ATL-SC

just curious how long it took you guys to get the swap done?
i think once finals are done im finaly diving in so i just wanted to get an idea.

oh and if you could post things that might have added alot of time to your swap like "auto to manual" or missing parts, things of that nature. And even a little back ground as to your mechanical prowess or friends that helped out would be cool too. im just trying to see where the CL comunity is at.

yelloa3gti

From driving my car into the garage to when its started with the 1J was about 15 hours. It still needs another half of day of work to be road worthy. I am just too busy with school to get home for a day to finish the little things up.

At the same time I also did a waterpump, timing belt, tensioner, thermostat, plugs etc etc. The timing belt alone took a good amount of time. ( probably took about as much time as the swap itself haha )

Its truely a very easy swap

CCC-TT

iTrader: (1)

im glad someone startde this thread because i was wondering about this too. i would like to know about the wiring issue as well, i have heard dropping the motor in is nothing, its the wiring thats a *****. it would be nice to have and idea of what im getting myself into.

yelloa3gti

I spend a couple months searching the forums and studyin up on the swap. I recomend everyone do the same. There were lots of shortcuts and certain things I learned from doing research that otherwise I wouldnt have known. The wiring is easy. You simple have to extend the body plugs about 20 inches. Its somewhere around 40 wires. Simply cut one at a time and extend. Its time consuming ( about 3 hours ) but its not hard

Also search for a thread I started (Yelloa3gti) named "my 1jz swap" Alot of helpful tips from people on there

ATL-SC

thanks yelloa3gti i saw your thread this morning and it was very comprehensive. i do have one question for you; how did you deal with the driveshaft? because it seems to be one of the last itemes i just cant seem to find a definative answere on.

Psionic

Drove in on Saturday morning, drove out Sunday afternoon.

Its not as easy as people say it is though.

plex

iTrader: (11)

Mine took longer because it wasn't worked on everyday. I drove my car to NY from MD for the swap. Had some issues but considering I drove back four hours with the motor and no issues I would say it went well. Even got 200 miles on barely half a tank. In the meantime my single conversion is taking forever ha ha.

97-SC300

iTrader: (17)

what did you guys do about the knock sensor wires all i heard is about some kind of shielded USB wire you have to use, any more info would be great.

yelloa3gti

If you are using the stock w58 then you use your same driveshaft. I went with a soarer r154 so i had to use the front half drive shaft from a mk3 supra turbo

yelloa3gti

Nothin.. dont touch it.. just extend body plugs

atekt

It is a pretty straight forward swap, I have done two with just me and a buddy. My only deal is I cant figure out what is going on with mine now since the new 1j was put in. Cranks but no start... Real bummer.

atekt

Blair, Where did you find your Soarer R154??

yelloa3gti

got a soarer 5 speed motorset from JHOT

RaynArt

if i used the soarer auto it would just drop right in right?

cino78h

i were woudering can the w58 yoke pigtail fit onto the r154?if so would that be cheaper and easy part to finds?