Thanks.

Now CATCH UP!

 

just dont slide it into a wall and ruin your ****.

 

Lol. I'll try not to.

The car feels pretty dialed as it is. the only thing i can think of is being off is the front toe. It's not perfect.

Aside from my surprise, i think my next purchase will be a parts shop max super angle kit to compliment my secret element tie rods...... 55ish degrees of angle. Woot. I'll feel alot more comfortable throwing the car at speed if i KNOW i have that much steering to work with.

Wont be ordered for a while but out of all the options i've seen to get more angle, i like the psm kit best. $250 shipped aint bad either.

 

This isn't set in stone but i did some homework on a piston swap that is a can-do thing.

I'm going to want more power and i'd be happy with 280 but the way i drive and beat the **** out of things and general bad luck, i think instead of putting baller *** rims on my car next year that i will try for a 2jz/1jz swap.

It's totally going to **** up the car in terms of weight balance and keeping it pure but at this point in my auto enthusiasm, all i give a rats *** about is driving sideways and getting from point a to point b in something cool. I figure if i take care of my stock n/a sixport i should have everything IN HAND to make it happen. Screw the crazy body work and side projects. (though i am kitting the car). A good portion of next years tax refund (if not all of it) will be paying for a motor and transmission. I'll buy the rest of the kit as i get funds. Should cost around $5k when it's all said and done. It screws up the balance of the car but it is completely reversible in the event i want to go back to a rotary.

I was thinking ka-t/sr20 but looking at other's builds, the exhaust crap is all up on the brake/clutch hydraulics and the steering column. Also there is a LARGE degree of fabrication involved and wiring. oh how i hate wiring. For $450 iirc, 2jzswap.com offers a complete plug and play harness and to me, that's worth every penny. It's only $1500 for the bulk of the swap kit parts also. That includes the front crossmember, rear sump oil pan, driveshaft and a bunch of other odds and ends.

Something to look foward to.

I'm going to let this thread drop back a few pages i guess. I have nothing else post worthy nor do i plan on it for some time. Not until i have action shots atleast...... I'm really bummed that after all the money spent and hard work, medical bills are stomping my *** to the point where i can't register the car just yet. I've had offers to get it trailered for track time but it's just not the same..........

 

why to go, quitter.

 

if your goin that route, id just go with a mk3 supra, those can look sick

 

your gonna get lots of people who will bash you for wanting to piston swap but hit up V8RX7club.com and talk to greg hes a SC guy with a V8 swaped FD he might can help you out

 

:-/ At least it's not a domestic engine swap.

 

I'm not a quitter. I'm building a drift car so in a way, i'm not quitting. Granted i've had ideas that i was like "naw, not worth it" but hey......

I seriously can't find any reason to NOT do this swap. Not 1. I've looked into it and done a shitload of research so i'm like, ok:

1jzgtte motor, harness, and ecu $850 shipped
w58/r154 5 speed transmission $200 picked up locally at the max
Supra/soarer/is/gs rad $50 junkyard special
MKIV bellhousing ????
Tech2 shifter extention
Tech2 driveshaft

Self-made motor mounts and transmission crossmember
Self-wired harness

So it's not like it's going to cost alot plus whatever rotor leftovers are left are getting sold off/traded/given away can make up for some of it.

I dont hate the rotary. I just feel it's only a matter of time before it bites me in the *** or leaves me stranded somewhere and i feel it IS going to be the weakest link of the car. I can't afford rebuilds or sourcing another motor if something goes wrong.

Woah, i had an idea. Josh, you want my 6 port when the swap is done? Wonder if you could use the rotors and housings to fix your fd. Lets get that ************ back in action. I know you miss it!

 

you also have VRT in your signature.. =( lol
DK is the only cool VRT guy i know, if you meet some of em, you would see teens with aspiring drift dreams

 

why would you be doing all that work when you can eaisally have a 260 whp full bridgeported engine that will scream and rev out nicely.

there is NO REASON to fit a piston engine into your car. NONE. youll have to source new **** everywhere and that is no fun. just go stand alone, make 180 whp, and have at it.


plus, drifting isnt all about power.

 

I'm surprised nobody told you that you should change your username if you go that route.

 

Gasssss

Mileage......

This is a daily. Gas may be cheap now but i'm sure it'll go back to nearly $5 a gallon again. Foresight.

Oh, i know for sure drifting isn't about power. I have none and my car can hang so i'm pretty satisfied there. Drifting IS about being crazy though and a jz-7 fits the bill. Plus the motors sound like satan's pleasure moans as he eats live baby seals.

Somehow i knew i should have just kept it on the low until i bought the motor.....

