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Originally Posted by IAmNotTheDriftKing
Someone has to do a 1UZ swap into this car! Someone who is both brave and stupid! It would be awesome to see and hear.
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Not enough power for the amount of hassle. I also don't agree with it being the best for forced induction (it's still only a 4.0 and it never saw a factory supercharger upgrade)
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Originally Posted by Muaddib
I was thinking about 7mgte swap due to my past experience with them. The motor is solid long as you replace the oem headgasket with a mhg.
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True, but why? If you're going that route, the 2JZ is the better option because of availability. They're both heavy as hell being they're iron blocks.
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Originally Posted by Turdinator
I don't think I have heard of many reliable 7M engines. Whether boosted or NA they blew head gaskets.
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The headbolt torque spec was too low from the factory, but I've never seen a 7M in stock form blow a headgasket that was under 100K miles. 2JZ and 7M headbolts are nearly identical in metallurgy so that's not the issue. If one properly resurfaces the block and head and installs a metal head gasket with properly torqued hardware (like the 2JZ-GTE came fromt he factory) they're a fine engine.
I'll end the hijack here as I could write several books on the MKIII Supra...