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    engineering jobs anyone?

    well im working on my engineering degree in college and was wondering what engineering jobs involve cars? i originally wanted to do aerospace but my real passion is cars. any ideas?
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    Liquid to air intercooler. ebay brand? i got a few questions

    so i was looking on ebay for an intercooler and i ran into this liquid to air intercooler. seems preaty cheap. i know IJ has this set up but i dont think his was ebay brand PRICE IS $70 plus shipping liquid to air INTERCOOLER seem that its rather cheap. anybody else used ebay...
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    Trowing CODE 34 after AVCR install? i have vpc.

    Well I run into this problem a while back. but my car was parked in my garage for a while and now that i got the smog issue taking car off i will be able to test drive the car again to try to fix this problem. MODS. 550cc with soppurting mods(pump/fpr/ss lines etc.) Greddy IC, piping/bov...
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    Non-Turboing a turbo car. ODD request yes please read on.

    OK well it that time of the year for my 89 supra. SMOG time in california. so what you way? well the shell is an N/A and i swap a turbo motor in it. solution... de-turboing. that or swap an n/a motor again. anyways what do i need to do to do this? i have all stuff my the n/a but how will i...
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    added Apexi AVCR now hitting FC when i have VPC.. help?

    EDIT ITS NOT FUEL CUT well i decided to put back my MBC and it holds at 20 psi. with no problem. I am now convince that its an avcr setting. anyone incounter this problem? ********* Heres what happend. my original set up consist of: S-afc, vpc and mbc +(external wasgate)(ofcourse...
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    My Ghetto Custom IC block off plate AND airbox for Only $43

    I was originally going to make a "final" set up once i change my turbo to a t67 but these past few days its been really hot so i figure id make a quick cold air box and ic block off. So i thought id would be quick(took me about 6 hours THATS excluding making the template since i did that...
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    How important is the RPM wire in a HKS FCD? needed or no?

    Hi, I purchased a HKS FCD from 1 of the member BUT it only has 4 wires(red,black,white and yellow) It DOES NOT have the green wire. Is the green wire really neccesary or can i run this FCD on my mk3 without the green wire? have i Purchased the wrong FCD? (i hope not cause the member...
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    what are your thoughts on a cause of LOW idle to death..

    well after figuring out that my cps is th ecause of my car not starting i was able to get her running today... BUT im having problem keeping it idleing... the car would only idle about 500-600 and would idle DOWN to a point where it just dies. its a 91 motor and for some reason it DOES...
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    dam get my car running... what do you guys think?

    well i have an 89 AUTO and N/A supra that i decided to do a swap on. I swap a gte motor and an R154 tranee. (along with other parts needed to complete the swap.) well i finally got my 89 turbo 5-speed harness so now i was able to finish her up. but she wont start :( ... theres 3 codes...
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    my car= no start after the swap. help

    well if you dont know im using a 91 turbo/5-speed harness but my 89 auto/ n/a isnt accepting it lol... (after my N/A to Turbo and auto to 5-speed convcertion.) so i decided to rewire my 91 harness to match the 89 since im broke... no money for an 89 harness. anyways so i got her started...
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    help ASAP: engine harness rewire.

    well i was under the impretion that 91 turbo engine harness would fit the 89 N/A Shell...? well for some reason mine dont. and im out of cash so i cant go out and buy a 89 GTE harness. so im ganna do it the "HARD WAY". cut and solder the connection of my 91 harness to match the 89. using the...
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    My BIGGEST project ever... lots of pain and lots of pics lol

    History. This supra is originally my sisters. I found this supra for her as a daily driven car b/c her other car is a 1996 corvette. But over the summer she melted #2 piston and she decided to get rid of it. and i decided to buy it from her for $250. and plans for a complete "Makeover"...
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    can somebody double check this... im doing an auto-N/A to Manual-Turbo Swap.

    oh i wont go into detail why i have to swap but heres the situation. i got a 91 supra manual and turbo and i have a 89 auto N/A. well thanks to DMV i cant regester the 91 shell. (lien problem). my sister just blew the 89 supras engine(well melted #2 piston to be exact) she ran out of coolant on...
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    oil is leacking/sphewing externally... in the engine(pics)

    well i attack a pic to help me better decribe. when i drive it normal nothing happens but when i step on it the oil starts spewing but i dont know where its comming from... FROM the picture the arrow is where the oil seems to hit cause when i would open the hood that part of it is ALWAYS SOAK...
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    need help asap: car wont start(it cranks over)

    yes i posted it on sf to but maybe ill get the answer here... ok i baught this car and towed it home on sat night(the engine is rebuild but swap into a junk yard shell so i had to connect everything... i finally got almost everything hook up and i decided to fire her up... no dice. all it...
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    my car sounds sounds like a chopper... bad... how to fix? *w/ sound clip*

    ok my car started to sound like freacking chopper with its pop pop po sound... the head gasket keeps popping into my head but it show no other sign... well... xcept the disaperrance of water/collant overtime. :icon_evil anyways heres the clip... i use a digi cam. so quality sux. but youll...
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    mutiple problems... code 11/ks/vacumme/etc occur all in one day...

    ok well after the upgrade that i added i drove it for maybe 1 week without any problem until today... problem #3 the vaccumer at idle is between 18-20. ^^^ all this problem happened today on my way to work... any ideas would be great. mods on sig. lex afm is back out all the way.