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Another update. We're trying to calibrate it now. Hooking an ohm meter up to it, I've been slowly moving it clockwise until it deflects, and then moving it ever so slightly counter clock wise until the meter goes back down to zero. We don't have a feeler gauge, and that's a problem. But I...

I still have no calibrated it, I'm planning on grabbing my dad's multi-meter tomorrow and doing it. We had another throttle body that came with the car, and that seemed to work perfectly with the new TPS, so we swapped them out. The throttle bodies were the same size, and all the lines hooked...

I thought I had read that the TPS doesn't need calibration, it just needs to be installed. I'll search again. The weird thing is that it ran great without the TPS plugged in. I dunno, but the old one is on there now just to keep it drivable. Come to think of it, given how the old TPS caused me...

I just wanted to give a quick update. I ordered a new TPS. On my first test drive, it ran like a bat out of hell. The torque in the low range was all there. Perfect. And then I realized that somehow we forgot to plug it in. So I plugged it in, and the idle was a bit rougher, and it seems...

I'm definitely going to sell the dragger. I doubt I'll be going turbo anytime soon, so I really have no use for it. I think those are what I'm looking for, thanks.

By restriction, are you talking about the turbine from the turbo?

It was on there when I bought it. ;) Wasn't my choice to have a muffler that I can fit my foot into. So the dynomax droned on your car pretty bad. Eh. I guess I'll keep searching for another muffler. I could almost live with the sound of the dragger, almost. But the look of it on the car...

Maybe it's one of those automotive myths then. I don't know. -edit- I don't want to throw the thread off topic anymore, so I'll just let this continue. Good luck finding a donor motor.

I think it was the seals, that would make more sense. My nomenclature with engine internals is pretty terrible, I've never torn one apart myself. But that is why I've been weary of adding an entire extra quart, because of doing damage to the seals. Also, how does the dipstick represent the...

I'm working to slowly restore mine to stock. So I'm looking at having to throw in an entirely new sound system (using an iPod and headphones now, haha). Maybe a GPS and some other small goodies. Replacing the interior carpet Slightly upgraded suspension, just to let me attack curvy roads with a...

Increased pressure is what I was always told.

There's been quite a bit of exhaust threads, but unfortunately I could not find much on people who owned Dynomax ultraflo's, and almost no videos. The car currently has a 3 inch exhaust going to a HKS Super Drager, I believe the tip is 4 inches. The sound isn't terribly loud, but to me the...

I''ll just post some quick pictures here of my Bushmaster. Good gun, but unfortunately I don't get to fire it as much as I would like. :(

I doubt anyone around here would have one. And I don't think it's worth it going up to the Toyota dealership, they're a rip off. (they quoted me $1800 for replacing a headgasket, wtf?) What about hydrocarbon testers? Are those the ones that test your coolant?

Alright. What's do I want to ask for at the auto parts store? Just a block test?

My dad smelled the exhaust and said that it smelled more like a car running really rich. So in the next couple days I'm going to grab a new oxygen sensor and see where that gets me. I think you guys are right on the leak being the only problem here. My oil is clean as hell. But, just in case...

I checked the oil and there wasn't anything unusual, looks like just castrol syntec should. I'll grab a compression test kit and see if that helps. We also plan on pulling out one of the spark plugs and seeing if that shows anything. And if nothing shows up with either of those, I'll probably...

I would have put this in my other thread, but I felt it was a bit more urgent. I've been hearing the waterfall sound behind my dash for awhile now. But there's a coolant leak behind the dash that puts water into the floorboard, it soaks it. It's a big deal, but it won't hurt the engine as...

It's probably got some mileage on it, but I'm thinking of replacing it anyways. Anyone got any info on ACIS? I posted over and Supraforums and no one said much there either. If there's a post on this that I'm missing, please link me to it, but I searched.

Yeah, RWD sports cars can be a bitch if you make a mistake and don't know how to correct it. Do it at the wrong place or speed and you can end up dead a hell of a lot easier than you think.