Almost done!
 

In 10 days I will have been without a car for exactly a year! Yup walking and catching rides everywhere! Blew my rotary back last march and decided to go with a 1j vvti and the burnout kit for my dd. havent yet decided if I want to go with the wide body or not.
Heres what we have so far... all that's left is a bit of wiring and to throw the tranny in!

Still gotta work on the hood a crap ton to get it to fit... but shes finally looking good again!

That looks sweet, but seriously? Get a DD ! lol.

this will be an amazing dd here in a week! Havent spent this much money just to buy another car lol!

is this still in Huntsville?

Up until 3 days ago! I came up last week and brought it down to Destin with me!

dude! same exact swap im doing and almost done also, although i have not tryed to start mine yet.. let me know how it goes. how much did the swap cost u so far for parts + laybor and everything? mines run me bout $5,500 (canadian) the driveshaft alone was 400 dollars though..retarded

cheers

ps/oh and how does the hood fit ? i bought the same one too. LOL

pps freaky my fds also red and my rotary blew up last feb, and ive been carless ever since also.hmm, must b a 1jz vvti thing. LOL

Ive kinda went all out on mine... my motor was $4500 alone, vvti with 10k on it!! all in all it will be about 15 to 17k just for the swap, but then gotta add in the burnout kit, and paint and body work! ugh!!
I havent started mine up either, were finishing her up this weekend. Ill try and post some vids up when its done.

The Hood:( you cant really even put the word fit anywhere near it! lol... It needs ALOTTT of work to fit, But Im sure ill be extremly happy with it when its done.

Its getting finished up friday and saturday!

dammmn dude. i got my motor / r154 trans / ecu all wiring and stuff for 2500 cash lol. my motors got 40k on it, looks brand new we took the oil pan off to swap for a rear sump. also did the divorced downpipe w/ external dump on the turbo thats on there.. supposedly it makes a BIG difference

yeah not worried though, that is crazy cause mine is right hand drive too! lol

wtf , thats scary..we got 2 much in common, ur motor didnt blow on the way to the beach on the highway by any chance either did it? LOL.. i limped all the way home. hopeing to start it this weekend too,moneys low though so we will see

oh and heres a few out dated swap pics.havent got any new ones my cameras broken

heres wen we first mounted the motor
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this is the hood..so close to fitting actually, just the intake hits one of the vents.

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wil have to get new pics soon. and hell yeah... i plan on DD mine too. LOL may as well just update in your thread, we got the same shit goin on

A couple of those pics didnt come through

maybe they work now..older pics tho. lol before the rad / intercooler stuff.

lol my vr fd blew up on the way to the beach in march of last year too

looks good dude! hopefully everything will turn out great for us both!

Feed Sides came in today!!!

In a few months, Tampa is going to be saturated with red swapped FDs. Come play with us. :P

Yeah dude! I gotta make a trip to Orlando here in a couple weeks when shes finished... we'll have to get a bunch of people together and do something!

im in orlando and considering doing a 1jz swap soon.......would love to meet up with you and check the car out! PM me and let me know when!

hell yeah... i gotta break her in and make sure everything is cool before I drive 6 hrs!

look what came in today!!

I need a shifter! Anyone know a good short shifter that will work with the r154 tranny?? I cant find one

hard to find one dude..+ r154 trans kinda shift sloppy anyways so a short throw isnt gona be much of a help, may as well just cut down the stock shifter will feel less sloppy :nod:

Cant even find a stock one, other than paying 350 at Toyota!:(

dude thats brutal.. check www.driftmotion.com i picked up a G worth of parts from there, really good deals. + u live in the states so shipping isnt a big ass headache / customs fees and stuff. i got my full shifter assemb for 50 bucks locally then bought new bushings from driftmotion

question..what you use for a throttle cable?

