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  1. Nick M

    Weight

    Using the formula to calculate horsepower, since it is calculated, and not measured anyway, your cars are overrated on power. It comes out to 269, not 270. ;)
  2. Nick M

    Weight

    I found a site listing specs including dimensions. The non R spec was 1550 kg, with the A342. What is the R version?
  3. Nick M

    Weight

    What does the JZA70 weigh from Toyota? Or your 1JZ swap?
  4. Nick M

    Timings Off

    What hilarious thread in sad sort of way. Jetjock already said pretty much everything that needs to be said.
  5. Nick M

    Supra owners

    I always like the white package, I think they are called Superwhite. You know who probably knows. When they are in good shape, they just look good.
  6. Nick M

    Ebay BS or does this actually help?

    Ah yes, a heat spacer. They are quite useful in theory, and in practice. They have been around a long time, and are used on EFI and carb applications in the domestic market. Yet, it is something you haven't seen, so it must not work. Ever stop to think that in the grand scheme of things, you...
  7. Nick M

    Stcok boost pressure?

    You need to hang out here more often, and quit playing with the UZ swap.
  8. Nick M

    Supra owners

    Some of you need to ride tricycles they way you brag about destroying engines. 5 for me overall. Mostly very good in the reliability department. One of them I had the head decked .020" and a valve job just because it had 130,000 miles. Then I leaned out the vane airflow meter, and it burned...
  9. Nick M

    Getting a turbo Auto

    So bring your 86.5 7MGE powered Supra to SILV next year. We can line up for titles. It is a legal gampbling city afterall.
  10. Nick M

    Auto tranny upgrades?

    I guess kevlar clutches is a start....
  11. Nick M

    Getting a turbo Auto

    I don't talk on cell phones.
  12. Nick M

    Stcok boost pressure?

    The car makes about 230 horsepower at 6.8 psi. The speed tolerance, due to mass production and engine load, is 5.5-7.5 psi. The automatic tolerance is 4.8-6.0 psi. This is factory stock.
  13. Nick M

    Auto tranny upgrades?

    IPT does more than shim the accumalators. So does Level 10. But that mod will make the A340E eat a 5 speed alive. And your trans will last a lot longer.
  14. Nick M

    car won't start

    Intermittent problems are often wiring problems.
  15. Nick M

    Any "TRD" products for our cars?

    Well said Joe. Besides, all you need is a turbo upgrade, and you don't really even need that.
  16. Nick M

    How to figure Displacement

    I am pretty sure our two stroker engines here that I know of left it at 3.2 litres.
  17. Nick M

    Getting a turbo Auto

    The need for a 5 speed is close to the small man complex. I can put away a Big Mac extra value meal in rush hour, without the hassle that you endure.
  18. Nick M

    How to figure Displacement

    Area of a circle, remember that? Area times the stroke times cylinders. The stroker kit only makes about 3.2 litres. You do need a large overbore to hit 3.6.
  19. Nick M

    My old car pics. I love being boosted.

    Different belt driven superchargers yield drastically different dyno curves and drivability. A centrifugal supercharger has no bottom end to speak of. Lag would be an understatement.
  20. Nick M

    T.D.S.C.

    I want to make a suggestion. But that is all it is. It would be extra work, and I think you do enough as is. Ever hear of the Engine Masters Challenge? It is a contest on the dyno, where peak number only contributes to the score. So does torque, and the average over a range. Because that is...