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Old 09-06-2019, 10:00 AM   #15
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Out and about this afternoon, what do I see!! Only a Lava MK1 MR2.. sadly it was on the highway and I was driving so couldn't take a picture!! @Tcoat would love it!!
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Out and about this afternoon, what do I see!! Only a Lava MK1 MR2.. sadly it was on the highway and I was driving so couldn't take a picture!! @Tcoat would love it!!
Completely forgot they had an Orange color in the later model years. Found this photo online.

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Huh so my photo isn't showing, here's a link:
Finally got around to looking at this on my phone, very nice! If I could have picked that up for $1500, I would have been all over it.

Interesting that the spoiler is body matched. I thought in '85 they were all black. I know mine was, and the couple of others I knew that had a red one were black. I know most the other models were paint matched though so maybe it was either an option, or just the early ones that had the black tail.
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Speaking of MK1 MR2, here is one in desperate need of rescuing on eBay. It has a lead-acid battery electric conversion done to it....
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Oregon...can you do a swap?

A 1NZ-FE is a direct fit for the transmission in the AW.
Actually, I just remembered the 2ZR-FE might fit that transmission too, if you want easier power. I think the EC60 and C160/C52 bellhousings are the same. You might even be able to swap the EC60 over.

The 2ZR-FE has pretty solid heads compared to the 1ZZ-FE, I think it's a solid 160hp with bolt-ons. It weighs about 65lbs more than the 1NZ and 30lbs more than the 1ZZ, but still 90lbs less than the 4A-GE.

A 1NZ would be 150lbs lighter, which is not a small amount.
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I'm definitely open to doing a swap but I would like to avoid an excess amount of fab work/welding (like destroying the trunk). I haven't looked into doing either of those engines though, I'll have to check em out. Any thoughts on those vs a 20v? For now, I'll be pretty much refreshing the whole suspension and fixing the little things wrong with it, autocross it a few times to really learn the car, then add power. And fine tcoat, I won't strip it out if it would hurt you lol.
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I'm definitely open to doing a swap but I would like to avoid an excess amount of fab work/welding (like destroying the trunk). I haven't looked into doing either of those engines though, I'll have to check em out. Any thoughts on those vs a 20v? For now, I'll be pretty much refreshing the whole suspension and fixing the little things wrong with it, autocross it a few times to really learn the car, then add power. And fine tcoat, I won't strip it out if it would hurt you lol.
I'm pretty sure the 1NZ should drop straight in more or less (I'm guessing it needs one custom motor mount and 100 bucks worth of muffler shop work to join up the exhaust). Someone on ecomodder I think used a 1NZ-FXE, and it was easy, they wanted it to be as cheap of a swap as possible. https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...fxe-27266.html

2ZR may or may not take more work, I'm not sure, and I don't know if it's ever been done. Again I believe it has the same bellhousing, but since it's bulkier you might have clearance problems.

As for how it compares:
-Gas mileage: Either newer motor beats the 20v 4A by a long shot
-Replacement cost: Either newer motor can be found for a few hundred bucks used in stock form, so you have a few hundred bucks left to upgrade it
-Power: 2ZR will match the silvertop/blacktop with a little work, 1NZ is a tiny bit weaker than a redtop.

2ZR will blow the doors off any unmodified 4A-GE. You can spend a little money to drop in a new valvetrain and rev it higher with a milled head for increased comprssion, and I think it'll get you around 170bhp with way more low end and mid range.

1NZ is going to be weaker, but you'll be shedding 5% of the car's mass, which makes the peak power comparable to 115hp with a 4A-GE.

A really cheap way to instantly gain power is to get a Prius block (13:1 compression) and toss on the normal FE head, or just the intake cam and valve springs. Judging from pictures, despite the Prius having a lower rev limit, the rods look the same.

Might want to take some material out of the pistons since 13:1 is pretty aggressive even with 93 octane fuel. It would take 1.6cc to get it down to 12.3, which I think should be fine. That would probably get you to 115hp with nothing else. Might even be able to DIY this with a really big drill press lol.

