Project:Soarer by megamax

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5-19-2011

so the weekend before the last, me and one of my gals took a trip to arkansas. there was this fellow who had a w58 tranny from a sc300 with 40k miles on it. He wanted to unload it for $350.00. But with gas and all he agreed on $200.00 picked up. **** YEAH. But Months passed and didn't get the time untill that weekend to trek down and finally get it..

so iam going to finish this swap this summer so stay tuned. decided on finally going 1j.

6-11-2011

well since the engine is on it's way, ive gotten my list to finish this. this batch is from driftmotion.com -not including shipping-

-sc300 shift boot $58

-sc400 5 spd pedal set $355

-1jz timing belt $32

-complete gasket kit 1j $250.00

-thermostat$21

-motor mounts X2 $138

-oil pump $180

-clutch hose $45

-supra nose emblem$26

-supra fuel pump $250.00

-steering rack bushlings $40.00

-aeromotive fpr $260

-CLUTCH STUFF-

-flywheel bolts$30

-w58 slave$35

-w58 comp flywheel $300*

-x3 dowdel pins $9.00

-pressure plate bolts$7.00

-tranny bellhousing bolts$10.50

-w58 clutch piviot ball$20.00

-w58 output seal$10.25

-w58 clutch release bearings$38

-tranny mount w58$56

$2,114.00

-EGAY-

-radiator $130-170

-intercooler piping $150

-240sx exhaust$ 140

-fuel cut defencer$80

-downpipe set$168

=$668.00

anyone know where i can find an oem sc300 5 spd flywheel on the cheap???

6-16-2011

SO DELIVERY DAY. And here it is.

took the wrapping off and viola. Clean as ****.The guy that i brought this from said it was from a toyota chaser. But the invoice said a supra(mk3) Whos telling the truth?? will tind out later. time to check it out.

I must say i was very,very,very impressed at the quality and how ****ing clean this engine is.. wow, so far best 1105 i spent. The rb was clean but had oxidation from the sea salt. Meaning it sat on the dock for a bit.

Not this engine. i was irked that they didn't drain the tranny. The engine still had oil in the pan. It looked dark. Didn't drain it yet though.

had my good pal- al help me out. with his armada.(lots of nissan sausage here).

Since i have 2 storages. I had to move stuff. so this was the time to do so seeing i have no wagon now, and no truck. so going from one unit to the other with more space to prep these engines..

i plan on scrapping the head on the 2jzge. and stripping the block bare. hot tanking/cleaning it and putting it on a stand till i decide on a 1.5jz swap if any.

But lucily i need the ac condensor off the ge motor since my gte one didn't come with one(seems to be the only part missing).

so we took

-cherry picker

-1jzgte motorset

-2jzge block

-w58 tranny

strapped them down and was on our way.

After some lugging and tugging to get this **** up 2 small steps finally got everything situated..

And now for the star of the show.

the effing engine looks immaculate. And not some shop spraying some armor-all on parts to make them shine. All the components look brand new. Which means either i lucked out and got a rebuilt motor. Or this **** has less than 10k on it..

even the timing belt looks tits..

the only extra piece the sert came with..

effing offical

all the pipes look freaking brand new. and even the head looks new.

the only thing so far that shows wear is the plastic loom that covers the spark wires crumble when you touch them. Common sighn when wires are between the valve covers.

and even the transmission looks new. But iam selling this sucker. so if anyone is interested $360.00+shp/delivery.

So the downside is i got a cut harness. It stated that in the auction so this is no suprise. I made it clear to the engine shop guy. "do not send me one with the igniter plug cut. He complied. looks like some wires going to the dash. Not sure, i knew harness work(merging this and the sc400 harness) would be a max of $1,000.00.

Dosen't make sense it's so high. would love to find someone to do this for half or less. But lexus/toyota cost more than nissan so yeah.

The only pair of plugs i got with the motor. other wise everything else is wired up.

So this is the ecu. and i opened it to check if there was any melted capacitors.

so just did a search. and my ecu code is 89661-24281

and survey says......

8/92 - 1/94 Soarer 1JZ-GTE A/T ECU.

also found this on supra forums

which 1jz ecu is 89661-24281 

"I was told this ecu was from a soarer m/t but I want to verify it; part number 89661-24281. I know the chaser and soarer ecu's are interchangeable but I want to know exactly what I have. I have a chaser harness I figure bc my 1j is a front sump, non vvti, 2plug harness missing the 2 body plugs that go to the ecu which I picked up today off a avalon, I read that the v6 camry es300 and avalon had the same ecu plugs so I went searching the junkyard and found the 2 plugs."