HI! just want some suggestions!!

[btwilson86]

Cable driven speedo, so no sensor. There is a 3 piece cable running from the right side of the transmission up to the gauge cluster. The "pigtail" looking portion of the cable (on the transmission) is known to break somewhat easily, so that may be a place to start looking. Also, in my personal experience, it has been somewhat difficult sometimes to align and properly seat the speedo cable with the back of the speedometer. Might not be making the connection there.

BTW, I can tell you that you won't find anyone in Billings MT that can do any tuning on anything but a diesel truck. Everything people seem to drive here is diesel or an American V8 of some sort.

[Blackdog]

yes i wld agree about the V8 thing, not that thats always a bad thing. Well where did you get your tuned? if at all, im in powell. And on the speedo cable, can i buy the parts for the differant cables and put them in myself? if so do you kno part #'s?? and i was reading around a bit and it sounded like that was for the auto trans, i have 5 speed. just a thought, dont kno if its any differant.

Also dose intercooler pipe size make a big differance? 2.5 vs 3?

[btwilson86]

I haven't had my supra tuned, am still running a mostly stock setup (cone filter and 3 in exhaust are my only upgrades). I can't say for a fact that the speedo cable is the same on a 5 spd, as I have only messed with it on automatics. I would think it would be a similar design though.

There's a handy little website I've found before for Toyota Part #'s, I believe it was toyodiy.com. All you need is your VIN number and you can look at drawings of various parts of the Supra and click on the part you need and it'll give you the factory part number as well as an estimated cost. Pretty handy site, I've used it a few times.

As for the intercooler pipes, I can't tell you from personal experience whether or not it's a good upgrade, so hopefully someone else on here can give some input on that.

[Blackdog]

Oh i see, you'd think there wld be a shop ther. And i will definatly check put that site, thanks for your help.

And i hope someone will help me with the intercooler bit, and also is it possible for my supra to be burning coolant? If so wat are the symptons??

[btwilson86]

Burning coolant is not a good sign... If it is, you will typically see white smoke come out of the tailpipe, could see some overheating issues, maybe air in the cooling system, unexplainable loss of coolant. Typically, if you're burning coolant in a Supra, you've got a blown head gasket

[Blackdog]

OKay well that kinda sucks. this is what happens.
I start the car and it bleches out some exhaust...kinda odd. its not black but not white, id say it was more on the light side tho. Also the exhaust dose feel full of moisture.
After i turn the car off i look under the hood and on the left side of the top of the block in the front, smoke will eek out for about a minute. It also takes about a minute to start smoking. Then the radiatior seems to dump all its fluid in the storage tank and overflows..

So im pretty sure that if the head gasket isn't totally blow it will be soon, I have ceased to drive the car.
What size of HG should i get? 2 mm?? I plan i doing some upgrades so i want it to hold and of course it'll be metal

[btwilson86]

If you plan on running a metal head gasket, you will need to have a machine shop machine the head gasket mounting surfaces of both the block and head. This is so that the mhg has a smooth mounting surface and will be less likely to blow again in the near future. Because machining the head and block will remove material from both of them, your compression ratio will change without the proper sized head gasket.

Long story short, can't buy a mhg until you know how much the machine shop removed from your head and block, as you will add the amount removed to the thickness of your gasket.