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Check the fluid level.

You'll probably have to try dealer parts or call the delear and get a part number and try to get it on-line or cross-referenced locally with an aftermarket piece. Or try the usual online stuff. Google my man - or carparts.com etc.

Carson Toyota - Steve, Angel, and another individual I can't recall the name of at this point. Good folks. Tell 'em I sent ya.

Sorry Calvin, don't know of any web info on that job.

Ah... the blue whale. TKR. That is a very nice SC.

Dinotrogen Monoxide is the only correct nomenclature. I'll take the dental grade please. Bottles are for babies.... Lay off the bottle.... The big hit.... Nevermind. Duct tape... I love it. The 1uz can't be mechanically retarded? Why? Or do you mean whatever the heck v6 it is in that RX can't be mechanically retarded? Those are dli right? Carry on.

Looks great my man. Excellent job.

Sound Performance has one available. So does DaveH. Not sure of any others. They have to be different to fit the ge head.

You can have boost at 3k easy with a the turbo you're looking at.

@ bean_8044: you won't regret it buddy B) @UCF3: There are only truely like 3 companies that actually produce the turbos. There are lots of companies that modify them or have those source companies make them to spec with given compressor wheels, blade clips, housing options, bearing options, shaft options, turbine stuff, etc. I think the main three are Garrett, Turbonetics/Air-research, and Holset. I'm not sure on that. There might be a couple others or I might be wrong on 1 or two, but it's the same idea. So the Toyomoto turbo is just a tweaked garrett. On the outside, looks like any other internally gated t3/t4. Check out my garage for a somewhat up close pic. I'll put up more after I get it off and do some surgery. @Sportcoupe300: Thanks man. I go back and forth about keeping it like that or going with a little bling. I know I will eventually go big - but I might just keep this motor and set-up for street sleeper status appeal. I'm pulling that piping (as well as most the other hot stuff) here in the very near future to get some corrosion off it and check seals n stuff. I was debating polishing it and putting a clear coat on it. Maybe I should just repaint it flat black eh? The system does vent - it is utilizing an OEM supra TT ABV (bov). It flutters under high boost though. Definitely need to put something else in that spot. I have seen where two of the abv's in parallel will handle a little more boost without fluttering so much - but... we'll see what I decide to use.

Use a brush or something of the sort to remove the corrosion. You should try to keep any corrosion from falling into the cylinder through the spark plug hole. Try not to damage any spark plug threads. How does the electrode on the plug look? It would probably be best to replace any plugs that might be corroded. Be careful and take your time. Try not to get water in there again. Good luck.

That is a T4 some garrett or turbonetics probably some sort of offshoot by hks or sp. Definitely single turbo. Why would you need two when you can do much more with 1? Twin turbos are cool and all, but most guys go from two to 1, so what's that tell ya? The emphasis is on efficiency. It takes more energy to spin two turbos relatively speaking. Especially if they are upgraded. Why not use all that on one properly sized for the application? Those are 3 double post ignition coils over that valve cover, wasted spark, so this car is running an ignition conversion complete with crank sensor and standalone management. My set-up is no where near as developed as this one. I've got the t3/t4 internally gated puppy. Stock fuel supplemented with an upgraded fuel pump (wich we know this guy must have), two aux injectors, and haltech f5. Stock intake manifold and throttle body, stock compression, stock ecu, stock ignition. I believe the timing on my vehicle is fixed manually retarded by counterclock on the distributor. It would take a little work to get my set-up to rival this one. I'd post a picture, but she really is not as clean looking as this one. I plan to get in there over the next few months to completely disassemble and clean everything. I'll link a pic for the meantime though. So whom ever's car this is, they are getting a lot of attention here. That is the type of set-up I dream of. Anyways, here's mine - for now at least: If you don't know what you're looking at, you won't see it. Which is one thing I like about my current set-up. Most people can't even tell it is turbo when they look at it. It's over there on the exhaust side though if you look hard, you'll see the top of the Garrett.

Make no mistake, that turbo is bigger than you guys think. A/R is the critical determining factor. Bearings, center cartige make up, shaft size, wheel size will all effect spool regardless of what turbo it is. You could have a T04r coming fully on line at 3000 rpm boosting solid to 6.5k running 20 pounds and it will be much more efficient than the smaller gn style turbos. The tighter and smaller, the more compression, the more heat generated. The turbine side is hot period. That is where the cover is. Efficiency and flow is the key factor. It comes down to the system and application. The turbo itself is only a small piece of the equation. A critical one, but small.

