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    NorCal Supras!

    yeah, but we gotta keep it rollin on here!
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    just joined the 1uz club

    and..... it's ok I'm taking a couple of days off the project anyway. I'll get back to it tomarrow night. maybe you guys can come out this weekend? Cool... I'll definately give you a ride, but you're gonna have to bring a seat .... lol kinda ironic since your seats came out of this car...
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    ENG blancing

    take a typing class....
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    just joined the 1uz club

    I make thm myself. give this thread a good looking over. cool thanks!
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    just joined the 1uz club

    yep, as in barfo. I ended up going to sleep right after and didn't wake for about 3 hrs. and get tanner to come too. I need some help..... nope, but it looks like if I change the mounts a little I might be able to clear it. we'll probably see this weekend. ouch that's expensive. And...
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    just joined the 1uz club

    well, maybe not that huge, but..... I'd post more right now, but I'm felling a little green right this moment......
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    just joined the 1uz club

    www.1uzfeswapkit.com and I'll be dropping the engine in tonight! huge update coming up!!!!
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    just joined the 1uz club

    it's all good. I'm thinking about doing the swap on saturday or sunday, depends on when I can get a few heads over here to help turn the car around so it'll be easier to work on. Plus I'll have all of the fluorescent lights up by then. I also got the bellhousing and adapter all bolted up, so...
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    Head / Block Skimming

    From what I hear from a couple of guys I know that do nitro boats, a lot of the nitro stuff is done by specialty shops. Which makes sense because running nitro, and or blown nitro like my friends do it's a whole different ballgame. Most of what you know about engines goes right out the door.
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    Head / Block Skimming

    couldn't have said it better myself. btw. I'm the inspector at www.esprecision.com :) and rest assured rich, I have no doubts in your ability either.
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    just joined the 1uz club

    just a guestimate right now is around 100-150$ for a steel set. Probably double for the aluminum ones. I haven't really started quoting time and materials yet.... so....
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    Head / Block Skimming

    yep. and in a real machine shop it's the wrong tool if it takes 10X longer to do the job. I can use my prefered positive cutter and get a Ra of less than 10 using a feedrate of 50ipm!!!! If I used the cutter You mentioned it would use a ipm of about 10-30 depending on the rigidity and HP of the...
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    just joined the 1uz club

    rofl, a mini waerjet..... well, here's another update.....
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    NorCal Supras!

    HELLO HELLO i JUST NOTICED THE THREAD HERE!!!! oops gotta love caps...
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    Fresh Head....Scared to death!

    I had to turn mine down on the lathe also. I think it's a difference in the heads and not the bolt batches.
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    Operation Daily Driver 1uzfe 88 MK3

    don't use a dremel.... total waste of time. buy a 40$ die grinder and a box of discs. you'll have all the flash off in about 1/2 an hour as opposed to hours.
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    Operation Daily Driver 1uzfe 88 MK3

    you should have removed the casting flash.
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    just joined the 1uz club

    if you want to pay for ebay junk made in china. plus it's not the whole kit, so no biggie. We were just discussing that the other day, andbasically he dosen't really seem to care about the china mounts.(although he had a few choice words to say) and from what it looks like to me, it hasn't...
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    just joined the 1uz club

    here's a link you might like http://www.ls1swapkits.com/ it's my friend ritch's shop. he's giving me some help with my 1uz swap.
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    just joined the 1uz club

    HEY!!!!!!I just friggin realized what bl0ck that is........... nice one IJ.... That's yours I assume?