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You can use a hoist to hold the engine up and drop the subframe and get the pan off that way. Just an FYI, definitely quicker/faster to pull the motor though. The good news is what you're hearing is quite possibly completely normal. Most 7M valvetrains are almost as loud as a diesel truck lol

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A turbo smaller than what most go with, a good driver and a decent auto with an appropriately sized stall. It doesn't take 700WHP to run a 10 second pass.

I love how three or four guys are building MKIII race cars right now. Nice to see these things do something other than blow up and rot in fields! What are you using for the panels? Al? Steel?

I ran a stock style head gasket with a 60-1 CT a few years ago. ~380whp, beat the shit out of it every time I drove it, no issues. Held up the entire time I had the car, and didn't blow before the motor got RK. Made at least 350whp for 30K+ miles.

It sorted itself out after a while lol

Yep shouldn't be an issue. Follow the TSRM torque sequence and use ARP's torque specs.

lol a few years ago at Chicago a model sat on indymk3's head light accidentally and they started waving at everyone like that Miata.

Ask your car buddies if they've got one. If none of you have one, head to Harbor Freight and split the price. They're not too expensive. Did the head gasket blow already or what? I'd just rock the stocker until it becomes a problem. You can make a pretty decent amount of power on them, and...

Depends how much he actually took off, but you're probably okay. It doesn't take much of a cut to resurface something, as little as five thou could be enough. You do need to deck the block as well if you're planning on putting a MHG on it. Btw, SIP sells head gaskets up to 3MM, so I wouldn't...

On one of my previous cars, I sucked half a can of it in the PCV valve and put the other half in my gas tank. After I finished the smoke show I pulled the plugs again and they looked brand new (these plugs were ~14 years old at the time and showed it). From what I could see peeping through the...

I feel your mixed joy and pain. I started my recently acquired Supra for the first time in 3+ years last week, which was awesome, but it had a leak at the neck too. Only when it gets up to operating temperature. I had a sizable leak in the same area when I first put coolant in the car, but that...

Driftmotion can do an upgraded CT for half that. Albert is even cheaper IIRC and both are guaranteed to know what they're doing versus some random shop. Does the turbo have any shaft play? Side to side, in and out, both?

Did you use any type of sealant on the front cam caps on both sides? Forgot to do that once and it leaked down in this area. Thought it was the cam seal until I pulled it apart and noticed it missing.

I had a similar thing happen with my last MKIII on a high speed pull. Ended up with one bolt left with maybe 5ft/lbs worth of torque left on it. Broke it loose with my finger. The rest were backed out and snapped off. Scared the shit out of me to say the least. Speaking of which, anyone know...

Might be a dumb question, but couldn't you just swap the USDM glass into the mirrors? I'd imagine that would solve your issue. Car is gorgeous, I'm just starting to read the thread.

Probably get better results in the JZ section. I have no input on this, everyone I know on an aftermarket single of any kind is using a cheap ebay manifold save one 7M guy.

Put nothing smaller than a 275 on there. Really I'd be looking for at least a 295 if I was putting 10.5" wheels on the car.

Reading fail David those are Honda wheels lol. All 4 lug and tiny.

No gasket there, or a bad one. And yeah if you knocked a hole in the oil pan and drove it home with no oil it's going to be knocking. Time to rebuild or replace.