Help with MIV 1UZ and manual conversion

[drifty325i]

Yeah my housing cost a few extra bucks as an extra plate spacer needed to be profile cut. The only thing outstanding is to move the shifter back a wee bit...

We have ro make up a new linkage for my shifter as well, sits about 3inchs to far forward. Making a short shift kit why we are at it

 

[lexman]

had a looky for that shifter extension, it wasn't a kit it was a tutorial on making the extension yourself, was a guy on clublexus, what he did looked quite good though, not to complicated but quite well made.

 

[4000GT]

Cool, got a link mate?

 

[lexman]

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183050 there you go mate, its an r154 of a mkIII supra turbo i think but see what you think:happysad:

 

[4000GT]

Well, the TB cleaned up ok...

No more water passage, no traction etc

 

[lexman]

good work mate, i'm impressed at how you've cleaned the engine up and powdercoated things, your install will look very clean indeed. cant wait to see pics of it finished and in the car. i also read something recently about the r154 and how the linkages can be lengthened by using parts toyota used when they put the box in the soarer sc400 behind the old inline 6 turbo unit, dont know if you already knew that or not so i thought i'd put it out there!

 

[drifty325i]

Who did the TB clean up for ya? i have to do the same to mine and also swap the inlet from the left side to the right side

 

[4000GT]

mmmmmmmm Performance Spring goodness

Brother did the TB work

 

[4000GT]

Well come a long way since my first post!

Motor is now a runner

Things left to go before its on the road:

Gearbox cross member
Drive shaft mod
Exhaust from headers to existing back
Clutch line from cylinder and bleed valve
Tuning

 

[cribbj]

Well done Andrew! I'll be curious to hear your impressions of the Link, as well as the driveability of the car vs the 2JZ, etc.

I notice you stayed NA with the 1UZ, did your Supra originally come with the 2JZ-GE or GTE?

 

[4000GT]

Thanks mate, i did a lot more work on the car myself than i thought I would, so feeling pretty stoked. The only labour I paid for was the loom.

I have owned many Links before and have one in my race car, but this is the first of the latest releases (far superior to the previous).

The 2JZ as NA was sluggish. So I am expecting a little improvement over that.

I wanted to get it going NA first to prove the concept and get it on the road. I have an extra manifold or two laying around, the uprated valve springs, turbos, bypass valves etc for the turbo project, and will start doing stuff off the car where I can in prep for forced induction including headers etc. I want to have the car off the road for no longer than a week when I go to turbo. Which will be pulling the motor to do the valve springs and tap oil return etc.

 

[cribbj]

I'll bet you are stoked! That must have been quite a moment when you tweaked the last bolt, fired it up and it ran. I probably wouldn't have been able to sleep that night.

I hear you about doing it NA first, then FI; I'm following a similar strategy, with mine, but out of the car, on an engine dyno. I'm working with a newly built motor too.... Small steps.

Who did your loom, and do you have any pics of it? Is it a modified Supra loom so that it "fits" the engine bay and goes through the bulkhead like the OEM? Plugs straight into the Link or ????

Which direction did you go with your clutch? And I assume since your car was originally a GE version, you still have most of the GE drivetrain, ie the open diff, GE's driveshaft, but you swapped to an R154 tranny, IIRC?

I'm sure there will be lots of questions from the rest of us Supra swappers once it's rolling.

 

[4000GT]

Yeah I will do the engine build(ish) when I go FI. I am looking for some spare heads for my mate to flow and build (port, valves etc). He is a total head porting guru and gets incredible flow results. I want to make 500WHP with as little boost as possible.

A company here called NZEFI did the loom, they did like 3 1UZ looms while they were making mine, thats how many they are doing! Its a totally new loom, new connectors where reasonable (like injectors plugs and relays etc). Since its a custom fit loom it goes through the firewall using the stock rubber housing like OEM, but more discrete. It actually uses the Links loom, so it plugs straight in to the Link obviously. Its all housed in the black stretch sheathing too, which is a nice touch.

I have decided to keep the Tilton Triple plate metallic clutch, it seems anything less just wont hold up to the power I want on a reliable basis.

yeah car was a GE, I dont think I would pull a GTE out! Too expensive a car to do that to... GE are less than a third the price here. The GE had the option for LSD, and I have that option thankfully I wont be using all the GE driveshaft, I am hoping the MKIII turbo front half will bolt to the box and fit close to the mount and the rear half will bolt to the diff and hopefully be about the right length... will find out next week, else just make a new drive shaft to whatever spec. But I like the idea of the rubber disk on the end of the rear shaft to dampen the launch, though it may rip apart... will see.

yes using the R154 out of a 1JZ Supra. So the shifter is at 2JZswap.com getting modded to the rear position. I am making a cross member (trying to), to mount the box since it is slightly too short for the chassis.

My car is in a show this weekend, and while I was there visiting and measuring up so things to fabricate next week, 3 guys came upto me planning on doing the conversion after seeing mine. Not cool! haha oh well.

 

[drifty325i]

Looks bloody good mate! very clean,think mine another month away from the link cant wait! dam i didnt get a chance to go to the show as had work at the home show

 

[4000GT]

Ok, go to the Link / NZEFI stand its sitting there, if I am there just ask for Andrew, else have a chat to Phil or Walter, say you have been talking to me...

 

[lexman]

Nice job mate, really beautiful car, and a very clean install. Post some stuff up when you go FI.

 

[cribbj]

Andrew, can't quite tell from your latest engine bay photos - did you go with COP's and use all 8 ignition outputs on that Link, and if so, which COP's did you use?

 

[4000GT]

No I didnt go COP. Really dont see the need since the stock system seems to support my power goals. Will look into that if it breaks down.

 

[Mattmannz]

Nice work mate.

I am looking to do a manual conversion on my Soarer. Who did you get your bell housing through?

Cheers
Matt.

 

[Muzza_NZ]

This guy sells them on trademe:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=518336
We bought a W series one for the RX7 conversion and the fit was pretty good, it only needed a little tidying up in a couple of places.