It would be an interesting test;
Create a hood-mounted access cap for everything under the hood- oil cap, dipstick, coolant, washer fluid, brake fluid- and see how long a Supra could go without opening the hood.
Probably a bit longer than allowing the average owner to poke around in there...
:)
Lately I've been just putting out small fires around the motor, so to speak.
Finally fitted the tps to my throttle body, and adjusted it to spec. ALOT easier when it's off the car.
You know that nasty, pointless, "put-a-rubber-cap-on-me-and-i'll-blow-it-off-when-you-least-expect-it" coolant...
DIsconnect the heater hose at the back of the head; the end where it goes into the firewall valve.
See if it's got coolant in it, or if you can add some at that point.
Keep a 1/2 to 1qt. of oil in the engine, above the full line.
Avoids rodknock from oil starvation during turns, acceleration and braking.
For a low power goal(<350hp), a felpro/oem headgasket is fine, with some ARP's.
While the engine is in the shop, have them resize the rods to reduce the...
Selling the "entire 7M/W58 setup" will net you about $300.
That would almost buy you a good clutch. but not quite.
:)
I say buy a 7MGTE setup as mentioned above.
PS- How did you get 200whp out of a 7mge?
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