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  1. A. Jay

    optics/physics question for my curiosity

    Would it be possible to bring an image that's just inches from your face into focus, and then "undo" the magnification behind the image so that the world is also in focus? Along the lines of this: Would it be possible to be able to see the "55" on the piece of clear acrylic while your eyes...
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    wallpaper-worthy Supra pics?

    I'm looking for high-res pics of supras so I can pick one to be my desktop wallpaper lol. I thought others would like this as well. 2M, 1080P, 1920x1080 pixel, etc ya know Edit: I'd prefer mkiii pics
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    8.4:1 CR vs 9.2:1 CR

    I need a rebuild and since I'll have it all apart I was thinking about n/a pistons. I've been reading up a lot on raising compression but I can't find anything on such low power goals as mine or for the way I'll use it. The question is which compression ratio is more fun for strictly DD, 8.4...
  4. A. Jay

    Swapping from a R154 to a A340E

    I wasn't too surprised to find that there's not much info on this since people usually do the opposite lol. I've been daily driving the car for a year now and it got old on me. This is my second car, the first one being an auto supra turbo, and I miss it. I'd like to swap in a A340E into my...
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    Please identify these wheels and alternatives

    Got these pics off someone's build thread on here, but I can't remember whose. I'm in the market for 5-spokes that suit the shape of the car as well as those above. I've got a budget of $900, not including tires. Lip is a plus. Edit: Sizing would have an effect on price now wouldn't it lol...
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    My MKIII Supra vs friend's S2000

    We raced twice, both first to 100mph. First race was from a stop, and I burnt out kinda bad but his launch wasn't much better. He slowly got away from me and by 80 he was a few car lengths ahead, then he came into my lane and put on his brakes. It was at a turn and that was the problem, it...
  7. A. Jay

    MKIV TT wheels questions

    I want to get them, but I want to make sure of what I'll need first. Since the stock mkiii wheels are the same width and offset all around, I'll have to do something about the mkiv wheels so that they'll have the same distance from the outer edge to the rotor in respect to each other. Mkiv tt...
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    Help finding specific exhaust gasket

    The following is a pic of the fel-pro head gasket kit for the turbo supra (part# HS9473PT-1), I want the gasket that is circled: Toyota describes it as "gasket, turbine out", part# 17279-42010, and they want $81.88 for it. I'm looking to pay less, but monument, kragen, autozone, and rock...
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    1jz vs 2jz: weight and tranny questions

    I'm trying to compare the 1jz-gte to the 2jz-gte for a swap into a 240sx. I've been researching for a long time, but I can't seem to find the weight of a 1jz longblock. I had click through all the "a lot", "boat anchor", and "not much more than the 1jz" to find that a 2jz-gte longblock weighs...
  10. A. Jay

    supra spotting

    I was in my car installing my deck a few days ago when my sister went outside and knocked on my window. She was holding a book and said that she found something while doing homework that I'll want to see: I scanned this one: :icon_bigg Then she said "by the way, I still hate...
  11. A. Jay

    TEMS actuator installation

    I swapped out the tokico illumina shocks and the lowering springs in my '90 supra for the stock shocks/springs in my '91 and I simply took off the actuators off the shocks, swapped the shocks, and placed the actuators back on, meanwhile both batteries were unplugged. I came accross the...
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    defective mishimoto radiator

    I bought a mishimoto radiator (Mishimoto (86-92) Supra MK3 Aluminum Radiators - Manual) from horsepowerfreaks.com on 8/15/09 and didn't try to install it until two days ago and ran into multiple problems: This is as close as I can get the stock shroud to the threads, and that's after taking...
  13. A. Jay

    installing timing belt problem

    when I was removing the head, it looked like the cam gear on the exhaust cam is a tooth off from matching the factory mark on the gear to the factory mark on the top of the plate that's behind the gear when the first piston is at TDC. The gear needs to be turned counter clockwise to match. I...
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    fel pro no more? which hg then

    my brother works at an autoparts store and when i asked him to get me a fel pro head gasket kit he was told that they changed their name to Rock gaskets. I told him that I was qouted $363 for a fel pro kit on wednesday and he said that he was told that's because they're selling what's left of...
  15. A. Jay

    90 supra replacing 91 supra, planning for water ic

    if you havent seen the thread, here's more of the story with pics: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99237 after looking for over 6 months all over cali on craigslist for something I can work with, I decided that I should fix it. Then I found this 2 hours from me in Santa...
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    91 supra totaled, fix it?

    My first and only car, a 91 supra auto, with a sunroof, a flawless interior, stock everthing, and 87k miles on original everything except the tranny, was totaled on december 12 08. The lady driving the other car thought that, since she couldn't see the oncoming lane, that must have meant that...