The guys who built supra7 must see this.

 

how's the project coming?

 

I really wanna see the pics

 

Sooooo.... what are you doing with the 13B?

 

Good GOD...got run down by banks and work. The car has had no love but the house is finished and all is refinanced. Moved the car back into my main shop and will be back on track soon. I have help now from my friend Patrick who is also my business partner as we are hoping to use the car for some promotional work. I will be posting a bit more regularly now and am still looking at the major job of cutting the firewall and setting the 2JZ back and low.

 

cutting the firewall?? why would you go and do that?? then the trans wont go up through the stock fd trans hole???
good luck to you

 

because it's the only proper way to do this swap. by cutting the firewall you'll solve the biggest issues encounter with the JZ/FD swap:

1. bumpsteer, the steering rack can stay in the stock location.
2. stock hood, yes it'll shut with the steering rack in the stock location.
3. weight distribution. the JZ is longer, heavier, then the 13B and LSX.
4. the stock R154, with stock shifter, will fit right through the stock shifter hole in the transmission tunnel.

or you can lower the steering rack. then you'll have to deal with weight distribution, modified shifter, and of course, bumpsteer.

yes, you can blindly slap on a $100 bumpsteer correction kit and hope that it'll be as good as stock. why did i use the word "blindly"? because i have a feeling you (please correct me if i'm wrong) don't know how much the steering rack has been lowered comapred to stock. from personal experience, you probably have lowered the rack more than you can ever correct for using a bolt-on type bumpsteer correction kit.

good luck to you too.

howi

 

the r154 must be shorter than the getrag 6 speed?... because my engine is tucked right up to the firewall making the shifter dead center in the stock hole. had i cut the firwall and tucked the motor i wouldnt have been able to use the getrag. and that was a must for me. bump steer is an issue that can be corrected with a kit. you are right in saying it has been lowered, but it is still an easy fix. no the rack was not moved lower than can be fixed.
will you be road racing this car in comp.?

 

Any updates? Eager to hear about any progress you've made

 

The r154 is shorter. I debated running one of those before i bought the v160 for mine.