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hi guys,, ive been super busy at my shop--but rdm did come uy to work on his engine for a bit.. actually its been ready for final assembly for a while,, but niether i or rdm has a a chance to get the engine together.. in any case , during final assembly i noticed that one of the rod/piston...

hi guys,, i was able to pickup the first clutches today.. everything looks great,,.. hopefully i will be able to gothru the install on rdms car soon--within the next week.. well see how they perform.. im sure there will be some obsticles in the way--there always is.. but progress is being made..

Hi guys,, i know there is alot of discussion on this forum about FI/turbos... so i figured this would be a good place to ask.. what would be a realistic price someone should pay for some turbo manifolds?.. i know one of the biggest hurdles in getting 2 turbos or 1 turbo on these cars has been...

hi guys,, for the guys who havnt heard,, we have noticed that on one of the forged pistons has had some of the piston burn away.. i dont want to worry people, mainly because it was probably our fault.. but i do want to share our experience with what happened in our case.. we still have...

well,, everybody seems to be "asking for it".. j/k.. i have been working with a friend--actually hes been doing alot of work,, and im just helping..but i wanted to get a pic online.. im kinda doing this without his permission,, but i dont think he will mind.. what your looking at is a supra...

hi guys,, we were able to get to the dyno tonight for rdms car.. there were still some probs that i have to figure out,more about that later--but we did get some real numbers.. Rear Wheel Horsepower--510.. im very happy with the results,, buy the way, this is at 17-18 psi.. i did no real...

hi guys--anything new and exciting?.. well,, i thought since i will be slowly getting the v8 corrola together, i might as well post pics of the "diabolical" stuff im making for it..:mischievo . it will be spread over the next month or so,, but it should be interesting enough.. for those guys...

hi guys,, in the december issue of super street mag-- is an honest to goodness sc400 with a turbo..its the first time i can remember seeing one in a mag--i hope its not the last.. its a girls car--emerald-i believe is her name.. it looks ok.. but its good to see in any case..

hi guys,, ive been real busy lately,, but i decided to get oinline today and catch up with a bunch of stuff ive been putting off.. well,, rdms car is up and running after the rebuild.. we did use the forged pistons.. we redid the spare engine he had around my shop.. everything went fairly...

i should probl post this in the trans and drivetrain section--but anyway.. i FINALLY have gotton a chance to get trhe car back to the shop.. if you guys remember, rdm had locked trhe differential which broke the input shaft of the trans.. i switched out the diff and switched out the input...

has anyone ever seen or heard of vids of the celica the scranton bros ran with the turbo lexus v8 motor.. or the Blast Racing Soarer with the Turbo Lex V8? i was hoping to hear or see these cars in action..

i was wondering what is the most HP that lextreme members have gotten from the stock rail setup.. what i mean is that i have a feeling that the way the stock fuel rails are plumbed(in series) limts the potentila HP to about 400.. has anybody gotton big HP not touching the plumbing on the stock...

has anyone ever heard of the differential failing?.. rdm was driving around, and i think the rear end broke.. i havnt been able to check it yet but id like to see if anyone has even heard of any failures.. i had always thought the rear end can take alot of abuse.. at least having the car at...

hi guys, i have been working on getting eight extra injectors on rdms car.. heres a pic or 2.. its not done yet, but after a day of grinding and welding, i have to show somebody..you can see the rough fuel rail in there also.. the 8 extra injectors are gonna be controlled by a programable inj...

hi guys, rdm had the plastic part of the fan come apart during a long run on the highway against a viper.. i was in the car, and was surprised to see steam coming from under the hood/bonnet.. the plastic blades broke/came apart.. one when into the radiator.. i am fixing the rad which was...

hi guys, i was able to get some pics of the corrola im working on--i had mentioned in some other threads.. its an early in the process shot, but it looks so right--i wanted to get the pic posted.. i can give some general comments-- yes it does fit.. the mounts need very little fabing to get the...

well not tonight anyway, but i hope tomorow--monday.. over the weekend rdms(bobs) TTsc400 was in action.. we had descent weather on saturday, so we went out for some driving. we did get some racing in.. i gave a call to my buddy, charlie from "Top Setup" a Honda shop thats close by.. bob had...