Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Have owned this for around a year, have very slowly been atempting 2jzge conversion. All information/parts i have aquired for the build have been through oldschool except the wheels. this was when i first purchased it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 The vehicle was purchased for a small sum due to being deregistered and the 21r knocking on heavens door, i have no intention of road registering it. first thing i did after purchase was adjust the rideheight and buy some japanese wheels pictured with my daily driven 73 mercedes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 after this happened i set about making an adjustable panhard rod as per the OS guide due to having a solid rear end i am not able to gain any camber to tuck wheels in, this should make fitting my 9j -24s interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 next i had the diff welded and set about killing the 21r before removal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 i then got hooked on wheels from japan an tried a few sets before settling for some superstar racing ss05 14x6 +14 and 6.5 +8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 like everyone i wanted more dish so, i managed to locate a pair of 4x120 14x7.5 +2 superstar racing tri spokes like the a3as with centrecaps (to solve the problem of my missing one)so had them shipped and harvested them for their lips, i had the front lips split off my four and fitted two 7.5 lips to one pair and the left over rear halves to the other pair, this does make changing tyres a pain an will eventually replace with new 4" lips when they become available the result is 14x9-24 and 14x7.5 0 i then borrowed an idea from a fellow os member and made this from a hub from pickapart and a motor i got from a garage sale the end result with 185/50s 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 somewhere among all this wheel distraction i purchased a pretty bare 2jzge that has a lot of random bolts missing and sensors for $350 from trademe, i then purchased a set of the jz-x6 engine mounts that had been already watercut by a fellow os member and had my dad weld them up according to the plans i found, in order to fit the motor i had to swap from the 21r crossmember to the 1g crossmember from the blue gx60r at zebra, I also had to change the sump to a front sump.a gx61 manual conversion -minus the box-was then purchased and installed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 a w55 from an os member was then purchased an delivered via os courier as well as a jz-w bellhousing which brings me to now 2jzge sitting in its home.That hideous blue will be getting kicked off the sx80 w55 with jz-w bellhousing fitted great success, although this is a 'hack' i plan on keeping the full interior tidy and original and am reluctant to cut anything other than springs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 still to do- purchase flywheel/ clutch and install install manual driveshaft which i have purchase 2nd engine with loom ecu and all sensors etc sort out fuel system-originally carb so this will take a bit of work which i dont know a lot about radiator to suit wire up make 9s fit. skid 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 have been chiiping away, swapped hanger bearing off auto front half of driveshaft onto my manual lx80 front half and installed, purchased a clutch (ouch) and an alloy redline radiator which looks to be from a ae101, waiting on new flywheel bolts to arrive before dropping the motor into its home for the last time hopefully 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 for the disgustion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45287-jesses-1983-rx60/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Purchased ARP flywheel bolts and a new rear crank seal today and installed seal, assembled flywheel and clutch and dropped the 2nd 2jzge into the car. Everything slotted in ok except for the rear exhaust manifold hitting steering box, i took the back manifold off and got engine onto mounts, Im pretty confident if I remove the top two studs from head i can get the manifold on and then screw studs back in. Flywheel bolts listed as 4age ones, i read conflicting arguments on internet that they were too short but screwed one in as far as it would go and measured remaining thread against flywheel and it was perfect. clutch/flywheel assembled before dropping engine in hopefully for the last time 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 And then i did some pulling Towed it home since the majority of the mechanical stuff that cranes etc is needed to do has been completed, hopefully things will move a bit faster with it sitting outside my bedroom window 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 the engine bay currently decided to start having a look at the wiring and plan where to put the ecu and where to bring loom through firewall, pulled out some of the aircon unit to make room for ecu in cabin will cut between these two holes where the water pipes came out as tidy as possible and bring loom and plugs through there shows the room i have to work with infront to fit fan and radiator 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 cut the small section out and fed the plugs through to cabin, still need to seal up and bolt the rubber to firewall made a bracket for the ecu to sit where the aircon unit was scored a starter motor off the aristo at zebra and bolted that up today,grabbed the main power cable with it as well and bolted that up with stock alternator cable just need to solder ground wire with plug to existing loom have been trawling through the internet looking at all the writeups on 2jzge wiring hoping to achieve this myself.Looking like i just need to hook up switched power feeds to a few of these pins and buy a couple of relays once its all sorted i will put the glovebox and covers back in to keep it looking as tidy as possible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Have been working hard trying to get this running for helensville burnout competition on the 31st January. Mounted the alloy radiator, found a fan belt to delete ac but keep powersteering, purchased a new walbro external inline fuel pump and a coil and battery from zebra. Bought genuine toyota bellhousing to block bolts, timing belt cover bolts and exhaust manifold gaskets. Ive managed to use the 21r powersteering lines with the 2jzge pump by removing the banjo bolt and screwing in the flare type fitting (unsure of correct name).Most of the wiring is complete i just need to setup another two relays for fuel pump and injectors.pictures will be added when i figure out how to post off mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Missed the burnout competition but made it to toyota fest on saturday, all wiring completed by myself. Has exceeded my expectations on power an pretty happy with it. Next focus is to work on suspension and look at upgrading the diff as i broke an axle on saturday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 The guys at the hireshop looked at me a bit funny,it sucks when your only car with a towbar is the one you need to tow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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