1jz 240z conversion / restoration ish

[Wyn]

my plan was to first restore it to its origanle glory, my dad has owned it for 25 years and been off the road since 1988 and decided to give it to me for my 21st birthday what a nice bloke

I agree with that

 

[mark240z]

havent done anything thing on it for a while been too busy at work but heres where im at, ordered my coilovers from Mckinney motorsports, got my bellhousing for the r154, started my custom fuel cell and my brides arrived yesterday

 

[mark240z]

few more

 

[racer]

Quality work Mark. Love those Bride seats!

 

[racer]

Oh yeah, forgot to ask. Mckinney motorsports, who are they and what have they built for you?

 

[mark240z]

mckinney motorsportsvare based over in the usa, ive uploaded a picture of what they should look like there made by Megan and i think there for a s13 with weld on camber plates and a mechined bottom weld on sleeve, it was a toss up between these and the arizona set up, also got my carbon fiber zg flares on order from the zstore so they should be here soon,


then i can start mocking up the engine and gearbox mounts, and where the seat rails/mounts need to go then i can finish doing the cage, still need to put in the harness bar and the diagonals door the door shuts

 

[racer]

Cool they look really nice. I went for the Arizona set up myself. Not that I've tried them yet, may be later this year.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

mckinney motorsportsvare based over in the usa, ive uploaded a picture of what they should look like there made by Megan and i think there for a s13 with weld on camber plates and a mechined bottom weld on sleeve, it was a toss up between these and the arizona set up, also got my carbon fiber zg flares on order from the zstore so they should be here soon,


then i can start mocking up the engine and gearbox mounts, and where the seat rails/mounts need to go then i can finish doing the cage, still need to put in the harness bar and the diagonals door the door shuts

what spring rates are those ones?

 

[Ian]

Nice work so far.





The Mckinney coilovers aren't from an S13, they are built by Megan specifically for the S30 afaik. I'm currently looking for a coilover setup and haven't decided what to use, I woukld really like whatever I use to be dual perch though. I looked at the Mckinney setup but I'm not sure how good Megan coilovers are, likewise the AZC setup looks good but I'm not sure how good the shocks in them are and its important to have a good shock. I'm considering making my own using a brand of coilover I know to be good.

 

[mark240z]

cleaned up my r154 going to strip it and get a new 1st gear thrust washer and new selector fork machined by my mate, just getting ready to pull out the 1j from the soarer and start mocking for the engine and box mounts, ive got the bell housing just haven't taken any photos yet

 

[mark240z]

pulled the 1j out today and gave it a quick clean off nice easy little job, im going back out the workshop tomorrow to take the twin turbo's off as they offend me and make way for the big single,

im going to rebuild the engine before its on the road so just for mocking up purposes im going to bolt up my big single exhaust manifold and bolt on my massive intake manifold with 100mm throttle body so i can have a idea of where everything is going to go

 

[johnymd]

NUTTER!!!!

I'd better start planning my future mods!

 

[mark240z]

haha glad you like it, i got keen tonite at work and put the engine and box in the engine bay just to have a eyeball and all looks good to me so tomoro i have to mount the steering rack and column to see how close it is to my manifold i think it might be ok but mite have to buy a different 1, fuel tank is nearly done just got to welld it all up now

 

[mark240z]

ill measure up properly tomorrow but looks like i have to extend the shifter housing about 3 inches

 

[johnymd]

The main problem I had with mounting the engine low enough was with the stearing rack. This sits quite high in relation to the crossmember. My sump has 3mm clearance(was less) and ideally I should have lowered the rack or maybe converter to a more common rear rack. You may want to look into this before you decide on engine location.

I had notice you don't have a Soarer r154. Do you know what it's from? I was pretty lucky with mine as it fitted perfect.

Your making good progress so keep it up.

 

[mark240z]

mines from a supra so i had to buy a bellhousing to make it fit, i looked at the rack last night but only quickly as it was relay late and looked abit of a tight fit i was going to measur it up properly today, whats this rear rack you speak off is it something you reckon i would benifit from doing???

 

[TomZupra]

Mark,

Ive got a 7M-GTE in my 260z and plan on doing the 1jz soarer swap, excuse my ignorance but what bellhousing do I need to look out for to make it fit?

 

[johnymd]

I mentioned rear rack because I thought it would be a good way of getting someone with good engineering skills to do some hard work for me and work out if it's possible .

The background to this goes something like this:

Terry has been converting a front crossmember for me to use the Subaru power stearing rack. When I went to look at it I noticed it sits higher than the z rack( which isn't a problem with an l series) and I was hoping to make it lower for more clearance. So, that's been put on hold for a bit. After doing a bit of research I find most racks are now rear mounted and as there is room at the back of the crossmember then that may be an option.

I enjoy a dit of lateral thinking and exploring different option because this is how things evolve. On this occasion though, after a bit more though, I think this is a dead end. Too many issues like stearing angle, knuckles, and tie rods in the way. I'll await for you to come up with a solution

 

[mark240z]

Mark,

Ive got a 7M-GTE in my 260z and plan on doing the 1jz soarer swap, excuse my ignorance but what bellhousing do I need to look out for to make it fit?

you need a 1jz/ 2jz r154 bellhousing you can still get them from toyota or one from thiland on ebay,


im just about to head out the workshop now so ill have a ganders and see what i can think of and ill keep you informed

 

[mark240z]

fitted the seats up and welded in the new seat rails in, had a look at the rack not to sure how go about changing this, ill have to have a better look when i get the mounts made up by my mate at pentek