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So I've finally gotten around to cleaning the no-aircon PS pump bracket for my 242GT and sorta-kinda installed it ... and it turns out the hoses are too long, there's just no way to make the pump fit in the new position as a result. I had hoped to get away with NOT disconnecting the hydraulics...

... for 240's (dagnabbit forgot to put that in the thread title!). So it seems I've done something Dumb and bought the STS Machining A/C-delete bracket despite the fact that it doesn't appear to be compatible with my 242GT's York^D^D^D^Dearly PS pump. I've got all the heavy useless crap out...

Hidey-ho! So I was out earlyish this morning taking the 242 to a mechanic, to do something I could probably do myself but am too lazy, when karma struck me down for said laziness. Stalled & wouldn't start on a really busy road just prior to peak. It's a B23/0/E+T, MoTeC ECU, home-made loom...

My first attempt at bleeding brakes resulted in a big fat fail, because I just couldn’t get a seal on the bleed nipple. Pump vacuum into the bleeder bottle, turn the bleed nipple, and instantly a leak is introduced & as much air is sucked into the tube as brake-fluid - making a lovely foam...

I've had nasty vibrations in my 242GT ever since getting it on the road (most customisation due to Supra 5spd), the mechanic I trust suggested maybe tailshaft angles vs harmonics and that he reckoned with some fiddling he could make things a lot better with the help of some adjustable torque...

When building Big Red Car, the local radiator specialist happened to have a re-cored copper-end-tank radiator ... I've been lead to believe the plastic cores aren't as long-lived, so was happy with that bit of luck. :-) I can find exact dimensions online for a plastic end-tanks radiator, a...

Riddle me this ... I've got a MoTeC M84 running a B23E+T with CR that's probably too low for the KG2T & MAP sensor; this means grumpy idle (& doughy low-down response) when it's working. I don't wanna fit new pistons at this time (and smaller cams haven't helped enough to compensate for the...

Project Big Red Car has a MAP-sensed MoTeC M84 running Bosch -363 injectors, KG2T, LS1 coils (custom crank wheel plus dizzy-mount sensor), and a static CR that's probably too low for the KG2T. IAC valve is a MotorCraft unit off an EEC-IV mid 80's Falcon, these should be large enough to feed a...

So I've been asked why, in ~42k kms (~30k miles), a 6cyl V70 would have busted all it's engine-mounts. My glib answer was "because FWD 6cyl Volvo". Is there a real answer, anyone know if this is a common thing? He reckons his wife drove it on a flat tyre for a while, but that can't cause this...

The guy tuning my car's getting close; I've got an adjustable cam-gear, however, and 'cos I'm in the middle of moving I don't have the cam specs sheet I got with the KG2T close at hand. Would anyone be able to post-up that PDF here, or even PM me? The sheet with all the install/config info...

I've got a B23E which has been sitting unused for a year or so, waiting for a new ECU to be installed (took that long to get CAS chopper-wheel made up ... long story, boring, yadda yadda). Anyhoo, to check whether my SYNC & REF signals are working, this evening I disconnected the injectors and...

So after bolting the front-end of the B23 back together mit shiny new chopper-wheel & CAS, I've realised I need to fit the cambelt-cover in order to get the degrees-before-TDC markings - I'm setting up the ECU from scratch, so need to adjust the dizzy (for sync signal) to the right spot, using a...

In order to fit a CAS I've had a chopper-wheel added to the "wheel" on the front of the crank which holds the accessory-drive pulleys (and which holds the cam-pulley in place). The half-UFO-shaped (ferrous) metal guide which keeps the cam-belt in place needed grinding down, in order that it all...

I've had someone ask me on another forum "how strong is a standard 240 diff" ... it's a bit of a how-long-is-a-piece-of-string (how will a stock support?) question. I dunno ... maybe it'll last a few runs? They're aiming at 500hp at the wheels, through an auto 'box. Engine's a Toyota V8 (xUZ)...