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The OEM Panasonic battery from an older body style scion XB (same as most newer corollas) fits perfectly, weighs 10 pounds less than a stock sized battery, and is dead nuts reliable for at least 6 or 7 years. This isn't the same as buying a battery from the dealer, cause those are regular...

The only thing that puts me off on the 6-puck disks is that there's alot more shock, which is no good when you're already pushing the limits of the trans. I wonder if the Comp Clutch Stage 2 (stock style disc) uses the same pressure plate as the Stage 4 (six puck). I'm using a stage 4 with a...

The kevlar disks require serious restraint during the break in period... I think that's why CF has such a bad rep with some people, as all the CF dual friction clutches have kevlar disks. I may have another clutch company to add to this list if he doesn't give me a refund. Another ebay company...

If you hooked the 1JZ sensor to the wire it will actually make the gauge work backwards. The gauge will read below zero if you have oil pressure, and zero if you have none. This is how mine has been working since I did my swap. It's not linear though, cause the 1JZ sensor is actually a switch...

That bell-mouth for $380~ dollars you linked to is actually a whole turbo with the bell. Also FYI it's called a velocity stack, not a bell mouth. Search ebay if you do want one, they are on there for about $30 for a generic one. I don't know how well the generic ones work compared to a name...

Every time I see a car with paint and interior like this I have to wonder why. What compels a person to paint a car to look so gaudy? Is it a racial thing? Is is a color blind thing? Brain damage maybe? This reminds me of the old Budweiser commercial "Mr Taxicab over-acessorizer". I'll leave...

The major benefit of a divided, twin wastegate manifold is that the divided sides of the manifold stay completely divided for the best possible effect of a twin scroll turbo. If the two sides share a single wastegate, some exhaust pulses from one side will "contaminate" the other side through...

If you want nice looking calipers but don't want to look like a ricer, and can't afford a BBK yet, just paint the stock calipers black. Sleepy eye mod on stock headlights will leave you with headlights that light up your bumper, and 10 feet in front of you. It won't be fun at night. Here's a...

Pressure plate straps would make less noise with the clutch pushed in. You're taking the load off of them.

If you really want quick spool with a 600hp capable turbo you should consider a quick spool valve. Any turbo that doesn't hit positive boost (not full boost) by 2500RPM feels like crap on the street, in my opinion. That's probably the only way to achieve that, short of going for higher than...

All the bolts were tight and nothing was broken (kind of). Apparently if the pressure plate fingers are full of burn clutch disc pieces it makes the car vibrate, lol. A stock disc can only handle so many burnouts and powerslides I guess. The clutch fork was shaking because the pressure plate...

What does the 1JZ vvti use stock? It's single, shouldn't it have a cast single turbo manifold stock? I see it won't fit the twin turbo 1JZ anyway though, different port spacing.

I had this happen to me. Way back in 2003 (before paypal and ebay had banned most gun parts) I sold a part for a rifle on ebay and paypal misunderstood what the part was because the buyer put the wrong description in the payment. He put the payment title as "assault rifle magazine". It wasn't...

How do you know you're running lean, using a wideband? You said EUGO, I assume you meant UEGO, as in AEM UEGO? How lean IS it running? Also, the thermostat doesn't open till 190-195 degrees, so anything within 10 degrees of that is normal operating temp. Actually, you're safe up to 230...

The ground wires on the intake manifold are the ECU ground wires (where the injectors get their ground through). If the lower injector o-rings leak on these side feed injectors the fuel will leak right from the rail into the intake manifold with no external fuel leak visible. You can check for...

I ran my eclipse (daily driver) with 250whp for 9 years on a 4G63 turbo build on a non turbo block that had no oil squirters. On a daily driver it would be fine. I ran water injection on that car too... helps alot with combustion temps.

I've been chasing after a vibration on my car since I put it together. It happens all the time, clutch in or out, in gear/out of gear, cold/hot, with the serpentine belt off, moving/sitting still. I checked compression to rule out a bent rod, and the motor doesn't tap. The head and cams are...

Sounds like something made it's way into the cylinder and got between the plug and the piston.

Spoilers/wings do help on a fwd when you're going through high speed turns. You could alleviate high speed oversteer like that by putting wider tires in the rear, or by removing the rear sway bar... but that would make the car understeer worse at low speed. The wing has little effect below...