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  1. ToyoHabu

    Question about my now, "heat treated" block

    That just bites, sorry man, I going to knock on some wood now. It all depends on how hot the block and head got, You may try a hardness test to determine extent of damage, Iron will tend to get tougher but more brittle, Aluminum will deform so you will want to check for correct...
  2. ToyoHabu

    Perfect strech of road?

    I visited my friend in Tucson we went on a road trip and found the Devils Highway in eastern Arizona 265 miles and over 1000 curves with magnificent scenery Heaven on earth. Also know as the Coronado Scenic byway http://www.azride.com/DevilsHighwayRun.html
  3. ToyoHabu

    Suspension

    I am aware that the rear axle suspension follows a complex path, what I am not yet convinced of is that this requires the control arms bushings to have 2 degrees of freedom. The A-Arms are definitely only single degree freedom, rotation. After looking at the lower control arms and the...
  4. ToyoHabu

    Do you want Energy Suspension Poly Bushings? READ HERE.

    I am also talking from experience. I have driven cars with polyurethane busings that have stuck and then unloaded in the middle of a turn, NOT FUN Just for edification, why did TRD go with Nylon in there performance bushings?
  5. ToyoHabu

    Do you want Energy Suspension Poly Bushings? READ HERE.

    Polyurethane has its own engineering problems, a properly designed Polyurethane bushing will not look nor operate like a rubber bushing, the physical design of rubber bushings take advantage of rubbers characteristics that are absent from Poly This site has a great review of the whole...
  6. ToyoHabu

    Why are cops dickheads?

    To much power is corrupting, that and has anyone watched cops, most of those people they show a grade A idiots, get exposed to enough of them and who wouldn't be affected. That said, in my experience with most cops their attitude is just a reflection of yours.
  7. ToyoHabu

    Police harrasment

    My brother had his Kawasaki ZX-7R stolen along with a rottertiller from his house, a neighbor saw it happening and called the police, neighbor gave the police a description of the perp, vehicle and licenses plate number. Apparently my brother was not import enough to warrant an immediate...
  8. ToyoHabu

    Guy driving miata, gay or not?

    some of the most wild rides ever at an autocross where in miatas. Great Fun on wheels and you cant beat the price
  9. ToyoHabu

    removing tints from rear window

    This is the best method, the Ammonia makes short work of the adhesive. The heat speeds the process up. Follow this and use no! metal scraper, soft rubber scraper like those used to spread bondo works good.
  10. ToyoHabu

    college of engineering

    Mechanical Engineering = Applied mathematics Mechanical Engineer = Applied mathematician
  11. ToyoHabu

    Mortgage industries are going down fast...

    buy a house using an ARM , barely make payments at introductory rate but gamble that you car refinance later. Economy starts heating up, feds raise prime, Uh-oh you cant Refinance now at a rate you can afford. Damn, thats crazy, the econmoy getting better plants the seed of its own demise...
  12. ToyoHabu

    Cool cheap old cars?

    Say maybe a Fiero, with say buick 3.8 v6 supercharged engine. How about Audi Coupe GT quatro Turbo I5 20 valve (The car that started the whole AWD thing) These things where monsters In group B. Porsche 924, 944, 928. Dodge Datona with mopar RWD conversion. AMC Eagle AWD car...
  13. ToyoHabu

    Sports Bike....I have questions.

    1. no tight spots that cause pain discomfort, will cause fatique and discomfort not good on long rides 2. when moving head side to side should not feel relative motion snug but not tight. usually you can get your helmet with different cheek pads. 3. when moving your helmet around your...
  14. ToyoHabu

    My adventures in Tucson

    have a friend that lives in North Tucson near intersection of E Camp Lowell and Swan drive, seems to be nice part of town, just before the really nice part of the town in the foot hills. HIs Brother went to School there, Eller business college. Nice Campus. He and his frineds made regular trips...
  15. ToyoHabu

    Why can't they actually make cool sh!t like this in the States?

    Another reason is that even as subsidized as they(American Companies) are, most European manufactures will get much more(money) to develop things like this car. But even so, we do create something similar like http://www.rossioncars.com/ http://www.factoryfive.com/gtmhome.html But this...
  16. ToyoHabu

    removing stock twins SUCK!

    take twins off RHD=da easy, LHD=da pain. mostly due to heat core bump on firewall. found it easier to take whole engine out :3d_frown:
  17. ToyoHabu

    people's favorite turbos

    Not familiar with the mitsu turbo, but on the holset a 17cm housing is considered enormous, not surprised your spool was laggy, but your top end should have been great. 17cm^2 = the A part of A/R A being the cross sectional area in the turbine the R being the distance from the turbine shaft...
  18. ToyoHabu

    New to Site. From Athens, AL

    Love to, only my ride is in a state of extreme disassembly right now.
  19. ToyoHabu

    people's favorite turbos

    Holset HX35 with 9 or 12 cm turbine housing, good for 500 HP
  20. ToyoHabu

    Song you are listening to right now!

    Arcade Fire -Intervention