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The temptation to put a rediculously large engine in the roadster is there but in all honesty, erm, to me it just screams Hayabusa or a straight GSXR1000 engine. Get that damn thing as light as possible and a motorbike engine would be just the ticket, compact as well. I had a look at the forum...

This is freaking nice.... So erm, is there any more info yet? How is the chassis going to hold up against something like a Ultima...... what is the build quality like? Many many questions.....

From my understanding Justin is runnning an early 1UZFE (read pre 95) with stock internals and is running something like 500bhp so...... Also from my understanding the rods changed to crappy skinny ones after 95 and not at the point they went VVT in 98 as was previously thought.

Happy Birthday Dave! Keep on Lexing!

Oh man, glad you and the family are okay!

Do it dude, comeon, you know you wonna ;)

lol dude I hope I am not causing offence? Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing FWD, I've driven FWD cars all my driving life (which admittedly is only 7 and a bit years) but I've have always ragged the hell out of them and had lots of fun. I'm not saying they can't handle, I am just saying they...

Oh I believe you mate, I just find it incredible that you can do it! :D Sweet vid's there, LOVE the sound of the Supra on lifting off after the burn out..... nice But here is a WONDERFUL example of why 220bhp in a FWD car is already pushing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4aU0xRT_4

Yes but how well are they actually handling it and do reviews talk about them 'tramlining' all over the place with horrendous torque-steer? :D Yeah in a straight line maybe, although I am still darn impressed you can put enough power down to achieve a 9 second run in a FWD car.....

Rod, your advice and experience has been wonderful, I can't wait to see your results, best of luck buddy, as Lex said, pics are a must :)

That is amazing, that is how I would love to see me building up a 2UZ or something for insane 1000bhp+ level's. That thread also brings up an interesting discussion, strain (or is it stretch) gauge Vs. torque wrench. Now me and my mates use a torque wrench for most things on our bikes and I...

obvious to some yes ;) What turbos you running at the mo again? I wonder what lag will be like in the life of 1000bhp on a 1UZ.

Yeah but I think the point is when you start shooting beyond that 500-600bhp mark you aren't necessarily going any faster off the line and it becomes increasingly difficult to handle, especially in the wet. I guess if you have turbo lag it can be an advantage to use that to stay OFF boost when...

Yes absolutely agreed which is why I believe 4wd will be necessary for it to be usable over the 500-600bhp mark. I mean there was the old rule of thumb that FWD can only really put 200-220bhp through the front. Now a couple of trick diffs and better tyres means that maybe 240bhp is possible but...

and if 2/3UZ's are COP and have had no failures (any in boosted applications?) surely these would be the most logical choice? Are they not a direct replacement fit? If you run COP's you don't need a ignition unit do you? or a dizzy? If you have a decent EMS, can it not run them all directly and...

People talk about heat being an issue but if they can stand it in motorbikes (engines can hit 105 degrees and not be a problem really), have little or no airflow and rev to like 16,000rpm are these not all the factors that would mean they should have not problem on a UZ motor?

isn't 1,321,851,888 / 1,000,000 = 1321? Or have I got my calculation wrong?

What is TTC Performance's website? http://ttcperformance.com ? Because I can't seem to get to that any more?

Speaking of Jag XK's on the way to work this afternoon I had one of the brand new style versions come tanking it past me....this was an XK*R* and not an XK8 and by god did it sound nice! It belted past with a V8 sound but I swear it was barking and snarling at the same time, angry engine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC3t3PcNspo To quote a phrase "christ on a bike!" thats an angry angry engine! :D It's when the boost finally cuts in! Fook me!