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Thanks so much! Is there any particular way to know if the pins are intact inside the plug? I'm pretty sure it is just a resistance test in ohms right?

I just noticed that the throttle percentage reading on my SAFC2 will say zero on a fully closed throttle and 100% as soon as I BARELY touch the gas. It goes to 100% throttle instantly no matter how little I press the throttle. I can feather it if I find the right place with in a Millimeter of...

Something could have misfired and you bent a few valves before the engine shut off. That would explain the popping you heard when trying to start your supra unless you have an exhaust leak or a blown out exhaust mani gasket. could also explain why it couldn't start, could also explain why your...

As soon as I saw this thread I switched from 10w30 to 15w40 haha just incase the bad luck is being passed around hahaha. But even if he did a leak down test it would either tell rings or valves are the problem amd specifically which valve weather it be intake or exhaust. correct me if im wrong...

Ouch! That's a real bad test. time to start ripping out tHe engine. Good luck. And timing still couldn't be a factor could It??

Smoke coming from the oil fill cap could possibly mean you have a malfunctioning pcv system. Check the dipstick and see if there is any smoke chuffing from there. If there is you may have excessive crankcase pressure, or excessive piston ring blow by. Is there smoke on boost? Smoke on over run...

On my way home i noticed a grinding noise and figured out the sound is from the front left wheel so i took off the wheel and noticed the caliper was crooked and the bottom caliper bolt is GONE! the previous owner must have been drunk when he did the brake job or something! In the mean time so I...

so i checked my plugs and all of the plugs are oily and black except for cylinder 1. The plugs have about 200 miles on them. the 7mgte burns about a quart every 150 miles

In addition to my post above, can I warm up the supra, unbolt the exhaust manifold and the inlet for the hot side of the turbo and start up the supra and see of there is blue smoke coming from the gap I created between the inlet of the hot side and the exhaust manifold? That would narrow down...

Can anybody give a quick yes or no answer; do sparkplugs show the condition of the oil control rings? Will there be oil coated on the spark plug of there is a problem with that cylinders oil control rings? And for the best results do I check theses plugs for oil when the engine is hot or when...

Nice. My daily driver is blowing blue fat clouds, so once I find out what's up with the oil burning i gotta find time to fix her up. Ugh, supras...

Good luck on the rebuild man! Stock or modified internals?

The style is for you, not him. Do what you think looks good. And what are you swapping the mk3 with?

wow that looks really good! Is she on jack stands for now or can you post a few pics of how it looks with her on the ground? sweet fabrication job

To set the record straight for the ignorant people commenting on this thread. I DO know my stuff. It DOES smoke BLUE on start up but not at idle. only smokes on start up if i rev to atleast 3k rpm when the supra first turns on in the morning. The problem I am having is that everything is so new...

You guys really like to point out the obvious but besides getting easily side tracked by your bitter arguments, i found the solution to my question and it's the turbo I think I'm loosing spool and boost as well. Thanks for the help from those who contributed.

I'm doing a cold start tomorrow to see if the blue smoke i have been noticing is due to the turbo seals going bad or the valve stem seals popped up. The engine has very low miles (6000miles) and so does the turbo (6000miles) but the turbo is a crappy godspeed turbo. Any ideas on how long it will...

Okay thanks for the help SupraTrbo89! Next goodie on my list is the 57trim Garret turbo from Albert. :)

I took off the turbo elbow and felt around on the sides and the inside was completely dry, my finger got covered in just a powdery dark black soot. (NO OIL RESIDUE) but when i took off the intake pipe that connects to the front of the cold side of the turbo, there was a little bit of oil right...

Thanks, SupraTrbo89 The supra is a daily driver and i drive it to school. its still hot right now, but in an hour i will pull off the elbow on the hot side of the turbo and look. I just read that the valve stem seals can pop up and not seal properly, can i take off my valve cover and visually...