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Nice to know there are other supra owners in MI. I've only seen 1 white mkiii since moving here a year ago. I'm in the South East close to Brighton. Anyone close that has a spare ignitor? Or wants to help me troubleshoot? :icon_bigg

Adam, Looks like you bought the 4 terminal MT connector. I was looking to buy the same part, but I couldn't verify if it was interchangeable with the stock connectors. For example. I need to replace the harness-side connector at the CPS (green 4 terminal). From the pictures, it doesn't...

IJ: what speed and RPM are you cruising at on the highway? I'm in Michigan cruising at 70-80mph (~2800-3000 rpm) with plenty of boosting and getting 24mpg combined on a 7M with the old school MAFT & GM MAF. But there is definitely more mpg to be had!

I got back in my car last night after picking up some wendy's. 30 seconds later, my car goes nuts! CEL is flashing unintelligibly. There is this super annoying high pitched whine coming from inside the dash. Car drives great and I get back to the hotel I'm staying at. Thought it might be the...

thanks for your concern adjuster :) That picture is from 2 years ago when I pulled out the shaft during rebuild #1. I just threw it in there so you would know what I was talking about. I have since replaced the collar and checked the shaft and it is straight. And you're right about the rings...

I feel really stupid for just figuring this out. But I'm also so glad I caught it before reassembling my engine on the 2nd rebuild! Shortly after I bought my supra 2 years ago I started to hear a knock that sounded like rod knock. I tore down the engine and all the bearings were in great...

Update: I was able to get the plug out - with a lot of effort. Cranking on it with a 2.5 ft breaker bar didn't budge it - just broke teeth on the inside of the socket. Vice grips didn't work - screw extractor started to round off and teeth broke on jaws. I tried heat on the block and plug -...

thanks, I'm definitely bringing out the torch. Vice grips didn't work either. Just bent the teeth on the jaws. If heat doesn't work, I'm drilling a bigger hole and getting a bigger extractor.

I need some tips on how to remove the oil galley plug from my block. I am currently attacking it with a #5 screw extractor (easy out). Today I have broken two tap wrenches from ace hardware. The first was a medium size 10" handle which snapped on my first attempt. I returned that and got a huge...

thanks for setting me straight suprarich - I don't know what I was thinking when posting that. I guess my question is how a machine shop matches the crank to the .25mm undersize bearings. I would think they mic the inner diameter of the rod and the thickness of the bearing, add it all up with...

...Actually it's time to go 2JZ with the HKS stroker crank... I'm trying to figure out where to get bearings and what dimension I have to grind the journals to. I understand I can get .010 or .020 oversized bearings, but I'm not sure how to work out the final diameter of the journal. In the...

I was mic'ing all the journals on my crank today so I can figure out what standard Toyota bearing to get. As I was removing the mic from one of the rod journals, I left a noticeable scratch. I can feel a slight dip with my fingernail. All my rod journals are at the lower limit for use with...

it was loud, but no louder than I expected. The backfires were really cool though. I had my dad bring it up to 4000 rpm and then let off. Definitely made me jump. I was just looking through my measurements and the ring information on the box of the Hastings rings. I also looked them up on the...

Joel: yes, I was running without a vacuum source in the video. That's just because I didn't have a pre-turbo intake pipe to connect it to. It usually has a vacuum source. I'm sure it helps suck out some of the pressure - but I'm sure that's not enough. bigaaron: thanks for the diagnosis help...

If the oil level is too high, would there be a similar effect - even if there is less blowby? I take responsibility for installing the rings. But there isn't really anything I can do now to fix it. (or is there?) I will have to wait until the next rebuild. I'm trying to think of any other...

I just went for a drive and there was no smoke out the back. Had my dad follow me just in case. I hammered the tube into the block and got a new o-ring for the dipstick holder. That seemed to solve the problem. I'm still getting some drips near the rear of the engine. I'll check those out...

I did a compression test about 2 weeks ago 1- 150 2- 165 3- 150 4- 155 5- 160 6- 145 I didn't really know what to make of the numbers - since they were so different. My compression gauge is pretty crappy, but it could also be a lot of blowby. Also, when I rebuilt the engine, I was...

Here's the short version: white smoke during idle turbo was all oily inside - no oil in manifold runners sent turbo away to PT to be rebuilt put everything together again and have white smoke on acceleration (above 3-4k rpm) Did lots of tests. pretty sure it's not a BHG and nothing's wrong...

that makes so much sense now. Thanks for the info In the process of taking apart my O2 connector to fix the signal wire, the clips that hold in the terminals fell off. This connector has definitely seen better days. Now I'm trying to find a suitable crimp tool to assemble the Summit open barrel...

thanks for the help guys. I probably would have saudered the signal wire to ground and then wondered why it wasn't working. The wire around the signal (brown) wire still confuses me though. Why is the signal wire wrapped inside a ground wire?