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  1. Nick M

    Injectors won't pulse not getting power

    Your claims are not possible if the car runs with starting fluid. The PCM provides the ground path for the injectors, power is fused ignition and cranking. If it runs with starting fluid, it will run with gasoline. The only other choice is you are not getting power to the injectors like you...
  2. Nick M

    Alternator

    Not a good strategy.
  3. Nick M

    Alternator

    First, he specified at a given speed.... The viscous fluid in the fan clutch only uses what it needs. With heat, the fluid resists movement forcing engagement of the fan. Without heat, the clutch freewheels.
  4. Nick M

    battery keeps going dead

    You don't need a $500 wave form tester if you understand Ohm's law and watch what the battery does on a charger.
  5. Nick M

    How much boost by what RPM???

    Sure, as long as you exclude diff ratio. You are not one turn to engine for one turn to tire in any gear.
  6. Nick M

    1989 GTE skip and code 25 trouble shooting

    An exhaust leak before the sensor can and does cause a false lean signal.
  7. Nick M

    Lex/550 problems. Extremely lean

    I was just re-reading some comments. Go read about "suction" and "pressure" sides of a liquid pump.
  8. Nick M

    Urgent lubrication question

    For the record, I couldn't give a shit. Using oil that needs a tremendous amount of heat to flow (viscosity changes with temperature) sped up the demise of his engine. Not squirting the cylinder walls is secondary.
  9. Nick M

    Urgent lubrication question

    If he is using synthetic, then the grade will not be as crucial. BMW specifies something like 50 if I remember. And it is grade, not weight. Gravity has nothing to do with it.
  10. Nick M

    ct26 parts upgrade

    I like my Boss Jr. They are no longer in production. The smaller JT series should be similar.
  11. Nick M

    Doors don't shut unless slammed, any ideas?

    Well, you have a car that is more than 20 years old. And I have never had a Supra whose doors were lightweight and shut with minimal force.
  12. Nick M

    everytime in the morning when it's cold it wont start.

    Fuel filter issues cause a stall. And after it sits, it restarts. It shouldn't take much thought as to why it happens that way.
  13. Nick M

    Intake temps

    One thing you can try to avoid is high underhood temps. Your airflow meter will respond in kind by retarding the timing of the spark, to stave off that pre-ignition.
  14. Nick M

    Lex/550 problems. Extremely lean

    I have the SS replica and stock electronics with 550s and it ran fine under all conditions including the screw out. Idle has a little bit of a rumble all the way out, as a lot of unmetered air is creating a leaner mixture than TCCS planned. I later replaced my K&N soaked Supra electronics from...
  15. Nick M

    Intake temps

    The 1MZFE Camry cylinder head out flows the 2JZGTE. Stop using fake qualifiers to determine legitimacy of a concept.
  16. Nick M

    Intake temps

    Do you think International trucks put heater grids in the intake manifold after the intercooler in just northern climates? The air has to be heated to vaporize the fuel and burn it. This is why it is compressed to very small area in the first place. The coolant is for constant temps, not to hot...
  17. Nick M

    Urgent lubrication question

    You are also using oil that needs far more heat to flow than you might be generating.
  18. Nick M

    everytime in the morning when it's cold it wont start.

    Actually, the pump does not run without the STA signal or while running (Ks and Ne). I thought this has been covered here many times. Then again, if you don't read every thread (I sure don't) then you would not know. When it is cold, you can check to see that cold start injector time switch...
  19. Nick M

    Lex/550 problems. Extremely lean

    Well, not really. The volume test is done into a graduated cylinder without a restriction like the j-tube or pressure regulator.
  20. Nick M

    Intake temps

    I suppose it has a useful function, otherwise Toyota engineers would not have wanted it. Don't you think?