LoveSCs

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Damn that sucks man.. At least it happened end of season. Hopefully that's all it is, is just a valve related issue. Will be interesting to see what you find

Halon

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THought I'd also add, I did in fact get my Grannas Racing Ford 8.8 IRS rear diff kit installed a week or so ago, right before I went to the track. Great kit, highly recommend! I wrote a review of it here with more info on it:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ntial-kit.html


Here's some pics:

Halon

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Drive By Wire conversion in the works for 2018!

76mmturbo

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Interested in the set up. What tb and pedal does it include? It bolts up to the stock gas pedal location without mods?

Halon

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Vlad @ National Speed sells the whole setup. I don't know the pedal details, but yes it's a bolt in affair. The TB is from a 350z

76mmturbo

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I'll look into it. I've been unable to find out if the gas pedal will bolt directly into our cars.

Halon

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This is the first SC his kit is going in. We compared some measurements and he thinks the pedal will bolt right in. I'll test fit it in a few days just to be sure.

76mmturbo

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Thanks for being the test mule. Will be awesome if it's a direct bolt in.

stkrmkr

Lot of great information here. Ill be using a bunch of it on my build, although im staying with the 1uz in mine.

Ive been looking for one of those ford differentials for the last few days, the only listings i can find on ebay want $360 plus for it, and none of the local pick n pull lots have any. I was thinking they would be everywhere.

Halon

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Yeah they are not as good of a deal on ebay after shipping. Do you have an lkq near you? What I did was call my local LKQ. They have a bunch of them all over their locations country wide. So they got me one and just had it shipped to my local LKQ hub free of charge since they constantly have semis coming and going. So I just got it for like 130 + tax. That's what I recommend everyone do.

76mmturbo

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look on car-parts also. I got mine for 70 shipped on there.

Halon

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Work has started on the new motor. Couple things interesting worth noting.

Some Factory 2JZ-GE VVTi measurements he took:
- Head chamber volume 41cc
- Piston volume 9.5cc (he cc'd a set of GE non-VVTi pistons as well with a value of 8cc)
-Piston / Deck clearance 0.003" popping out of the deck (he temp installed a set of GE non-VVTi pistons/rods as well with same measurement)
- Head step down recess is 0.028"

All good info to help me decide exactly what we do with the build as far as how much we deck the head, what head gasket to run, etc.

motorheaddown

Did your machinist measure the squish clearance of the piston to head at TDC? I took measurements on the GE and GTE motors, and both were about 0.060". Just curious if the VVT-I is about the same.

Thanks,
-scott

Ali SC3

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So it seems the vvti head does add a little compression in being 41cc vs the 45cc. good to know!

gerrb

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good info right there .... both pistons and head play a role on the .5 bump in compression for the GE vvti . Apparently it is more on the head that bumps that compression higher.

Ali - wasn't it 44.2cc for the non vvti ?

Halon - was the VVTi piston cc'ed at 8cc you said ? I know the non vvti is 9.5cc