Some guy on Spyderchat said he ran the 1NZ-FE completely stock at 8000rpm with a turbo, and eventually snapped a rod making about 2x stock power, using an overclocked stock 1ZZ-FE ECU, if that's reassuring.
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The 1nz is a great engine, and is in every cheap car from a Yaris to most of the Scion's. They can hold power and adding power to them is easy and well known. There were a couple of 500 hp Yaris in Thailand, and adding a turbo and getting 300 wasn't too hard.

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I'm pretty sure the 1NZ should drop straight in more or less (I'm guessing it needs one custom motor mount and 100 bucks worth of muffler shop work to join up the exhaust). Someone on ecomodder I think used a 1NZ-FXE, and it was easy, they wanted it to be as cheap of a swap as possible. https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...fxe-27266.html

2ZR may or may not take more work, I'm not sure, and I don't know if it's ever been done. Again I believe it has the same bellhousing, but since it's bulkier you might have clearance problems.

As for how it compares:
-Gas mileage: Either newer motor beats the 20v 4A by a long shot
-Replacement cost: Either newer motor can be found for a few hundred bucks used in stock form, so you have a few hundred bucks left to upgrade it
-Power: 2ZR will match the silvertop/blacktop with a little work, 1NZ is a tiny bit weaker than a redtop.

2ZR will blow the doors off any unmodified 4A-GE. You can spend a little money to drop in a new valvetrain and rev it higher with a milled head for increased comprssion, and I think it'll get you around 170bhp with way more low end and mid range.

1NZ is going to be weaker, but you'll be shedding 5% of the car's mass, which makes the peak power comparable to 115hp with a 4A-GE.

A really cheap way to instantly gain power is to get a Prius block (13:1 compression) and toss on the normal FE head, or just the intake cam and valve springs. Judging from pictures, despite the Prius having a lower rev limit, the rods look the same.

Might want to take some material out of the pistons since 13:1 is pretty aggressive even with 93 octane fuel. It would take 1.6cc to get it down to 12.3, which I think should be fine. That would probably get you to 115hp with nothing else. Might even be able to DIY this with a really big drill press lol.

Some guy on Spyderchat said he ran the 1NZ-FE completely stock at 8000rpm with a turbo, and eventually snapped a rod making about 2x stock power, using an overclocked stock 1ZZ-FE ECU, if that's reassuring.
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Haven't been on the forums much so I figured I'd post an update:

The suspension is almost completely freshened up. I've installed prothane bushings, koni struts, eibach springs, and matrix garage rear tie rods, along with new wheels and tires. 15x6.5 konig heliums with 195/50r15 dunlop direzza dz102. The car now has some serious grip even with relatively skinny tires. The ride is much smoother and the koni's let me firm things up just enough for fun drives on the street. I still need to replace the ball joints, and I'm considering grabbing some st sway bars to make the car a bit flatter and compensate for using fairly soft aftermarket springs. Now, here comes the best part, 700 bucks and a trip to the junkyard later, I brought home a 2zz out of an 04 matrix xrs. Haven't started on the swap just yet, still looking for a transmission, but 170-180hp in an aw11 along with dropping some weight (cause aluminum block), and revving out to 8 grand is gonna be a hoot.
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Here's a pic of the car how it sits with the new suspension and wheels:

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Crap, link it is...

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Once upon a time I was not a fan of how these looked, but they have begun to grow on me. They give me a funky Gundam vibe when I look at them now and are a cool representation of the design of the times.
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Very nice, just make sure you baby the oil system. The 2ZZ doesn't take high oil temps well and easily starves of oil. People have blown their engines taking turns too hard on the street. Also don't rev it past 8000rpm at the track if you happen to get a Celica/Lotus ECU that lets you or you may find the engine spitting valves out. That's what the guys over at Spyderchat who race their 2ZZs say.
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