Been a bit of a lurker on here for a while but lately Ive been reading more and more build threads on here and Im quite impressed! Figured I'd start my own thread as things are starting to get serious and I have a few questions for the greater A70 community. 
Brief history:
This is my 2nd 2JZ A70 supra build, hopefully the 1st I will finish (although its really only the same build continued across to chassis'). First was a stock GA70 I managed to break the turbos and transmission in one go, was originally going to put a 1JZ/R154 into it but problems sourcing a halfcut lead me to buy an Aristo halfcut instead.
Pics....
At this point, after much emotional dramas I CBFd going ito, I got stuck/lost interest. The car drove, did skids/etc, but had problems with the transmission and was not ready for a proper rego inspection.
In the midst of my boredom I bought this:
(Dont have any engine bay pics though)
MA70 with a 2JZ/R154 fitted in Japan, picked it up for a song, already registered. I drove it, did skids, had fun and then sold it to a mate when I thought my other one wasnt far off being done.
Alas, the white one was still far off being done....
My mate took it, painted it, put a built A340e into it, T04z, microtech....ran an 11.2s pass in it then swapped it for an Evo because he is a homo. The other homo he got the evo off eventually fucked it up, stripped it and sold the shell off....so, some 4 years after I sold my running 2JZ/R154 A70 supra....I bought it back as a shell.
The beauty of this shell is because in Australia, converting engines is an expensive process...this shell is already engineer approved for a 2JZ, with the mod plates to prove it. Although I need to have some minor inspections done to re-register it when its running again....its a $55 process instead of the ~$1,500 process had I finished the conversion in my GA70. Plus, this shell is widebody, the GA70 was narrow body, this one has a better diff and poly bushes throughout, the white one had flogged bushes which to replace would have cost me as much as I paid for this shell ($1,000)
Heres how I got it....
Now begins the interesting stuff.....
I already had a 2JZ and everything I needed to make it run in this car....but I wanted a manual car, stock twins are pretty lame after this much effort and, although being a chronic tight-arse, I had some *better* plans this time round.
So I bought the following....
T56 adapter plate, to work with a factory A340e bellhousing.
T56 gearbox (VY SS commodore spec)
Garrett T04r turbo
Ebay alloy radiator
Tial MVR 44mm wastegate, sard fuel reg
Haltech E11v2 ECU, new flying engine loom, 1200cc top feed Lucas injectors
Not ordered yet but will be getting one of these...Ross racing fuel rail
EZ 21 circuit universal body wiring loom (cheap hot rod spec)
Volt GT-7 wheels (my dream wheels for an A70), 18x9" fronts, 18x10" rears
Just bought this from Justin727 on here....aeromotive A1000 fuel pump, filter and relay kit
Ex-supra tourer 5L surge tank
Also had a bunch of other random shit, most of which wont be used...
Heres where Im currently up to....
Aim from here is to prep/paint the engine bay gloss black, install mechanical bits, re-wire the entire car, install interior, do test skids, prep/paint body, do more skids.
Have a heap of questions for you learned foke but I have a date with a BBQ and a bottle of whisky and Im running late! BRB
Brief history:
This is my 2nd 2JZ A70 supra build, hopefully the 1st I will finish (although its really only the same build continued across to chassis'). First was a stock GA70 I managed to break the turbos and transmission in one go, was originally going to put a 1JZ/R154 into it but problems sourcing a halfcut lead me to buy an Aristo halfcut instead.
Pics....
At this point, after much emotional dramas I CBFd going ito, I got stuck/lost interest. The car drove, did skids/etc, but had problems with the transmission and was not ready for a proper rego inspection.
In the midst of my boredom I bought this:
(Dont have any engine bay pics though)
MA70 with a 2JZ/R154 fitted in Japan, picked it up for a song, already registered. I drove it, did skids, had fun and then sold it to a mate when I thought my other one wasnt far off being done.
Alas, the white one was still far off being done....
My mate took it, painted it, put a built A340e into it, T04z, microtech....ran an 11.2s pass in it then swapped it for an Evo because he is a homo. The other homo he got the evo off eventually fucked it up, stripped it and sold the shell off....so, some 4 years after I sold my running 2JZ/R154 A70 supra....I bought it back as a shell.
The beauty of this shell is because in Australia, converting engines is an expensive process...this shell is already engineer approved for a 2JZ, with the mod plates to prove it. Although I need to have some minor inspections done to re-register it when its running again....its a $55 process instead of the ~$1,500 process had I finished the conversion in my GA70. Plus, this shell is widebody, the GA70 was narrow body, this one has a better diff and poly bushes throughout, the white one had flogged bushes which to replace would have cost me as much as I paid for this shell ($1,000)
Heres how I got it....
Now begins the interesting stuff.....
I already had a 2JZ and everything I needed to make it run in this car....but I wanted a manual car, stock twins are pretty lame after this much effort and, although being a chronic tight-arse, I had some *better* plans this time round.
So I bought the following....
T56 adapter plate, to work with a factory A340e bellhousing.
T56 gearbox (VY SS commodore spec)
Garrett T04r turbo
Ebay alloy radiator
Tial MVR 44mm wastegate, sard fuel reg
Haltech E11v2 ECU, new flying engine loom, 1200cc top feed Lucas injectors
Not ordered yet but will be getting one of these...Ross racing fuel rail
EZ 21 circuit universal body wiring loom (cheap hot rod spec)
Volt GT-7 wheels (my dream wheels for an A70), 18x9" fronts, 18x10" rears
Just bought this from Justin727 on here....aeromotive A1000 fuel pump, filter and relay kit
Ex-supra tourer 5L surge tank
Also had a bunch of other random shit, most of which wont be used...
Heres where Im currently up to....
Aim from here is to prep/paint the engine bay gloss black, install mechanical bits, re-wire the entire car, install interior, do test skids, prep/paint body, do more skids.
Have a heap of questions for you learned foke but I have a date with a BBQ and a bottle of whisky and Im running late! BRB
