rebuilt gte or 1uz
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The 1UZ into a MkIII is becoming a well documented swap. There's alot of details like the brake master cylinder, wiring, engine mounts, bellhousing, clutch... ect... that all need to be figured out. But, they have!
You can buy a bellhousing and flywheel from The Rod Shop. A brake booster from an early '86-'89 toyota truck or 4runner will move the brake master cylinder out of the way of the valve cover. The wiring isn't rocket science, people have done it... and most welding/fabrication shops won't charge that much to fab motor mounts.
The 1UZ sits further back in the bay giving better weight balance. It's substantially lighter than the 7M or 2JZ. It's also gaining aftermarket support: ITB's, superchargers, ect. 6 bolt mains and proven reliability and durability. Get tons of cooling upfront, change the oil often, and it'll live forever no matter what you do to it. I've also heard the stock ECU is good for 10psi of boost.
The 7M is a great motor, but if you want to bag the shit out of an engine at the track, you'll need to dump several bucketfulls of money into a 7M to make it last. Can it be done? Most definitely, and it has many times. Should you do it? That's up to you. For me, I would never spend a nickle to rebuild a 7M that broke... I'd get something else, there's tons of options for motors. For the record I spend alot of time, money, and research on maintaining my 7M and it's never let me down.
You can buy a bellhousing and flywheel from The Rod Shop. A brake booster from an early '86-'89 toyota truck or 4runner will move the brake master cylinder out of the way of the valve cover. The wiring isn't rocket science, people have done it... and most welding/fabrication shops won't charge that much to fab motor mounts.
The 1UZ sits further back in the bay giving better weight balance. It's substantially lighter than the 7M or 2JZ. It's also gaining aftermarket support: ITB's, superchargers, ect. 6 bolt mains and proven reliability and durability. Get tons of cooling upfront, change the oil often, and it'll live forever no matter what you do to it. I've also heard the stock ECU is good for 10psi of boost.
The 7M is a great motor, but if you want to bag the shit out of an engine at the track, you'll need to dump several bucketfulls of money into a 7M to make it last. Can it be done? Most definitely, and it has many times. Should you do it? That's up to you. For me, I would never spend a nickle to rebuild a 7M that broke... I'd get something else, there's tons of options for motors. For the record I spend alot of time, money, and research on maintaining my 7M and it's never let me down.
Keros;1313452 said:
Absolutely correct sir. Although i'm not sure about 10PSI but I have heard of 8 on a stock ECU. All it takes is an M90 blower and a rising rate FPR. Richwood makes a bolt on manifold for the M90.
In addition to this wonderful post (i'm not being sarcastic), if you go over to clublexus.com and tell them you blew your 1UZ up, nobody would believe you. They would also want pics or it didn't happen. As far as build quality, you probably won't find a better Toyota engine. The fuckers are borderline indestructible, although some of you on here could probably manage to kill one by day two.
I do believe its written somewhere that it takes all of 7 or 8 wires to start and run the motor (when put into the A70 body). This does not include gauges or all that but still, it doesn't get much more simple than that. That also came from someone who has completed the swap.
update: well i decided its a good time in my life to do something different, so i'm picking up a 1uz tomorrow and i plan on twin turboing it with ct26. the stock ecu can take up to 8psi with a fmu only. 
it may be less power than the 7m but im gonna have fun
it may be less power than the 7m but im gonna have fun
I know one person who lives close to me that just swapped out to a 1uz. milisakeracing is on SM and will be at the INDY2K9. I took a ride in it and he floored it and it put me back into the seat. Stock engine no turbo.
You might ask him his thoughts and issues he had.
my .02
You might ask him his thoughts and issues he had.
my .02
viper92086;1314471 said:update: well i decided its a good time in my life to do something different, so i'm picking up a 1uz tomorrow and i plan on twin turboing it with ct26. the stock ecu can take up to 8psi with a fmu only.
I can't wait to see this swap.
You're gonna start a build thread when you swap this motor, right?
