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  1. Nick M

    Noob question on aftermarket manifold

    That isn't as important as you think. See Doward.
  2. Nick M

    I hate valve shims

    With the SST, it is quite easy. The magnet helps as noted.
  3. Nick M

    Alignment Experience

    I have seen cars driven right over the edge. But both times the owner after the fact mentioned the brakes had a problem. I don't remember if the Hunter machine was damaged. But the Ford Ranger was laying against it.
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    differential ratio's

    Yes. The placard on the firewall on the axle code. It is on the lower part, and ends in a 3 or 5. I think the 3 or 5 might be the ratio, but somebody else would have to verify thatl
  5. Nick M

    who's not using a metal hg?

    I have a new Fel-Pro composite in the package somewhere. It also looks disturbingly identical to the OEM gasket that comes in the engine overhaul kit.
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    Torque

    Yep. Great post. A 3 inch exhaust on stock 7MGE will only hurt velocity.
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    Alignment Experience

    The front end shop probably has techs that were just getting tired of the dealer in the first place. We had techs at the dealer that only did alignments. It was the only way to compete with the lower price front end shops.
  8. Nick M

    Noob question on aftermarket manifold

    Between a stock CT26 and T04E? Maybe 100 horsepower on a smaller T4. The new Garrett technology, known as the GT is even better.
  9. Nick M

    EBAY Rear Brake rotors, anyone bought these?

    Ferrari and Porsche do it to lighten the rotating mass. It doesn't make you stop faster. The drilled rotors run cooler, but that isn't directly what you want. You want heat transfer to take place. Energy from moving forward is transfered into heat. You can't actually get rid of energy, we...
  10. Nick M

    who's not using a metal hg?

    If you have a fuel delivery problem in boost(don't think it will never happen), and something has to give, a compostie gasket is a much better choice than a piston.
  11. Nick M

    Torque

    Already answered. Displacement. Other things can tune it, as noted. Actually, engines don't make torque. They convert fuel into torque.
  12. Nick M

    +Original Supra reviews

    Take notice of the preproduction ringer, the worn in production examples, and what high heat does to testing. MA70 only. I don't have all of them. Some are incomplete. If others have originals, not the 54th copy of the April '89 Car &Driver, I wouldn't mind them being added in. Enjoy...
  13. Nick M

    EBAY Rear Brake rotors, anyone bought these?

    Why the question mark? http://www.supramania.com/forums/showpost.php?p=957543&postcount=10
  14. Nick M

    differential ratio's

    Well, if you pull the cover, you will see a clutch pack on the side gears. It makes the gears roll over with the axle. With an open diff, the gears will walk around each other. What that does is give the open diff equal torque to both wheels. Which is why it will spin one wheel if it is...
  15. Nick M

    How to change out, exhaust housing from turbo?

    Some turbos are easily taken apart by a large snap ring. Why buy something that you don't need in the first place?
  16. Nick M

    code 31&24 problems

    So you had the head off the car, put it together and it doesn't run right?
  17. Nick M

    who's not using a metal hg?

    Ask yourself if you really want to hold the head and block together under that heavier detonation.
  18. Nick M

    differential ratio's

    LSD was standard on the turbo, an option on the GE. I had 4 7MGE W58's, only one was an open diff. 3.91 is what percent of 4.3. Answer that and you know what percent your speedo is off. ( I only gave you that answer because I know a nuke is smart enough to figure it out)
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    EBAY Rear Brake rotors, anyone bought these?

    If you are trying to be sarcastic, it only makes you look like a fool.
  20. Nick M

    Well, my Supra dreams are over...

    You going to hang around anyway? You should.