I'm currently doing the 2JZGTTE swap in my 260z on stock twins and its a pretty fun little car, I've spent 8 so far, some of which has gone to my friends for helping me so much with fabrication, but the car screams!
I know you said you're from out of the U.S. so RB parts may be more prevalent, but the 2J parts are easy to come by (for me atleast) and pretty damn cheap, not to mention alot of them can be interchanged with 1J parts. If you've got the money, I heard there's some 2J Bottom, 1J head thing you can do that makes for a pretty sweet combo. 2J all the way
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