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Looks great Tomo! What is the name of this bumper? Domo arigato

That's the thing, gap seems fine to me... maybe I'm just getting old. The car will not use a wing. Wings are not for me. specs are 18*9 +38f and 18*10 +45r, with 255 and 275, it's flush. No rubbing but it's on low boost now. Last year with the other wheels, it would rub on a hard launch with stock suspension squat... So first order is retune and get this 10pounds boost thing fixed.

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Thanks guys. Been a slow process. Yes, carbon fiber hood. Probably try a kyb/eibach TT drop. Got some interior stuffs and new tint comin'. Trying to schedule some dyno time.

Did a few things, been quiet around here a while for myself... just too busy with work, life and stuff in between... anyways, here's the latest iteration... tint, some other wheel tricks, cosmetics, re-tune, it'll go on forever. Next up is a kyb/agx drop, black trd steering wheel, and who knows...

Sure that's an excellent option, if you can get a hold of the guy... ... talk about a 1 in a million shot... but Toyomoto is top notch... so is Sound Performance out of Chicago. There are a slew of other credible sources out there but many more shotty ones... Just be patient, research and be prepared for hassles, delays, a couple redoes, and lots of fun on the road...

Guys, our search feature will uncover a wealth of information on this exact subject. I have detailed it as well as many others before me. The supra TT motor is an option, as well as a naturally aspirated to turbo conversion wich is what I use. Many ways to skin the cat, I feel the best option is to use the perfectly good powerplant given in the SC3...

Gentlemen, take a step back and think about all this. The only real way to gain power is to increase displacement or add flow and change compression.

Are you sure about that...? Doesn't seem right to me. Don't have mymanuals handy so I might get back if I have time... Try it again... but if all is running well, I wouldn't be too concerned.

This thread is still going strong I see. Heh... 94 octane leaves carbon. My car only saw 93+ and when I took the manifolds off and blasted the head with carb cleaned the exahust ports were so thick with carbon I could litterally scoop it out with my fingers. EGT temps may be reduced with egr but It would need to be proven. It is an emissions issue only. So yea, crap gas will gum the works faster, but these days, I'm seeing a lot of craptastic gas. Time to start running c16 I guess. I'll have to cut the visits to the strip club down. <_<

ha ha :D can of worms bro... it's neither here no there... good luck

I think I could probably make decent money doing that as well if I were so inlined. Fortunately, I'm above that. Lots more in store...

that's a decent amount of progress in 2 months for working a 55 hour a week plus day job... not to mention all of life's little other hassles. not that its anywhere near finished. But here's perspective. back on page 1 with all the corrosion, that's all resolved as well as several oil issues. Now tighter than a drum. Just need a new tune... for perspective, or somewhat, those silver vein pipes are hott, can't wait to do the intake manny in a candy...

roughed in, needs some more stuff, but here it is so far. drives well but needs a retune. otherwise, vacuum is good, low boost is great but can't get a high boost pull. Will drop it with a tuner next month. so here's wat we got... still fun as all get out...

I wouldn't say any of that is not possible for those components to last so long, but I'm also not surprised if they fail over use. Things that get used break. At 100+k miles, little things like this are not an issue to me. It happens. Regardless, everyone has made their point. And they are correct. Looks like I'll just be using a resistor. Never did pull the code today, I might if I feel like it. Car is running fine, damn strong actually, it's the damn egr on me too. Cuz I messed with it.

It's not insult to injury. It depend the owner the car and their goals. If the goal is to have a stock oem SC, I agree. Fix the egr. If you want a turbo'd car with power and want to take care of it, for god sakes, pull it. I also have to state, I had the whip out for an extended period last night. The rebuild is good, but I have boost issues. Mainly, not enough and lack of control, but I can elaborate in my under the knife thread. And my check engine light is coming on and off, due to, the egr plates I believe. Might run codes today depending on how far I get on my checklist. I'll update. But my other point is, our cars are getting up there in age. These are mechanical components with hot gasses, fuel, oil and all sorts of weather on them. Just because the egr fails does not mean the previous owner did a bad job or the car is in bad shape. You have options on how to deal with it. Do any of them correctly and a successful resolution is to be had.

cars in other countries do not run egr. same engine. no problems. egr is solely to reduce emissions. It raises intake temperature to a dangerous level on turbocharged cars. Like mine. That's why I removed it. I also disabled acis. Wanna race?