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The right way to fix it is to have the journals filled in with a TIG welder and bored back to factory size. Cutting the caps down will work OK, but you might need to cut the caps too much dependin on how far out of spec you are. There is one other way... repair inserts (basically, they look...

The stud shouldn't back out. The nut might come loose though if you don't use locknuts.

I have a dent in the same spot on mine and tried pushing it out... because of the ridges in the body where the moulding goes it's pretty hard to push out by hand, maybe not even possible. I had to use a 2x4 and a hammer from the back to pop it out. Still not perfect. Mine was wrinkled under the...

I'd blame the slave cylinder company if anything. I see this problem on all aftermarket brake and clutch hydraulics all the time. It's like the casting companies just don't give a crap if the parts will fit the car, they just want to sell them to you. Once I got a master cylinder that didn't...

Chipped off gear tooth on the reverse idler. When the gear spins around and gets to the missing tooth, BANG. My DSM was doing this for a week till the chipped off tooth floating in the oil got jammed into 3rd gear and blew the whole transmission. That's the only thing I can think of that would...

Gasoline direct injection isn't that great for big power anyway, too many stumbling blocks while upgrading it, unless the system is designed around big power from the beginning. With the current technology available for street cars, port injection is still king. GDI only gains about 5% fuel...

You did check your coolant, right? If the coolant is low the heat usually won't work, nothing to carry it through the heater core.

Thanks.

I'm swapping a 1JZ into my MKIII, and going to be using the R154 transmission. My car is a 1987 with a 7MGTE/automatic. I thought I would just need an 87' M/T driveshaft to swap to the R154, but after looking at several places that sell driveshafts I'm confused. One site listed one shaft for...

I don't think you'll be able to find a W58 clutch for less than $400 USD that will hold that amount of power (I'm assuming about 300hp on a stock 1JZ).

I just thought of an easy way to see what each color would look like on the car... forza 2 on xbox 360 has the MKIII in it, and you can paint the car in the game. It has just about any color you could imagine. I'm going to spend some time messing with that.

If it was clear, how could you see it? Maybe you already did.

Yeah, it's just rough to get a place to spray the car. There are no rental paint booths around here. The local body shops don't rent them out either. I was considering spraying a single stage urethane, in white. I could get enough to paint he car for about $60. I have a non-HVLP spray gun...

I'm broke and will be rollering my car using the "$50 dollar paint job" method using rustoleum paint. What color would look the best on this car? I don't want a gloss black car (I've had too many), and red is out (rustoleum red is known to fade), so is any color of green (ugly) . The car...

How did you look at the oil? Drain some from the pan, or just looking at what's on the dipstick? Mine had a BHG that was left go by the previous owner for too long and the coolant in the oil caused bad rod knock. The oil looked nice and clean from the stuff running off the dipstick, but when I...

You don't need an r154 bellhousing to put a w58 on a JZ motor. Actually, the r154 bellhousing won't fit the w58. To put a W58 behind any JZ motor you just need to go to the toyota dealer and buy a MKIV supra non-turbo bellhousing. That car had a 2JZGE with a W58 behind it. You'd also need a...