I've never gotten a honda over 120. Never pushed the b16a2 5speed del sol. It did go 120 and would have gone further but had computer mods. My auto 1997 accord will drop fuel at 120mph electronically. No question about it. It can do more. But the computer does shut it down. Any other information here is personal and speculation. It doesn't really matter in the end. It's pointless to argue, but that is my experience. All vehicles after 95 have some sort of speed limiter at least in the automatic versions. Were and when the speed limiter hits is the only variable.

Tuner Bash is a three day event put on by the SCC (sport compact car) magazine. Traditionally, it has taken place in Daytona during the first week of spring break. This year they have two locations, Daytona - and Panama City Beach. Either location is ideal IMO. I want to go, but if a group could get together, that would be sweet to represent USLOC down there with a booth or something. Problem is, it is getting to be too late to secure a hotel room or group package. Type Tuner Bash 2004 in google. You'll get lots of details.

Oh it's real all right.

UCF3, we all have to start somewhere. It is obvious that your experience is limited at least with turbos on the GE. I'm not saying I'm the go to guru, but that turbo is not really small. There is no maf - indicating extensive fuel and map modification - the turbine is completely covered - so it's hard to judge how big it is. I can't tell how much power that car would make just by looking at it, but I can wager that is one serious set-up that will eat a lot of competition. That looks like a 4" inlet, the compressor side is moderately large, it also looks like we have some nitrous oxide or some other type of power adder here as well - this car is done right. Some good places to start are with a book written by Corky Bell - Maximum Boost. There are also some very good informational links in our FAQ that I will revise for title and description.

About the speed governor - our SC's are electronically speed limited at approximately 145 mph. At least that is what I have heard. I have also heard that the manual versions do not have a top speed governor. In this condition, the final drive will determine the max speed. Technically, the 5 speed SC3 should be able to do 160mph. I've never been over 120 in any of the SC's I've driven on closed tracks. It is ill advised to break the speed limit on public roads. As far as the exhaust is concerned. If you do not have any malfunciton indicators on in the dash, things are probably just fine. Sounds like the car is running just fine to me. If you are concerned, take it to a good exhaust shop and have them give it a one over. The standard flow can be improved by removing the oem midpipe at the very least. These things have been discussed on Lextreme website and we can discuss them here as well. The goal is to get good scavenging by means of cross pipe while allowing a merge.

That does look good. The side draft manifold a la gte does help higher horsepower applications. I think at 600+ guys start to go to that. Don't hold me to it. I like the idea myself. I also like what they did with the coils over the valve cover there. That is a serious set-up.

Go ahead. That top bolt sucks don't it? You'll be able to do it in 15 minutes now. Sorry I didn't see this sooner.

I don't know why on earth your guy would say that UCF3. These were lexus colors offered on the (x)zz3(x) and are currently offered on other models. I think it is unsafe to say Onehot has one the bet. In fact, I think it is unlikely Onehot will win. But it is worth a shot. You have two conflicting statements here to work with Onehot - best of luck. If you do win the bet - you should split it with UCF3 (UCF3, I'll expect a kickback) - I hope this bet was for some dough. 500 bones ought to cover it.

I believe the motor is the 3.3 - I also think lexus is !Removed! up by leaving the inline 6 in the trash. Best motor ever built with more power potential than almost anything else out there. But they got to appeal to the masses and keep up with the Jones'. I haven't seen it. I'm sure it looks good.

Wolfie, I'm not too far from Columbus. We could attempt to put a small meet together and go from there. I'd also like to get a group to go to Florida for Tuner Bash this Spring. What do you guys think?

Very nice. Couldn't have had a better bunch do the work from what I've seen. That 4 door beast is putting some nice numbers down bro. Great job. Try changing your picture format to .gif - the image should automatically resize itself when you try to upload it. You can always hit up our photo galleries to. Enjoy the boosted ride.

Umm - royal sapphire pearl, the supra royal blue, was available in 1997 til 00. That navy blue I posted a picture of is a 1992 to 1994 model.