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    Choosing tires.

    Ecsta SPTs here, and I love them. Need a new set very soon and I'm torn between the SPTs or the all season ASXs. Any ideas?
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    Spark Plug Analysis

    spark plug is NGK bcpr5ey-11. where can i find the heat range?
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    Spark Plug Analysis

    idles smooth as peanut butter with the new plugs right now. no boost (NA) and as for the guides, i bolted down a rebuilt head from cylinder heads int'l. i'm thinking that's where the problem might be. I'll get back to you guys on the plug model number and heat range, plus compression check...
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    Spark Plug Analysis

    already looked at the one in the back of a haynes manual i had laying around :D thanks for the advice!
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    Spark Plug Analysis

    Here's pictures of cylinder 5 after 500 miles on 10k mi fresh engine. Cylinder 3 looked similar, but a lot less buildup. Ran 15 degrees advanced timing with 89 octane. I've returned it to 10 degrees at the moment. Looks like a ton of (carbon?) buildup and the insulator's chipped slightly...
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    WTF MATE!! Carbonfiber rear sun visor!

    looks pretty good, but i think i'd stick with the smoked plastic.
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    Art Class Collage's

    looks good and someone's gonna ask it: who's the girl?
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    4X4 supra!!! oh my god what the!!! PICS!!

    thats cheap as hell. and almost as high as mine.
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    should i cut my springs???

    definitely watch your nuts when you're using the spring compressors.
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    Flip Flop Hoods

    why not just leave it stock?
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    Flip Flop Hoods

    i can't even tell what the ferk it does, just lift straight off?
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    $2,200 2jz swap

    future reference, its the 2jzgte. no tt as in nissan's labels.
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    quick supra vs 3000?

    agreed, the vr4 is a brick but the base models aren't too bad compared to the supras
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    quick supra vs 3000?

    check those numbers again, my roommate's stealth weighed 3240 lbs on the same scale that weighed my supra at 3520.
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    Motor ruined? Kinda a funny story...

    wow, he did get it clean...:) i say pressure wash him and charge $20. make sure to keep everything lubed after you do several oil changes, just like everyone else has said
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    How do I get rid of gunk like this on paint?

    i used wd40 to get rubber marks off of paint. different, but i'll wait to hear what other people say
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    Picture jack on Craigslist

    still there, flagged for removal. if that's your car on the top two pics, it was hottt.
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    Where to buy 1jz used for a drop'n go swap

    definitely kaizen and driftmotion, two great companies.
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    might do .20 over

    mine was bored .020 over to get rid of some rust pitting, and my machinist got me clevite 77 bearings (crank was ground .010 under too), topline pistons and i think topline rings. might have been npr rings though. it's NA though, i'd probably try the probe pistons if i had gone gte.
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    Red Ano a gogo

    i've heard you can just give things a meticulous cleaning and it'll be fine, but we went ahead and used nitric since it was a school project in combination with the chemistry dept and we had access.