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Austins 1.5jz 77 build.


Avernier

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So i've owned 3 77 z's so far, the second one had a 1jz swap, toyota bbk, decent paint, stance coilovers, and nice black interior. It looked like this.

 

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I sold it for profit, and regretted it as soon as he put the money in my hand.

 

After going through a few cars, i decided to pick up another z, and make this one nice and never sell it.

 

So i bought this:

 

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Wheels were loaners. No engine or trans. White interior. Paint that looked and felt like sand paper. Wiring that looked like someone got happy with the dikes. 400$. So i did what i always do. Suspension first!

 

S13 coilovers with weds racing euro mesh wheels.

 

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Then i put a 1.5jz and r154 i've been building for awhile in it.

 

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Then a bride rep bucket seat and a nardi swept spoke steering wheel and a buddy club shift knob.

 

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Then i got sick of the awful wiring problems and the leaking rusty gas tank, and did an ez wiring harness and a fuel cell with surge tank.

 

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Now that it ran well and everything functioned ok, i built a rollbar for it and ran harnesses.

 

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I've also been swapping good parts and black interior out of a parts car i have into the decent shell.

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Looking good, Will be doing a 2jge-nat swap in November hopefully. Gathering a ton of info in the meantime.

 

Going to try running the 2jge off of my megasquirt 2 that's already in my z.

 

I have been looking at engine mount alternatives, can you post pics of your mounts??  Did you make them or modify some mounts out of another kit???..

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Color change? 

 

I agree, it really shouldn't be too difficult of a task, and that is not me being pedantic, just physically not too difficult. I do think a DIY would probably be very appreciated.

 

Any driving/running footage? 

probably similar to the blue that my last one was, or maybe toyota desert sage metallic.

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Haha how many blown ear drums have you gone through with that? Love the way a JZ sits in there and i bet this thing sounds like an actual rocket ship coming down the road! Nice swap man. Just out of curiosity what do you have done to the rear end to handle JZ power? Hopefully im gonna be jumping into my own JZ swap here soon with a VVT-I 2JZGTE from an Aristo. Also R154 or W series trans?

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It only gets loud when the wastegate cracks, which is all the time i guess. I've snapped the mustache bar twice, broken a driveshaft u joint, broke the front diff mount and strap, and snapped both axles twice in the 2-3 months its been driving. Im only on 10psi too. Im switching to s13 rear subframe in the next month. Cant wait.

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^im thinking about going z32 gear box just waiting on funds. Awesome thread man any more info on the s13 rear sub? I have a welded r180 and was strongly advised not to stay r180 even if its welded and even if I put billet axles. I know plenty of s13 diffs out there so that would be easy to source.

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