Lookin' like trash. Waiting on some silly nipple for the oil filter relocater and we should be in business for another shred session.

 

you happy with the non vvti 1j?

 

Absolutely. It's probably close to 300rwhp so that goes a long way in a stripped Fc. If I had the money and a better chassis I would consider investing in VVTI unit. I've heard there's some difficulty tuning them and finding quality exhaust manifolds for them though.

 

Haven't had time to mess with the car, hopefully after Christmas I'll get some time to fix things and get pictures for the bros who needed specifics on the swap.

 

Low light + myspace angles

 

^JTP shredding on the beast

I'm still working on the oil relocation and need to plumb a recirculating overflow. Anyone in socal ever check out Adam's kart track drift nights? Kinda tempting for only $20 to run

 

Finally got the oil cooler hooked up after the few months that I've had it.




I'm not terribly happy about the line placement, but as long as the car can shred it's good enough for now.

 

Just wanted to let you dudes know, even with a blocked oil cooler line (due to the hose lining failing) this thing still ran and drive and boosted just fine. Eventually the pressure blew the seal in the AN fitting but despite all that the engine is good. 1J is an animal.

 

Got tired of this thing looking so silly with the fronts sticking out so much further than the rears...so we did this! It was a learning experience but it came out okay

 

Getting there

 

this build is giving me inspiration to finish my 1j/fc

 

how far along are you?

 

still waiting on bellhousing, clutch, and debating still on which turbo to run after then just gotta weld up new intercooler piping and redo cooling system, and all the little time consuming parts

 

Man that thing looks right at home in there. There's some things I would have done differently with my car, I like how your core support is intact and stuff.

It'll be worth it though man, these engines are so stout and take nothing to run. I drove my car with no intake, intercooler or exhaust to test it out haha.

You might consider a holset or other truck turbos - they're fairly cheaper than garret or turbonetics.

 

thanks man, yeah im looking at doing ethier a hx/hy 35 or 40 depending on whats available since my manifold is for a t4 flange. On a side note are you running any sort of subframe spacers for clearance?

 

With the mounts that I had made, the Circuit Sports S13 bushing kept the engine just above the power steering rack. After a short while though, the mounts began to flex and it was rubbing so the fabricator shimmed the mounts with a few washers to clear the rack again. So far it's holding up great. The only other concern is the front sway bar hitting, you may need to space it down. I also cut out part of the inner skeleton on my hood.

 

this thread has a lot of the info I was looking for, especially good pics of the mounts. Nice build, and those psm LCA's are crazy good.

 

Thank dood

 

Wingless!

 

ive read this thread like 5 times in the past year:P finally went out and picked up a 1jz gte vvti out of a soarer!:P How much do you think you spent on getting the motor in and running? have you had tranny isues with that w58?

Cheers on the awsome build

 

Hah congrats on the new project. Roughly I think I've spent...

engine $1400 shipped
trans $250
drive shaft $400
engine / trans mounts ~$500
intercooler piping / fabrication ~250
down pipe parts / fab ~$250
power steering lines ~$100
clutch line ~40

for good measure lets add $500 for misc. Theres a lot of little things that nickel and dime the price up, like ARP fly wheel bolts and stuff, custom fuse box, relays etc. But the meat and potatoes is up there and it comes to around $3600. Not bad for reliability. You could save some money by manipulating the stock wiring to power the 1jz ecu and stuff like that but I just decided to do it from scratch.

Good luck friend, let me know if you have any questions!

 

As my friends like to call it - Vaughn Gittin JR Spec because of the front wheels haha.

 

whats the deal with this thing? you lower it yet?

 

Haven't even been in the same state dude haha. I just ordered some **** for it...might actually drive it sometime soon.

 

If you don't mind me asking, I'm kind of curious what you went with on a few things...

I'm working on my own 1JZ Swap.

Where did you buy your oil cooler?
Stock ecu? Piggyback? Standalone?
And what shifter extension are you using?

Sorry, just some questions rolling around in my head to see what the other 1jzfc guys are doing.

I'm thinking stock oil cooler with SR20 radiator and 2x12 e-fans. May pick up an AEM F/IC or Emanage Blue for tuning.