Bought my coupe two years ago and had always contemplated on what to do with it. Did I want to keep it stock and do suspension work and let it be a daily/corner car, should I KA-T it, I'm not much of a SR kinda guy. Then I sat there and thought about a JZ, I loved the sound of a JZ back before I really knew anything about Toyota motors. So I went and did research and did some talking around and finally to put my finger on a 2j, called up my buddy's uncle whom works at JDMenginezone.com and got my price/ship and next thing I know, I come home and help the shipper haul it in my garage.
I unwrapped this sucker the moment he left, I was like a kid in a candy store. (Let's be honest all motors are obtainable and there just motors, big whoop, but out here in good old '302' there aren't very many builds around here). My goal for this was to tear off all the junk is didn't need, do all the maintenance work, and set her in the coupe and just drive it. So without further a do I went at the motor. Not looking for the internet for help and what needs to come off and stay on. I figured best way to learn was to just do it. So my girlfriend (at the time) and I just took it slow and piece by piece came off, my main goal was to take the JDM manifold off and slap a USDM manifold on, didn't want to worry about disassemble of both turbos etc etc. Finally got the sucker off and got my US setup, I then decided to just put a halt on ripping it apart and just take a breath, gather all my parts and have at it again. Currently waiting on my oil pump assembly and gaskets then I can throw it back together, and mock it in the car. In the mix of doing all this I ended up buying a S14 Zenki (3rd owner) and only had 130xxx on the dash when bought. Slapped the s13 trans in it, coils and Wheels and I was on my way. Still waiting on parts and other accessories for the 2jz I decided to go ahead and get some other goodies for the JZ setup, I'm picking up my Z32 trans in a few weeks, with that I picked up a Q45 diff with the z32 N/A axle and Q45 axle. Figured why not try and get a little bit better gear ratio. As weeks go by it seems that the money coming in seems to fly out faster. Never enough money to do it all. Time and money, I promised myself I wouldn't cheap out on it weather or not I'm laying serious power or stock. I figure while I wait on parts and money I could clean up the engine bay, so I took it all apart, sanded it down with 80 grit for the little rusty areas and went over it with 150 grit. Used rattle can 'high build' primer since I don't have my compressor yet to lay good / thick primer down. Still have to fix the comment frame rail rust and a few other parts but all in due time. Do it right or not all, right? My plan for the 2jz was just to make it a all around fun car, track, drag, drift, daily, you name it. With all the right suspension set up it outa do it. Right now it's got the Tanabe sway bars for clearance of the 2jz, the normal Tein tie rods, Megan tension arms, and will be getting the Voodoo suspension kit. At the end of the day I'm shooting for 350 out of those little turbos. I know the internet warriors say you can only get maybe 300-330hp out of them but a man can only hope. I figured why not try to free up all the excess weight and try to squeeze a few more ponies, so I first went with the GReddy light weight pulleys, and Lord the difference between a stock pully and the GReddy. Imagine having a 10lb weight in one hand and a piece of paper in the other, it's crazy, also due to the normal harmonic balance failure of them liking to fly off cause the 15 year old rubbers aren't cutting it, I decided to go with a Fluiddamper balancer. There is still lots let to do and buying things in-between of parts/tools like a HKS turbk timer and other interior parts like a bucket seat and little cool parts is what takes so long but at the end of the day. It's my car and j say when it hits the road. Most of my friends rag on me about it not running yet but they're over here in a hacked at 240 that barely runs under its own power. So I say standout.
All of these pictures are a little old but they serve the Justice.
It's kinda cool having all kinds of extra 240 parts laying around but that's for another thread.
Thanks for reading my jumble of notes, also still have a lot to research and lots of questions.
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04-23-2016, 11:10 AM
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