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    Got my new motor put in. performance thus far..

    Ha holy crap i didn't think they could push that much without internal damage. I'm trying to be as easy as possible on her because im afraid i will get another bhg. How easy is it to get a bhg? How should i control this car? Sorry for the noob posts but i'm in the process of learning everything...
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    Got my new motor put in. performance thus far..

    I just got my new jdm motor put in about a month ago, she's been running great! Now, this winter i want to put it up and tear it down again and start on my 500 hp build. It will prolly take me til next summer but o'well. Anyway she's currently all stock pushing at exactly 7psi. I just took it...
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    Soo anyone want to meet this summer? Cruise!

    The name's Nate, from central Illinois. I'll have meh supra up n' running here in a couple weeks. I planned on taking a big cruise so i figured if anyone in the Illinois area would like to meet up and cruise to no destination, that'd be pretty sweet. It'd be nice to get a few peeps involved to...
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    Soooooo now after three weeks of ordering this head from texas, the guy tells me his shop got robbed; too 3 supra heads, two civic heads, and something else, he's giving me my refund. i need some advice now. i searched for another head online and found a refurbished one for $515. after that i...
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    Alright haha thank you. yeah that sounds a bit smarter to me. so just buy an oem head gasket and i don't have to surface the block huh? and i have no time for doing the hoses myself, is there anyone if i take the hoses to that will do it for me? all i need are the rubber hoses. i went to toyota...
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    so toyota will have the pre-bent hoses i need if i show them?
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    Because it has a small crack on it, and is currently held together by a temp weld.
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    Alright so i got the news today that it was deff a bhg and the head was screwed, the cams had little groves in them. i need a head, head gasket, a new radiator, and some hoses will need replaced. now does anyone know where i can find replacement hoses? i tried looking online but i'm not sure if...
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    Changing my first head gasket, and maybe head!

    So my question is would i be ok just resurfacing the head and a mhg? or should i do anything to the block? It might need planed but i'm not that far yet. and what about internals? i don't plan on boosting over 15 psi for a while once she's put back together and don't really have the money for...
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    In need of a cylinder head :(

    yeah he said the head is deff screwed. i'm worried about the block. he said it could possibly be warped which if it is then i have to buy a motor. but what is the likelihood of a warped block?
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    In need of a cylinder head :(

    Well shoot. i might as well get a whole engine. who knows what other damages were done. the mechanic told me that 2 cylinders aren't even firing and that it took forever for a pressure test. by the time i get done paying for the head and for it to be replaced i might as well spend the extra few...
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    In need of a cylinder head :(

    Really!!!?! maybe. pekin illinois. near peoria.
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    In need of a cylinder head :(

    I've been looking and can't seem to find one. can anyone help me out? 87 7mgte
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    so what could this be?

    So i think i might have a blown head gasket...But i don't have antifreeze in my oil, no leaks anywhere, but it's still somehow burning anti freeze. i thought about the intake gasket but idk that much about this car. my buddy said it could be a sensor, i forgot what he called it but he said it...
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    some newb questions...

    first, i'm changing a blown head gasket, so do you recommend i get an oem replacement or a mhg? second, if i get a ddp will it fit to my stock exhaust? and lastly, should i stick with conventional or use synthetic oil?
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    so it's been a while, well I got it running- then the inevitable happen..

    Yup bhg. And I'm pretty positive it's that because there's an overwhelming amnout of smoke comming out of my exhaust. And the oil is like milk chocolate. I'm certain what caused it was the ride home the da I got the supra. It was a rainy 4 hour drive. And if anyone remembers this an 87 7mgte...
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    How do you get the starter out?

    yeah im pretty sure it's the connector. im gonna take out the connector and solder the wires together to see if that solves it. but in order to do that i need my starter fixed, in order to do that i need it out, which is being a pain.
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    How do you get the starter out?

    nah i charged the battery and tried, still nothing. all the lights come on and everything just no crank or click when it turn the key.
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    How do you get the starter out?

    alrightt, thanks. im gonna try. but before i do i want to make sure it's the starter and see what you guys think... well that cps issue with the random not starting i gotta fix that but before i knew about that i tried crankin it so many times and it still wouldn't start then i tried again one...