fiberglassing. i've got the general idea down, but i was wondering about taking the climate control, moving it down to the console and putting two or three gauges in there. that or using the cig lighter space and...
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    Helen Keller Jokes (offensive?)

    hey, did you know helen keller had a doll house in her backyard? neither did she. how does helen keller drive? one hand on the wheel and one hand on the road.
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    is the starter gone?

    so i went down to start the supra tonight, only to find it refused to turn over. i turned the key and all i got was a rapid clicking sound. a few more tries and occassionally the headlights would pop up and then disappear again. the thing is, i added a little oil last night and let it...
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    FIPG?

    can i substitute permatex blue rtv for toyota's fipg?
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    working with fiberglass

    looked on the web, through the library, and searched on here. if i wanted to start working with fiberglass, where should i begin? is this simple process correct, for making a glassed console cover? make a mold of the console use fiberglass strips and resin to make layers and add...
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    time for a new camera, need help!

    im tired of shitty pics. if you will direct your attention to my dead fly thread, you'll see that it takes some of the worst closeups even with closeup mode on. the 2mp doesnt cut it any more. im looking for suggestions on a new camera, preferably canon, but ive heard great things about...
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    F'ing flies, just killed one (pics).

    warning. this post contains pictures of a dead fly. nothing special, just hate flies and i bagged one tonight with hair gel. add this to my resume: killed wasps in the oven after the bastards stung me (5 minutes at 350 does wonders); torched bugs with propane, drowned them in acetone, you...
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    supercharged idea, help me with this

    i know this has been pondered many times now, and i'm just trying my hand at it. please shoot this idea down, stomp it, flame it, and correct it, but im thinking i have to figure out everything im doing wrong before i can get one right. could I: run a supercharger mounted (with a fabbed...