1993 RX7 1JZGTE swap in Guam
 

2 1/2 years ago I decided to get myself one of the best sports cars ever. The 1993 RX7 FD3S. It sat around 73,000 miles. 3 weeks later i take it on a cruise and it over heats so bad that a an inch of the water jacket melts off. Further research on the rotary engine i knew i needed something else. LSX motors are phenomenal engines but i wanted an import motor and found the 1JZGTE
Here she is
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TIME TO TAKE THE MOTOR OUT
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HERES THAT WATER JACKET SLIVER THAT DISAPPEARED
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TIME FOR THE NEW MOTOR
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SNEAK PEEK
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CORROSION IS THE WORST THING TO COMBAT ON GUAM. BUT DONT WORRY, IT WILL BE PAINTED ;)

There was this nasty boonie bee clump in my spark plug holes! So fyi this is not rust, it is just dirt. So i cleaned it up and put a new headgasket while i was at it.
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I had to extend the wiring harness 3 feet because it came from a toyota soarer rhd
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WOOOHOOO PARTS!!!
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Interesting build, any reason u did the 1jz instead of a 2jz?

Thanks for the positive comments. There was actually 1 main reason. Being in Guam were very limited to resources and it was actually a blessing to find this motor normally this motor along with the SR20DET and LSX motors are gone within the day. And if you outsource from Japan or anywhere else it is averaged around $5000 including shipping. I dont have that deep of pockets haha

Changed my waterpump out and purged my lines since there was more boonie bee dirt :(
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Getting Timing down an camshafts installed
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Test fitting the turbo mani
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I realized my stupid decision of painting my ignition coil brackets and cam gears, so i sand blasted the brackets and wire brushed the cam gears as well as sandblasted clutch fork cuz it was so rusty
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My turbo was so rusty and ugly looking. I liked how Turbonetics did paint their turbos black. So i went with a high heat enamel black and corrosion controlled
My exhaust side of the turbo
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Woohoo fidanza and ACT !!

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Sweet...
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Got my 2jz 550cc injectors. They fit the motor but they dont fit the wiring harness connectors. Time to shave off those nubs
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Along with these injectors i need to get a resistor pack. But they are $250..... Its friggin resistors. Good thing my job is electrical an i can make my own. Thanks to digikey (just ordered yesterday) i will be receiving 4.7 ohm 25 watt resistors for the price of $27.46 :)

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So that is where i am at now. Motor is pretty much complete minus minor things like the fuel lines and coolant lines

I gotcha, not guna lie I'm kinda sad u sandblasted the green away

Haha thanks man. I do like the lime green matte black look, but it sucks that i have anodized blue. If only they have lime green pulleys and timing gears :(

Dam every time i see somebody doin the jz transplant i get exited about mine....... any pics of ur subframe

Little bit of time with a rattle can will fix that haha, any way ill be watching this build

You have a build too? Pics?!!!!!! Idnt receive my subframe yet. Ordered it from www.shiftedperformance.com

Being in Guam it takes awhile.

Schaft-haha wont exactly rattle can it. There is this thing at home depot called preval. Look it up on youtube. Its basically a spraycan compressor and you can add automotive paint to the attached glass container. Its pretty sweet.

No pics yet but im in the process of buying all the stuff tha i will need ... I dnt know if I should go with shifted performance or tech2 kit!!! Why did u go with shifted instead of tech2..????
Im goin to call them tomorrow to see what can they offer me!!!!

Ah...so a fancy rattle can

I went shifted performance cuz theyre prices were cheaper, but still reliable and Tony is a great guy to deal with. Let me know what you want and i can talk to him.

Schaft
-haha yes a very fancy rattle can. A lot of businesses use it for touch ups actually.

Well i want to get the kit but his doesn't include the drive shaft .... did you ask him about ground clearance?

All my parts are there sprayed with a automotive grade spray gun or are being shipped out to the powder coaters, I'm just messing with you on the spray paint I only have 1 thing on my car spray painted.
Looking forward to the rest of this build

charlie 7

Hmmmm PM me all the stuff you need exactly and I will send you a quote. I'm using a driveshaft from KSRACING in Thailand. BTW, don't get KSRACING kit, they are complete garbage, for $300 I got it and it was a waste of cash. But the driveshaft I got from them is actually pretty legit. Haven't fitted it on yet from the tranny to the diff but I'll let you know. If anything I'll get it customized
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Hehe that's the way to go. I've learned my lesson now with the spray painting. It took awhile but I realized that the UV rays just destroy the paint after a month or two. Thanks, I'm looking forward to it too. I'm looking at painting the car gunmetal. :nod:

Waiting on my shifter to be extended, so i figured i would do skme modding as well as cleaning, and shopping ;)

Wanted that '99 spec look for my taillights
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They are kinda dirty, ill take pics when they are clean
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And the paint!!!! Gonna go with a gunmetal color. Gonna test it out on the deont bunper later, make sure its what i want
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Meant to say front bumper not "deont"

Pm sent

Don't ya just love typos that make no sense? Things are look good man.

Thanks man. Im actually going to learn how to paint... Im kinda scared but i want to be able to say "built not bought" on my car. Its gonna look so sexy

Charlie 7
Im awaiting an email from shifted
Performance ill let you know as soon as possible. If you can please pm me a good email for quicker responses

I havent really mentioned where i got all my parts and knowledge from
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www.shiftedperformance.com

Tony is very knowledgable in this build and i have to say...being thousands of miles away from him he has still helped me with this build. That alone is a feat itself with issues such as wiring, making sure the engine wont blow with what i put on it. Honestly i didnt know anything about cars and performing this swap with shifted performance's help has made me a lot more knowledgable in how my car works, performs, and what it is capable of

Right now im working on painting my oil catch can the gunmetal color as well as clearing up my lights with mothers headlight restore after sanding. Then mebe this week ill prep my engine bay for painting ;)

Keep the pics coming.

