Any active 2JZ swap build threads?

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by SmsAlSuwaidi

Turbo + low boost setting for around town. A separate map for race gas ( if ethanol is not available)


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Will only be used on the track as a dedicated drift car. Wont ever be street legal bro.

[jamesm]

I briefly owned an ls1 NA miata. Everyone said it would ruin the balance, but to be honest I couldn't be bothered to give a damn. It was too much fun to care.

[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Check ekanooracing on instagram he owns the 1k+ whp gt86


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[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Originally Posted by jamesm

I briefly owned an ls1 NA miata. Everyone said it would ruin the balance, but to be honest I couldn't be bothered to give a damn. It was too much fun to care.

This ! , do you have a build thread or a link to it ?


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[jamesm]

Originally Posted by SmsAlSuwaidi

This ! , do you have a build thread or a link to it ?


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No I've never made a build thread, not even for my fr-s. I should do that lol.

[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by JordanWho

I'm wanting to set it up for drift. When I said track only I mean, non street legal. I have a rolling shell coming over from Japan so not ever able to be street legal.




Link?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_juJ7z9zNyI"]EKanoo Racing 2013 Toyota 86 2JZ Walk-around - YouTube[/ame]

[chiefshayan]

With that price tag I'd rather buy a Supra for the track and use the FRS as a DD..

[ft86xtc]

Im just waiting for a swap kit...after you buy a turbo kit, clutch and tuning to get 400hp your close to what $7-8k? You can buy a clean 2j motor and 6speed for the same price if not less....and you still can sell your FA motor and get some extra cash for the swap.

[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

He has over 40k in it atm


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[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by SmsAlSuwaidi

He has over 40k in it atm


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I read it wrong

[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

I read it wrong

The swap cost him 25-30k and he owns a shop, but now the car kept growing and growing


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[wparsons]

Originally Posted by SmsAlSuwaidi

The swap cost him 25-30k and he owns a shop, but now the car kept growing and growing


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So... $30k in parts alone? If a shop owner claims an amount it probably doesn't factor in labour at all and if it does, not everything would be accounted for.

Originally Posted by diss7

If it's for track only, at 400hp, I would use the fa20 definitely. Track is all about braking and corner speed, power is a bonus. FYI 400hp from a built fa20 would be uber realiable.

Take it from someone with a 400hp track car.

I'd track your current car
Then turbo and go 300whp
If you've mastered that, then build and go 400.

A track gt86 with 300whp from a fa20 will pants one with a 2jz and 400whp, every time.

This! For a street/track car, even 300whp is A LOT in this platform. I've outrun 1M's on a track at stock power purely because of braking points and cornering speed.

Originally Posted by empower-auto

I don't know about all of that. As a guy with a 1JZGTE Soarer and an FR-S ... the 1JZ/2JZ is a much more stout engine with a massive knowledge-base. It's already proven to be much more reliable and is far easier to service many parts on.

Associated driveline parts with a 2JZ are also going to be more available and are reasonably bullet proof.

The FA20 has been such a let down for me. The factory drivetrain isn't really made for a lot of power. The engine itself is plagued with growing cases of DI failures. It's DI and high-compression. A lot of people really don't like playing around with unforgiving setups like this.

The FA20 .. I will call a successor to the NA EJ25 .. but it's not in the same league as a JZ engine. I don't think a 1JZ/2JZ is a great swap for this car in particular because of the cost and the weight of the ol iron block bitch but ... I don't think the FA20 has a bright future either.

In my opinion - the aftermarket is over-inflating the worth of the FA20 engine due to the surge in the market that this platform (FT86) has produced.

So the 2JZ engine is reliable, but how reliable will the rest of the car be when it has been cut up and pieced back together to make it all work? I'd want to be DAMN sure whoever was cutting into it and wiring it up did a perfect job so I wouldn't be spending the next 5 years chasing down gremlins left over from the swap.

For a pure race car or drift car when most of the car is tube framed anyway, and the wiring is easily accessible, sure... but for a street car, you're in for a world of pain until the kinks are all ironed out and there are plug and play solutions.

[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Originally Posted by wparsons

So... $30k in parts alone? If a shop owner claims an amount it probably doesn't factor in labour at all and if it does, not everything would .

We did factor in labour a bit, but you have to remember neither i nor the shop know the complexity of work we are going in, so yeah


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[wparsons]

^^ Nono... I meant the car that's already done, not yours. The car you said cost $25-30k and the guy owns the shop.