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  1. mecevans

    Rod knock or noisy head?

    Thats knock from the bottom end. Is the crank pully and flywheel torqued?
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    Got my Head Back today... Kind of worried about some things.

    That surface isnt good enough for a MHG. how did you manage to bend the valves?
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    Oil Drive-Shaft bearings

    The SIP bearing fit with no modification. I have a cam bearing tool and i drove them in myself. Clearence was in spec. Check my build thread.
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    Fresh rebuild. Coolant boiled on me.

    Like 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile shifting at 2500rpm.
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    7M meet Technology!

    Eraezer, Your forgetting one thing, how the injectors are controlled. The 7M pulses injectors once every crankshaft revolution. Fuel sits on the valve until the intake stroke. Therfore it needs the swirl humps. The 2jz only fires once on the intake stroke because it has sequential fuel...
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    How to beat speeding ticket in VA school zone?

    ^ I regret not getting one every time i pay for insurance. I was well prepared and it still came down to his word over mine.
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    Rod knock or noisy head?

    Nope. Im using the walmart 5w-30 ISLAC-5 oil. I got about 200 miles on it and plan to change it around 500 and go full syn too. If its not broken in by then something is wrong and its time to rering it.Changing it too much is BAD and a waste of money.Your filter there to get particles out and...
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    Rod knock or noisy head?

    40 weight wont kill your motor but it also doesnt do any good. Unless you have crazy oiling mods 5w-30 is what you want. Once you warm it get a long screwdriver and place it on differnt areas of the engine. Stick your ear on the other and listen, but be watch out for anything rotating. You...
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    Oil Drive-Shaft bearings

    The ones i got from sipracing required no modification.
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    where to put oil cooler

    I got a 10x11 B&M cooler i hope to be installing this Friday. As of now i just my canton adapter and my permacool remote filter head. The cooler is pretty big and the only place i can get it to fit is under the driver side headlight. The outlet come out above and below the frame rail for the...
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    How to beat speeding ticket in VA school zone?

    Get representation
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    Fresh rebuild. Coolant boiled on me.

    I was able to get it to flash this time. It gets pushed to about 3/4 up the bottle then once it cools its back at the full line. What else can cause my symptoms, anything i should double check?
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    4.30 lsd in a mk3? How will the driveability be?

    4.1 or the 3.9 will be your best option.
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    Fresh rebuild. Coolant boiled on me.

    Timing was at 0 degrees. Drives soo much better now. Should i worry about any possible damage? I drove it for 50 miles that way.:aigo:
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    Left me stranded tonight.

    If you have a scope you can back probe the cps and maf. i did the giggle mod to many times and now i need to re-do the wires.
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    Dyno with filter on or off?

    The air filter has a kind of velocity stack in it. If you remove it a bare pipe will get worse efficiency. Remove the ps if you want higher numbers
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    Fresh rebuild. Coolant boiled on me.

    I did but i have a feeling its off. With the jumper wire the check engine did not flash. My cps wire broke so i cant check it till i do that.
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    Fresh rebuild. Coolant boiled on me.

    My coolant boils after i shut off the engine. Fresh rebuild with.... Arp mhg H2o pump Toyota thermostat and cap silicon rad hose All other hoses new remote filter no cooler 10x11 going in next week. even if i drive it out of boost and under 3k and idle for 1 min before i turn it off...
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    7M meet Technology!

    For a street car is it worth removing the hump?