JustinOlson

I hope I can get this thing running by this next summer. I'm spending money like crazy trying to get everything lined up. I'm doing the cage right after christmas!!! I'm trying to get the motor all lined up with the TH400 before I tear the good engine out of the car. Justin

I'm going to try and get it all to fit in the factory engine bay. I'm hoping it can make it all fit. I'm having the collector and turbine flange machined this week. I am placing the muffler right behind the passenger side front tire. Should sounds pretty sick with a 5" dump Justin

Does anyone have a picture of 4 link setup while retaining most of the factory floor pan around the driver. I like the way this one looks, but I'm not interested in cutting out the complete floor pan ahead of the main hoop like this car... Regards, Justin

They do look great. I'd be interested in a set depending on the price!! It sure would be nice for wheel selection for drag racing!!! Justin

I ended up picking up a Pro Tools 105HD bender with 1.625" X 6" CLR set. I was going to buy the JD2 Model 3 bender, but they are on national back order. I'm doing the cage between Christmas and New Years so I need the bender ASAP. Justin

Shopping list for the project: Engine: Fuel: Injectors: 1200cc injectors Fuel Pump: Fuel Line: -10 AN Feed, -8 AN Return to be continued... http://www.tubing-benders.com/index.html

Based on the pictures and talking to Z-gad, I think I should have room for the turbo. I'm not sure how the wastegates are going to be layed out. I'll just have to figure it out once the engines mounted and I start mocking up the turbo... Z-gads car with a PT76: The turbo on the left has the same compressor cover as mine. The turbo on the right has a compressor cover the size of Z-Gads. This picture gives me hope Here is a picture of the TPS supra with the S480 and the medium sized compressor cover (shown in the center in the above photo). The TPS supra has gone as fast as 8.70's with the S480. They tell me they think it has 8.50's in it on a well prepped track Justin

Well, I might be over doing it a bit, but what the hell. So as I've stated in a couple threads, I'm doing a 2JZGE swap into my car with a TH400. I've been going back and forth on which turbo I wanted to choose for my 2JZ build. I decided that I wanted to run a divided manifold with dual wastegates to gain spool. All was good when I was drawing up the collector for a divided T4 collector. The 1.5" schedule 10 piping doesn't fit up too well to the T4 flange. Anyway, to make a long store short, I decided that a T6 divided manifold would be the only way to go. Theres not much for information out there on these Borg Warner turbos with the divided t6 turbine housings. I ended up choosing a S480 which is right in line with a garrett GT4780. The S480 has a 10" overall diameter with a 5.5" slip fit inlet and 3.0" outlet. The turbine housing has a 5" outlet, so I'm just going to do a 5" dump right behind the passenger side front tire So I need to fit the S480 along with two Synapse 50mm wastegates in this little Z with the stock hood. Wish me luck. I have yet to yank out the L28, but that should be happening over this christmas break. and two of these guys: Here is a comparison of the Divided T4 collector vs the Divided T6 collector. You simply can't make the 1.5" sch 10 pipe fit the t4 flange better without porting and hammering.. Regards, Justin

Well I got the turbo for my 2JZ build. Introducing MR S480: And the reason I'm going t6 for one reason is the collectors are much easier to build with sch 10 1.5" pipe as you can see in this rendering: Regards, Justin

Yeah, Thats what I've been seeing. The ladder bars seem to come through the floor and take away seat space. You can also offset the wheels back a inch or two two center them in the wheel openings. Justin

Never Mind, I found this link: http://www.competitionengineering.com/articles/chassis2.asp Ladder Bar: "The Ladder Bar is a more sophisticated traction device because it serves as an extremely rigid, bridge-type truss that locates the rear axle housing directly to the chassis. With the axle housing held firmly in place, the torque applied to the differential is now transferred immediately through the Ladder Bars and into the chassis. By using the Ladder Bar to carry power to the chassis, the front end reacts by rising. As the front of the car travels upward, rapid weight transfer is created which "plants" the rear tires and propels the car forward." 4 Link: "4-Links offer more adjustment over Ladder Bars and can handle higher torque loads. With two bars per side, one on top and one on the bottom, you basically have an open ended Ladder Bar. You can adjust the suspension for different track conditions by manipulating the mounting positions in the frame and axle housing brackets. This gives you the option of making the intersection point, or point of "instant center," as far forward or rearward to suit your particular needs. The point of instant center is the location where the upper and lower links would intersect if imaginary lines extended from the front of the 4-Link bars. Unlike a Ladder Bar where the point of instant center is always located at the bar’s front mounting point, the instant center on a 4-Link changes quickly as the car is launched." Justin

So what is the benefit of a ladder bar setup vs a 4link? Justin

More pics please!

The GE head is actually supposed to flow a little more from what I've read. Its pretty trivial getting rid of the distributor and going COP. I can consistently find complete 2JZGE motors locally for $600-800 so I don't see the point in messing with JDM GTE's. Justin

Watch out on shipping prices from Velocity of sound. Justin

From my calculations on the above info, from the outer frame rail to the tire: 240z: 16" sc300: 17.5" Justin

Damn, thanks Clifton! So looks liked you'd need to section the subframes to make it work. Justin

Well, I have velocity stacks that I'm going to weld onto the existing runners. I'm going to cut them down to get rid of the o-ring groove and flange surface. The thing is, this wont bolt upto my 2JZGE head, so I have to wait until I get a GTE head to use this. I just took this picture showing how the ross machining 2.25" velocity stacks mate up: http://www.rossmachineracing.com/225vstack.html Regards, Justin

I'd imagine the S400 is the same as above. I looked over on ebay and they list the same lower control arm for both the sc300 and sc400... Justin

Friends, Family, and Health. Justin

I found out the intake flange I was modeling was actually from a veilside chinese knockoff. It will bolt up to the GTE head, so I'm just going to sit it on the shelf until I need it. I bought a set of Ross machining velocity stacks for it, so I'm going to use it at some point. Here's a picture of the actually intake flange I was modeling. Regards, Justin

Rip, What rpm does your car stall under boost? What rpm does your car stall on the line with the transbrake?? Justin

I've been reading over the the NMRA boards that the ford guys have gone low 8's on a 275/60-15 mickey thompson radial. That is freakin nutty to me Seems like a good tire to start on, so thats what I've chosen for those that care. I know the JNJ guys have played with this tire a bit with mixed results. I'm hoping that I can make it work to get me started. Nothing cooler then going fast on a small tire and IRS Justin

I don't see how narrowing the subframe would have an effect on the geometry of the suspension. You could run a wheel with much higher offset with this setup to help pull the wheel further in. It is really a matter of finding a donor car and doing it. I'm not sure it would be completely straight forward, but I would imagine its doable. Justin

How does the diff/axels/stubs do when you foot brake the car to preload the driveline, then hit the transbrake and build boost. I would think this isn't any different then just footbraking? Am I wrong? Justin