V8 5-sp SC300
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V8 5-sp SC300
My V8 lust continues! I have by chance located an SC400 that was hit in the rear. At a local junk yard no less! It has an entire front clip that is good. I am now seriously toying with the idea of buying this car and dropping the engine into my SC300 5-speed. I remember there being a thread a while back about an Australian company that made all the parts necassary to hook the 5 speed to the V8. I checked the past threads and cant find it. So if anyone has any information on where I can find the thread or info on the compnay itself, I would much appreciate it. I dont want this car to scooped out from under me. 
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The company is Dellow Automotive.....I'll see if I can find the number for you. They make a kit for dropping a supra 5-speed NA transmission into a V8 lexus. I don't know about a V8 into a sc300 but I guess it could work.
yeah it should work
the 5-speed adapter they use may set the transmission back a little furthur though... you may need to customize the 5-speed tranny mount... and you'll prolly need a certain length driveshaft...
the 5-speed adapter they use may set the transmission back a little furthur though... you may need to customize the 5-speed tranny mount... and you'll prolly need a certain length driveshaft...
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You guys are the best. If you could come up with a phone # I would be stoked. Any body know if the engine mounts are different. It doesnt matter much because I would have them, nut just wondering.
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You guys are the best. If you could come up with a phone # I would be stoked. Any body know if the engine mounts are different. It doesnt matter much because I would have them, nut just wondering.
You guys are the best. If you could come up with a phone # I would be stoked. Any body know if the engine mounts are different. It doesnt matter much because I would have them, nut just wondering.
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I would be buying the whole car, the new ECU would come with it. The wiring, as you said, would be a whole other thing.
I would like to go turbo too, but there is a few problems with that. First by the time I finished the turbo, I would have invested more than the car was worth, which goes strongly against my financial sensibilities. Second, I figured that by the time I took what I needed from the SC400 donor, I could part out the rest, and make back a lot of the initial investment, in other words doing it on the cheap. We are definitely working on a budget here. Thirdly, my car has 146,000 miles on it. I know that the 2JZ-GE is rock solid but ther donor car has 50,000 less miles on it. In the long term it might make more sense, as it is a daily driver. Not to take anything away from a Turbo of course. I would love a 500 HP 2JZ-GTE, 6-speed Lex coupe, but I dont have the $20,000 to drop on that.
I would like to go turbo too, but there is a few problems with that. First by the time I finished the turbo, I would have invested more than the car was worth, which goes strongly against my financial sensibilities. Second, I figured that by the time I took what I needed from the SC400 donor, I could part out the rest, and make back a lot of the initial investment, in other words doing it on the cheap. We are definitely working on a budget here. Thirdly, my car has 146,000 miles on it. I know that the 2JZ-GE is rock solid but ther donor car has 50,000 less miles on it. In the long term it might make more sense, as it is a daily driver. Not to take anything away from a Turbo of course. I would love a 500 HP 2JZ-GTE, 6-speed Lex coupe, but I dont have the $20,000 to drop on that.
how much are you gonna spend on the donor car...plus after you take out the entire engine and wiring.....with a damaged rear end the car isnt gonn have much to sell off........and how much are you gonna spend on a turbo...toyomoto stage 1 costs $5500 and a stage 1.5 with fuel and everyhting goes for like 7000 ...scott and computerwiz have made over 400rwhp on these kits....with the beauty of stock compression.........by the time you swap in a motor....buy adapters for the tranny...re weld engine mounts.....re wire the entire car.....make a custom fly wheel.....ect ect...your over 6-7k..and alot of down time on the car....my suggestion is buy a turbo...my car is turboed since 70k miles and has 125 k now.........i know of a chef with a stage 1 plus car that has close to 200k on the car and drives it literally across the country with no issues..and yes its a 5spd....white with stock supra wheels........if you want ease and reliability..a stge 1 or 1.5 kit from toyomoto will be an AWSOME idea.....just ask the guys who have it....if you want help id be glad to help out...Jeff
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SC300TURBO, thanks for the advice. The car was only $4000. I also would have had the automatic tranny, my engine, the donor cars wheels, interior, stereo, glass, body panels, lights, etc, etc. I know I could have made the money back that I put into the car. Unfortunately the car has been sold. I never found the number to that company in Australia, so I didnt know what I was getting into to fit the V8 to the 5spd. The Toyomoto kit sounds awesome, but for that kind of investment, I might just get the Supra instead. But the Supras have such ridiculous resale value, I would fell like I was getting ripped off buying one. I was just looking and they are like $25,000 for a low mileage 94. That is an 8 year old car. Ughh! I dont know what to do.
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