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Anyone used their turbos before? I need to get some specs on them before making up my mind, but they sound pretty potent. Only thing that makes me wonder is if the T3 footprint might be a point of restriction on the system. I'm looking for as quick as possible spooling characteristics (close to...

Understatement much? :p That really is too bad, but shipping half a world away (you're quite possibly on the direct opposite side of the planet down there, from east coast USA) would probably cost more than you could buy a nice Mk3 that's already IN Australia...

You know, your forum name combined with your title of 'lurker' is kinda creepy. :p

Beautiful car man, and nice to see you're using it like God intended! Sounds real nice too, what cams are you running? I've got a decent base for a Mk2 restoration in my garage now, focusing on the Mk3, and the girlfriend wants to buy a Mk4 for herself in a couple years once her DD is paid off...

Good to see you're getting back into the game man. I haven't been on AZSC in a long while (hope to remedy that someday), but good to hear. You'd love driving your old car now man, feels a little 'loose', but it's damned quick for being such a pig. ;) If one of said Jiffylube bandits were...

Another thread you might consider reading up on was Bigzavs' "1.5JZ T56" thread. I seem to remember him having some rather interesting times mating that transmission to the engine. Kinda the reverse theory here (Supra trans going on Chevy engine), but it might prove insightful.

Interesting, I'll take a look into it. Personally, I love that sound...

This is true of a LOT of things on an older car... things get brittle with time unfortunately. I've learned that if I have to put any force into it, it's probably tight enough already. Could always use a torque wrench (the 'stick' type, not clickers) to be certain, but that can be time...

Speaking of NASCAR... ;) "It isn't about the cheating, it's about not getting caught," I believe is the mentality behind this (and other) race series R&D... Would love to see pics of the ES Lemons car though, you were probably the most comfortable team out there. :p I love driving a...

I always liked the way the Miata would rotate into the corner, but always figured it was a balance thing, or suspension setup. Never once gave any thought to the differential having that effect. Time to experiment on GT5 and see what causes what *off* the paper. :)

Guys, just thought I might post this up in here too (there's another similar post in the oils/lubricants section). I discovered something interesting while changing my oil last weekend: Anyone else notice this on their 1j/2j/7m/whatever? The threads have some sort of cutout on them, I can...

It's been brought to my attention that my previous post was a bit rude, and not very helpful. I can see it too, looking back. That said, my only intent in posting was that to build a Mk3 into a drift car, or owning one for motorsport in general, you have a great deal of work ahead of you, not to...

Hmm... I've had plenty, I've played plenty of games in the last 20-something years too. Can honestly say that some games were better than sleeping with my ex. Not bad looking by any means, just about as entertaining in the sack as a potato. :nono: Liking this comic though, good find man. I'm...

Heh, no kidding! I never raced it, I only floored it everywhere I drove it... :rolleyes:

I will say this though: for all the trouble my current car has given me, and the stupid little problems I've found all OVER the car, I'd be tempted to give it a proper cremation once I get all the good bits off of it. :p Probably still wouldn't though. It's still usable to someone, somewhere...

My brother says about his 64 Impaler, "if God didn't want me to drag ass, He wouldn't have let Chevy put metal bumpers on it." Love his car... stupidly low car like that, it just works. On something that could have had some hope of performance, it seems like you're crippling the poor car. Would...

The 4.10 Torsen found in the TTR was also known to be a bit weaker than the clutch type diffs.

Double check all your hoses and clamps as well. Did you replace the lines? If not, you may find yourself doing that sooner than later whether you want to or not. Ask me how I know that one. ;) I've found that nearly all of my little water leaks over the years were due to my failure to properly...

As for exhaust routing, look at Limequat's build thread, should give you inspiration on how to stuff a lot of engine and piping in the Mk3 bay. ;) Oh, by the way, your putting an iron SBC in your car mandates that you grow a mullet to sacrifice to Lynard Skynnard's remaining members.

Get a turkey baster, a small one, fairly long worked best for me. Turkey tasted like crap though. :p Why are you ending up with water in your spark plug galley?