1JZ Swap into a 1987.......Mitsubishi Starion

[emericaskater285]

Looks like some good progress. That garage is huge. I wish I had something like that.

 

[scottiedawg66]

man I really love these cars. do you have any idea what it weighs with the 1j in there?

 

[19cturbo]

Looks like some good progress. That garage is huge. I wish I had something like that.

yeah, i got a great deal on the space and i simply couldnt say no.. also has heat and AC. you can get about 4 cars in there total..

man I really love these cars. do you have any idea what it weighs with the 1j in there?

I do not know right off but there is a local guy with a car scale, ill weigh it once its back on the road.. I have to get my valve cover fixed, one of the mounting ears is broken off..

 

[19cturbo]

well, got my valve covers repainted. love this graphite paint. looks great



put those back on and laid my freshly painted covers



somewhere along the way of pulling the engine and moving it all to a new space, i broke the dipstick.. i kinda like the new one better



began cleaning up some of the wiring while i was at it

 

[IJ.]

Why is the cam cover to aircleaner hose plumbed in against the flow?

 

[19cturbo]

no reason really it was just easier to make that way. i thought about it when i was doing it and it didnt seem to be that big of a deal to me.. it going to pull vacuum on it either way.

 

[19cturbo]

Got bored today and built a turbo heat shield.. just have to finish it now..







ill post more pictures when i finish this..

 

[19cturbo]

well, i made a homemade turbo blanket to help with the heat, and also finished up my heat shield

 

[Nghty89]

Loving this!

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[19cturbo]

thanks man, just waiting to get my transmission back from marlin crawler so i can put this back on the road.. cant wait to up the boost, its gonna be mean!

 

[19cturbo]

well since its been down ive spent alot of time cleaning, this is how the engine is currently sitting



pulled the alternator off of it to clean it up and paint it.. it was pretty ratty to begin with








you can see the alt and water pump was pretty nasty before hand

 

[19cturbo]

well since september ive been waiting for this! it is finally here






me and my little bro started putting it together





we got it sat in and bolted up



started adding the fixins




i wrapped the down pipe and the harness to try to better protect it from the heat



used the throttle cable bracket from the original motor and made it work



and its in and runs!

 

[19cturbo]

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