Well it has been one hell of an experience. Murphy’s Law proved itself here… Every single stage in this swap has led to another set back. It has been insane, especially after we swapped a 1J into my friends Supra effortlessly... Lets start from the beginning:
The old 7m took a shit and broke some rods about a year and a half ago, but I had no time what so ever to give it any attention- going to school in a different state, work, etc… So this past summer I finally got around to dump some cash into it.
I bought a 1JZ from a company in Canada for a good price. It shows up and looks incredibly CLEAN! But wait, it’s a Soarer 1J and I specifically told them that I wanted one out of a Supra chassis with the harness. Of course they will not willing to work out any kind of exchange and basically told me to fuck off. So I sucked it up and started looking for swap parts.
I ordered a ton of stuff from Aaron at Driftmotion (excellent experience) and found a rear sump and wiring harness on the forums. The oil pans went in great, but I was less than pleased with the harness: it was pretty hacked up (see pictures below). Limited funds restricted me from buying another one.
I went ahead and swapped everything in and tried to figure out how to get the harness to work for me… I was unsuccessful. However, I got the 1JZ in (with nearly every gasket replaced) as well as a few other goodies.
As fall came quickly, the time came to transfer the Supra to a different location for storage. Again.
I look forward to the gathering of some parts this winter to get it going for TX2K10
. I have a few ideas in mind that I haven’t seen before, but you will have to wait till spring to see. I will also be building the engine harness from scratch.
Enjoy the crappy pictures… I will be back with updates, no worries.
Pulled the junk 7M
New Meat :naughty:
Putting in the 1JZ
Wiring Harness Carnage
And here it goes off to storage again
The old 7m took a shit and broke some rods about a year and a half ago, but I had no time what so ever to give it any attention- going to school in a different state, work, etc… So this past summer I finally got around to dump some cash into it.
I bought a 1JZ from a company in Canada for a good price. It shows up and looks incredibly CLEAN! But wait, it’s a Soarer 1J and I specifically told them that I wanted one out of a Supra chassis with the harness. Of course they will not willing to work out any kind of exchange and basically told me to fuck off. So I sucked it up and started looking for swap parts.
I ordered a ton of stuff from Aaron at Driftmotion (excellent experience) and found a rear sump and wiring harness on the forums. The oil pans went in great, but I was less than pleased with the harness: it was pretty hacked up (see pictures below). Limited funds restricted me from buying another one.
I went ahead and swapped everything in and tried to figure out how to get the harness to work for me… I was unsuccessful. However, I got the 1JZ in (with nearly every gasket replaced) as well as a few other goodies.
As fall came quickly, the time came to transfer the Supra to a different location for storage. Again.
I look forward to the gathering of some parts this winter to get it going for TX2K10
. I have a few ideas in mind that I haven’t seen before, but you will have to wait till spring to see. I will also be building the engine harness from scratch.Enjoy the crappy pictures… I will be back with updates, no worries.
Pulled the junk 7M
New Meat :naughty:
Putting in the 1JZ
Wiring Harness Carnage
And here it goes off to storage again
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