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I'll disagree in turn, here. Ride height is more determined by the fact that the car does have to be able to deal with real-world city streets, and not tracks all the time. At stock ride height it's difficult to get around in the city sometimes, and there are certainly parking lots that I just...

1. Siphoning requires that your destination be lower than your source, unless you have a continuous pump (But if you had that, then why not use it instead of the drain plug, and put the gas in there first?) 2. Gasoline + PVC plastic is a disaster in the makingyou can't leave it in there long...

Uh... Stock redline on a 6M crank 7M-GE/GTE is 6500 RPM. Stock redline on a 7M crank is 6250, so the 7M crank gives a LOWER redline than the 6M crank. (Not sure why, as it seems that it should be BETTER with the counterbalance, but there's the data as Toyota put it out. It still seems to me...

Spacers are used instead of a lower offset rim is all. In an ideal situation, you'd just get rims with an acceptable offset, and run that way. Real world, sometimes you don't get that option. As has been repeated many times, that's not necessarily to get a wider rim, but assuming that you have...

Check Injector resistance with an ohmmeter. http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=FI&P=83

I bought a replacement mast for mine at one point, then didn't use it since in mine, the cable was broken. The mast is cheap, and not too difficult to replace. The cable is a real pain to replace. The cable stays with the motor, the mast is a separate piece. For mine, I replaced my power...

Parked it. I'm going to drain and flush the coolant before the snow flies, and leave it until spring. I have some things that I want to get done over the winter, but not sure if I'll get to it with no heated garage to work in.

The spare tire well in my chassis is actually in pretty good condition, having not had a lot of water in it for extended periods of time. I'm of the opinion that the fewer welds that you need to make in order to patch in good steel, the better. For that, I think that finding a good spare tire...

Turning the ignition to "on" will run the fan (if on) and power the ECU and dash lights. In comparison to the radio, the only significant drain in that is the fan, which you can simply switch off. Alternately, for less work, you can connect a switch which will power on the radio without...

Define "top" and "bottom" ports. One port will push the gate open with boost, the other will push it closed. For mine, I just have a boost signal through a controller going to the one that pushes it open, and the other is vented to atmosphere. This works the same way the stock one works, so...

No, just don't drive with the W58 until the R154 is in the car, and you have the clutch which is appropriate for that. OR, if you NEED to be able to drive the car because it's your DD, then basically toss a new disc in there, to keep it driveable until you swap in the new driveline.

There are 3 ways you can go. Keep the 7M-GE/W58. Get the OEM parts. The cheap Autozone ones are PROBABLY fine, but I'd spend the extra couple bills for the Aisin (OEM) parts, and have something known good. It's the labour that's valuable for a clutch job anyway, so it's a false savings. Keep...

@pi: Interesting that silver is so popular globally. Silver is the second worst colour for fading, right after red. I knew that white was most popular in North America (though I never understood why.) For me, I know that if my Supra ever has another owner after me, it'll be as a parts donor, or...

Seconded. The OEM parts are cheap and more than adequate to the 7M-GE. If you're going to go with turboing the GE, then take a look at the Action clutches from Driftmotion. There are a bunch of other good quality clutches as well. Don't go with unknown here. Adjustment is not necessary (Or...

Well, as soon as the side impact was enough to start to move the strut tower, then the bar will transfer some of that to the other side. Might make the difference between saving your engine or not, but for all practical intents and purposes, it'll double the damage to the chassis, and make sure...

Cruise control is fine. I'm still using the NA cruise, works great. In some ways better than the turbo one would, since it never allows the engine to go into boost. (It shouldn't need to for most situations.) Problem with the GTE harness and TCCS is that then you also need GTE electronics, so...

LOL. Well, I'll admit to having a strut brace. It's even bolted onto the car. I wanted to do some testing to see if it made an ACTUAL measurable difference (As opposed to a placebo effect difference.) I got it second-hand for $5, so whatever. I was unable to measure any difference in chassis...

That was my conclusion. The GTE swap was a much better deal. At about 200xxx kms, my differential started making noise, so I swaped out the 4.300:1 for a 3.909:1. The difference is exactly 10%, so if my speedo said I was going 100 km/h, I was doing 110. If my odometer said that I had gone...

I drive at night, and when I do, I want the best lighting that I can get as far as me being able to see, and be seen. For various other reasons, I've looked at how the human eye works, and because of things that I've discovered (And independently verified for myself with experiments) I've...

Your alternator is on the way out, or else you have some major systemic ground issues. Most likely the former.