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Question though... why? From what I can tell, it's not completely hooked up, but even then... something seems odd to me. Aren't superchargers generally mounted to the intake side of the engine, and suck in/compress air, then right into the intake of the head?

Doesn't sound bad, but I would be disappointed to pop the hood of a car that looks like that and only find a GE... I'm with Dan on the NA engines sounding good. Best engine I think I've heard in a Supra was an NA 6m with a nice exhaust/intake setup.

True, very true... Nice! I had a 1980 with the liftback hatch for a while... good car, miss it sometimes. Psh... child. :p

Well done sir, well done. I found the section in the TSRM on the Mk3 while looking for something a couple weeks ago, and took a gander through it. Interesting read, to say the least.

Figure out what was wrong yet?

Interesting... now I'm thinking that this idea may work in reverse as well, correct? In my case, I have a bit too much boost too early, and it causes me to hit fuel cut at ~17psi. Now, I have an adjustable blow off valve, could I turn the screw to loosen the spring on the BOV to basically act as...

Err... at first I was thinking 1jz for some reason (the amount of posts in here about them perhaps), then I got to thinking 1uz (because you know, Toyota)... but then you start talking carbs and Keith Black, Comp parts, and a 4.3 turbo engine? With push rods? Only thing that comes to my mind was...

This is what I was thinking... same A340/341E in both setups, correct? OP, have you tried mounting them together yet? As 1j and 2j engines share bellhousings, you should be good to go with the beefed up auto you already have. :) Not saying there aren't ANY differences, but I don't see why it...

Curious, where does the stress go when you use subframe spacers like the aluminum ones linked? Steering/alignment components?

Depends on what you call "using it right", I'm personally with Poodles below on this one. If I wanted a no-frills track car, I probably would have kept my Camaro. :p

Does noise scare off the deer in your area? I've only had a couple of them walk into the road in front of me, and a quick blip of the throttle seemed to hurry them along... my car is a bit on the loud side for a street driven Supra though. Don't want to jinx myself, but I've been fairly luck on...

I've always been of the opinion that the only problem with the burgundy interior is the QUANTITY of it. Leave burgundy vinyl parts (dash, doors, console) and put in gray or black carpets, seats, door inserts (anything cloth really), and it would look pretty tasteful. Could even do the inverse of...

Sounds like you have a pretty solid plan then. If you got an offer for $1300 cash, what are you even dealing with the bottom dollar guy for? :p

Well, if you want to get down to the real dirty part of the job, the TSRM outlines the entire chassis measurements, and shows you where to measure from, point to point. If anything is off by more than an acceptable (if there is such a thing, these were very well built cars) amount, then your car...

Car makes more torque than mine before 3300 rpm... Granted I'm still on the pea shooters, but wow. Also, anyone bring the marshmallows? Lot of flames in here... and I'm not talking about Albert. ;)

This has been a consideration of mine for a while now, just for the sake of efficiency, but never really gave it much time... Do you have any way of extracting heat from the engine bay? Not sure if it would affect the overall aero, but it might help alleviate some of the additional heat from the...

We have a winner... That was my initial thought too. Good combination if you ask me. German car, German designed (if not built) engine, 100% badass. I would do an old bug to hot rod, if only because it's hard to do one and make it look bad...

I've yet to find a speed limiter on any Toyota I've ever driven... You? I know some of the 1j cars had them, but that's the only one that comes to mind.

Hmm, you might be on to something. Must be the accents... Speaking of which, Sick Puppies is coming to town in a couple weeks... :naughty: Seriously though, I don't know that I've really seen/heard of many Aussies that don't do things to the scale of at least 11. You must feed them to the...

Same way as on your 7m. Te1 and E1 IIRC... but it looks like you got that figured out already. Plug gap should be good, but from the sounds of it, you're hitting fuel cut. No doubt in my mind. Story of my life when it gets cold enough. :p