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Crap, thats not good news. If the engine is indeed the high compression one. But that isnt exactly certain either. The motor is a JDM swap and who knows what was put in. Only thing I know is that the motor was a 5spd version. If it is the high compression that means my front 4 are ok and the...

way to go Cleatus.

I just think you are geting yourself worked up unneccesarily. If you havent been pulled over for it how do you knnow your local cops are even enforcing it? There are lots of laws on the books that even law enfporcement wont touch because they know it will be a legal nightmare. If you want to...

the only other "bearing" type noise on the front of the motor (external) would be the timing belt tensioner. If thats not it then its bad news.

being rushed only to have to slow down, and do it all while its hot out and lacking nicotine? Are you suicidal? I used to keep an emergency pack of smokes in my glove box for just such occasions. Damn Im glad Im not addicted to those things anymore. Oh and the university is out so there...

OMG! that made my laugh so hard I think I pulled my spleen!

Ive had the same complaint several times in different supras and it has always turned out to be the bearings in the water pump. Sometimes you can actually see the pully on the water pump vibrate in conjunction with the the noise.

You guys are kind of worrying prematurely dont you think? If you get popped for it, contest it. Until then worrying about it and getting all worked up and wanting to talk to your politicians is wasted energy if you ask me.

Well the rear end is doing something a little more than wheel hop. I havent really had a chance to look into it yet, but Im now thinking I may have a bad axle/joint. I will get up under there here soon enough. Im just taking it easy right now anyway. Today I tore into the scary and...

Yep, I concur on looking into the failure box and the pedal switch. Those are the two most likely spots for the failure you are talking about.

Wow, all that in one fell swoop, nice. I bet that is quite a load off. Worrying about the signal coming and going from sensors is alot worse than trying to diagnose a bad sensor. Its just so hard to tell whats going on. Think back to the day your silver one was wrecked and how far youve come...

The difference between the Trueno and Levin are cosmetic, they are the same chassis code. The bigger question for your swap is the RHD/LHD issue. I dont know enough about the JDM version to tell you if you can use it as it sits or if you have to use it as a core (long block method). I suggest...

ROFL! thats sig material right there!

do you know what Charlton Heston would be doing right now if he were alive? clawing frantically at the inside of his coffin! :naughty:

yeah I will be there, after the coast cruise.

yeah I was thinking about doing the same. Im trying really hard not to bail out on the coast cruise. I am just not sure I trust my car all that much just yet. But either way I will be at Napa in the evening.

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Todays update: On my way to the junkyards today I noticed my temp start to spike. I pulled over and sure enough I was losing coolant. I thought, "shit, did I get a bad water pump?". Turns out that when I finished up last night I forgot to put my radiator cap all the way on. I was only on half...

it looks to me that you have JDM tails on the ends and a USDM in the center section. Might be able to find just the center piece on ebay.

CRE, That is seriously unlikey since the damage was done in a no jarring way, meaning it was just pushed up from the weight of the motor and not struck at speed from below. The oil pickup pipe is pretty tough and I think its FAR more likely it would just get pushed over a little rather than...