Reader’s Rides & Import Tuners

This is a 1993.5 Non turbo Automatic car.  At least that is what it started out as.  I did not just do a swap on it, I kept the non turbo cylinder head(completely different) as it flows slightly better.  All work was done on this car by myself and some of my close friends.  It was completed in under a year.

It was a lot of hard work, and about 15,000 in parts, some of them even fabricated by myself.  There are many parts on this car that are completely custom built by hand.  I even learned to tig weld to build my last car, and as a result I did a much of the welding for the intercooler pipes, turbo elbow, a little on the intake manifold, and some of the full stainless exhaust.

The car makes 537 WHP on pump gas at 16 psi, and an estimated 675 WHP @ 28 psi on 112 octane fuel.

Here is the complete mod list.
Modifications:

Non drivetrain

Audio

Alpine 9883 CD/mp3/Radio Head unit
Alpine Type R 6.5" door speakers
Alpine Type R 6.5" rear speakers
Alpine 75X4 Amp on Highs
Custom modified Ford OEM subwoofer box with 8" sub(Hidden)
Kicker 100X2 amp on sub
Xm Radio

Lighting

OEM 1998 Toyota supra front park lights(swapped from 1993-1996 style)
White LED front park light bulbs
LED glow ring/ door lock ring bulbs / white
6000K HID Fog & Low beam lamps
Hella High wattage High beams  (100Watt)
Hyper white reverse lights

Body  

Custom paint / three stage with mild airbrush work
Wings West front lip
TRD Carbon Hood / Painted Black

Suspension & brakes

TT dampners and springs
TT sway bars
TT front Calipers, rotors, and hardware  (4 piston 13.3" brakes)
Hawk Blue Pads at all four corners

Interior

Katskins Leather replacement seat covers
20% tint
Interior color was changed from Tan to black



ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN


Drivetrain

3.76 Differential Swap(from 4.27 ratio) with TRD LSD installed
R154 Transmission Swap from JDM 1992 1jz car
Custom shifter housing extension
1JZ flyhwheel
Custom driveshaft
Braided stainless steel clutch hose
ACT extreme duty clutch

Cooling

HD aluminum radiator
Modded lower thermostat housing
Oil cooler with thermostat
Heat sheilded heater hoses near downpipe

Fuel & engine management

Walbro 255 pumps X 2
First State motorsports dual feel billet fuel rail
Denso 800 CC injectors
Aeromotive Fuel pressure regulator with Marshall gauge
AEM fuel pressure sending unit, tied into EMS
Distributor DELETE using the EMS in addition to added cam and crank sensors.
Cam and crank sensor bungs welded on in appropriate locations
Wasted Spark Coil on plug ignition system, intergrated into factory harness.
AEM EMS, 5 bar map sensor, GM IAT sensor.
AEM Tru Boost  Boost controller and gauge
AEM Uego wideband
Prosport Oil pressure gauge

Intake and exhaust

Apexi N1 3.5" catback
Boostlogic 3.5" downpipe and midpipe
4" thick 26" wide intercooler
3" intercooler piping(100% custom)
Turbonetics T67 Turbocharger .63 AR exhaust
HKS(authentic) 44 MM wastegate
T4 flanged tubular turbo manifold
90 MM Q45 throttle body(modified)
Custom sheet metal intake manifold with ported runners

Engine

1996 2jz-ge NON turbo cylinder head, ported & polished
Titanium Valve spring retainers, and locks
Upgraded valve springs
HKS 272 cams for Twin Turbo supra
AEM cam gears
Welded cam sensor bung on head
Billet timing belt tensioner arm
2JZ-GTE twin turbo shortblock
-  OEM pistons, rods, crankshaft, rebuilt and blueprinted to custom
- specifications.  1.3MM head gasket.  8.58 compression ratio
Modified oil pickup and pump

Dress up

Twin Turbo Supra valve covers
Custom Spark plug cover
Almost all hoses use braided stainless lines.
Polished intake manifold, polished compressor housing
Painted engine bay, 2 stage base/clear
Optima Battery
Semi polished piping