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There used to be a Composite Gasket on the market that had Hi Tensile Steel O-Rings inside the Fire Rings of the Gasket! While it's not true O-Ringing it provided localised pressure to seal the Cylinders and from memory was done to address Motors with close bore spacing that couldn't use...

In the old days I had this happen on my BBChev/Turbo400 so I got 2 flexplates machined the ring gear off one and bolted them both on, end of problem! Also did this to make a Flywheel for my old Toyota V8 by bolting a 1/2" thick plate onto a pair.

Mine was plumbed Cam Covers>NA T Piece>Catch Can>Turbo inlet as I said the T didn't flow nearly enough as soon as I changed to the bigger T piece it was fine! :) Now I have it plumbed the same but with 5/8 fittings and no catch can as it was doing nothing.

Not wanting to start shit but I've seen a few posts that Catch cans are all the same... not quite true. I've seen some of the cheap ones that are just a can with some fittings whereas a well designed one will have an internal baffle system to seperate liquids from the vapours.

Yes it will alter the indicated speed! You have a choice of driven gears from Toyota and for large changes you can get a ratio correction box that goes in between the upper and lower cables.

Adjuster: That would work really well! Even just using the Silicone has gotten rid of a lot of squeaks/leaks/noise but I still have to check the bolts from time to time! (where's that bottle of loctite?) :) I only bought my Targa cos it was 5K under market at the time and I couldn't pass...

Had mine off once in 8 years for a spin around the block then came home and siliconed it on! ;)

LMAO I always try to include lots of pics! ;)

Targa's have a SHITLOAD of extra material in the Sills and rails compared to a hardtop! (and are still noodles I think a converted Hardtop would be a disaster)

On a Mk3 it's cosmetic only as the front Hood seal serves the same purpose. (looks good though)

Once you have the PP out tap a corner on the ground if it's a broken Pivot ring you'll hear it!

Op: LOL every time I'm impatient it ends up costing me a bundle so patience is a good thing :)!

GE/GTE pumps will interchange for an NA using a GTE pump it is equal to a Hi Volume pump as the GTE gears are longer than the GE gears. No reason why it would be a bad idea unless it's a badly worn GTE pump.

AM: My guess would be a broken pivot ring in the PP.

LOL I wasn't taking a shot at you MrNick! You should know better than most of us how many people actually have had a filter done in an auto trans!! People will read this thread and right away think "Ahhh cool I can do this instead of a trans service" possibly leaving a blocked filter in...

William: Agreed I'm blown away that my 3540R goes into positive boost as low as 2000 rpm even with the 1.06 ar housing! (even with it untuned running like a pig) I was a bit skeptical of all of the GT series hype but it looks like Garrett delivered!

How long is a piece of string? I often see answers here of "blah blah mod will give you XX hp" If you sit and add up all of these a Mk3 would be making 1000 hp, sorry it doesn't work like that in the real world as Figgie said there are too many variables to take into account. Many...

If nothing else building a Supra teaches patience :)

Ignoring the 15+ year old 3/4 blocked filter in the pan......

I ran an RCS catch can that looked much the same as the AWM ones using a series of internal baffles to seperate the liquid. At first I used the NA T Piece into the CC then out to the Turbo inlet between the filter and Turbo, As I said earlier the NA T Piece didn't flow enough and blowby...