*Project sideways supra*

[NokaoiMK3]

Ok my name is Jake and im an 18 year old senior at Gilbert High School in AZ.. Ever since the first time i saw a live drift event i knew that thats what i wanted to do.. So i looked for a drift car and noticed that everyone was drifting 240's and i wanted to be different... I found this 1990 turbo targa top in prescott and fell in love with it... So i picked it up for 2800 bucks and drove it home.. I drove it the way it was for a couple months until it started to burn more oil than gas:nono:..so about 8 months ago i parked it and started my first project car build... My plans for the car is for it to be practical and not pretty... and its defiantly not going to be a daily driver.. Its going to be my weekend drifter... Anyway here are some pics of what it looked like when i got it...

 

[NokaoiMK3]

So the first thing i did after i parked it was tear out the trashed carpet.. suprisingly the rest of the interior was in decent condition...

(Kept the backseats out along with the carpet but everything else went back in for now)

 

[AjWit]

Nice, good luck with your build. Those 240 guys have a huge weight advantage on you but you can out power them with ease.

 

[tbcmorris]

Good Luck

 

[BorHor]

Hey thats my old build thread title!

Not that it matters haha.

 

[NokaoiMK3]

Next step was i decided on going 1jz instead of keeping the 7m for reliability reasons... So i ordered and engine with the tranny and ecu and started strippin the 7m to pull it out...

(And YES there was garden hoses and duct tape used on my engine... Some great mechanic that i bought it from..:3d_frown:

(the Bomex bumper is off... and yes the front end has faded to pnk haha..)

 

[NokaoiMK3]

(everything was covered in oil and grime)

Cruise Control was a great invention.. but no need to cruise in a drift car..

Just a LITTLE oil was going into those intake runners haha:icon_surp

 

[NokaoiMK3]

turbo and mani are removed... you can also see how bad the oil leakage was...

im removing the ac system.. so out goes the compressor..

and condensor...

 

[NokaoiMK3]

pulled the shifter out so i can slide tranny and engine out together..

taking out the heater core and accessories behind the dash..

and the 7m and tranny are out..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

took off dash to get at heater components..

some pics of how dirty the engine bay and rack was..

cleaned up the engine bay and started painting it black..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

So a 1jz, ecu, and r154 showed up on my doorstep.. Yay...

Hmm empty engine bay and a 1jz on a crate..:love:

(Before dropin the 1j in i changed out the front and rear main seals, some new semi solid motor mounts,new oem timing belt, new spark plugs, new friction plate cus the old one was pretty roasted... I also put on the oil pressure sender adapter and took off the ac compressor.. I think that was about it before i droped it in)

also got a new hardened urethane shifter bushing for my new r154..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

the 1jz slid in with exactly no room to spare..

Haha Justin.. also known on here as toogoode didnt want his pic taken.. but too bad haha..

Me, Justin, and my neighbor friend in the background..

1jz is almost in and justin is a little jealous about it.. hence the finger..

The 1jz is in.. and justin is still pissed haha..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

Connecting a couple 1jz connectors to the ma70 fusebox..

New cxracing intercooler.. its 31"-12"-4" with 3" piping.. maybe a little too big?

Connecting 1jz ecu with oem ma70 harness..

New ss braided ps line via driftmotion...

 

[NokaoiMK3]

New mechanical fan clutch waterpump and thermostat...

New K2 motor 320mm steering wheel and momo hub adapter..

Steering wheel and hub adapter installed..

New ps,wp,and alternator pulleys and shorter serpentine belt from driftmotion..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

New y-pipe and downpipe..

Wrapped them in a little thermo wrap..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

Started taking off the twins for new y-pipe..

Wee bit of oil in the intake from pcv.. someone needs a catch can..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

Some more parts showed up.. New radiator hoses, fan, fan clutch, igniter, map sensor, and slave cylinder all from the great guys at driftmotion..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

The twins are bein a real bitch to get out..

I had to bang the firewall back a little to get enough clearence to get em out.. as you can see its a very tight squeeze..

And they are out!..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

Pics of old and new y-pipe..

 

[NokaoiMK3]

The twins on the new y-pipe...