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So i figured i'd ask you guys a couple of lexus related questions before i take my car out there. I need to find a good and affordable mechanic shop for my car. I've heard good things about Dynamic auto service in Westminster. Anywhere else, what is there hourly rate? I am going to need my...

I was in neutral and park most of the time. I didn't want to turn off the engine b/c you end up moving about every 30 sec. I think carbon buildup is to blame for the mileage decrease. I just seafoamed my engine and will be changing spark plugs tomorrow (amongst other things) and i will see if...

very professional looking, do you do this for a living?

What a strange coincidence Jibby. The first video is a track in Lubbock, Tx that i raced at when i went to Texas Tech. Those were 1/8th scale truggys, and they would put my 1/10th scale truck in their class and they would run me over.

My car (sc400) always averages around 22mpg per tank at fill up, mostly highway driving and some city driving. Well, a couple of weeks ago i had to wait almost two hours to cross the border and idled the whole time. As soon as i got across i filled my tank and these last two tanks have...

The 2uz also had cold start piston slap. The only recent sbc i know of to have piston slap in the U.S. was the early 6.0 truck engine, but it was revised shortly after like 2001.

its going to take cams to realize the potential of those itb's no?

jbrady, i've been looking at aps lately too. They do really nice work and their kits include everything, which means fuel and engine management, their kits might be close to headache free. Specifically i've been looking 350z/g35 kits. The forums have shown some slight tuning issues, but that...

2uz's have piston slap too, i drove a sequoia that was low mileage and fairly new that had piston slap when it was cold.

Yes it does have to do with budget. I am done with school, but i turned down the job that would have paid for toys (test driving at the Firestone Texas proving grounds) and am pursuing film production. Therefore i basically have to forget projects for now and i may be perpetually bartending. I...

jibby, ls2's do come with normal transmission's in 05up gto's , but these packages get real expensive. Ls1's come in these packages as well in camaro's and tran am's for a little less. The difference in packaging is not between the ls1 or ls2, it is just that you can't use the corvette...

are you sure your not needing to look at a gto drivetrain, corvette's have transaxles for weight distribution and their transmission are in the rear of the car. http://www.plasmabunny.com/albums/C5/PB031074.sized.jpg http://www.theraceforum.com/images/forum/3305-93-3.jpg

or you could sell your car and put a nice down payment on a nice used gto, i hear they handle really well and weigh about the same as an sc (albeit uglier). And you would have 3 year old car problems vs. 16yo car problems.

jibby, if want want to save a large cost and don't mind some extra weight (iron block), go with a 6.0 truck engine, lq4 or lq9. They go on ebay with auto trannies, ecu, loom, a complete swap package for cheap, maybe you could find a combo like this for around 1800. Go with a 2001 up because i...

So, does this show that the stock 2jz iron block can handle more hp than the 2uz iron block. I know 2jz's make that power and more without having to make a billet block.

I remember when i first starting getting obsessed over supra's and then found a 2jz swapped sc300 and when i saw the sc300 for the first time i was just thinking why the hell would they swap the 2jz in that huge ugly car! Several years later i ended up with an sc400 and started to appreciate...

I'm glad your doing this, i've been researching sbc lately because i've been driving my old van again (400sbc) and found good info on the lq4's and lq9's for budget power, especially with an l92 head, l76 intake swap. Also the fact that the 2001 up lq4's got went to an aluminum head closer in...

glad to see your performance at 6 psi, i have to agree with jibby though, beating out a c6 z06 with 12 psi is very ambitious, maybe a stock c5 zo6?

did you see the distance from the airport runway to the tree they hit 15 feet up in the air?, that soaring must have been such a frightening feeling; hopefully they went unconscious before impact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Eldorado The caddy engine is an 8.2 with 400hp and 550ft.lbs torque! So are the caddy block not the same so this is not a BBC? The 8.1 you guys are thinking of is the modern big block.