 

ok the, go turbo. i get 20 miles to the gallon and make like 240 whp with stock boost. anytime youre out of boost you can make some decent mpg.

also, run alchy injection. or **** it, find an e85 pump.

 

While I went the route to rebuild my TII, coming from an NA, I would have gone with a 1JZ as well. Good motor, great power, cheap swap. Better than V8 IMO.

I'd definitely be interested in seeing that happen.

 

Haha....I know. I was waiting for it about a page or so.

+1 for porting the na engine. Or turbo swap.

Definately a lot cheaper than ******* with a standalone for a toyota swap, engine mounts, transmission mounts, driveshaft etc.

Seems like a lot more work this way too.

How much are templates from pineapple racing?

good luck with the (hopefully not piston related ) build.



john ny

 

rotary all the way for me man.. pistonies is the dark side !!! The force is strong there!!!

 

yo so hows your diff holding up? howd it feel?

im picking up a s4 lsd this weekend, im just curious if i can shim it and have it installed over the weekend lol

 

Oh wow. A no roast post.

Hypertek, it's great. However, i promise your diff is going to be set up different than mine so i couldn't tell you.

You're supposed to have 2 springs on each side, 4 clutch disks, 4 clutch plates and 2 thrust washers.

My setup was pretty *** backwards with 6 springs, 2 thrust washers, 2 clutch plates and 4 friction disks.

Do the following when you get your lsd:

1. Measure break away torque
2. Crack that bitch open
3. clean everything
4. Shim it.
5. Measure break away torque again (still slips with a breaker bar on it, see step six!)
6. Shim some more
7. Slap it in the case and have fun.

I feel i could have added 8 shims atleast but oh well.

In theory my hodge podge bastard diff with 6 ******* springs works but at a cost of higher wear to compensate for less friction. I'll fix it next year. It works VERY well. As soon as the tires break loose, the car slides but it grips like a ************ unless i kick the clutch. I love it. It pulls hard in and out of corners. Point being, i'm selling both of my welded diffs. To fund tags and title, aero and some knuckles.

Alot of people have brought up the argument that if i want to go to events next year, i'm going to need a cage, tag, tires.....**** like that and if i blow my tax refund on the swap and run out of money for those last few items needed to get it running, then what?

So i might not do it just yet. To me, track time and getting out there, having fun, meeting people and progressing is more important when i sit back and look at the bigger picture.


FYI people who are saying it's too hard probably no nothing about the swap.

Like i said, www.2jzswap.com has EVERYTHING you could possibly need to do this complete bolt and go swap. I do have some degree of fab skill but i ******* hate wires. They have a prefab harness that sells for $450. Not bad considering i'd **** it up, get fed up and torch the car on purpose. They sell the driveshaft. They sell everything.....even the motor and transmission if you want to source everything from them.

I can fab my motor mounts and transmission mount myself. No need to swap in a supra rear end or anything of that nature and i'd cut the front supports out and weld my own in rotary or not so it's not THAT big of a deal.

I'll do the swap. It just got put on the back burner by killjoy realist drifters i've befriended....

Damn them.

 

looking at the price list you could buy a 20b and keep that thing NA.

 

sadly your gonna get alot of hate from now on in this area cause its got alot of rotards( no offence people) personally i want to biuld a Volvo T5 motor mount a T56 behind it and throw it in my coupe then get a vert and put a 13B-REW w/ 99-spec twins

 

also i would rather see a clean 1/2JZ swap then a shitty Turbo 2 swap

 

That's my dream engine but they're still pretty high. I can get the supra 7 parts as i go along....

Yeah, i'm getting my *** kicked over this..... Everyone and their cousin is pissed because nopistons! is doing a piston swap. Hey, if the shoe fits...


Well, i've decided the stereo has to go.

I'm also selling both my welded diffs, a 5 speed swap parts kit and a bunch of random other stuff to raise funds for tag and title, aero and some rediculous angle knuckles that people keep telling me i dont need but i dont care what they say and i'm buying them anyway motherfuckin run-on sentance *takes breath* ok i'm done.

Gets money.

Sell ****.

I want to cry.

 

hey when you do that swap tell me what you think of the kit or atleast the front crossmember i figure if i can get my hands on one it would make the T5-R swap that much easyer

 

As far as i'm told everything is bolt and go and of good quality.

They make kits for the fd, fc, s-chassis and a couple others.

I'm using my own crossmember for the trans and making my own mounts for the motor using the stock crossmember. I mean, you can't really **** either up unless you misalign the motor/trans during mockup.

Hence me buying a 220 gas mig with next years tax refund. I need some tools and i hate borrowing other people's ****.