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[Norbie]

I appreciate your suggestions, I'm basically at a loss here!

There is a wrecking yard nearby, last time I was there it was mostly Fords and Holdens but I'll have another look later this...

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It's a great idea but I don't know anyone who has one. I'll see what I can find on the various Facebook groups I'm a member of.

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I don't know if there's a charcoal canister, do you know where it lives? I'll have a look next time I'm in the shed.

I've never changed the fuel filter since owning the car so it's probably...

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Thanks bloke!

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Thanks for that info, that's another thing I can look at, and in fact I can swap the CAS from the Supra (I'm assuming they're the same) and see if that makes a difference.

The coil connectors...

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No I haven't, do you know how you'd go about doing that? I would have thought that would throw a fault code but I've yet to see any lights on my dash.

Today I double-checked the cam belt...

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Yeah, GT35R with a 1.06 rear and .70 front. It's a bit old school now I guess but it made plenty of power so I'm not all that keen to replace it.

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Well, they didn't. So far I've replaced the coils, leads and spark plugs with no change. So unless it's the ignitor I can't see this being an ignition problem.

Also, after my most recent...

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Ah gotcha! About 260mm by my reckoning.

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Yeah I was initially worried about owning an obsolete product, but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced this new product is in a completely different market segment. It's going to be fucking...

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I've already mentioned that the silver braid is unacceptable, it will definitely be fixed before the car goes on the road!

Unfortunately the manifold won't work on the Soarer as NA...

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I couldn't help myself, decided to do a quick test fit of the new manifold. First a comparison of new vs old:



The first thing I noticed is that the new one is way heavier, which...

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Thanks PF, I can always rely on you for good advice. ...

[Norbie]

Good to know, thanks!



Haha I have thought about this at times, but it's real hard to justify replacing my perfectly good and hardly used turbo. If I had another use for the...

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Got any more info on this? A friend of mine has an Elite 750 in a Patrol and is trying to figure out what to do about the auto (currently manual shifting)....

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Hmm this is a tempting offer, I may end up taking you up on that. Do the VVTi plenums bolt on or are modifications required?

Meanwhile I made another impulse purchase, Goleby's were selling...

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My VVTi o-ring arrived this morning so I wasted no time getting it installed. The old one was still intact but hard as a rock:



It took a bit of chiselling to get the old seal...

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Welding the fucker on is plan B! I don't think plan A will be much more work, assuming it's actually feasible that is.

The ugly IACV hole has already been repurposed, it now has a -8AN fitting...

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4x 25A outputs, isn't that enough?

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I was a bit pessimistic, some stuff did arrive today - my adapter things for the Bosch throttle:



They were a bit on the expensive side but it seems to be pretty well made gear....