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    hid relay

    That makes no sense. You can think of it like this: EVERYTHING uses the battery for electrical power. the alternator charges the battery. It's like using your phone while it's plugged in. If your phone is using less power than the charger can provide, the battery charges. If your phone is using...
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    What is this thing and what does it do?

    Didn't know what it was for, but Toyota uses a bunch of very similar looking switching valves all over. It seemed obvious from design, though of course I couldn't tell you what it's switching FOR.
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    What is this thing and what does it do?

    Vacuum switching valve.
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    What is this thing and what does it do?

    Lol. Unplug it and see what doesn't work? (KIDDING, THIS IS A BAD IDEA.) To help identify it. How many wires is "a few"? I've been meaning to take a look at my car for a couple of days to see if I have it, and what it may be. Is that the brake booster in the background of the shot? Is the...
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    hid relay

    No way a relay should drain the battery. A solid state relay might have a tiny amount of leakage current, but if working properly, your clock will draw more power than that. A magnetic relay should have zero leakage current. It is an open switch when it's off.
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    SupraGuy's... Supra.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDcVaJOyWgw Trying to start the car after a rebuild project spanning almost 3 years... Reading no oil pressure. :( well, there are a couple of relatively simple things that it can be, so I'll check those, and try again.
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    no power after 6spd swap

    If the car thinks that the clutch isn't down it SHOULD not crank. After all the idea is to prevent you from trying to move the car with the starter.
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    Dies on acceleration after new plugs and wires

    Well, soot = rich mixture, which would have problems. A disconnected vacuum line to a fuel pressure regulator could do something like that, bumping up fuel pressure by 8-10 PSI at idle. I suppose that soot could also be low compression, if the plugs weren't seating, but it'd have to be pretty...
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    Dies on acceleration after new plugs and wires

    The data for the fuse is a common (non-fault) condition causing that code to light the MIL. If that's the only condition causing it, then replacing the fuse should clear the fault condition, and the MIL will go out (Apparently, after 3 trips running the engine long enough to run diagnostics.)...
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    SupraGuy's... Supra.

    Thanks. No numbers yet, the built engine hasn't been started yet, it's still full of assembly lube. That last pic of it being dropped in was from earlier this month. It's almost ready to run though, I need to bolt up the clutch, install the radiator and front exhaust,and give it some fresh gas...
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    SupraGuy's... Supra.

    Electronic modifications on the car include an Apexi AVC-R boost controller, and a Zeitronix wideband/datalogging piggyback. These were installed on the car with the old engine, so I know that they work at least. There's also an SAFC-Neo, but I'm not sure that I like this much. I am considering...
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    SupraGuy's... Supra.

    While in the process of starting to get the new motor ready, in January 2013 I came across a deal on a 1990 turbo 5 speed car with the removable roof. I couldn't pass that deal up, considering that the older car was getting to be in rough shape, and was going to be a LOT of work to restore...
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    SupraGuy's... Supra.

    My first Supra I bought on Leap day, 1996. It was 7 years old, and had really low mileage. The car was a normally aspirated 5 speed, and I drove it daily for many years. Those years weren't particularly kind to it, and the local winters were even less kind. After a decade, and nearly half a...
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    Lighting pet peeve.

    I never once said that more lumens isn't brighter. I say that it doesn't necessarily help you see better. Go into a dimly lit room, wait for your eyes to adjust, and look around. You should be able to see. Not as well as if it were all brightly lit, but you can see. Now, take a high...
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    Lighting pet peeve.

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    Lighting pet peeve.

    Right. And I quite clearly stated that I also care what's not in the beam. I also stated that I care about performance in fog/rain/snow, which I can also demonstrate is better with less blue light. For night vision, pupil response is tied to wavelength. For beam pattern, light housings...
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    Lighting pet peeve.

    Kind of the responses that I expected to see. I managed to find some decent OEM replacement ones, so I'm good for my car. I just had to go somewhere that wasn't a regular "Auto Parts Store." For all of this, of course it's personal choice. I agree that 5000K is very nice, white light, but...
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    2000 Accord Sedan PS to Rack and Pinion Swap

    You aren't going to lose a lot of weight by removing the power steering, and even if you did, it's not likely to help a lot. I know that some Supra guys do swap to manual steering. in their case, what they did was look for a car with a similar input shaft placement, and a similar end-to-end...
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    2000 Accord Sedan Unlocks Itself

    Buy a can of graphite lubricant. take off your door panels and use it to get the locks working the way that they're supposed to. Give the ignition switch a bit of love, too. While you're at it, make sure that the door pins all work as they're supposed to. For the car unlocking itself, without...
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    Yet another interior bulb thread....

    Well, blue generally is more dazzling. It's kind of the way that the pupil reacts to blue light. This is why most of the lights I'm looking for either the "neutral" or "warm" white, rather than the "cool" tone. I'm considering blue for the LCD backlights only, in part because the filters are...
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    Lighting pet peeve.

    So I've been going over all of the lights on my Accord, and am having trouble with headlights. Sure, 9005/9006 lamps aren't exactly rare, but it seems that ones that aren't "high colour temperature" are. I don't want anything with much higher a colour temperature than maybe 3800K. It seems...
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    Need Advice

    Even if the water doesn't freeze, antifreeze does more than that in your cooling system. 1. Prevents rust. Antifreeze has anti-corrosion properties which prevent you from getting rust in your engine. Rust scales inhibit heat transfer and make your cooling system less effective, even if the...
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    Tint or No Tint?????

    A word of advise, check your local laws regarding tint. Around here, you can spraypaint the windows in the rear black for all the law cares, so long as you maintain at least 2 mirrors which show behind the car to the driver. However, for the front doors and windshield, there is no non-factory...
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    New Honda owner.

    Thanks for the welcome. I may start a thread for the Supra, though the Accord has certainly had more of my attention this past month. I got the fender swapped. Aligning it all was annoying, but not hard. The car is the "Black Currant Pearl" colour, the fender is black. Both car and fender have...
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    Yet another interior bulb thread....

    Okay, yes this thread is 2 years old. There are a few things missing that I had a heck of a time finding, so I figured that I'd add to a thread that's easy to find using the search tool, and this seems to be it. I had some burnt out lamps. Clock backlight (seems typical) some climate control...

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