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Hi Scot A very nice - clean job. The car looks great - sure you will have many happy days driving it. What paint and clear coat did your friend use ? As for prep work, did he spray with high build / sanding guide / block ? Was base coat wet sanded ? For clear coat > how...

Hi Everyone: Going on 5 years for our restoration and yes it is slow. Our objective is to fully restore every part of the car and make it into a nice May to September driver. The focus was to first concentrate on chasing / cutting out - welding in new metal - repairing any and all...

Hi TMMC The reason for the white underbody was just our preference. Yes it will get dirty but it will be a May to October car / not driven on any dirt roads and not in the rain if at all possible. Everyone has black under bodies and several spray loads of black rustproofing which to...

Hi Kakanator Thanks for the comment. Our objective was to have a pure clean under body. Required scraping all the undercoating previous owners applied / wire wheel the small residue / wiping with laquer thinners / sand blasting - cleaning / repairing - welding in - same rippled...

Try Again To Upload Couple of more engine pics. Custom stainless steel / polished coil cover. We sanded, buffed and polished most of the aluminum engine parts which was relatively easy. For the spark plug cover, decided to go stainless since we wanted a mirror like finish...

We have not posted many pictures and thought we would post a couple of our engine. To us looks really clean. ..

Hi Everyone .. Does anyone actually have the 1JZGT twinn turbo engine tech manual ??????? Searched SM and any other site I could find.. Found a few but nothing complete .. Modes was translating one > cannot find posts of it actually being done - completed . Also some of the links...

Looking for 1JZ service manual. Tried the link > re directs to a page with girl on it ? WTF ? Does anyone have or can provide direct link for the service manual thanks doug

Hi Everyone. Reaching out to fellow SM members who may be able to give some help / direction on solving problem. Know there are a lot of smart, helpful members out there and hope some may have experienced or can give ideas on what the problems could be . Background info Swapped...

Hi We have completed the swap / install from 7M turbo to 1JZ twin. ( 1/2 cut from Japan ) 1/2 cut = 53,000 km - still has oil change sticker on it Basically did not touch any internals Did swap out injectors to 550 PROBLEM WE ARE CHASING / HAVING > starts on first...

check the flanges on the y-pipe assembly, prior to install, mine needed resurfacing due to heat - warp-age as well my downpipe bends were slightly off and ended up being too short and touched the floor, it may have been my new mounts/bushings but likely the jig was made a little sloppy....

thats a mk4 throttle cable? I had a similar issue where it was not tight on the TB. after reading tonnes of builds, i came across someone who raised their gas pedal with a spacer to match the brake pedal height, for me that 1/2" of spacers made the cable taught....

personally a fan of the OEM (JDM) hook; and not the factory tie down points (for the boat ride) as seen above....

moar car pron please....

started the 1JZ for the first time since the build start 4 years ago, sounded like a top fuel dragster, I think I have some issues...

I tested mine with a tractor w/forks to simulate full load on the front (suspension compression), 17X9+25 fit nicely, with a fender roll.....

sourced my no fuel pump power issue, right back to the 1JZ leaky capacitor ECU issue.... DM to the rescue....?

I'd probably take a better look prior to deciding, specifically the part of the quarter panel the rear bumper hides, and the part the rocker panel garnish/cap hides... as well as where the rear subframe attaches to the floor.... mine required patches in all the mentioned areas... also...

attempted to program my AVC-R and AFC NEO..... 1JZ w/2JZ fuel system will look for tutorials, base settings...

^yep, forgot about the plastic rings w/bearings that are in the sleeve... of the larger section onto the slimmer section...