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  1. americanjebus

    Starion/conquest input

    I just need a yay or a nay here, i want to turn a quick profit on a car by buying it for like $800 and selling it for the blue book of about $2400+ i just have no idea if theres a market for it. 1987 Mitsubishi Starion Turbo, 130k miles, 5sp, Imaculate condition no smoke no dents no rips...
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    What can i do with this car?

    Ok so i came accross a decent deal 1987 Supra with decent straight body, Seized engine (so they assume), Auto tranny, Decent interior price: $1 Wtf can i do with this, it is really cheap and is being sold because they dont know how to fix or find out wtf is wrong with it. Story is guy was...
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    Cant Make up mind on new car

    Ok i am going to start working two jobs and some really long hours this summer while im out of school in order to save up for a fairly new daily driver for this winter and for when i move onto college in order to save the supra the trouble of driving 180 miles over the mountain passes over the...
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    Give me a theory!

    I have to write a research paper, it's a simple assignment but i want to take it further. i just have to write a research paper about a scientific theory, concept, etc. i want to write about something i am not familiar with and dont know much about, and well i dont know what it is i dont...
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    Got my baseline dyno

    Well the local festival brought in some peeps to the town allong with a trailered dyno so i hit it this weekend just before i threw on some mods to get a baseline and well, im prety disapointed with my numbers but everyone else was impressed with what my little mods did. anyway happy to report...
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    how does key lock work!!!

    i got home just now hopeing to do some work on the car and when i went to take my key out the key will turn the car off and go into the acc position and ususally i just have to press the key release button to get it all the way out. well i push it and jack shit happens. i couldnt turn the key...
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    QUICK help needed!!

    I am needing to hold some parts in my transmission in place for a short time and am going to try and use molly lube to hold a couple springs from moving. Can i use Molly engine assembly lube in an a340e without any ill effects? thnx!!
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    which gasket maker??

    Pulling off my tranny oil pan soon and have two tubed gasket makers and i have people on both sides telling me one is better than the other. Which one of these have you guys had experience with. auto tranny pan seelant srry about gigantic pic.
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    greddy profec B spec II, or manual?

    ok im faced with a situation, so far im preparing to order a ddp, tanabe, got a new high flow cat, well about $1500 worth of stuff for the car and i know that when i put it all on im gonna be hitting something like 13 psi without boost control. so i need a boost controler to keep my car from...
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    stuck it to a 240

    not in the supra though, with my winter beater. crappy idle, straight piped exhaust, turbo straight 5 auidi 5000 cs quattro. friend was giving me crap about how my car is a POS, (and it is, something breaks every day) and how it was slow, so i retorted its faster than your 240. well today i...
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    looking for 240 mirror glass??

    So me and a friend bought fully automatic soft pellet guns, the little plastic bb's that bounce off of stuff, and we went up to the hills and were playing arround in the woods w/ em, on the drive back down the mountain we were side by side shooting each other with the little things and the other...
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    our stock rims in 17''?

    ok so i bought forza racing. to my surprise its got an mkIII, of coarse i bought it right away and bought every upgrade for it and customized the paint rims everything to be identical to my car. except this one is like 540 hp. well in the options i found the stock white 5 spokes but in a 17''...
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    should i worry about hg or not??

    i put this in off topic cus it doesnt pertain to the supre but it is still technical i found some puss on the dipstick of my audi and decided to go w/ hg. spent 3 days cleaning and taking my time doing hte headgasket bymyself and finished sunday. what i found was instant milkshake, i thought...
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    i think lam just got owned

    i think this guy takes the cake for effort. http://pstoc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1520
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    a sad day, put the supra away.

    had to do it, car looked ghey with corolla rims on it and didnt wanna put it through snow so i got this audi, cheep, straight 5 turbo, soon as spring comes by its gone. familiar traights though, i took it out today, and hit fuel cut (does 1.1bar); once again, lifter tick, but i still got the...
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    hp??

    how come when i look up hp it comes out = to 550ft/lbs and not just 1ft/lb? im confused.
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    looking for help from the wise (turbo guys, engineers)

    ok i have a hefty size physics project im taking on and i was allowed to pic my subject, of coarse turbo chargers came up. now i have to make a presentation explaining all of the physics principles that apply to the turbocharger and the workings of it. i dotn want people to help write...
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    the hunt begins

    snow is on its way and im scared as hell to drive the suppie in it so im scraping the bottom of the barrel for some spare cash to get a winter car, i went to a tow yard today and they have an 86 mitsubishi mighty max w/ 100k on it and straight body. thing is no key, no title, bidding starts at...
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    I Love Rental Cars!!

    ok so my friend did something stupid and backed her car into a trucks bumper, truck didnt have a scratch but her quarter panel and headlight got ripped a new one. anyway she told insurance someone hit her and its getting fixed and they gave her a rental car for a week, a new 05 cavallier with...
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    can it be done???

    well my dad is anal as F^$% i just had a long ass argument with him over how sythetic oil "kills engines" cus 20 years ago he used castrol and it leeked out of a gasket that was held together by gunk. anyway he's stubborn and senile and thinks if its been repaired is never going to work ever...