Recent content by lexman

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

there is a guy making over 1000bhp on 1uz's with the stock block, they just changed the rods and pistons. guy had twin gt45's @20psi importantly the the engine is running on the stock crank and stock valve gear. he ran a 7.355 @ 183.29mph, quite an achievement

just out off interest what angle is the Vee?

the sc400 came with a 1uz, none of the v8's were turbo or SC from standard they just happen to accept boost very well, the difference between them is the way the capacity was gained, and difference in bottom end components also distance between piston bores, the liners are slightly different. if...

if your going FI you might want to think about the 1uz instead of the 2uz, the 2uz has weaker rods, some people have been swapping parts across from the different engines (1uz,2uz,3uz) but in my opinion the 1uz is nice and cheap and has a very strong bottom end, if you look at the pics of the...

V8 for sure! i own a prelude vtec aswell so i know your used to high revving engines, the v8 is the better choice in my opinion, to swap the 2jz in and get the 6 speed will cost lots whereas a 1uz with a r154 and a little boost will be so much fun! i was considering the soarer v8 myself but i...

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...

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:

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.

e-solver, i think i seen somwhere a kit for repostioning the shifter on a r154, (not the thor one) i 'll have look when i get off work. 325i i haven't worked on the 1uz before so i dont know for sure but maybe you can heat the ring gear off the original transmission and remove it then get it...

Thanks alot for sharing that site m8, have never heard of it before but the first page of 1uz stuff had more on it that ebay did! it would seem that going down the custom bellhousing route is not as expensive as i thought, may even save a few headaches, he makes kit for both the r and w series...

is the bellhousing your using a completly new casting (design) or is it just a modified stock bellhousing? the thor-racing car uses an adaptor plate with the stock sc400 auto bellhousing, this was the route i was considering, also what flywheel are you using with it? is it a billet fly made for...

so you basically built your own solution to the manual trans problem for less than half what thor-racing is charging, thats pretty good, considering you've used a triple plate clutch and the thor unit used a standard OE unit (from a seperate toyota car), nice job, you obviously have done your...

I take back what i said about Thor racing, i just seen an article about their car in japanese performace mag, they're looking stupid money for their R154 conversion kit, £1750GBP for a bellhousing, adaptor plate, flywheel, tilton bearing and some stock clutch assembly from another toyota model...

thats a beautiful car m8, and the fact that your putting the effort in to powdercoat parts and make it looks the part aswell says it all. You said you had to use a custom bellhousing and fly, i'm guessing you've probably visited they're site but thor racing here in the UK (and i think he's on...