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    smoke!

    its a safety, the wires BURN UP if something isn't plugged in or something is not connecting properly (or there is a short), my mechanic told me they are designed to do that, mine did it because my defroster wasn't plugged in
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    Good News

    I got some good news today and thought i would share it all w/ you, I am getting work done on my car/helping my mechanic and we checked out the cylinder walls and pistons and there isn't barely any wear, you see my car burns oil, 1 quart every 500 miles, so now i know its not the pistons/rings...
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    spark plugs do matter

    i haven't picked them up yet, i am going to this weekend, car should be back by monday, will post pix of my beautiful engine compartment as soon as i can :-)
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    spark plugs do matter

    i don't know how much they are but i do believe they ARE more EXPENSIVE....
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    spark plugs do matter

    i will put them in when i get my car back....my mechanic (he has a built stroked 347+ supercharger) says he doesn't recommend anything else and he uses them on his 5.0
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    spark plugs do matter

    well i havent put them in yet, car is getting rebuilt as we speak, it was a newer MR2 w/ NO turbo or supercharger, which makes it all the more amazing
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    spark plugs do matter

    ok, so to all you "nay-sayers" who say just use auto lites, blah blah, my mechanic actually told me to go w/ iridium plugs because he saw an ACTUAL DYNO from a STOCK Toyota MR2 that showed a 9HP increase off iridium spark plugs vs. copper/platinum. Just thought i'd let you guys in on the secret...
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    How much to lower car? 1 inch or 2 inches

    my mechanic told me 2 inches is too much (i wanted 2 inches), he says 1.5 is perfect, he knows what hes talking about, he has a stroker 347 and a new mystichrome cobra, go w/ the 1.5 inches...i am
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    boost it?

    i am getting my engine my rebuilt tomorrow.....i will have full exhaust and typhoon upper/lower intake manifolds...so i assume another 40hp from those two? so 265 flywheel, maybe? prolly a little lower....so anyways i was wondering how much boost is to much? (what can the stock heads handle...
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    Different Gas Station.. More Power?

    umm i have 14 degrees timing and run 87 octane....it doesn't matter power wise at all, even w/ 2-3 extra hp not worth the extra 17 cents a gallon
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    Wheel Hop Problem!!! HELP

    exactly, the quad shocks were fords answer to the mustangs wheel hop problem, so either get better/new quad shocks or get new upper/lower control arms... i heard teh upper/lower control arms also help the car handle better
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    typhoon intake

    ok thanks, that was good info, thanks bmo!
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    typhoon intake

    well i dont know what gains the edelbrock gives ya, i know its basically a replica for cheaper....come on, i know someone has baseline dyno'd a stock 5.0 motor added an edelbrock/typhoon and dyno'd it again....10?20?30?40hp? PLUS i heard the lower intake is what is most restricting on a stock 5.0
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    how much HP can a stock T5 handle??

    yeah u dont know who drove it but i have multiple friends with t-5's and over 300RWHP and none of theirs has broken yet, then again they only drive it on the street
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    Silverstar 9004 lasted 14 months...

    yeah, the silverstars last a lot shorter than stock, but they look kooler. that is a normal life span
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    typhoon intake

    how much will this add...HP/Trq wise? I will have about 20HP over stock (from full exhaust) and am getting rebuilt E7TE heads....so my motor will run better, just curious about the typhoon, i have Fenderwell CAI also...thanks...how much HP over stock am i making now TOTAL? thanks guys
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    how much HP can a stock T5 handle??

    yup, for the streets they can handle a lot of horsepower, w/ slicks (for the track) not that much
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    radiator fluid mysteriously dissapearing...

    umm if you dont have an overflow bottle that could be where its going....like just to outside, would take a while to get hot enough and u would only lose coolant when it got hot. you need to understand its a CYCLE, when your radiator fluid gets hot it goes into the overflow, when ur...
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    Nitto DR's

    alright, thanks guys!
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    VALVE COVER CHROME NUTS

    thanks bud!
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