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[99GT]

I see tons of celicas now.

[tjblacrosse]

Tyler, havent seen heard from you in a while. WHat, have you been up to? 4:30 is fine. Ger are you that anxious about the meet you want it earlier. hahaha.

Haha yea i been busy and sick. MN still loves to keeps dishin out that darn snow huh!

[Remy]

Tyler, havent seen heard from you in a while. WHat, have you been up to? 4:30 is fine. Ger are you that anxious about the meet you want it earlier. hahaha.

Haha yea i been busy and sick. MN still loves to keeps dishin out that darn snow huh!

LOL I know what you mean can't wait till the snow starts melting so I can finally work on my car !!

[rjbibeau]

i'm here around the st. paul area. but my car has been down for a long time it was out and runnin for like a month last summer until my turbine from my turbo took a crap on me and blew my piston. so i have everything back together and just saving some money to go to the dyno.

[bccentaur3]

Hey Rick, so how much do you actually think I'll need to get dyno'd at MAP. Is it just going to be like an hour tune for 75? Or just I save for more time? O btw I went to MAS no dice. Guy said I was the first ever to go and ask for metric fittings lol... SNOW IS GAY!!!!!! I was freezing my nuts off all night doing the damn oil pan. I put the kirkosaurus mounts in but now cant get the rear mount into the cross member. I guess I'm just going to jack my motor up and see what happens tomorrow. I guess I'm waiting for that stupid drain back bung from toyota. Its going to take them a week to get, but I pad overnight delivery. So I should be up and running by Tuesday and tuned by next Sat. Wish me luck.

[flying-corolla]

hey guys put me on the maybe right now. i'm not positive that im coming to the meet anymore. i'm doing a rebuild on the car so it might be next time unless i can finish in time. so i'll let you guys know.

[bccentaur3]

WHy are you rebuilding the corolla? Putting the 2jz goodies in? Are you doing this at your uncles shop? O btw your uncle was telling me about the huge brake set-up he had on a celica. Is it the all-trac he had? Are they the 2 piston calipers people were talking about the alltrac had? Let me know, because I told him I would buy them in a heart beat.

[flying-corolla]

oh, well actually i'm replacing all the seals, and then i'm going to replace the bearings, (i hope) but it kinda feels as if my clutch is slipping to so i might be getting the stage 4 kit for the car. but umm...i don't know about the big brake system he has be i'm pretty sure he has them b/c my cousin had an alltrac that he got into a slight accident with but ended up parting the car out and i think my uncle now has them.

[rjbibeau]

Hey Rick, so how much do you actually think I'll need to get dyno'd at MAP. Is it just going to be like an hour tune for 75? Or just I save for more time? O btw I went to MAS no dice. Guy said I was the first ever to go and ask for metric fittings lol... SNOW IS GAY!!!!!! I was freezing my nuts off all night doing the damn oil pan. I put the kirkosaurus mounts in but now cant get the rear mount into the cross member. I guess I'm just going to jack my motor up and see what happens tomorrow. I guess I'm waiting for that stupid drain back bung from toyota. Its going to take them a week to get, but I pad overnight delivery. So I should be up and running by Tuesday and tuned by next Sat. Wish me luck.

metric fittings for what??? ya it should take an hour or so but bring a lil extra cash just in case. it's 75 an hour to tune plus 60 i think for an hour of the dyno time. so like 135ish.

[bccentaur3]

Alright sounds goods. Thanks Rick.

Oh, metric fitting for the oil drain back on the oil pan. Because 1" is too big and 3/4 is too small to fit into that threading on the oil pan. And to think I was going to fire it up by friday. I guess I gotta wait until tuesday since thats when the part I ordered will get here. btw, I'm having huge issues with the motor mount inserts. I'll figure it out though. I just have a really bad cold since I've been working on my car in a non heated garage for the past week or so.

[ZGear]

Alright sounds goods. Thanks Rick.

Oh, metric fitting for the oil drain back on the oil pan. Because 1" is too big and 3/4 is too small to fit into that threading on the oil pan. And to think I was going to fire it up by friday. I guess I gotta wait until tuesday since thats when the part I ordered will get here. btw, I'm having huge issues with the motor mount inserts. I'll figure it out though. I just have a really bad cold since I've been working on my car in a non heated garage for the past week or so.

Been there and saw his working environment.....agreed......hardcore Will....any way 4:30 is fine in my book..."just in case" I gotta work til 3pm that day...

[bccentaur3]

Looks like Ger is going to be racing down there. Hey, do you want to meet up at like taco bell and then go to the MOA together?

[rjbibeau]

Alright sounds goods. Thanks Rick.

Oh, metric fitting for the oil drain back on the oil pan. Because 1" is too big and 3/4 is too small to fit into that threading on the oil pan. And to think I was going to fire it up by friday. I guess I gotta wait until tuesday since thats when the part I ordered will get here. btw, I'm having huge issues with the motor mount inserts. I'll figure it out though. I just have a really bad cold since I've been working on my car in a non heated garage for the past week or so.

if you try jacking the motor up you're gonna hit on the power steering rack. you have to disconnect the front mount and tilt the motor it's a pain in the ass but it's the only around to getting the rear apart.

[bccentaur3]

ALready took the front motor mount off. Should I jack the motor up from behind to tilt the motor forward? How will I tilt it?

[malecrod]

Alright sounds goods. Thanks Rick.

Oh, metric fitting for the oil drain back on the oil pan. Because 1" is too big and 3/4 is too small to fit into that threading on the oil pan. And to think I was going to fire it up by friday. I guess I gotta wait until tuesday since thats when the part I ordered will get here. btw, I'm having huge issues with the motor mount inserts. I'll figure it out though. I just have a really bad cold since I've been working on my car in a non heated garage for the past week or so.

if you try jacking the motor up you're gonna hit on the power steering rack. you have to disconnect the front mount and tilt the motor it's a pain in the ass but it's the only around to getting the rear apart.

X2 on the front mount.
I also have a trick to easing removal and replacement of the rear mount. You have the two bolts and nuts holding the steering rack in place, you need to loosen one (passenger side) and take the other side out completely. This enables you to be able to push the steering rack up slightly and giving you the much needed room to squeeze the rear mount into place. Its a lot easier this way than other methods I have used including slightly dropping that large center cross member that goes from left to right wheels or jacking the motor excessively. So try the steering rack method and see!

[ZGear]

Looks like Ger is going to be racing down there. Hey, do you want to meet up at like taco bell and then go to the MOA together?

Lol.....yeah. Taco Bell is fine...around 3:30? So the two white Celi's show up as a pair....pimp....damn...yall make the 5sfte sound hard, but simple to build.....

[bccentaur3]

3:30 is perfect. I didn't even have to touch the motor mount. Well I did have to move the cross member for the oil pan, BUT I removed both front and rear motor mounts to put in the kirkosaurus inserts in. I discovered that my rear mounts were completely shot, but I put the inserts over them anyway. Good news, conicellli toyota finally shipped my oil drain back thing. I was expecting it next week, but if it gets overnighted I should get them tomorrow hopefully. I want my exhaust done and a good tune.

[Remy]

I saw runnin-low today when I went to go wash my car (looks like he washed his too ) looks really nice, I saw that front mount too, wanted to see that 3s in action. Good to know your car is running again and first time I seen your car too.

[bccentaur3]

DUDE!!!! I'm soooo excited about the meet. Can't wait to see all your rides.

[99GT]

Remy do you wash at the self wash on maryland and clarence?

A car wash meet would be awesome.