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  1. amichie

    Backpressure?

    You will get more gains by upgrading the headers than any other exhaust component. On an NA engine a cat back system will just make your car louder and may feel a little stronger up top.
  2. amichie

    Does anyone here have interest in a header?

    Don't bother. It will be worse than the stock. The longer the primaries the better it will work. The black one above is the best design I have seen yet. If it is going to be a tri-Y design then make the primaries long. Otherwise there will be too much interference between cylinders. This is...
  3. amichie

    ACL Engine bearings

    ACL make excellent bearings anyway.
  4. amichie

    Header/Exhaust System Design

    So what do you call the bit between the headers and the cat that came with my OBX headers. It's a 2 into 1 section with a cat flange on the end.
  5. amichie

    Header/Exhaust System Design

    Why not modify the OBX headers. They are stainless and the primaries are mandrel bent and nice and long. You could have a collector made that just bolts straight on to the cat and also still slips on to the twin two-inch output from the headers. They do seem to be well made. TIG welded with...
  6. amichie

    Does anyone here have interest in a header?

    Just put a heated o2 sensor further down stream and problems solved. The modified OBX seems like a good option. The mandrel bends and merge collectors seem to be very well made. I have a set that I would love to fit but they have clearance issues on right hand drive cars so I am back to our...
  7. amichie

    Under Drive Pulley

    The Cressida mx83 and mx75 has a front pulley without a dampener. It's just a solid pulley. Why the difference. I don't know.
  8. amichie

    Idling RPMs get lower and lower

    There are no relays inside the ECU. It's all solid state.
  9. amichie

    fans supposed to run after engine is shut off?

    Where is the high temp water switch??
  10. amichie

    Please help guys, do I have rod knock?

    If it goes away after 2000 rpm then its not rod knock. Rod knocks get louder at higher pm and at higher load. Check for exhaust leaks around the manifold.
  11. amichie

    Symptoms of a bad MAF and Intake Manifold Gasket leak

    Check for oil soaked spark plug leads in the valley between the cams.
  12. amichie

    Thoughts and ideas on an intake.

    Power steering idle up. Detects a load on the power steering pump and then increases the idle to compensate. That small hose is the filtered and metered air supply for it. If its working well you can barely notice it.
  13. amichie

    Quick Question

    The head looks to be in very good shape. They usually have a lot more corrosion around the water passages than what yours has.
  14. amichie

    Na engine bay shots!

    jkm3141 Is that your AFM on its side? Any particular reason for that?
  15. amichie

    7MGE Rebuild

    I got an aisin oil pump off ebay
  16. amichie

    Na engine bay shots!

    Does anybody know why the supra Y pipe has a little cover plate just where the two branches of the Y meet? I have seen some with and some without that little cover.
  17. amichie

    Best way to dyno a auto?

    The cressida engine ECU and the gearbox ECU are in the same box. Do you mean unplug at the gearbox end or at the ecu end?
  18. amichie

    Best way to dyno a auto?

    I could bodgy up a switch for you that lets you manually select 2nd gear. Also you may want to manually lock up the torque converter. At our last dyno day it gave an extra 5rwkw with the torque converter locked. I have another spare ECU at home that could be set up as above.
  19. amichie

    power from a NA 7m

    He wasn't trying.