Whats up everyone,

Its been a real long time since the last time that I did this so I apologize for that, but I made some progress the past weekend so ill go ahead and add it to the thread and let you guys take a peak. Things are going back together well so far and Im pretty happy with the results let me know what you guys think...

First, I had to re-remove the oil pans again to replace that one little o-ring that I forgot to change last time as well as install the new oil pump so I had to clean the hell out of it again, replace the oring, install new oil pump, new strainer gasket, front seal, rear seal, and reseal the whole thing with fipg again. Then I painted it up black again.







Next, I stripped and cleaned the cam gears then painted them black with a little gloss, I thought they looked good and then I sanded just the face of them to make them stand out a little more. Turned out cool i think


Intalled timing belt, tensioner, crank gear, water pump, and inlet pipe.







Changes cam seals and resealed number 1 cam cover


Next I mocked up the turbos to see if everything was going to fit back together after sitting for like a year and with the new vibrant couplers I bought. Also installed new valve cover gaskets and grommets and tightened them down.


Everything looked good so I removed the turbos and gave them a good cleaning and sanding and painted them up in prep for install.



Started bolting everything together







Sanded and painted accessory belt tensioner





Should be making some more progress this weekend replacing and reconnecting all the oil lines and vaccum lines if I can figure out how they go back together. Ill post again soon!

 

This is the cleanest 1jz swap i have ever seen! man that thing looks amazing keep them coming.

 

Looks brand new. Looks great. Makes me wanna take my motor apart
And freshen it up.

 

why keep the twins exactly?

 

Wow wow I love the paint color on the parts

 

Edit: this is really clean man well done

 

Honestly, this is my first REAL project. You can see my first car in some of those pictures, the subaru svx. When I was in high school I thought it was fast but in reality it was a slow, squishy suspensioned, automatic, non turbo car. Now that I bought the sc300 several years ago and have started modding it, (coilovers, sway bars, supra brakes) im starting to realize how much of a monster this thing is going to be. The fastest car ive driven was an 01 saleen mustang sc (my dads) and one time when I was 19 I almost dumped it during a cruise because I thought I was cool as ****. So I hope this doesnt make me sound like a vag, but if I went straight to a bwS362 like im planning on in the future, im afraid I would crash it. And after the amount of time and effort and work I have put into this car, I seriously ****ing love it and I would hate myself if I smashed it because I stepped up too quick. I still dont even have an lsd. I just read someone elses post who said they left the dyno and they were all over the place because they dont have an lsd or good tires, so I hope that he can hold onto it because hes a good driver.

So basically i just need that progresssion. The car was completely different when I put coilovers on, and different again with sways on, I can only imagine what its going to be like with this motor in since ive never driven a supra or jz swapped car.

All that but mostly because I didnt have another couple thousand to buy the single setup

 

And thanks everyone for the kind comments, Im happy with how she is coming together. Its crazy seeing something that Ive been imagining and planning in my head for so long actually taking shape in front of me, and looking exactly how I expected it to..

 

And one last thing, Im going to be completing all of the lines and such over the weekend and posting pics, I would appreciate it if some of you guys can just look at the pics and let me know if I have the locations correct. Some of the above pics show the turbo water lines in and out as well as some pressure lines, if you could check those as well I would appreciate it! Its been a year since I took them off so Im going off of my memory which isnt great..

 

wow ur 1j looks phenomenal. i would love to see this in person! where in the valley do you live? if you need help with the twins i can come over and help, ive taken them out and put them back in WITH THE ENGINE IN THE CAR. it was a pita but lets just say, i knw the twins pretty well now lol

 

Im over in the Tempe area. I will probably be out there doing stuff the majority of the weekend so if you get a free sec come by thatd be cool man. ill pm you my address

 

NICE im in tempe too

 

I'm over in AZ as well, doing a 1JZ swap haha. What days are you free? I'd like to come check out your progress!

 

jason lets go together. lexus meet with no lexus's lol!

 

The progress has been worth the wait. I thought my swap was clean. I got flamed for painting my parts only from a few...JZ looks great man. What kind of paint did you use and clear??