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I dropped 2 cylinders last week, happened all of a sudden. Turned out to be the tappet gasket. Pulled out the leads and there was oil sitting all around the spark plug. Replaced plugs leads and gasket and it's running fine again. I was told it's not an uncommon problem with the 5s-fe at least.
Hope that helps.
Ty

Read than again and you're dead right. Doing night shift does funny things to your head

I think he means the angle of the spoiler can be changed. Directional as in change the angle of attack. Not actually the direction but whatever.

Read somewhere that it also protected the paint on the hood. If you don't have it the paint turns to sh!t.

instead of the 4 round ports you could look at doing a slot port there. more port area but doesn't take any more space. just a thought

Problem with running the speakers in that hump bit. If you have them one above the other like that you'll lose the stereo effect. it'll be loud, yes, but the sound quality will go down.

Watchin them do it sounds like a good idea to me. there's a big difference between knowin which wire is + and which is -. The more difficult part is getting those wires where they need to be. I don't think many OEM setups are straight 'pull this speaker out and replace it with this one.' Haven't looked at the Celica one though, could be wrong.

I'm a nurse too, work in the emergency department. There are maybe 3 or 4 other guys that work there and a whole lotta women.

That comes from Errol (?) Flynn. Quite the success with the ladies. So you can be in like Flynn. Cool as a cucumber he was.

I love it when people think that it's brand new. Not bad for a ten year old car. I also like it that people have nearly crased trying to have a good look at it.

Ya pics would be good. Where did you get it made¿

Fair enough. Less pull me over look eh¿ I've never made it past a cop and not been pulled over and mine's relatively stock. They have a look at the wheels then the plates and breath test me. Haven't been done for anything yet but they try.

Why do you wanna get rid of yours¿ They look pretty sweet.

part # 55405-20210 for 05 I think. Thanks Batman

A stock 7afe doesn't need an intercooler. A 7afTe needs one.

I'm backin the cup holders. Stick a fast food cup in it and it's the perfect height for an arm rest when changing gears.

I was thinkin that. Just gotta find time and maybe some spare interior parts that I can chop up for parts. Do full CF not just wrap a piece. Dunno, might be a bit hard.

That sucks. TRD one's are near impossible to find and the others aren't real. Any suggestions¿

Don't know of any specific issues but I like to steer clear of anything with rmore than a bit of surface rust.

I like to say do what it is taht you wanna do next. Might not be what I'd do but that's alright. Personally I'd go the suspension before the swap. Handling then power.

Haven't actually got the teins yet. Only price I've been given so far is $3500 installed with the EDFC. It'd also take 10 weeks to ship'em over from Japan. Thats from a local dealer. Coul dprobably get them cheaper off the net. There's a company based in Canberra that sells them but I haven't been able to get a price yet. E-mailed them ages ago but no reply. Pissed me off so I haven't written back yet. Will do though and I'll let you know.
The RJRs are good as far as I can tell. Got a bit of curb rash on one of them. These cars have the turning circle of an aircraft carrier. Everyone I've talkeed to loves the look of them though. Not great for performance I wouldn't think but I'm not worrying about that quite yet. Bit rough on our great Aussie roads...
Will keep everyone up to date with progress

Thanks for all the comments everyone. Keep'em coming.

I took the shot of the one that the dog did its buisness on just for that reason. Somethin different. Kinda sick I know.
The idea with the Teins is just to have the best of right from the start. No doubling up that way buying the same components twice. Once it's done the plan is to drive it in a way that would neccesitate them. It alraedy handles pretty sweet but I still can't wait.
The Alpine unit is sweet. Coupla niggly things but nothing that would stop me from buying it again. The speakers sound awesome. Can't wait to finish the whole set up in that department. Going to end up nice and punchy bass with such a small area in the back.
I haven't actually had to do anything to keep the engine that clean, just hasn't gotten dirty. Lovin it.

BTW how do I make a sig¿

Here ya go my engine. Stock as ATM




Ya planning on lowering it. Tein coilovers to come. Lookin for strut braces and sway bars too. Hopin to have it handle like it's on rails.

Just wanted to do the introduction (everyone else does so why not¿). My name is Ty and I live in rural NSW Australia. Anyways enough about me, on to my car.
Got it in June this year with 127xxxk's on it. It's a 97 SX as my name would suggest.

(I like this pic)

So far I haven't done alot to it. 17" wheels. They are Rodney Jane Racing Choppers for those that were asking about them.

(Ya a dog pissed on the wheel just before i took the shot)

Started on the stereo. Alpine IVA-W202E...


and Rockford Fosgate T162S. 6.5" components.

(Little hard to see I know)

Plenty more to come, money permitting. Finish the stereo, stereo, suspension/handling, 5sfte or 3sgte then exterior work.
Now for some more pics.
Love this angle,






Basically stock inside still,


Intercooler to come... in the future


Are these the clear side markers that people are chasing a bit¿


Last one


That's it for now. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Fair enough. That sounds like a good plan. I'd still say they're 4ohm a piece wired parallel internally. Let us know how they go and ask if you've got any more questions.