Project TRD Pony (Bar'd 2jz Swap)

B.mad · Dec 31, 2017

Hopefully that comes soon so we can get it ready for the American Muscle Cup!

Spd0lit · Dec 31, 2017

B.mad said:
Hopefully that comes soon so we can get it ready for the American Muscle Cup!

Isn't there a rule for American powertrain?

evilcw311 · Dec 31, 2017

Tell them your hood latch cable is broke. If they ask why they hear a turbo and it doesnâ€™t sound like a v8 then say you boosted a v6!!!!!! ;-)

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B.mad · Dec 31, 2017

Spd0lit said:
Isn't there a rule for American powertrain?

Just double checked the rules, you are right

castine917 · Jan 6, 2018

evilcw311 said:
Tell them your hood latch cable is broke. If they ask why they hear a turbo and it doesn’t sound like a v8 then say you boosted a v6!!!!!! ;-)

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Say "Boosted a 6 cylinder" Technically lying if you say v6. Wouldn't be if you say 6.

Spd0lit · Mar 16, 2018

The day has finally come! This project has taken a long time for everything to come together, but I am really happy with how things have turned out.

I had made my smog referee appointment a few weeks ago and today was finally the day to get the swap 100% legalized in California. I have heard that there have been a few sc300s that have gone through this process but I don't think there has ever been another vehicle outside the toyota/Lexus family to do it. I knew what was needed to make it happen so I continued on this path. I now have a 100% legal 2jz-gte with v160 in a Mustang and can at least have a little less worry if I get pulled over.

Without further ado

Here is the mustang at the smog ref about to be tested.

And here is the golden ticket attached to my b pillar.

evilcw311 · Mar 16, 2018

Holy shit!!!! Thatâ€™s awesome!!!!!!!!!

Now whereâ€™s our Smokey burnout vids?!?!

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DKblue98GT · Mar 17, 2018

Sweet, congrats! X2 on the smokey burnout vid...

hunter_ccv · Mar 27, 2018

Awesome man! I have a jz i'm building up for my car as well. I'm stoked to see I'm not the only one

Spd0lit · Apr 17, 2018

I have been enjoying being able to drive this car around for a little bit now. Pretty much as soon as I got home from the smog ref I went full bpu and the added power is pretty great!. Now I am just prepping for doing some road racing with the car. I have a two day event at streets of willow this weekend and another two day event at big willow and streets of willow the next month.

Since the sn95's radiator pulls from under the front bumper and the intercooler now completely covered the holes that it used to use, I decided to cut the front bumper a bit to allow a little more airflow through the front of the car.

I also got the car aligned and corner balances to get ready for the track.

evilcw311 · Apr 17, 2018

Very nice. Glad your enjoying it.

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g36 monkey · Apr 19, 2018

That is awesome bro!

Spd0lit · May 1, 2018

Well the first track day is done with the car and it did really well. I was able to get a good feel for how the car behaves and see if there were any bugs left. Luckily with all the prep I have done it was a breeze. I have another 2 day track event at big willow and streets of willow again June 2-3. I can't wait to get back to the track and hopefully with video because everyone said it sounded so good out there!

evilcw311 · May 1, 2018

Whatâ€™s your plans on modifying it from here on out? You plan on turning the boost up?

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Spd0lit · May 1, 2018

evilcw311 said:
What’s your plans on modifying it from here on out? You plan on turning the boost up?

Yeah I'll likely turn the boost up and just get some more track time. I do want to possibly go standalone ecu and run e85. I also want to add some seats as well so I'm not moving around as much at the track.