I can finally die a happy man... Could this possibly be the end of the ricer era? I guess its all up to ebay now to keep this thing alive. LOL

When I saw that you where turbo and you only had 55 on cylinder 1, I assumed you had broken ring lands. This has been documented to happen when boost spikes occur. Well I guess it was a good thing your rod didn’t shatter, otherwise you would be looking for a new block. If it was me, I would just...

Yes, there are mounting points in the middel of the wing as well.

Isnt that the point of this board? Most of what can be done to our cars is already archived at this site or at 2gnt. Also its the rules to use the search function befor creating a new thread. Plus people are giving you a hard time because you are saying things about "fake horsepower," and other...

He has it like that for mock up purposes only. He will detach the runners from the collector and the flange, and then weld them up separately.LOL not trying to put words in you mouth.

I would have to agree with the majority of the people posting. That wing has no real functionality. Therefore it is a purely cosmetic application. Every time I see someone put a wing on their car I laugh. Not only does it make the car look horrible, but it also makes the driver look childish. It...

how can the rate at which you expend energy be fake?

Eh, same here. My auto-tensioner broke while I was driving and my timing jumped just enough to stop it from running, damn I was lucky. :DBut actually I remember there being nicks in the edges of the valves just sever enough for a valve job.

I would call and say cut the b.s. or you will take legal action. If you agreed upon a price and a designated timeline and he doesn't follow the contract that's fraudulent business and you should sue in small clames for the payment and the lost tranny. :thumb:

Man whats the world comming to, people stealing stock lights. They must want to convert back to stock and get rid of their old altezzas. LOL Youll be able to find some stock lights, dont worry. I just saw a set on ebay yeasterday.Here is one auction for the lights...

ROFL Ive only done it the "redneck" way. I have used two ladders and a Steel I beam with chain looped over that. I have also used garage rafters and a heavy duty pully rated for about two tons to lift out a ford 460 big bock. What ever you do, be carefull. I almost had an engin fall on me once...

It will weigh about 300 to 500lb with the tranny attached. If anyone could pipe up with the actual number, that would be great, but I can only give you a rough estimate based on past experiences. But you could always disassemble it in the bay and remove the components if nobody could help you...

Well I guess its time to learn LOL There comes a time in every young wisconsinite's life when they must dig a trench in the snow or face below zero wind chill to work on their car. Your time is now. ROFLBut seriously, get a chilton manual and read how to preform the rebuild and also how to...

Using a razor blade would be a safer idea, its the tried and true way of getting this task done. (for the home mechanic anyways)But if you must use a wire brush, make shure its brass. It might seem like common sence but people do some wacky things.

ROFL Thats more colorful than the ball pit at McDonnalds!

It sounds like your timing is off or possibly a bad crank position sensor. When my timing belt skipped, I had the same problem as your describing.So it sounds like you checked the basic stuff, the next thing to do check your timing, then test your sensors.

Put a rag in the muffler, this prevents mice from crawling in there and dying. They can also go inside the airbox and chew up the paper filter for nests, so its also a good idea to put one on the intake too (if you still have one).

I knew that, but im specifically refering to the ebay special. (or the one sold by autosquare)I think this is how it goes: Treadstone knocked off the star manifold Autosquare then essentially created a "double knockoff" from the treadstone manifold.It will be interesting to see if the...

Well now that X is parting out his car, your gonna be the first one running around with the ebay treadstone manifold (well at least for the people I've seen posting). I cant wait till you get this thing running so we can all see how long these parts actually last. :thumb:

eh, I've never ran with one and have never gotten in trouble for it. I guess the cops around here just dont care.

Same here. Mine made a wierd "W" pattern on the road and just sucked over all. I just put the stockers back in and did the 9005 mod.BTW Ill be 2ga for life. I actually prefer the way it looks over the 2gb, especially with darker colored cars.

But there is a possibility the title was stolen along with the car and it was sold for some quick cash. But thats leads to the question of why the car wasn’t reported stolen; if that was the case.Or another possibility is he went outside the verbal or written contract the seller and the...

...Or (LOL) , you could just use gasoline. That’s what I've always used.I painted my jetta's block Chevy blue and it hasn’t yellowed or done anything weird, maybe its just the quality of the paint that was used. And just make shure you use a wire brush like stated to get all of the rust off.

Where did you stop by in Dane, thats my "home county".Its to bad that we have CWD now. It really hurt the hunting season in the southern part of the state. I think its recovering a little, but the last several years its been bad, considering I live only 10 miles away from the heart of the...

