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Index to TUNING THE C20LET

 

(Main articles in alphabetical order)

 

Book reviews: haves and have nots, especially around forced aspiration

Boost: what is it, anyway? is it a good thing? more is better, right?

Boost pipes: protect them from heatsoak

Cams and their optimisation: general page on turbo cams

Cams --- C20LET specifics. XE cam mod, verniers and others...

Cams --- 2JZGTE specifics

Chargecoolers: for the LET and beyond..

Combustion chambers: squish band, thick people and gaskets

Cooling : flow, trick rads and rainwater

Crank ventilation C20LET: includes the camcover mod

Crank ventilation 2JZGTE: fitting a catch tank

Cylinder Block

Cylinder Head: valves, stem seals, CosCast

Dump Valves: what, when and why

Exhaust Manifold: backpressure, free-flow myths, uprated actuators

Exhaust pulse tuning: yes, there is such a thing

Fuelling: AFRs, bigger injectors and FPRs

Fuelling - 2JZGTE

Fuelling - C20LET

Fuelling Advanced: octane boosters and the Devil's brew

Gasoline FAQ: everything you wanted to know about fuel and octanes (and then some)

Gearbox - F28 alignment guide

Gotchas and Tips: Odds and bits that don't fall into any other classification.

Gotchas - C20LET

Gotchas - 2JZGTE

Hydraulic lifters: how to dismantle and clean them

Ignition Coils, leads, plugs, dizzy caps and the rotor-arm mod

Ignition - advanced subjects knock, advance and liquid metals

Injector Swap: How-to guide into changing the injectors

Intake Manifold

Intake: Pressure drops and the fallacy of "performance" filters

Intercoolers: main page

Intercoolers - 2JZGTE

Intercoolers - C20LET

Leakdown tester: How to make one for peanuts

Lubrication: oil and turbos form a strained relationship. Ignore it at your peril.

NOS: 12 second car? yes, please...

RamAir for the LET: cold air feeds for the standard airbox

RamAir history and facts

Resources: main page

Resources - C20LET: Manuals and articles, by far the most complete collection on the internet

Resources - 2JZGTE Manuals and articles, some cleaned up reprints, some unique.

Supra: Twin Turbo Operation. It's never that simple.

Supra: Boost control of the twin turbo

Supra: Technical Details

Supra: Active Diagram for the twin turbo operation

Throttle body: there's room for improvement

Tools: Some basic tools for DIY work on the engine

Transfer box oil change: short illustrated guide

Turbocharger: amal valve, actuators, exhaust wraps, hybrids, trick manifolds etc

Useless Mods: what most people usually do to these cars, and why it's a waste

Wastegate creep: your car could be sluggish because of this

Water Injection: General page, unique resource

Water Injection C20LET: installation on the LET

Water Injection 2JZGTE: how it can work on the SupraTT

 

 

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