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My right rear caliper was non functioning(some rust) and when breaking it felt normal :icon_excl It would not take much to ensure that the calipers where working get a flash light and look at each while someone actuates the brake. Exercise due cation (i.e chock the tires) My guess is that there...

Both are bad, but when the up down is noticable it the worse of the two. there are essentially two bearings in a turbo one that manages the rotation and one that prevents linear movement along axis (sometimes called a thrust bearing) http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2986/article.html

Drove by the result of another kids drinking and driving escapade. He drank He drove He Died a somewhat better result than He drank He drove She died. After loosing control of the car he was driving the car was split in two by a power line pole and immediately burst into flames. My sister and I...

very cool car, have been handed my ass on a plater by a very nice and built one. Watched it fly away from me with blue flame from the exhaust.

I had a same problem once was installing a new clutch. Should have seen me with the the dremel tool with the flexible shaft. Couldn't get a good angel to look at bolt while cutting the head off so it was all by feel since the clearance was also tight. So there i was under the car in winter in...

C1 - Located near the fuse box in the engine bay. Delivers the plus signals for the E.F.I. system color grey I did not find this out till recently you may try it "Umm.... I wanted to pass this information along to future 1JZ swappers... You know the fusebox "splice" that you have to...

If you cant help your sister with her mental health illness problem, are you making sure she is getting the help she needs? there may be background that I am missing, but loosing a little sleep for my loved ones is not a price I would complain about.

I used the 7M Rad with electric fan on mine, no problems with overheating. ymmv. I do not like the idea of using the speedo cable hole for the wiring harness, I extended mine by about 18 inches by splicing one cable at a Time so as not to get them switched, this takes a while, or you could do...

I would reccomend going to a school with plenty of opportunity for revelant co-op opertunities available, those schools in nice college towns sometime lack in this department. A smaller school is also a plus. The school I graduated from is in a high tech/engineering community...

Dang at least you caught it, Friend worked at the airport here in huntsville and someone left there Mercedes running and left on a flight. The Cops could not break in, they came for my friend cause he owned one and he knows how to open hood of mercedes without popping the hood release...

These guys make seats that are extre wide for the big guy http://www.racetech.co.nz/new_template/index_17_02.html http://www.racetech.co.nz/new_template/seats/4000.htm notice the W and WX

I like cars that aren't afraid of standing out ... and that one stands out:cool: . Unfortunately that model supra may not command the price you are looking for. You may want to get a professional evaluation. according to guides like NADA its only worth 1800 which we know is :bsflag: I can guess...

This experiment has already been undertaken in several countries in Europe with great results. Without exception when a government tries to legislate morality in order to protect us from the evils of drugs/prostitution/gambling/insert evil practice here it has ended up hurting more people...

They are so right for a black supra. Every look I like them better. Great find.

I have seen some people pack bearing with very light assembly lube. The best way is to prelube the system by spinning the oil pump, but difficult to do in this engine. I'm interested to here peoples Ideas on this also

bonafied practicine engineer and over 30g owed to uncle sam for it.:aigo:

Done finished and making plenty of $$$ :naughty: I have done experiments on cooling effects of shroud geometry on fan efficiency and tip clearance is king. Indeed the shroud in the automotive application ensures that the air that is induced to flow flows through the Radiator. The tip...

cut a trash bag to shape of rear window. then spray amonia and apply plastic bag so it adhers to the window. this allows the amonia to soften the glue without evaporating. being in the sun will grately aid this process. Pull back bag partly just enough to get at a little bit of the tint, have...

The army is in the process of surplussing the T55-L-712 engines found on the CH-47D chinook(in favor of the MORE powerful T55-GA-714 4800 shp ) this engine is capable of producing 3750 shaft horsepower. this puppy will consume 29 lb/sec of air. 1740 lb/min by comparison a T76 turbo charger flows...

I got 22-24 with mildly modified 1jz, was a little bit of a lead foot though