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    On military orders need someone to fix my car ASAP

    To make a long story short...my car has been at a shop for a couple months now with a mechanic that has been stalling on me week after week after week. I'm in the Navy and fresh out of boot camp and A-school which i just recently graduated. I'm down on here leave (miramar/pembroke pines) and...
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    Best coilovers for under $1000?

    I'm in the market for a pair of coilovers for my s13. Looking for something that's daily-able but at the same time strong enough to take to the track when need be. Anyone have any experience with godspeeds? Here's a link to their s13 coils...
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    Difference between 195 and 205 tires in the front?

    i'm having a really hard time deciding whether to get 195 or 205 sized replacement tires for my sportmax 002's. not sure the wheel specs they're 16's all around but i don't know the width or offset. the fronts have 195/50/16 right now and the rears have 215/55/16. i wanna change the rears to...
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    How many harnesses in a 240?

    just like the title says, how many harnesses are in a complete 240? like with nothing uncut or shit missing or fucked with. my piston rings in my freshly built KA are blown so i'm gonna do a COMPLETE overhall of the whole car since it's gonna sit for a while. learn the whole car part for part...
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    Clutch slave cylinder keeps busting.

    Just installed a new tranny and now every time i bleed the clutch system and get it to perfect pressure, the piston in the slave cylinder seems to break or something and the all the brake fluid starts flowing out from around the piston. just went through two brand new slave cylinders from...
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    HUGE Transmission problem.

    I've got metal shavings of what seems to be ALUMINUM coming out of the bellhousing of a KA tranny that i just swapped. My old tranny's 2nd and 3rd gear were broken so i picked up a good s14 tranny from Sideways88 here on the forums. helped my buddy swap it in overnight he says he did...
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    Can a J30 be welded?

    as stupid as this question may be, i can't find the answer to it anywhere. my coupe came with a J30 vlsd w/ the beefier 5 bolt axles and it locks ok but it's not as aggressive as i want it to be. and i don't have the moneys for a clutch type lsd yet. so is it possible? or am i better off...
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    Causes of a misfire?

    Here's the deal... i have a freshly built KA24DE, crank, pistons, rods, and some machine work done on the block. it's been running great for about 1200 miles. just the other day about 2 days ago it started misfiring. i didn't really pay attention to it for about a day hoping it would go away...
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    NGK NX13 vs NX96?

    hey guys i'm trying to order a pair of spark plug wires for my freshly built KA and i've noticed that there's 2 different set of NGK's for KAs. There's the NGK NX13 wire set...
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    New build. Got some n00b questions.

    Hey dudes, i just put together a fresh KA build. CP pistons + Eagle Rods + Machine work. I'll go more into detail, just ask. The pistons are .20 overbored and higher compression. 89.50mm (+.020" Overbore) 9.0:1 compression to be exact. Crank is micropolished and balanced. I'm pretty much...
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    Need a a MASTER Timer.

    anyone that's fuking baller at timing a KA, i'll pay for you to time my car. For two hours straight i tried getting timing right w/ no luck. turns on and all but the timing is always shitty. anyone?
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    Free Beer To Anyone That Can Get My Car To Start

    I'm frustrated to the point that i'm willing to buy ANYONE that can get my damn KA to turn on a 24 pack of their choice!! Don't know what the damn problem is. it's getting spark out of the coil pack i checked that already. Tried cranking while the fuel rail was half way out and saw one of the...
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    Good place for alignment in the orlando area?

    anyone know of one? i just moved up here from broward(pines) and it seems that every damn shop here wants to charge me and arm and a leg. tuff auto place = 80 for just toe Midas or w/e its called = 70 for just toe but they "CAN'T" do any cars w/ aftermarket suspension parts. (i've got tein...
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    180sx VLSD into S14??

    Anyone have any LEGIT knowledge about this swap? I know for some J30's you gotta change the backplate and that 180VLSDs bolt right up to an S13 but i've never really seen anything about 180sx VLSDs going into S14s. So basically, what exactly is required in order to swap a 180 VLSD into an s14...
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    KA knock sensor same as SR??

    anyone know this for a fact? i've got a melted knock sensor on my KA block and need a new one ASAP because i'm putting the head back on tomorrow and it's virtually unreachable w/ the head on. noones gotten back to me on my WTB thread for a KA knock sensor so i was wondering if i could use...
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    Symptoms of a Blown Head Gasket?

    Are usually what? i'm running a stock KA w/ only new rod bearings and every now and then (usually after i start driving long-er distances) i start shooting clouds of white smoke and i start overheating real bad. I have a super basic T25 set-up on it. As in i don't even have a bigger...
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    Good place to take off tints?

    anyone know of one and for cheap? senor stereo on pines want to charge me 50 bucks just to remove them. And no i won't do them myself i don't have the patience to sit there and peel em off w/ hot water, knife, b.s.
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    No pressure in clutch pedal

    Due to a broke clutch master cylinder piston and semi fuked up slave, i decided to re-do my whole clutch system. I went out and bought: new clutch master cylinder new clutch slave cylinder new slave cylinder hose new clutch pedal a clutch hardline (the one that connects from the slave...
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    Fuse Box under dash replacement

    how hard is it to replace the fusebox that's under the dash? And will a fuse box from a single cam 240 (1990) work? Reason i want/need to replace it is because my taillight fuse slot is fcuked up fuse wont go in all the way and every time i change the fuse it blows within a matter of minutes.
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    Power Steering High Pressure Hose

    I just dropped in a 98 KA in my 91 s13 and got it running perfect. Only problem is that my power steering high pressure hose has a leak. So i asked the guy at advance auto parts if they have replacements and they do but he told me that the high pressure hose from a 91 is different than the hph...
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