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Cheesed Lid

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

cheesedlidI had to make up for my heavy weight shift knob somehow.

It needs a bit of clean up still, but the scale says I’m down more than 1700grams. That’s more than 3 shift knobs! I’ve got a pile of…

Anti-Weight Savings PT2

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

knobI’ve said before, I hate the dinky plastic shift knobs that come on most cars.  Many of you agree with me, and replace your shift knobs with big fat plastic shift knobs…  I don’t really get it.  A gear lever…

HKS EVC 6 Manual

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

evc6manual2I recently discovered a boost leak on my car, and when I fixed it I was overboosting like crazy!  The EVC6 is pretty intuitive, but… I was still having a hard time limiting boost to my desired levels.  This official…

Counting Teeth – T50 Tech

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

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It’s open and I’ve counted teeth.  Lets do a bit of calculating before continuing on.  Count six pairs of gears.  From left to right they are: input to layshaft gear set, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, reverse, and fifth.  Note that…

Barrel of Speed

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

t50Surprises me how small a T50 is.  The appearance of it is normally dominated by the easily removable bell housing and shifter section, and without it looks very small and easy.  I’m totally ready to rip this thing open and…

20V Swap Wiring Reference

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

wiring-diagram-4a-ge-20v-enI’ve seen a couple wiring how-to’s for swapping 20V into AE86.  They may or may not be useful for others, but given the modified state of my harness when I got it, as well as my swap from AE101 to…

20V Auxilaries PT! – Cooling

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

AE101-RWD-CoolantThe whole personality of my car has changed.  I’m basically sick of wrenching and not driving.  Elegance and common methods be damned.  If this car turns out looking like OG Nishida’s… then I won’t be sad.  I really do…