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I have a strete version of a Saker SVS. Its a mid-engined race car from New Zealand. Mine has a 1UZ in it and I have a little more hood clearance then a Lexus but not tons like the guys with these engines in boats. I may be able to manage that 73mm thick intercooler on my car but I would have...

Gaz, you mention that your M90 is intercooled. I'm curious as to what you are using for an intercooler and how much it will raise the M90. Are you using a custom built intercooler or something off another car or an aftermarket product? I'm thinking about supercharging my 1UZ and would like to...

Rod, I think you may have hit the nail on the head. I actually put a thinner oil in this time aound (0w-20) instead of the 10W-30 that I usually put in. I figured I would try something different. I use Mobil 1 Synthetic. Here is an update. I took my friends stethoscope to try to figure...

ha ha ha, yeah I don't know why I would have a pushrod in my lexus V8 either. (I can't wait for someone to reply asking me how I got pushrods in my 1UZ because they didn't really read the post) But anyway, I'm not sure if Jibby meant a lifter rod (if that is something different then a pushrod...

I have been doing a lot of research on the valve adjustment and how that had fixed peoples problems with the tapping sound. (I guess I'm looking at this job as I wouldn't have to remove my timing belt or camshafts so I coudl keep the engine in the engine bay.) In order for me to get the timing...

Thanks Matt. But I am now a little confused. Jibby said it may be a "bad lifter rod" and you said that you agreed with him that it may be a bad rod but it is highly unlikely that it is a cam follower/lifter. I really don't know all the parts in an engine but I am pretty good with cars. So...

Jibby, Thanks for the info. I don't think it is a sticky valve as it seems to be running just fine. The problem before was probably a sticky valve as it was not running on all 8 cylinders. But the tapping noise happened then before the valve stuck so it may happen again I guess. The noise...

Hey guys I need your help. I was ta the dyno shop today getting the car tuned. It was running well for about 2.5 hours and then it started making a tapping sound from the left/drivers side bank. It was a metalic sound and was pretty fast. It didn't do it at all rpms and didn't do it until it...

Thanks guys. I'm going to get the car tuned hopefully Monday or Tuesday. All I need to do is install the Bosch air temp sensor but it didn't come with a freaking electrical harness for the two wires on the two terminals on the sensor. Does anyone know where I can get a square bosch electrical...

wow, 50 degrees advance seems like way to much. But I don't know everything. I would say that the 25-35 sounds better. If you happen to find out the timing at full power please let me know. Thanks, Adam

Is that the case with the stock ECU? I have a LINK 5 ECU and it can advance to whatever you tell it I I thought. One tuner asked for this info while the other did not. I guess it is not needed but it would probablly make his life easier when tuning the car. So would the 16 degrees advance be...

Hey guys, I’m looking at getting my car tuned professionally and the tuner asked me to find out one piece of info I was hoping you could help me out with. He wants to know what the timing advance is at max power. The engine is pretty much stock except for slightly ported heads...

Kelvin, I went and tried your maps and guess what, it still did NOT work. So I went through both manuals (old and new ECU) to try and find any differences in wiring, description, etc. I coudln't find anything. But I noticed that on the page wit the IGN info it said that there are 4 dip...

Hey, Thanks for the maps. I will try them asap. The problems I am having are very strange. I tapped into the crankshaft and camshaft sync signals with an oscilloscope and verified that the signals were there and were at the right intervals. I also tapped into the fuel injectors and...

Hey guys. I really need your help. I just bought a LINK v5 ecu and I can't seem to get my car started. I heard that the default map should be able to get the car running but that doesn't seem to be the case with me. So if anyone out there has a map for their Link ecu that works it woudl be...

Sorry for the late reply but I have been with out power as we just got hit by a hurricane. I live in Ft. Lauderdale FL so we got it pretty bad but no major damage. Anyway, I know I need to get the ECU retuned for sure. I have an older model LINK and I am sending it away back to the...

Well I would assume it is running on all 8 cylinders as when it starts and runs it does run well. It purrs great at 2000rpm and I was reving it up to 4-5k without any issues. The engine management is a LINK ECU that I have not touched since last time it ran so that didn't change. The only...

Hey guys got a question for you. My engine has had trouble starting lately (seems to be flooded ro somethihng like that). I recently re-did the entire fuel system and have much stronger pumps now. The fuel regulator, rails, and injectors are all stock. The engine was running very rich before...

Well I guess you would need a lot of extra hood clearance to get that sucker inbetween the supercharger and instake manifold if you kept it above the starter. You would think that there woudl be another way other then using such a huge intercooler core but I guess there probablly isn't. I...

Well if that is the case then I guess it all depends to answer your original question. I would assume that you could use any oil cooler as the heat exchanger inside the intercooler as long air can pass through it at the rate required by the supercharger. Usually air passes over the heat...