took my 1j swap on its 1st real road test

[525gte]

Finnally got the balls up to go for a real drive since I got the 1j swap done in. The bimmer.. decided to head east over the mountains.. 560 miles later I was home drove perfect loved the higher altitude twistys.. I had put about 2000 miles on round town and here or their.. but was affraid to go to far from where I have trailer near bye.. can not belive how well this car runs with a 1j in it. And its a hwy beast.. oh and I got 23.3 mpg doing nearly 80mph the whole time and climbing blewit pass at 115 a few times.

 

[slowmedown]

congrats man. pics?

 

[te72]

They are good engines for highway cruising, especially with stock turbos. Never have to pull out of 5th gear to pass, I love it. Just put ~500 miles on mine this past weekend.

I believe you had another thread with pics of the swap, did you not?

 

[525gte]

Yes I did ill put some up once I get to my ecu.. and I have a big single ditched the twins. This is my 1st turbod car and I love how they do at altitude.. normally going over passes cars are guttless but with the turbo u hardly notice the hills

 

[Dylan JZ]

Welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

I've managed up to 29mpg at around 70-75mph with the 1J/3.91 combo (temps below 80).. I'll agree with them being great highway cars.

 

[525gte]

Yeah I am running 410s in the rear. I have a new gear set to swap them out just haven't done it yes.. and I still need to wire in my sfac so that I can run my bc cams properly

 

[525gte]

And I have cleaned up the wiring harness since this pic

 

[slowmedown]

thats awesome guess a 1j is alot cheaper than an m3 motor!

 

[#04]

5 series... from the looks of things....

loving it,