mrmako

A friend of mine here in Okinawa is in the middle of building out a Toyota Soarer (Lexus SC300 in the US) with a 1JZ/2JZ hybrid motor.

Here's the link to the forum he lists it under:

http://www.zeroyon.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11759

But for those that can't wait, here's a sample of the goodness.





These are from post #164. Go there for a short video of this beast just after he assembled everything. The timing is off, but you'll get the idea. You can read the whole thing for a running history of the project. His guestimate is 600 - 700 RWHP. Not out of the realm of believability if you know what these motors can do.

It's still is not complete. When he comes back from vacation, there will be more to do.

Any comments are welcome, and I'll be sure to pass them on.

eccjak

nice car, you could basically put the 2jz into any car. Seen it a few fox body stangs, rx-7, probes, 240's, 350'z, ae86 corolla. none the less, nice build on the sc.

S14 n Tsx

^^ and s2k.

eccjak

Well I haven't seen a 2jz in a s2k in the Chicago land area.

stright-(paint)balling

how can you do a Probe when it's FWD. plus the v-6 or Inline 4 that was from the factory sits sideways(like Hondas) with the I-6 sitting longways does it fit without knocking out the firewall.

Sly Raskal

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someone I knew had a probe, I thought it was RWD.

stright-(paint)balling

the probe was brought out in the early 80s cause back then they were fearing for 2.50 or 3 buck a gallon gas. no one would buy the mustang so Ford built the Probe as a kind of "poor boy's Mustang." the built it to get better fuel mileage than the Mustang but yet still be fun. they did okay for about 8-10 years but never got the following like the Mustang guys have.

stangg172004

anyone can make a car fast in a straight line... not impressed...

eccjak

i agree

stright-(paint)balling

*coughing*SRT-4

zeroday

right on the money..won't work in a probe. all of them are FWD.

Brandon24pdx

Meh, I've seen much nicer GTE-into-SC300 5mt's before. Its still pretty damn expensive to do that swap though...easily 10 grand if you want the Getrag box and TT rear end.

mrmako

Here, it's not that expensive because the donor heads / block are pretty cheap. He has a stock 5 speed in it now, but a 6 is coming.

And for the straight line types, he's not building something to run Nurburgring for Christ sake. If you look on a map, this is a pretty small island. The big reason is to go to a small track and do some drifting, and short track racing. If things work out, he can take it to the big island in Japan and race there. Thats all.

I just thought it would be odd to see a "Lexus" done up like this.

eccjak

well here's one thats been converted from fwd to rwd .










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stright-(paint)balling

^^ don't get me wrong that's a fast car but it could have been done (that speed and 1/4 mile time) probably for 1/2 the cost if the dude went and got a like a WS6 Firebird or SVT Cobra.

zeroday

not exactly just an engine swap now is it. you can put any engine in anything if you spend enough money.


edit: unless the engine is bigger than the vehicle.

eccjak

yup, just like the civette civic.

eclipse23

Not everyone can assemble a car like that. Respect the hard work it takes to build that out.

Costco

I'm jealous... don't some Soarers in Japan come with the 2JZ-GTE under the hood already? And is it me or is your friend's brake MC look really nasty?




A friend of a friend has a Lexus GS (the oval headlights one) with a 2JZ swap with the Supra 6-speed Getrag. 700+ rwhp, spins the tires on the freeway in 3rd. Excessive, but its still bad ass.

mrmako

Some of them could be had in twin turbo form, but they are rare and $$$

And the MC looks a bit rough because he did not clean the engine immediately. He was worried about finding leaks (and if you read his posts, the oil filter blew off of the relocation kit, wrong threads, slightly). He knows to clean it. The big thing is the booster works OK, and there are plenty of donor MC's here. Toyota is very common for used parts.

And for the work, he took an old motor and stripped it down, cleaned, bought all new parts, got the heads (another old engine), cleaned, ported, new turbo, cams, etc... This was about 6 months of just getting the parts. Yeah, total engine build, not just a few parts.

No hate, just letting the AZ folks see someone building a beast here. That's all.