My name is Glen, I live on Prince Edward Island on the east coast of Canada, and I am the happy and proud owner of a MKIV Supra.
I purchased it sight-unseen 18 months ago. It's a JDM 1994 Super White SZ - by far the cleanest 17-year old car I had ever seen. It had 105,xxxKM on the odo, and after driving it for a few weeks to give it a proper shakedown to see what it needed chassis wise, (not too much) I turned my attention to the 2JZ-GE and auto trans. And by this, I mean I removed them and sold them ASAP...likey for far, far less what they would be worth....
I'm no stranger to 'tuning' nor am I to turbocharged cars, and all things automotive. This is why, after a LOT of reading and deliberation, decided to install a 1JZ-GTE Engine and Trans from my recently crushed-by-a-freak-garage-roof-collapse 1991 Soarer. Seeing as how the engine was unscathed, and relatively, er.....free, it seemed the way to go. I toyed with the idea of a 1.5JZ, but it seemd like erroneous work in the end. I'm very happy with the outcome. I like the uniqueness, despite having to explain what's going on under the hood, when confronted with statements/questions like, "Sweet! 2JZ?!?!" :naughty:
With priceless assistance from Australian SupraForums member, 'Wizzard', I was able to get my stock 1JZ ECU wired up to the body loom of the Supra with relative ease...only like 50 soldered connections? lol... The mechanical swap part was very straightforward. Take 2JZ-GE and weak-ass trans out, put Soarer engine and stronger auto in. EVERYTHING bolted up. Mounts, driveshaft, even the exhaust. I finished the swap late one night, just to drive the car 150 miles to a dragstrip the following afternoon, and repeatedly flog it. 52 passes that weekend, netting a best of a 13.39 @ 103 MPH on stock boost (12psi-ish) with the SZ open diff on my 18" street tires, car not skipping a beat.
Fast forward to today, I've since installed a few upgrades on the car which I will list shortly, and a few short weeks ago, telltale signs of a BHG surfaced with the arrival of puffs of white exhaust, and a 'mysteriously' overflowing coolant overflow resevoir. Head's off, twins are off, time to upgrade.
I've been lurking all over the place to get some solid info, and it seems that there is no real place for my particular car to call 'home', what with a JZA80 chassis with an engine from a JZZ30 Soarer which was also available in the last MKIII Supras as well.... Club Lexus seems to have some info I'm after, and 1J's seem to find there way into SC300s with decent frequency, and the SC and MKIV have a LOT in common...but I digress. I've found fantastic info on this site, and I actually have a bit of free time to type this up tonight; And I figure at the very least, perhaps I can be one more small contact or source of info for someone else out there by making myself known. Forums work. And I like this one quite a bit.
Specs:
1994 JZA80, Super White, SZ trim
1991 Soarer 1JZ Eng/Trans/ECU
HKS HiPower Catback, Air filter, SSQV
3" Catless Midpipe
FMIC (Brand unknown, took from the Soarer)
Turbosmart FCD-1
JoeP MBC
PHR Rad Cooling Plate
TRD Front Strut Bar
Tein STech lowering Springs
Tokiko Illumina Shocks
Drilled Rotors
18x8, 18x9 Koenig Specials 3-Pce Wheels (no, they are NOT POS "KONIGS")
'97 Front Bumper w/OEM Lip
Black Housing headlights,
6000K HID Kit
PICS!
