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  1. Supra_dan

    Main studs (line hone?)

    Hey everyone. I am in the finishing stages (for the machine shop at least) in getting the block back from the shop. I had purchased ARP main studs and am excited to use them along with all my other ARP hardware. However, I honestly stumbled upon this by accident. and never heard of it before...
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    Wastegates..

    Alright. Something has been on my mind for a long time now, but I had forgotten about it until about 2 hours ago haha. Just going to get it out in the open first. I hate (hate's a strong word..strongly dislike) screamer pipes. I had an open wastegate on my talon. It was cool for about 6...
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    Wholesale?

    This may be taboo, or not really the right section. Don't really know.. However, I'm looking to do an engine rebuild soon and i'm looking to use pretty much 95% all oem toyota parts. My question is: does anyone here on the forums get parts for wholesale? Does anyone here work for toyota...
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    Need quick answer!

    Hey everyone, just need to know real quick. Tried searching here and google but it keeps coming up with auto to 5speed swaps. I just need to know so i can buy it. I found a jdm ecu on ebay. But its A/T My car is a factory 5 speed. I feel i remember someone saying you can use an auto ecu...
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    Dashboard care

    Hey guys/gals Something just popped into my head while I was working and I want to make sure I get it down here before I forget about it. We all know these cars and others (240sx's and well, a lot of 90's cars lol) love to crack their dashboards. I want to know if anyone has any...
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    Bosch bpv

    Hey everyone. So I got me a bosh bypass valve and i love it. Only thing is...It's kinda rigged up not so pretty. Was wondering if anyone can take pictures of their setups of the bosch bpv and post it here so I can get some ideas??
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    Beyond stumped. engine..stuck?

    Hey everyone. So something weird happened yesterday. Was cruising around and the car died on me. seems to lead to a bad alternator (fresh battery, held a charge great.) But now the car won't turn. At all. Got underneath with my 19mm socket on the crank pulley. Wont budge. Tried to push start...
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    Heater core actuator thing leaking (heater matrix?)

    Hello everybody, I noticed my car was leaking some coolant and it was starting to worry me. I traced it down and found out it was the heater core valve actuator thing. Believe it or not I actually found one from a junkyard, and I hope it doesn't leak ha ha. But what I want to know is that...
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    Vaseline Targa fix. Yes or no?

    Okay. So I have done some Google searching, some supramania searching, supra forum searching. All of it. All of it also is about a 50/50 split on it being good or bad. My car leaks when it rains, pours down the front passenger side. Not trying to be the more than typical cheap mkiii...
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    Starting to smoke..

    Alright ladies and gents, I have an interesting issue going on. Every now and then my car would smoke a lil bit, but lately I have noticed it a lot more. Now, it is a very light color smoke (sometimes very light blue, but smells like burning oil, so i'm going to assume oil. Okay so...
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    Upper ball joint not getting tight?

    Hey everyone, I am feeling very very stupid and stumped right now. I'm replacing the bushings, and everything is going so smooth..figures, i knew i would hit a snag. I for what ever reason can not get it to tighten, it's as if it's free spinning. Yes, I am reading the trsm and yes, I...
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    Diagnostic box..don't work?

    Hey everyone, something interesting happened today. So I replaced my headgasket about 12,000 miles ago (everything knock on wood, runs awesome still :) ) but ya know after i finished putting the car back together i checked for codes and it was all good, just a steady blinking light showing no...
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    BOV not venting completely?

    Hey all. Little info on my current setup: Running Alberts billet wheel turbo setup (58 trim i believe?) I have the Driftmotion intercooler kit, all is well, no leaks etc etc. I have myself a TiAL bov. It has the 11psi spring in it. Now here's the problem: When I am normal driving...
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    *best* tuner in North Carolina??

    Hey guys I've recently sold my other car for a couple bucks, was an old beater. But I've been toying around with the idea of either getting a bike or finishing up a big 'arc' on the supra. Little history: The car is basically BPU if you will. Albert's ct2658 mated to Raptor Racing DP...
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    Make driftmotion exhaust...louder??

    Hey all, yes I searched to my best abilities but came up empty handed. I had purchased the drifmotion exhaust kit, and I must say, for the money this kit is actually quite nice. The only two things I don't really like about it: 1. the muffler section is a tad too big for my taste. but...
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    "delete* blow by system? (think catch can)

    Hey everyone. Just curious about something. Please don't flame or bash or anything like that. So basically I'm a pretty simple guy, I like simple things. So naturally, I'd like a clean and simple engine bay ;) So here I am on my crusade to clean things up a bit in the engine bay...
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    NC Inspection

    Hey everyone. I understand this will most likely get extremely frowned upon but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.. Does anybody know of any inspection stations around the raleigh area that are very cough cough 'lenient' cough cough, so to say with inspections? My horn does not work as...
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    Starts beautifully. Throttle stutters/stalls

    Hey so I'm sure this has been covered many-atimes, but I'm on my phone and don't have access to a computer for a long time. I just got done putting my car back together after changin a head gasket. Everything is awesome. No leaks so far And the car starts up very smoothly. But when I start...
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    *newer model* DM intercooler help

    Mods please delete. I moved it to Driftmotion sub category
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    What is it?

    Hey everyone. Does anybody know what front bumper this is? I can't get enough of this car. Also if anyone know who's car this is and where I can see more pics it'd be nice!!