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I was just out driving my car and was boosting 7lbs about 4000 rpm and started pluming smoke from the passenger side of the car and not from the exhaust... did compression test and she checks out.... is there a big issue with coolant lines to the turbo leaking under boost.... it only does it...

anyone done this or know where in the name of that is holy i can find one???? lol my seal on the passenger side is ka-put and and spraying a/t fluid all over my down pipe every time i turn left and the boot extends..... sounds safe and good smelling right? lol

I'm looking to replace my head and am wondering if a 7mge head is a viable option on my 7mgte? are they completely the same or will it change my compression and combustion clearance?

I just got done doing my 154 swap and was surprised to see that at the same speeds in my auto i was doing 500 rpm more with the manual... are the speed to rpm ratios really that different from auto to manual? EX: auto at 60 was 2100rpm Manual (r154) 60 was 2500 to 2600 This worries...

I am in the last stages of my r154 swap from auto(88t to 89t)... here's my questions that remain unanswered: 1. I switched to a manual turbo ecu, so do I need to bother with any of the wiring besides reverse lights? with the manual ecu I don't need to do the splicing to make it run, right...

A couple years ago when i first got my supi I found a stages of build up and horsepower rough specs thread.... i was trying to explain it to my boyfriend and his friends the other day since I plan to rebuild my engine this winter... and I can't find anything anywhere lol ... no I don't think of...

So my car has been running beautifully for months now... not hard to start (normally), no engine issues.... she does however get extremely cranky when I mess with the aftermarket BOV I have on there and doesn't want to start after I mess with it.... The car had been acting like it wanted to...

So I have been doing tons of research and keep getting so many different answers..... I currently have the original ct-26 but I'm having oil blow by and wanting to upgrade to a bigger trim size.... with out many modifications if possible.... any help would be appreciated... i'm getting...

I put in a new 7mgte last year and had no issues with it all year.... oil levels stayed consistent... coolant was real nasty and plugged up my radiator causing me to over heat twice last year... flushed my system for four hours last summer ( it was baby shit brown, but the car has a history of...

I will soon be undertaking this ambitious project and have 2 questions left unanswered.... I have an 88 turbo and have everything lined up to buy... Do I have to switch the driveshaft for the the R154? And is the differential I have off of the auto gonna work with the standard tranny... I have...

I just put a meter in my car and it's not registering where it should be.... even at full boost I'm not running even near rich... any ideas or suggestions are helpful, this is new territory for me....

I am trying to find valve shims in the thicknesses: 3.02mm 3.07mm 2.64mm Does anyone know where I can find these?

What is the maximum amount a valve can be out of spec. Intake is 0.008in Exhaust is 0.010in These are the exact specs.. if I'm 0.002in or 0.003in out of spec, Am I okay? The books don't give an answer to this question.

My name is Blythe and yes I'm an amateur Mechanic/Girl. I recently acquired a mint condition 88 supra with the 7MGTE motor. Targa top, leather, and to top that: NO RUST. The car has been babied most of it's life and never seen as much as an ounce of bad weather, that is until some pain in the...

I got the car running and it is still burning oil and the tap is still there. I took the head apart and could find nothing apparent, but now the tap does not go away at all... How much is the average head rebuild?

I recently got a 88 supra 7M-GTE of course, the car runs beautifully but had a valve tap. everytime the car got on a 20 degree angle it would run quiet. I started to do a complete tuneup because the car has been sitting in a garage for over a year and not touched. Everything was clean enough to...