Same here. I wonder just how long it will take to drop though. I hope it dosent take the usual two years to drop 50 or a 100 bucks, like it has in the past.On a side note, I do have a psp. I think its a great little gaming device, considering I started out with the old school gameboy-tetris...

ROFL Im sorry but this is the first thing I thought of when I saw that. ROFL

I would go to www.2gnt.com and start from there. All of thoes questions have been asked and answerd.Edit but here are the answers anyway LOL: 1. yes 2. yes 3. need to modify the passanger side mount 4 yes 5 more torque, more horsepower, less rpm range though. a plus, srt4 internals for...

I wonder where the creator of the inner-fooler is now. LOLBut yes, it is a very old pic. Old, but funny.

The turbin housing would most likely see a max egt of 1600*F. This heat would be dispursed over a large, even area. While im not saying it cant handle more, im saying you'll reduce the chance of it cracking if you put it in an oven or something of that nature. Because when cast iron is unevenly...

LOL I remember trying to get the compressor housing off of a mitsu turbo. It uses a giant spring clip, and my lord is it hard to get off, even with the right tool. LOLI think you should take off the compressor housing and then put it in a 500*F oven. It might be safer than putting a...

Did anybody notice the 2ga in the background of the second shot. LOLThey almost totaled my car with only a bent radiator support, cracked bumper, broken headlight and a crumpled hood. But I won the fight and the car never looked better.Good luck.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Treadstone-Cast-Turbo-Manifold-420A-Eclipse-Talon-DSM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6755QQihZ007QQitemZ170048056592QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW This is the only guy that I've seen selling the treadstone on ebay other than that JDM guy. This seller says his is "twice the...

ROFL same here, I watched it like 10 times in a row.Thats what happens when you bounce off the rev limiter LOL

You think that's high; some guy in our town was selling an '86 and wanted 2k for it. The paint was highly oxidized and the interior was rotting from sun exposure. Plus it had 158,XXX on the factory build and had a cracked windshield. I was trying to pick it up for 500, but some stupid kid...

Or turbo, in our case. LOL

ROFL eh it looked fine, no biggie. It just needs to be buffed out. LOL

Thats a big box, is it the big valve EVO head?Edit: ya for almost 4g's it better be worth it

http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=38237&mesg_id=38237&listing_type=search :beatentodeath: yay, its my first time using this

LOL ya, I've seen that pic befor and its photoshoped. See how the upper tower bar dissapears and how the runners blur into the intake mani. Anyways, if that swap would have been done, it would be done with an advenger v6.Edit: Twin turboing a 2l would be more fiesable with the use of two of...

Lets hope you weld some new metal onto that tower, or one day it will shoot through the hood. Trust me, I know. :(Anyways, what kind of camera is it? I just got the new nicon L6 and I think its great.

Wow, sweet, I've never seen any other dsm's other than mine with konig passports. Good choice. :thumb:

You’re absolutely right. No one can sustain high levels of performance with cheap parts (there are always some exceptions to this), Especially with a turbo, which is a precision balanced device.BTW 420a's do rock the hizzouse :p

No, you please stop. Go to the turbo 420a forum and read all of the "horror stories" from people who know what their doing. The only people who blow the 420a with boost are the ones without the proper knowledge, and the occasional mishap.And to the orginal poster, there was a thread...

LOL, Well I've gotten a lot of complements, but one time I sacred a kid.I was filling up at a gas station and this van pulls up next to me. The mom gets out to fill up and I see the kids inside staring at my car. After I come back from paying the kid gets out of the van and is standing...

LOL I can just see it now..... In a couple of years people will be asking if they can swap the AWD drivetrain into a 2gNT.

WTF How could he even get the car started, let alone not bursting into flames, with the pressure test port being totally ripped off. There must be something plugging the hole, otherwise it would be spraying gas like crazy.Just get a new rail and call it a day.

Better yet, Breakfast Club. :rolleyes:

I just used normal mineral oil. Right after I started it, I drove somewhere secluded. Then I floored it to 60 then just let it decelerate on its own to about 30. I repeated this process 12 times. This seats the rings. Then after 500 miles I changed the oil. Just drive it easy (no boost, or...

LOL, my 1982 honda cx500 turbo has the original tires on it and its 24 years old, granted they are all cracked and not road worthy.But cars like that are harder and harder to find these days, people just dont hide their cars in barns anymore LOL

The problem with trying to diagnose a oil leak is that there is a vortex behind the motor that will blow the oil onto everything, making it almost impossible to judge where exactly it is coming from. Take Jims advice and degrease the entire motor, then run it in your driveway and see where it’s...