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Old 03-31-2008, 04:57 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo '95 View Post
on that T04R supra site i read that a lot of people had a piston 6 melt down on there stock supra.. how do i overcome this...
Ime, that would never happen with a bone-"stock" Supra, and I'm pretty sure this has never happend to a "lot of people" (please post those T04R links you're referring to - I know many of those guys, and I can find out more details if necessary). However, if you mod an Mkiv TT up to 'BPU' level or higher, and then try to run 20+psi on pump gas (or run without a boost gauge so you have no idea how much boost you're running), your pistons can melt. The solution to overcome this is to run race fuel when you run high boost. It is NOT a solution to replace the pistons, because high boost on pump gas will destroy any pistons, no matter how expensive they are.
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