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    boost gauge problem

    there is a sensor that is on the body of the turbo body under the engine bay on the drivers side . . .that sensor is connected to your ecu and then to the dash gauges of the stock boost gauge . . .if you are running an NA body with a dash gauge of a turbo body then you will also need that sensor...
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    Scottsville, small town beside of bowling green . . .you?
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    i thought 10mm seemed sorta small to hold a head on . . .lol
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    well at least i can feel safe driving it around on the weekends until i get my first check to get the arp's which i think i will still do for the "extra insurance" and it is the felpro that i have i found the box . .. so what is the material that it is made out of? is there metal under all that...
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    thanks man for the info i appreciate it . . .i guess with my first check i will buy the arp head bolts and swap them out . .. i am guess they too will need to be torqued to 75 lbs . . .and as for the gasket i was wrong abou the brand i cant remember what it is but my dad ordered it from autozone...
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    First off . .no worries man i wont get offended . .thats why i joined this forum . ..to learn and i bought the haynes and chilton manual and that is what i used to change the head gasket as well as everything i could find on this forum. I am only now getting into doing work myself and i have...
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    I am starting a new job next month and i will have a lot more money coming in. Will it hurt the headgasket that is already on it if i buy the arp head studs and change them out or will i need a new head gasket? i hate to do that job over again. so the turbo being that hot is normal? im sure i...
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    Turbo is hot very very hot??

    OK my turbo heat shield was off when i got the car . . .I just replaced the head gasket after having blown it . . .i didnt have the money to get arp head studs so i torqued the stock ones to 75 when i put them back in . ..I finally got the car running smoothly though i think it is idling a...
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    Shocks vs Struts????

    Ok so i see the difference now . . .thanks . .however whcih does the supra have . .or is it both? are both required for suspension and is it only on the front? (sorry about the lack of understanding . . .i know enough about engines but i am only now getting into suspension.)
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    Shocks vs Struts????

    I have seached and read all over the internet and all that i have found on the difference between these two forms of suspension is that struts support wieght and shocks dont .. .this confuses me however and though i sound like a noob i would like for someone to tell me which one the supra has...
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    factory boost gauge

    i just wanted the thing to work... hadn't intended to raise the boost any time soon
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    factory boost gauge

    Post -TB sorry i seem like i noob "i know what i am looking at i just dont know what it is called"
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    Factory Boost Gauge not hooked up

    I know my car cant have 0 oil pressure so i think either my gauge isnt working or isnt hooked up right . ..any of you guys tell me what controls the oil pressure gage since i am assuming that it is not manual and show me where it hooks up at?.
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    Installing a MBC?

    can any of you guys give me some pics/examples/diagrams as to how one would install a MBC on a 7mgte? I intend to buy one however i would like to know where im going to put it when i do. Thanks
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    factory boost gauge

    i am having the same problem onlymine is cause i did an engine swap and forgot where the line goes. Some picks or good detail would be much appreciated