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"the head work was approx. $300 iirc." sorry for the dumb question: what does iirc mean? haha but thanks for all your input on this.. i now have a general idea of how much it can cost me :) not too sure who will be doing the machining yet, i live in vancouver bc. anybody know a good...

400-500hp.. daily driver.. i want it to be reliable i dont want no mickey mouse crap that im going to worry about after its all said and done. i beleive in doing things right the first time even if it costs more.

Heres the deal! My engine is running fine, and has had the headgasket replaced and clutch etc in the past.. not too sure if its a metal HG or ARP hardware, but owell! I just wanna get a ballpark idea how much it would cost me to rebuild my engine. And im strictly just talking about things...

140mph ... 91 5-speed. 9psi, 5th gear, lowered. could keep going but i would have missed my exit ! gps varified (twice!) wut does the car top out at?

Is this what you mean?

Nice! Saw your supra there at Mission as well as a black one parked beside yours. Likin yours...Very clean!

it's because you have a turbo ;)

Thermometer. A pressure test doesnt do anything except tell you if you have a leak somewhere or not. Im talking about when your cooling system doesnt pressurize properly, the boiling point lowers therefore causing it to boil over into the overflow and drip out the overflow.

Tested with a thermo when the car was on. Gauge only has gone up to like 171 or 175 or something. Going to pressure test tomorrow, but still? wouldnt that make the car run hotter!

the only thing that comes to mind is maybe the sender unit needs all around 360degree contact with the water? Because with the M16x1.5 fitting, its mostly just the tip that the water would hit but I beleive there is a space around so the water can in fact cover all the surface area... would that...

Alright heres the deal. Got the fitting to install the sender where the stock one goes (before the thermostat). No teflon tape. Prosport gauge still reads about 165ish driving for more than half hour, with a peak of about 171F. I parked my car and checked the thermostat housing with an...

This is the gauge: http://prosportgauges.com/Digital-water-temperature-gauge-1.aspx and this is the sending unit: http://prosportgauges.com/temperature-sender.aspx

Nope, this teflon tape stuff isnt true. Its a prosport gauge, and it has two wires coming off the sender: one green to go to the gauge, and a black which is ground. I have made sure there is a good ground, and taking the teflon tape off the threads didnt do a thing what so ever. Motorad...

I think possibly too much teflon tape.. makes sense. But I will be getting a metric adaptor kit because I want the most accurate reading, before the thermostat :) I am going to go remove some of the tape and put it back in and see what happens. I drove around for about half an hour (highway...

I just purchased a prosport digital water temp. gauge. Couldnt find the M16x1.5 adaptor to thread into the temp sender for the stock gauge, but I have a 3/8", so i threaded it into the hole where the bvsv goes to try it out (temporarely). I will drive around and let the car reach operating...

im not dumb, i always pull the EFI fuse when doing a compression check. stated that before. fan clutch is fine, doesnt spin more than 1/4 turn. spits coolant out of the overflow after working hard.. doesnt seem to do it at a hot idle or cold idle. however, it depends, because sometimes...

what are you talking about? drop in sequence? the compression test reads 170-180 whether the engine is cold or hot. dont automatically assume its going to be a BHG either, just because most people have it.

sure, will take pics tomorrow after work! i believe they were a bit glazed but a more experienced person can maybe tell me otherwise :P

is there anyway to test the fan clutch? and how do i check to see if my rad is clogged, maybe take it off and flush it for a while?

Also, replaced the plugs and I believe the misfire is gone. The car also pulls much harder with the new plugs. I'm not 100% sure why this would be, considering my other plugs were higher quality and only had about 7,000km on them... Maybe the bigger gap on the new ones gives me a bit more...