Pat recently added an SMC Enterprises Alcohol Injection kit (originally designed for Turbo Buicks). Dan Bryant was the first MR2 owner known to use this kit (his kit has a larger alcohol bottle!). Alcohol Injection can drop EGT’s 100 degrees, and raise the value of fuel octane to 104+. The system waits for an adjustable [...]
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Special thanks to Bill Wotschak (billwot) on the message board, and Joseph Obernberger.
The 3SGTE Toyota ECU uses the Turbo VSV to control the amount of boost pressure the Turbo can produce. When the Turbo VSV is not energized (by 12 volts from the ECU), the turbo can build up to 7 PSI (basically whatever the [...]
Tags: bleed, ECU, engine, shifter, spring
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Pat decided to use Evan’s NPG+ as a coolant in hopes of preventing detonation that chronically plagues 3SGTE’s when they reach the 300 rear wheel horsepower limit. Pat is going to be using a GT-30 Turbo Kit from Extreme Boost, and he intends to run around 300rwhp with it.
In order to switch from regular antifreeze/water [...]
Tags: drain, drains, drop, engine, filter, remove, service
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Rear swaybar install pics from Shane Craddocks White94T (White Gecko).
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3S-GTE • Engines • Forced Induction • MK2
Shane Craddock (Gecko 2) had decided to fix an oil leak on his MKII Turbo engine. The leak appeared to be in the headgasket area, and having pulled the head from inside the car once before, Shane felt that it would be much less of a pain in the *** to drop the engine than [...]
Tags: Clutch, drain, drop, engine, remove, shifter, strut
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