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I just woke up drunk, but I swear I was able to get by running only .0049 houses. but who cares, there a really hot naked chick passed out in my bed.

in my excitement after buying my supra I bought cheap ebay turbo kit thinking it was a e-bay score. its a no-name turbo, but I'm gonna try it and see what happens. not expecting much life out of it, but its something to start with, and this is a big learning project for me since I've never...

yeah, I just threw away a 6 piece Lamborghini mercialgo (sp?) high-temp rear quarter panel mold that a customer wanted us to make and make parts from (the parts are like 12k from the factory) and he never paid his bill. so I just threw away a $8,000 never used mold in the dumpster. took me 2...

I do. made many a hoods in my time. could easily make them out of anything from cheap fiberglass to aerospace pre-preg carbon fiber and make 10lb hoods. the problem is the time and cost of making the molds, including bodyworking / prepping whatever hood I start with to make the molds from...

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maybe this is the wrong place to ask questions? what do you do with the PCV and ISV hoses when you instal maft-pro, and are fabbing a new intake? are they capped off, or? anyone have some more info on this? (I don't have maft-pro yet, but am in the process of running all my piping and...

many more hours of hurting my back, machinist got my 2" turbo spacer done, so I can turn the outlet of the compressor housing down, as opposed to into the fender. been re-connecting wires, vacuum lines, got the intake back in. waiting for the intercooler to get here (hopefully tomorrow) so I...

New gaskets, IC piping showed up today. And my machinist finished the oil return fitting for the block (turbo kit was missing this one) heres a pic of the aluminum fitting he made, as well as my coolant bypass I did today, since the new turbo is oil-only. hopefully tomorrow if my...

AWD even. damn that thing must be fun / deadly. I'd love to build something like that in AZ where you can legally drive quads on the streets :)

well like I said my primary goal right now is to get it on the road. I'd love to get it running first, get any bugs out of it, then install the maft-pro, since I know itself can cause running issues. Granted the car ran fine before I started, but since this is my first big tear-down, and...

I'll continue this thread with pics, issues, probably a lot of "why NOT to buy ebay turbo kit" points, heh, and keep it interesting :) But as of right now I'm just trying to figure out which rout will help me get this thing on the road, as I'll only have about 2 grand to drop into it in the...

bout a year ago bought a clean '87 supra from a co-worker, 60k on a JDM engine, but had a slightly BHG. got really excited and bought a generic ebay turbo kit before I started reading up on the car. Then found this site (I've only built up n/a VW's) I'm not new to cars, just to turbo...

one ply of 3k carbon is 0.0085" thick. its like paper. He's barely adding more weight than if he would scuff the bay and re-paint + clear coat it.

yes and yes. I was explaining how to do it and make it pretty. you can also order carbon fiber sock, but I haven't used it in so long, so I have no idea how much it is. and trying to stretch the sock over previous layers that are wet is very difficult. you could do it with resin...

the trick to doing quick tubing, w/o making pain in the ass molds and using a bladder to compress it, or making the tubes in 1/2, then bonding them together, is very simple. order some styrofoam, in the diameter you want the inside of your tubes to be, or larger if you want to sculpt it to...

Best place to order / buy locally the ARP studs? I'm probably going to get them already cut so I don't fuck up the heat treating by cutting them myself. I'm not in a hurry, bu I need to order them soon, head is going to be machined this weekend.

heh, my psycho ex threw me for such a loop I bought a supra instead of finding a new chick, seriously ;)

you can use decient epoxy resins that can withstand heat much better than poly or vinyl esters. I've built items made to withstand 2,000*F + for customers. a lot of them also won't turn as yellow / green over time. as much as a initial pain in the ass as it is, if you plug any holes under...

Stopped in at my exhaust shop today. they'll build me a 3" turbo back mandrel bent exhaust, with the v-band clamp, a decient magnaflow muffler, and divorced down pipe for $400 installed. $300 if its not mandrel bent. $50 more and they will do a test pipe section, and flange my stock cat so I...

I was referring to a .84ar compressor, which is what mine is. and again, I know its big, however, is lag and a peaky power curve the only concern? and if so, what can I do to help minimize it? I"m fabbing 2 1/2" hard intercooler pipping + big intercooler, 3" turbo back exhaust, no cats...