Roman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Build thread here Coupe life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Shit yes. Will be such a sweet cruiser. fill with dynamat/similar for 0 road noise? ps. fuck wiring that up for a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Yeah, dynamat or similar could be a good idea for sure. Obviously not concerned about adding a bit of weight if it makes it nicer to drive. I originally owned this car a few years ago, drove it back up from Wellington to Auckland in one hit. Was by far the most comfortable car I've ever driven long distance! was an awesome trip, even as completely standard car. Agree about wiring, hahaha. You should see the JZX100 loom, about 10 billion wires! He spent ages with the wiring loom in his lounge sprawled out, to figure it all out, strip out things like airbag wiring etc and draw diagrams for how everything works. Seeing an ECU sitting amongst a sprawl of wires, I think I get the same kind of terror as if it were a giant spider in a web that I'd just walked into with my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level7 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Sorry had to have a bit of a chukkle over the "So it's not going to be race car, drift car, or be super low or have hard suspension etc. (deal-with-it.jpg)" Restoration? Next post, tears engine out fits some thing else.. haha. *Waits for post #47* "So we stumbled across some 14x9 3 peice bla bla ...and some coil overs " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Haha, yep I get what you're saying. Well, it didnt have the engine or box to start with, and to be fair the original motor was probably the lamest thing about the car. I guess you could say we're trying to keep with the spirit of the original car by retaining the same type of motor. (EFI straight six single turbo) Newer motor mainly for better economy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Sweet conversion. My old MTEU powered soarer was such a sweet cruiser when it was stock, awesome OD on those A43D's. Was a new car though with a 5 speed, MTEU really came to life haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah for sure, agree. However gas was a killer! This was the early non intercooled as well, so lost about half its power when it got hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosozoku_gx71 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Any reason why your sticking with the auto. Cost, sleeper, cruiser? Awesome idea though. Cool to see it being done so well, should be lush as when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Cruiser id suggest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah, cos it's just going to be a cruiser, and it also helps everything work better when keeping standard ECU, ABS, traction control etc as it's all integrated. Originally were tossing up between 1UZ or the early 1JZ, 1uz won because wide powerband suits auto better... But VVTI 1JZGTE has a better powerband than either of those options, and nice to keep it as a straight six as per original car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nice build indeed, pretty sweet what you're doing using the whole loom too, should make it nice and reliable too once sorted! Very cool thread indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic_zr Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Awesome, love the shape of these. Just finished putting a new boot in mates gz10 Before http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3626 ... 724886.jpg After http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2853/2 ... 627363.jpg Think there was just shy of 20 separate plate on the inter and outer that were made Get to that rust pronto, this one was so bad because someone had covered it up with silicon rather than killing it to start with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Yep.. Our one is very similar.. not quite as bad though. I pulled the fuel tank out and could see the sky. poked around with a screw driver and the true nature of the rust problem revealed itself.. Must have been the same person putting silicone everywhere. Needs some new boot floor and the back 3 layers of spot welded seam needs to be pulled apart and some shiny new metal welded in Will put up some before and after pics when done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 main goal for the project is... Nice clean stock looking daily driver with a few hidden surprises Oh and to occasionally cane it around Taupo of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soarerman Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 hey mate can i buy some of the old soarer parts off the engine of the MTEU? ive got two soarers and always lookin for parts to add to the collection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 This thing is going to be so badass. Sweet 80's coupe styling with the best Toymota engine. (mind you, even a wet fart would be an upgrade from an M-series.) Good to see it's still ticking away. Makes me wonder though, what is your coupe doing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Yeah I'm looking forward to taking it for a post-1JZ hoon at Taupo... and seeing how much of a difference above a 2:10 laptime it can make with some modern stuff in it haha. Not much has changed with the coupe since you were up - Have been moving house / starting new job / GF is recovering from major surgery / other excuses to cover the fact that I'm lazy haha. Well, I've been aquiring cert monies anyway. Speaking of Which, time to pester Cletus me thinks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnut Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I used to have the same but mine was factory GT 5spd and OMFG do they go hard with just the basic mods! unfortunatly mine got written off by some old guy in nelson who drove into front of me bending the chassis crimping the wiring and causing a minor fire, then told his insurance company was my fault and I was screwed!! moral of story trust no one!! How is your build going? how old are these photos? would love to see one with a lexus V8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 Ahh, that's stink about your Soarer.Yeah this is coming along slowly... It's just how we seem to do things, haha.I'm just smashing through my to-do list for fixing up things on my Carina which I took for cert last week, once this is over that hurdle the Soarer will get a bit more attention! The last pictures are fairly indicative of it's current state.Yeah it was a bit of fun to drive around with the MTEU, even though it was horridly slow and used ALL the gas.The next task is to get someone on to the job of rust/panel work... I now think it's worth paying someone else to do this task, it's not much fun and is very time consuming to get right compared to someone who's a pro at it who can smash through it all in 1/10th of the time.Mike's old car with the 1UZ was pretty boss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Update?/sell me the diff. xo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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