Pipe dreams and poor life choices

[FRS_FIEND]

Originally Posted by SomeoneWhoIsntMe

Engine is a 1JZ-GTE VVTi out of a JZX100 chaser/markii/cresta. I'm going to use a pontiac solstice 5-speed with it because it's an aisin trans similar to the one that's supposed to go on 1jz's only cheaper and newer. I have an ace-up motorsports downpipe, that's probably going to be the only power mod along with deleting the stock bov and replacing it with an aftermarket one and adding a boost controller. Not sure what I'm going to do about EMS yet, I'd like to go AEM or megasquirt down the road, but the stock ECU is also perfectly capable of running the engine for now.

Once I go with standalone EMS or a decent piggyback, I'd like to get cams and a bigger stock location turbo. Unless I know for sure that won't satisfy me by then, I've got a 2jz-ge block I can rebuild to go 1.5jz.

AWESOME bro.

my lil Brother has a sleeper 1980 cressi with a 7mgte with a 5speed swap i forget what tranny. hes working on getting a bigger fuel pump for more powa! lol We plan on going to JCCS in Long beach Ca with it in sept hes trying to get a sleeper trophy lol.

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

mx63? weird. I hate 7m's with a passion, but x6's are cool.

if it's an '80 it's solid rear end, right? get a ford 8.8" under her with a spool if you ever break the stock axle

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by SomeoneWhoIsntMe

Engine is a 1JZ-GTE VVTi....

Oooh, that's nice! I've always had a soft spot for Toyotas inline-six engines.

[stugray]

Originally Posted by SomeoneWhoIsntMe

If Scion would have sold me a bare shell I would have gone with that, but they won't so this is the next best thing.

You probably could have found one that had been in a flood.
This was my buddy's at work:

[Sojhinn]

This is going to be fricking incredible. Good luck man!

[juliog]

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[Nevermore]

I'm actually curious if this will be as expensive as people are saying. I'm sure it's not cheap. But you have people buying stock cars new and dumping serious cash into them. If he got this cheap enough from the auction, I bet he might equal some higher end builds, but not likely he'll pass them up. Either way I'm curious to see how this goes.

[Turbo95eg6]

Always wondered, is the orange just some kind of rust? Or was the front clip hot lava or something?

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

It's just surface rust and impurities from all the bullshit that burned off in there. Media blasting should take care of it.

[slicktop]

I love it! I had a JZX100 in Japan and the motor sang everyday without skipping a beat. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[FRS_FIEND]

Originally Posted by SomeoneWhoIsntMe

mx63? weird. I hate 7m's with a passion, but x6's are cool.

if it's an '80 it's solid rear end, right? get a ford 8.8" under her with a spool if you ever break the stock axle

Man im not a fan of them either! its his second one. My brother doesnt exactly have a lot of money though so i see why he likes them. He swapped it built it all on his own i think only his head he got port and polished by pros. Ive been telling him to go 1JZ since he started looking into swaps lol But in the end i Think he was only want 300rwhp so the 7m can handle that. Idk if he wants even more.
it is an '80 The pale yellow beige looking color, the original paint too lots of oldschool guys love it lol Im not the expert on those bad boys I THINK I remember him saying its a solid axle ill ask him lol. Hes in Love with that car! Ill try to get some Pics from him.

yeah im sure hell uprgade the axle at some point lol. Right now hes running straight downpipe its loud af and thats not good in cali lol, hes in the process of making a custom exhaust 2.75"

[ModBargains]

The inspiration picture is the best thing ever Good luck on your journey

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

I guess the car is on track to be going to a fab shop in about two weeks. They'll use it to prototype new bushings and mounts, so hopefully that yields some new parts for the FT86 chassis. I'll be running their engine mounts as well as a trans mount and probably some other stuff, and they'll come out with those parts for the stock engine/trans also.

I think I've figured out what I want to do for suspension as well. I'm probably going to wind up going with a front lower control arm set from Xcessive Manufacturing, and they'll supply me with different ball joint shanks to run Nissan S14 front knuckles. I'll likely be going with a somewhat custom bilstein monotube setup in the front, and bilstein B8's in the rear. I'm thinking spring rates around 550lb/in front and 400lb/in rear, but we'll see. Hopefully the b8's can handle that without being revalved, but if need be they can be revalved with little drama.

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

started working on the front struts



still gotta figure out what springs I want to run but it looks promising. seems like unless there's a major difference in spindle height from the brz knucks to my s14 drop knucks the ride height will be in the ballpark and with all dat travel I suspect I'll be able to run helpers which is nice