Got the hood on!... I like it, still have a bit to do but I think its gonna come out great!!

man thats a beast of a car cant wait to see it finished =)

updates? u get er fired up?

ugh...It took forever to get the tranny in. (by the way were doing all of this in a hotel parking lot!! lol long story). the motor is basically sitting on the firewall, and there wasnt enough clearance for the tranny to fit in the tunnel. So you know what has to be done to make clearance lol BANG away!:) but the daylight went away and we had to put her on hold another day:(

wtf really? mine fit nice with plenty of room to spare! r154?

yeah my luck with this swap has been horrible!!! Im really hoping it gets better

My mechanic got ran off the road last night and into a telephone pole by a drunk driver, absolutely ridiculous...everyone is ok, but his rb25 240 lol...and my car gets delayed till they can come back down here sunday:( only good news is all of the drivetrain is done, all that is left is a bit of wiring, battery relo, and gotta make a power steering reservoir

shifter came in today! new double din also came in this week...love when stuff comes in and you have to wait till you get off work to see it! lol

updates? mines almost done, lol did all the power steering fittings & A/C delete / hooked up all the heater hoses.

Yeah were almost done too! Finished all the wiring today...the ic pipes and couplers we got from tech2 were totally wrong, so we gotta figure out something to do for that tomorrow:(. Still have to get the ps fittings to work and im keeping ac which is gonna be a bitach cause there's 0 room lol... O and what did you do for the throttle cable? We were gonna try one from a miata?? Not sure

lol all my intercooler stuffs done it actually fit mint my friend made this sweet bracket that the rad and intercooler sits on. ill b sure to take lotssss of pics next week, i think he used just brake cable for a pedal bike for throttle cable..relly anything is possible, just need to find a place that sells throttle cables for bikes. im not sure wut car one would fit tho

Ok sweet ill tell him. Yeah im gonna have a shit ton of pics to pose up too!!

coilovers are on:)

mine should be started this weekend wehope

Hey Xtravagant did you get the wiring harness done by tech2? If so did they send you the instruction how to hook up the wires? I have been emailing and calling and they still fail to send me the instructions.
Also what radiator are you using?
thanks

ok for both guys lol... umm i want to do this same swap but in a FC... did it take you guys a year? to complete? and how much did you spend on all motor stuff?

I got my mechanic here in town to do the wiring, im using tech2's koyo.


Mine has taken exactly a year, but only because I had to save up all the money just the swap is about 12-15k depending on how much you spend on a motor

update on my end.. my swap is costing me about 5 grand so far. i got the motor and trans / clutch, ecu and wiring (minus the flywheel) for 2500 cash. then i had to buy like 1 grand worth of parts. then laybor pretty much. drive shaft was expensive too.. the wiring is difficult, fyi there are no proper pinouts for this ecu online, my wiring guy got drawings on the pin out from some guy from the states, for our wiring there is a whole relay board powering the 1JZ ecu because the 1JZ VVTI ECU is obviously from a newer car and the mazda is old.. its hard to explain and complicated lol. We should have it started by monday. Oh and i actually didnt have to cut the hood. AT ALL... it fits just perfect! We used the stock subframe with a rear sump oil pan and spaced the stock sub frame down 1/2 inch :) heres some pics

yay some new pics



screamer pipe

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underbody

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jz power :)



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looks great dude... my wiring guy didnt seem to have any problems with it, but I dont know lol, wiring is wayyyy out of my knowledge!

same here.. LOL

coming close...gonna buy some wheels tomorrow i think!!

turbomazdaspeed did you modify your stock subframe? Can you please post more pics of your subframe.I just got started on my 1jz swap (non-vvti) and I'm wondering if I should modify my stock one or save myself the trouble and
pay the $2500 and buy the tech2 kit

dont got ne pics at the moment, but the subframe costed..hmm...like 100 - 150 bucks including laybor and materials to mod? LOL..... so simple, and if u get rear sump oil pan for the 1j u dont even have to mod the oil pan hole in the subframe, then we spaced the whole subframe down 1/4 inch. Hood fits perfectly with 0 cutting needed :egrin:

With the tech 2 kit..ur paying a retarded 2500 dollars, and then the motor sits so high u have to buy a scoot hood, or their CF hood which is another 1000 dollars LOL ...FAIL :lol:

Yup you definitely got me on that end of the price! :wallbash:

What did you do for subframe?

I am having a pro metal-worker friend of the family make my subframe, motor-mounts, etc, from scratch...

I'm sure he could figure it out all on his own, but do you have any tips can you give me to tell him?