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might be a 7m owner if you make more torque than a 1J. :D

heavy cars are not nessicarily a handicap when it comes to drifting.. you have vipers and mustangs out there drifting pro. you just need more power and have to slow down more comming into turns. Supra's can make the power... just need a good driver and a good suspension setup/tires.

might help if you posted this in the right section

best to learn on an under powered car. if you learn in an over powered car it'll be difficult to drift an underpowered car. learned in an n/a SOHC 240SX. handling the supra now is easy... any car really. give it time, eat curbs (unless your on the track wich is preferable) and go through tires.

i remember you posting something about steering angle and tighter radius turns... steering spacers? also try left foot braking through the turn while still gasing and controling the angle. should help some. clutch kicking also helps kill the turbo lag a bit for slower turns. Also, as far as...

+1 Did this. had 3 240sx's. wrecked one, blew two. Learn in something that isn't your supra. The weight will really throw you off. 240's handle better due to the reduced weight and the near 50/50 weight balancing. You can learn in the supra but i recommend a really open and empty lot...

here are the correct measurments: Clearances I1 - .152mm I2 - .279mm I3 - .305mm I4 - .356mm I5 - .330mm I6 - .356mm I7 - .356mm I8 - .330mm I9 - .305mm I10 - .305mm I11 - .228mm I12 - .254mm ______________________ E1 - .305mm E2 - .305mm E3 - .356mm...

enjoyed a good laugh this morning at my own expense. feel kinda stupid to be honest. Both cams are on and installed. I checked clearances and realized that they seemed to be on the tight side. Now, coincidentaly, I take a look at a measurement conversion chart that was shipped along w/...

Thanks. Brought home some tools from work again to see if I can't finish the cam install job to check clearances but go figure, I left the intake cam at work and can't do squat. Leaving it for tommorrow i guess.

Its great to have spare parts. Installed the intake cam and in an attempt to incorrectly turn the cam to have it @ TDC, i pried on the front of the cam by placing a flathead between the stud that aligns the cam gear and where you bolt the gear to the cam and the cam cracked right above the...

ok, here at work posting from my phone. Got the metric feeler gague to verify clearances. Hopefuly i remember to take a ratchet amd the appropriate sockets home to reassemble the head. Going to check the tsrm also to see if i have to torque the cams or not. Pretty sure i do but going to verify...

Ok, received the shims tonight and already got them in the motor. Dont have my tools w/ me here so tommorrow i should be reinstalling the cams and verifying the valve clearances. After that I'll reassemble the head, road test for about a day or two, then w/ permission of my service manager...

its been covered befor... searching works wonders. http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3495

ok, ordered the appropriate shims. Still gotta get off my lazy butt and debur the head. Dont have a shop vac so I have to run out and see if i can find someone to lend me one now or just buy one. Should be good to give it a test run in maybe a week.

ok, got my deburring tool in yesterday. Gonna see if I can borrow the shop vac over the weekend from work and fix the head problem. Also have to see my paycheck on monday and hope its decent enough to finally order the shims.

Ok, removed all the the shims from their lifter buckets and so far I have I1, I8, I9, and I12 that I was able to re-shim because some of the old shim thicknesses applied to the above valve shims. Im expecting a decent paycheck this friday, so im gonna try to order the rest of the shims...

subscribing... can't wait to see more progress.

Ok... getting off my lazy butt and trying to see if I can't salvage some shims. Looks like I can Re-use 4 of the 48 shims I have to my disposal. The rest I'll have to buy. Ordered the deburring tool from MAC two weeks ago. Going to check tommorrow to see if its in so i can fix the small...

interested... pics? any idea on price?

doesn't matter that the head is on the motor is still assembled and in the car?