Thanks man for the info..
I will call him if not tomorrow for sure this week ......
How long is it gonna take to get all ur parts ( Swap kit)

Schaft
Hehe definitely will once im done paintin my catch can


No problem, i actually have all of my parts except one...the mounting kit. Being in Guam it still takes awhile for packages :( that and we got a new post office and for some reason my mounting kit was sent back to Shifted Performance. Greeeattt. But at least ill have everythin prepped by the time it gets here.

So you should b getting the mount kit n a bit .... great..you have to keep me update it wit pics and all the info you can provide me cuz im getting closer to do mine =D
hey wich bump steer kit you goin wit?

Yes hopefully the post office doesnt mess it up again. Hehe ill def. keep you updated. Im probably going to go with samberg

What do u meant again? ???
I think im going the same route as u !!! Samberg kit with sp swap kit!!!!

Well since we got a new post office, ive been waiting since october for them to deliver it. But then i get worried and ask Tony if it got back to him. And apparently it just got back to Tony :( so im probably going to FEDEX it now. Yeah i was honestly thinking if making my own bumpsteer correction kit because of the price, but i need to do a lot of research on fabricating it

oh I see! !! Well I really wish you good luck on the shipping process fedex. Ups.and post office like to play football with customers stuff..lol own experience jiji
Anyways who did the wiring?

Thanks!! I appreciate the positive comments. I did the wiring with Tony's help. http://www.rx7store.net/product_p/mr-6314.htm

Btw i was thinking of going with this for the bump steer but i need to research and contact them to see what else i need

For what I know sambergs kit last longer then hinsons
But dnt take my word do ur
Own research! !!!
I google it and thats what other ppl have mentione...
Can't wait to see ur final product!!!

Another question?
Why 1jz instead of a 2jz?

"There was actually 1 main reason. Being in Guam were very limited to resources and it was actually a blessing to find this motor normally this motor along with the SR20DET and LSX motors are gone within the day. And if you outsource from Japan or anywhere else it is averaged around $5000 including shipping. I dont have that deep of pockets haha"

Also on that note there are a total of 2-3 supras on island in which only 1 of them is actually kind of running. So its very hard to get a complete motor on island. And there is also no dyno....

Damn sucks!!!!
Im goin to do the 1jz swap
Just b cuz is alil smaller then the 2j tha will give a lil more room for the hood...

Thats another reason i forgot about hehe

Engine Swapping on Guam??????
 

Most of us who do these swaps have the convenience of numerous parts stores, salvage yards, and here in Seattle, at least a half dozen Japanese engine importers. It will certainly take some inventiveness and improvising skills to do it so far away from mainstream automotive mania ( i.e., California). You get extra points for tackling this job under challenging circumstances!

My father was a civilian working for the Air Force, and was chief planning engineer for Anderson AFB. He started with the wartime Quonset huts in about 1950, and when he died in 1966, the Air Force had more money invested in Anderson than any air base in the world. I spent my summers there starting in 1954, when I was 16 years old, got my first drivers license on Guam. I drove around the island in my father's 1948 Studebaker. By about 1956 it had rusted to the point it was just scrap. Virtually all of the WWII jeeps were dissolved to rust by the early 1950s. People who have not lived there cannot appreciate the corrosion problems you have to deal with.

I recently did a Skyline swap into a 1984 RX-7, but I can't imagine doing it in the middle of the Pacific! Some photos here: https://www.rx7club.com/nw-rx-7-forum-33/next-project-982785/

Thanks for the brownie points!!! Im glad someone can understand the amount of work and corrosion control being put into this build. It must have been completely different for you and your father to be here back then. Its somewhat different now, well at least they dont have those huts. But Andersen is definitely growing in so many ways.

Your swap looks phenomenal! I wish i knew how to fabricate... One step at a time. First im learning how to paint. More on that after i complete my catch can with gunmetal ;)

Starting to sand my bumper for the car paint. This will be my second test in car painting.
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ALMOST THERE!!
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Ahhhh just need the bottom part finished then its time to paint it.
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They say painting is VERY easy. Its the prep time that is the most difficult. So i want to take my time with everything on painting. I already lost my patience with my catch can....yup 3rd time is the charm

Had some time to work on my catch can. I didnt like the color so im painting it to gunmetal, its primered right now and will be awaiting its new paint later today*
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Aznmagic are you running stock suspension or coiil overrs?

Nice build I used to live there at Barrigada Hts. RE Amemiya and top secret are close from Narita.

Im actually running R1 shocks and springs

BongBong
"Nice build I used to live there at Barrigada Hts. RE Amemiya and top secret are close from Narita."

Really? Barrigada heights, That is a beautiful area. I do want to get some top secret items....but then again i have a frankestein....i think a lot of my items will be customized

Catch Can
 

If you looked at my Cardomain pages, you saw the Stiletto project. Well, since you are working on your catch can, I thought you would like to see the one I used on the Stiletto. I thought that since the motor is Kawasaki, I should use a Japanese catch can.

AHAHAHA!! My friend actually used a MONSTER can cuz someone stole his catch can. That is amazing tho

Got my resistors!!!!
Now i can make my own resistor pack for the price of $27 instead of $200....ripoff...
Going to paint my catch can, motorcycle fairings, and bumper today, so stay tuned!!
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Prep work sucka but the end result is amazing.

very cool build!