VJ RC51

Well some of you might have been wondering how reliable these things are. I do not know the exact miledge since the swap, and i'm thinking its more around 20k miles but im being conservitive. The only "real" mechanical problem ive had on the car was the ORIGINAL water pump from the motor. I swapped it out with a 2JZGTE pump, works great. No other motor problems. The 1jzgte auto tranny does have a bad slip to it now, nothing un-driveable, it feels like a weak clutch under WOT, but they are so cheap (you can get em for $100 bux, and i have 2), its not really an issue except a few hrs of laying on my back. Im averaging between 19 to 23 mpg doing 85mph on the highway everywhere on 18in rims. The only engine mod i have that makes a difference is the exhaust cam is retarded 2.5 degrees. It makes for a crazy idle at times, but its up to 15 proven rwhp on stock boost.

Enjoy!

vipsoarer

good post. i think many have been wondering how reliable they are being swapped in, i for one, have wondered what the most common replaced parts are off of swaps and will chalk up the water pump as a start. happy boosting

ConSynX

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drain your tranny fluid
i dont know much about autos, but the fluid could be less viscous right not and be a cause for the slip.

VJ RC51

I might drain it and throw in some type F.. thats the old hotrodders fix

ATL-SC

he Vj good
post how did you retard the cams, do you have aftermarket cam gears or did you just move it when you changed the timing belt?
and lastly by by crazy idle are we talking one that is constantly changing up and down like those redicoulus cammed chevelles or will the motor die on you at times, or does it just sound wicked?
thanks in advance

VJ RC51

Well with the manual idle screw and retarded cam, it idles kinda lumpy but not like a huge cammed smallblock, more like a misfire lol.
If you hear the cam videos on SF with the new crower 1JZ cams, wow.. just wow. I wet myself hearing 262's at idle. Thats my next mod (stage 1 2JZGTE grind 1jz cams which = stage 2.5 on 1JZ standards).

I'm using Titan 2JZGTE adjustable cam gears. They are bolt on.

ATL-SC

thanks for the great info and im about to cheak the SF vid cuz i dont get on SF much. thanks.

VJ RC51

SF is probably the best 1JZ resource on the internet

ATL-SC

you are right there, i just dont keep up when it doesnt pertain specificaly to a the soarer stuff. but i have gotten in the habit of looking for mods for the 1jz there first, so i dont know how i missed that thread.
Oh and its one cool video but it took a min or two to find it all the way down in the last few pages.

got_trd

i drive the hell out of my car all day everyday..... been like that for the past 2 years... no problems yet

ki_soarer

holly heck ric!! you put 20K on that car in the last 6 months or so? thats a lotta milage, and i thought i was bad. they should be really relaiable, after all, it is a factory toyota motor, and we all know how long they last.

atekt

Thats really good to know,thanks VJ...I gotta go check this cam vid out....

VJ RC51

I did my swap around the 130k mark on the ODO, car now has 156xxx. On average i drive 80-100mi a day.

atekt

Alright where is that damn video?

Last5Spd

i swapped mine in like 3 monthes ago... been driving only for around 2 weeks because of some small problems(starter, new tire, rain)

but i should be hitting 300 miles soon.. ( gotta break in a clutch)

after clutch is broken in ima drive it even harder.iam gonna flush all the fluids after 500 miles since it will clean out all the crap sitting in the engine.. and also i got a waterpump sitting around brand new that iam gonna swap in.. already changed the timing belt when i did the swap so no need to go there.