My son picked up a MKII that's set up for a 1jz that we're building for his first car. The PO blew the HG and only the bottom end remains in the car and since my son's footing the bill the budget is tight so we're looking at using a spare 2jzge I have in the garage vs. buying another 1jz (mom likes this option as well as we'd put it in NA and turbo later after he proves he's responsible enough). The car came with a Soarer harness and ECU installed as well as the igniter etc (coils are missing though) and I'm trying to figure out what options we have to get the GE up and running.
I've been reading up over on CNA-T about running the GE on GTE electronics but what I'm not sure of is how the 1jz ECU differs. On a very basic level it seems like running a GE on 1jz electronics would work much the same considering you can run a 1jzgte on 2jzgte electronics but I'm not 100% on the specifics of the cam and crank signals. My main question is whether the inputs/outputs from the 2jzge distributor would be compatible with the 1jz igniter and ECU as ideally I'd like to use as much of what we have as possible. It looks like most of the CNA-T guys running the 2jzgte ECU use the DS61/62 igniter with either the GE disty or vvti coils since the 2j coils don't fit under the NA intake manifold so if that's also the case with the 1jz we may need to pick up a different igniter which isn't a huge deal.
Any clarification/information would be appreciated, trying to work out all the specifics before we move forward with dropping in the 2jz!
I've been reading up over on CNA-T about running the GE on GTE electronics but what I'm not sure of is how the 1jz ECU differs. On a very basic level it seems like running a GE on 1jz electronics would work much the same considering you can run a 1jzgte on 2jzgte electronics but I'm not 100% on the specifics of the cam and crank signals. My main question is whether the inputs/outputs from the 2jzge distributor would be compatible with the 1jz igniter and ECU as ideally I'd like to use as much of what we have as possible. It looks like most of the CNA-T guys running the 2jzgte ECU use the DS61/62 igniter with either the GE disty or vvti coils since the 2j coils don't fit under the NA intake manifold so if that's also the case with the 1jz we may need to pick up a different igniter which isn't a huge deal.
Any clarification/information would be appreciated, trying to work out all the specifics before we move forward with dropping in the 2jz!