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i saw a thread somewhere on this but cant find it anywhere online for the life of me. my desktop computer isnt going to be too happy sitting my my passenger seat with a long ass extension cord powering it so i can mess with the maft pro. i dont got a laptop yet either. i know they have the...

okay so i took a search and didnt find too much except that you want to remove some of the rivits. my MHG didnt come with any instructions so if anybodys got some that would be great! its a titan 1.4. now ive got some pics here and i was hoping somebody could tell me which rivits to cut out...

woo hoo. finally getting this build going. just got the internals back from the shop and have starting putting this baby together. whats been done so far: resized rods w/arp arp mains coated stock pistons ive got a few little goodies that i will be adding here shortly as they...

to get the pistons to the desired temp to get those pin things in, whats the best way to do this? put them in a pan on the stove and heat it up? i searched and this or the oven seemed to be the best way to do it... any sugestions?

so i got my shit back from the shop (after paying $1100). and i just started looking at the rods and the surface where the bearing goes looks interesting. 2 have a couple VERY small gouges/dings. the rods were cut/resized. pics up in about 20 minutes. so unitl then please help me out here...

just got the shortblock bad from the shop. i still need to get bearings and rings (suggestions?) before i start putting everything in. should i get some assembly lube and cover the block in it? ive never built an engine before so heres where i stand. thanx

yes i know its illegal and everybody will get pist off prolly(dmv). but lets just say somebody chucked a rock at my dash and busted the damn thing and i got a new one... (not!) im rebuilding the engine. i dont plan on selling this car ever, i plan on staying with it for a LOOONG Time, or till...

would there be enough juice in the stock electrical setup in the supra to keep an xbox running? about how long after a shutdown until i should be worried about switchin it off? im looking into modding up another xbox and popin linux on it and using "wine" (windows emulator) to run the...

ive gotten a couple speeding tickets in the supra lately, i just cant seem to go the speed limit in it. anywho, one more ticket and my license is tits up for six months. i was thinking bout a radar detector but how well do they work? the way i see it is once the thing goes off they already...

aight guys, i took the block to the machine shop to check my stuff out, hes checked a few things on it and gave me this quote on what he recommends. if yall could tell me what ya think bout it and what i SHOULD go with that would be sweet. i dont got a TON of money and am trying to budget...

so theres a place out here that sells E85 gas, i was checking their website and its basically 85% ethonol and its about 2.50 a gallon. and since i dont know shit bout this does anybody know if its worth it trying to get it to work on my 7m? it says only cars made for it can use it. but its...

;) just for kicks i found this on the forza 2 website and thought it would be fun to see everybodys opinion here at SM. my answer is RWD because its even more fun when you cant control the bitch in the snow!! ;) so its a win win win situation with me :)

so when i was putting the main caps back on i tapped em in lightly and this little chunk of iron fell from god knows where on the floor. it looks like half of a rat poison pellet that was mangled on one end... i can get pictures if needed.... anybody got any ideas? im down to the bare block...

alright! so after a while of having my car and having no power at ALL.. i decided that something was wrong... and that i wanted TONS of power... we hope not so much that i wrap around a tree though!! anyway, i decided to pop a MHG on and fix what needed fixed on the way, along with some new...

so im lookin for some gauges for my rig. and since im a tech gadget geek:beer: ive been looking at a few different types... either the autometer Nexus series or the Defi blue racer, or the Defi-Link Meter BF. the nexus and meter BF both require a controller box, but the blue racer dosnt. i was...

hey all, money isnt rolling in like it did in the summer and i need some extra cash. so im selling my paintball gear. want to sell this to sombody local, not really wanting to ship, but i could ship if i had to.. ive got smartparts ion w/aftermarket feedneck...

im getting ready to put in my new titan MHG but its got finger prints all over it. i got it this way. what can i use to get rid of the prints.. is it bad for sealing up?

ive got this old 87 that i need gone. title is clean. its basically a shell. some shit still in the engine bay. and the lsd is there with half a drive shaft sticking out. not really shit inside. basically its gonna be good for a track car... unless you got a lottta patience and money, or love...

so im somewhat new to the abs thing... but when im comming to a moderate stop if i hit a pothole (medium sized) then if feels really weird and clicks and slows down really slow and i have to pull off the brake and push back on quick to make the stop. should i go back to les scwhab and make...

so i checked my compression last week, i just poped off the cord on the elec. ignition and poped my tester in the spark plug holes and cranked a few turns. well i got like 160-170 on all of em... but then another guy came by and said to bearly crank it once, and thats how your sapposed to check...