Anyone Running A 1jz Swap?

[Travis Bickle]

not being smart at all... just you were saying you want 400+hp and are thinking of a swap... i know i'd be looking at a 26

i have personally made up my mind on what my motor is going to consist of and its going to be an abortion of RB and Brian crower stroker parts and a turbo the size of a garbage can so i can have about 1500rpms of usable power, however, within that 1500rpms my asshole will pucker every single time. retard style. mmmmmmmmmmBWA(oh shit!) pssht <shift>

i still love the idea of a 1J though, espcecially the single turbo vvti one. the technology is much newer than the RB, which, i love to death, however, it truly is a CA18 with a couple more cylinders.

[rev210]

JZ conversion is a waste of money if what you want is 'actual' performance for your dollar.

If you want to be different then go a TB48 conversion. 4.8L straight six (nissan) and brian cower makes a 5.1L kit for it too.

[Beer Baron]

if C&Y can do it for reasonable money and you want to be different then by all means do it. consider going for a 1.5JZ very popular with the drifters I've been out with around tokyo/chiba/further out. though they were mostly still at home in big toyota sedans and probably looking at 600ps for the meanest one. but they put them to good use on the mountain roads, industrial areas and circuits for drifting. and they sound awesome coming down the mountains, but not really any sweeter to my ear than a nicely done RB...

[juggernaut1]

Younger brother runs the twin turbo version of the 1JZ in his 83 Celica Supra. Those turbo's may be tiny.....but lordy does is develop some useable torque - awesome street engine especially in a 1280kg car....and literally screams to the redline.

Only mod is running twin dump pipes of the turbo's and integrate them into the 3 inch exhaust under the car.

Edited October 27, 2008 by juggernaut1

[STATUS]

with that being said, the "team toyo" drift car, not kawabatas, but kuroi's, is running a 1J that he pulled a RB25 out to put in.

anyone running one in an R chassis car?

Originally ran a Rb26 not a 25 and yes it was running a toyota jz... now back to rb26 apparentley.... i heard he did not like the resistance to want to rev.... said it felt truck ish.

[Grunter]

Don't under rate the 1JZ or even the 2JZ they are very strong motors right from the factory.

They don't have problems with oil control or coil packs and take a huge amount of thrashing

In America they have had 2JZ run 9 sec quarter miles with stock internals and thats with

reliability.I have driven a std 1JZ supra and R33 and the toyota was a lot quicker they make

around 370Nm at about 3000rpm now thats not bad.I have also driven a 600hp GTR which

was awesome but it took an awefully large amount of money to do it reliable.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

jz series motors have their problems reaching big hp as do rb's... lets not get into it AGAIN

[grem]

if your still after sound and keen to do a big conversion why not a vh45de?

[robots]

1JZ also have oil issues and water issues. Their 15 year old coilpacks also let go. And the list goes on.

[raZ1911]

jz series are good but there not the motors people make out to be, Yes there strong but some people seem to obsess saying there is nothing wrong with them and never get probs - well yes they do get probs. There stronger than a RB25 and faster in stock form, but there not the godsend people make them out to be. There also very heavy, heaver than all the RB motors.

If you have a 25 dont bother but like you said if your motor does die a $800 buck one would be great especially if it has VVTI.