Gonzy Tuning to the rescue, 1987 Hard top 1jz swap and much more

gonzy tunning

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Gonzy Tuning to the rescue

Was up everyone .. :)

well i have a long time i don't post here . well some of you guys know me already as gonzy ,, here i am again i want to share a project i just pick up from a costumer
this build consist on a 1987 supra,this car was at shop for almost 3 years this costumer took he's supra for a regular 1jz swap !!! from what the costumer told me he took this car to this shop cus 1 of he's friend was a really good friend from the shop owner so he took hes word for it. so the owner of this shop told him that he will this and that blaaah blaaah blaaah and the guy never did nothing.. so this guy got in touch with me and see what i cud do for him
and we came up with a deal i told him what i was going to do to the car and i was going to build this car my way.and he's answer was Gonzy do yuor best i know how you work and i know i will be happy with your work

so lets begin with the pictures from the first day i pick up the car, hope you guys like this build and plz don't judge me the way i write english cus is hard for me if not fuck you all sike naaah lol ;)



first picture here is how the car when i pick it up

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as soon as it got to the shop i when over the car and the first thing i took of it was the spoiler

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what a mess

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engine bay who ever paint the engine bay didin't care at all on all the brake lines and some other shit

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and this is how the engine came too

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THEN I STARTED TAKING EVERYTHING APART . AND THE CLEANING BEGIN

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TIME PUT SOME ENGINE CLEANER LOL

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READY FOR SOME COLOR

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LOOKING WAY BETTER NOW

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NEW ENGINE BRACKETS
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NEW WATER PUMP

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START TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER

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INTAKE MANIFOLD GOT SOME COLOR TOO

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AND THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS NOW

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WELL I START CLEANING UP THE ENGINE BAY NOW AND SEE WHAT I GO TRUE NOW

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WHAT A FUCKING MESS

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BUT AND HOUR LATER LOOK HOW IS START TO LOOK ;)

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gonzy tunning

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well here we go with some new upgrades ;)
can't wait to finish this car soon. so i had this clutch kit lying around the shop is a brand new SPEC STAGE 3 so this is what we going to install :

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did a little bit of cleaning on the engine mounts.. they came out great

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and timing cover

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everything is clean and on time lol

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this is how the spoiler end up lol
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well engine is in already is starting to look great :)

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and here is a picture of another engine bay from another costumer sc400 1jz i'm building too at the same time :)
everything on this car is custom from Exhaust manifold to intake manifold ,,, my goals for this car is to hit 700 hp on a stock 1jz and build head by me or Gonzy Tuning

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gonzy tunning

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THANKS Empera naah bro is not poweder coating..is that new paint from VHT that you have to baked and let it seat for almost 2 days..bro this shit works good man
fuck powder coating lol, i use it on my own car too ;)
 

empera

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looks good man, yea powder coating is a SOB somtimes since you need to take everything apart. We have a powder coating system at the shop...its a long process when the part is dirty, plus u need to wait for the oven to warm up heh
 

rokit1man

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gonzy tunning;1896855 said:
thank you rokit1man :)

i just post update the first page from this build take a look at it bro..engine is in already
Good work Gonzy! That engine bay and 1j came out so clean. That SC400 looks trick too. Wish we was neighbors! lol.