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I'm sure they are forged. I'm also sure they are very stout. (Even when welded on and stroked, especially when the journals are hard chromed.) Before I'd spend 1k on a billet crank, I'd have a stocker's journals hard chromed and machined perfect. (You can start with a crank that has...

I have to admit I've been tempted to replace the Supra with a C6 Z06, but for the 70K or so that I'd need to do it... LOL The reality is my 88T is highly modified, and it would take about 25k or more to get any car up to the same level of mods. (Brakes, engine, turbo and suspension mods are...

If you use seperate 4" mid and tweeters, and have a good crossover, your sound will be much better. I have Diamond Audio componets, and they work great with my 10" sealed box Diamond subwoofer. (the key is a good amp setup, and control of the bass seperate from the rest.) I had to modify...

My B&G progressively wound springs have sagged down, but I do not think they "wear out" in the true sense of the word. They have become too low in my opinion however. (Time for coilovers and the abiltity to get some ride height and handling back.)

Sounds like you have a short somewhere. Or a bad sensor. If the short is on the PCB, your not likely to fix it. (Inside of the VPC box.)

The 7M engine is a good design crank and mains wise. You have 7 mains. And the crank is forged from the factory. (V/S cast which is cheaper, but not as strong.) The downfall of most 7M engines is rod bearing failure due to low oil levels, and a poorly designed oil pan and pickup. (Under...

There are thermal dispersant coatings that claim to be about 15% more effective than bare metal, but you need a shop to spray them as they contain nasty stuff you don't want to breathe. Techlinecoatings.com Look at that place. I have my oil cooler coated as well as many other things, but...

I'm with Rajunz, don't screw around and waste your time wet sanding and buffing just to have it haze out and peel at the edges. (And anyone who knows what they are looking at will see this in a milisecond.) If you do not want to repaint the entire car, just fix the panels where the clear coat...

Went through this very dilema a few years ago. (When the G35 Coupe came out, and I just about sold the Supra and bought one...) Well, by the time I really sat down and looked at what I like, and did not like about the G35 v/s this old supra, I decided to keep it, and do some mods that I...

Interesting oil thread. Just one point, the oil pressure sending unit is right in the main galley on the block, and that really is no where near the oil pump on the 7MGTE motor. True it's not taking a reading of oil pressure at the con rod journals, but I don't know of any automotive...

Mike, I say stroke it! Or get a LS3 or newer Aluminum V8 :) Of course, what do I know? My car has been on jackstands for months.

Neither the TRD or Cusco does anything on our cars. (We do not have a typcial strut front suspension, so there is nothing to be gained.) If you want to make some gains, you need to tie the strut towers to the fire wall/cowl area. (That will make a large difference in how much the vehicle flexes.)

I think it was about May that I pulled it into the garage, I had sold the bolt on T4 and my injectors, the Eman etc. And thought it would be a few months at the most till it was running again. (Surely by Vegas, it would be running...) Well, I got very busy at work, home and a few other...

I think it's because of all the advertising aimed at youthfull Supra's... Joe Camel, and Cool Cigs... Can't be avoided that it smokes with all that advertising and marketing being aimed at it all the time..

After much brainstorming, and trying to think out side the box, I was actually thinking of running the oil pump exit side straight out of the engine via the oil pan and a welded on bulkhead fitting, or drilling a hole through the block, and using a bulkhead fitting there... but really this is a...

Nice, but dang that's a chunk of change for sure.

Mine is folded to fit better for air flow, and yet not so folded it draws any undue attention from the PD. Besides, I have the perfect answer for this question I have yet to be asked by the law... "It's bent? Crap who hit me?" Get out and check it out.. Wow, someone must have bumped back...

As long as the same pistons/rings go back into the same holes, you should be fine. (not optimum, but it should work.) If you have to replace a piston and rings, then you should hone that bore at the very minimum. I like to pack the oil pump with assy. grease. Helps to create suction to...

I've heard there is a upgrade master cyc. that is not much more than the stocker, and gives us a larger piston size... (Nice if you have upgraded brakes.) Nobody wants to reveal the source part however. Do a quick search, and there is someone selling them.

And a why the Pauters are a grand :) Longevity, and just flat out the best design possible. (Less windage, and they are as light as they can be for how strong they are.)