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  1. gaboonviper85

    Issue with Head / Ex Man mounting

    Going to 7/16ths means you'll have to drill out the holes even larger for the helicoils...this is bad! This is bad because there isn't much aluminum around each hole as it is...this means less meat...the aluminum is already soft from annealing so now you'll be removing more material....this...
  2. gaboonviper85

    what is the preferred 1pc steel driveshaft?

    Btw...I rock a shaftmasters single now.
  3. gaboonviper85

    what is the preferred 1pc steel driveshaft?

    It's not "good"...but it's not "bad" stock ds's tend to fail at the bonded section in the rear half of the ds....I know this because I broke my stocker in my bone stock n/a... When it broke it destroyed my center support bearing, trans output shaft bearing, and probably diff isn't too...
  4. gaboonviper85

    7m ge to 7m gte

    Your sig says "soon to be 1jz" yet you have no clue what a gte needs to run???!! How's about you go in the "7mge" section and read the stickys about going turbo. Noobs:nono:
  5. gaboonviper85

    engine picker

    Won't help...I know exactly what his problem is...empera has the same problem but there was 3 of us holding the stand away from the bumper and 2 holding the engine back from hitting the cross member....he NEEDS a bigger lift with a longer boom if he isn't gonna have extra help. Or get a chain...
  6. gaboonviper85

    How to raise boost psi

    Are you hitting fuel cut?
  7. gaboonviper85

    Issue with Head / Ex Man mounting

    It's a thought that wasn't thought of very well...bigger doesn't mean better.
  8. gaboonviper85

    so i found something very dissapointing today...

    it's not as simple as an exhaust leak...it's stripped hole the happens to be very important! Seems like a small issue but it's a problem and an even bigger problem on a turbo car! I'm not gonna get into why you should stay away from the oversized stud kit from DM...but I hope you'll take my...
  9. gaboonviper85

    engine picker

    Measure how long your boom is and figure out how long it's needs to be....then buy a bigger lift.
  10. gaboonviper85

    so i found something very dissapointing today...

    You'll have to remove the manifold and helicoil or timecert the holes....you can do it with the motor in the car but odds are you'll fuck it up...it's best to do this in a milling machine (aka machine shop).
  11. gaboonviper85

    no crank yes crank

    It's a fuel injected car...pumping the pedal does nothing for you...stop doing that.
  12. gaboonviper85

    engine picker

    http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_19979_19979 win!
  13. gaboonviper85

    engine picker

    They are about $70 you don't need to remove the bumper...just Jack the car up enough and keep it up.
  14. gaboonviper85

    1989 turbo targa revive

    Compressor or not if you have the ac button pushed in then you'll throw a code 51....this does not effect the cars operation....if your throttle position sensor has lost connection or is out of calibration then your car will run like crap!
  15. gaboonviper85

    88 Turbo: The Undead

    Lift the car high enough to get a 5 gal bucket under it...unscrew the huge plug in the bottom of the tank...easy as pie!
  16. gaboonviper85

    MAin bearings Problems

    Remove all bearings and clean everything again...make sure you put rod in facing the right direction...crank main caps facing the correct direction
  17. gaboonviper85

    valves/oil in conbustion chamber?

    Valve seals generally only cause smoking on start up for a few seconds then the smoke goes away.....
  18. gaboonviper85

    MHG/Resurface/Bottom End Rebuild??

    Valve tick is very normal in a 20 year old motor
  19. gaboonviper85

    List of Popular Supra parts abbreviations

    Afrp my bad ic ...this is mkiii supra forum...all mkiii's have fmic's....suppose I should be more specific:-(