My Soarer vvti build.

Not sure how many of you are into soarers but i thought i'd let you see what i've been upto lately

i've copied this from my other thread on the soarer forum so sorry if there is anything out of place.. (Other than the fact its not a supra)

 

I have already started the new build but non the less here is a quick run down of whats been done so far

 

 

From completely standard.

 

Added 5zigen fn01rc wheels

 

 

Then i decided i wanted a bit more power so i put a blitz dsbc on and turned the boost up a bit. I also had a 3" exhaust made from turbo back to a hks hi-power back box,

 

This made a noticable change in the power. as shown by the pics below

 

 

 

 

With all this added power i decided it was time to give it a bit of a drag day

 

I didnt get the times i was hoping for but they wernt bad. most of it was down to way to much wheel spin at the start (Over enthusiastic right foot me thinks :lolsign: )

 

In the end my best time was a 13.9

 

 

 

As usual with soarers that time came where the back end got the better or me

 

unfortunatly this didnt end well for my wheels. (In my defence if you look at the tyres they couldnt grip shat word of warning to buy good tyres not cheap) :hbang:

 

 

Over the next few stages i didnt get many pictures but i added supra bilsteins and lowering springs and some Rota GTR wheels with Toyo T1r's this time.

 

I also Welded up some custom intercooler piping and got a front mount fitted for that extra cooling.

 

Installed a Exedy clutch to handle a bit more power.

 

Put in some Bucket seats and 4 point harnesses all on harness bolts not ghetto fitted like i'v seen lol.

 

Colder plugs installed and a HKS mushroom filter since the intercooler piping was in the way of the stock air box.

 

Blitz DD BOV kit installed.

 

and red stuff brake pads..

 

Custom Car pc install

 

 

running on an alpine amp

 

 

so far the car stood like this

 

 

That was all one part of the build up until now.

 

I decided it was time to try something new and add a bigger turbo etc.

 

I have pretty much everything i need now other than a few fuel and oil lines

 

i will be updating this as i go along but for now here's where i'm at.

 

Suspension changed for coil overs

 

 

Ksport 356mm 8pots installed

 

 

DTA S80 pro wired up and car running

 

 

Here are a few of the bits to be installed

 

Bosch 10bar fuel pump

Garret T04r turbo recently rebuilt with bb

46mm Wastegate

Mocal oil cooler

Updated the car pc with the software for DTA and plan on having all of my sensors wired up and working instead of having a million and one gauges in the car

I have so much to install

850CC injectors and well a lot haha

Custom making the exhaust manifold and things like that. :veryhappy

got the turbo off finally. Now just have to make a new exhaust manifold

Bits for making the manifold bought

Sorry about the slow updates christmas etc has been getting in the way but we are getting there.

Here is the exhaust manifold as a work in progress.

Test fit.

we have moved some of the piping around now because of the manifold being very close to the inlet on the turbo.

i'll get a picture of the final piece later

That looks very nice mate, especially with the black rims.

How much would a car like that be worth if it was for sale?

I Got mine for £5500 stock but its a manual vvti with a black interior and lsd which is rather rare me thinks. You can get a good looking twin turbo for cheap these days £2000+ Depends if it was auto or manual, twin turbo or vvti.

Not sure what it will be worth after all the mods i really don't know of any others with these mods in the uk. Swampy may know of some.

so far including the car i've only spent £14/15k in total. which isnt to bad.

cheers for the reply

I know a bit about Soarers This is a cracking car, well it was before it went in for the mods. I particularly the DTA install When are you getting it back dude?

Early TT autos go for peanuts now, there was a nice one on Driftworks for 1400 the other day, IMO these should be worth as much as a TT Supra.

VVTI singles are fairly rare, manuals rarer still.

Yea they are a very under rated car i think. But that means cheaper for us

I should be getting it back in the next 2 months. Its all down to affording little bits now just hoses and little things. oh and a new radiator. Gaskets blah.

Will defo be done for the next drag day up here then hopefully i can get around and go to better tracks

hows the aristo coming along?

i like. i like alot!

hows the aristo coming along?

Erm, yeah lol, Ive got loads of parts ready to go on, but weather stopped play, plus I bought a gearbox for the manual conversion and got royally dry bummed in the process, so Ive just obtained another box from the lovely Steve Spedd, once the manual conversion is done its just a bit of paint, a remap and we're off!

Haha its always the weather. To bloomin cold or wet these days. Even in the garage it is freezing space heaters do fudge all.

Ouch that sucks glad you got another one though be awesome with a manual in. did you go for the r154 or the v160?

should get yourself up here when its all done and the racing is on or have some fun at suprapod hah.

154 mate, I refuse to pay 2 grand plus for a second hand gearbox, 400 quid is much more pallatable lol. And now I have a working box and a scrapper I can rebuild the spare with uprated bits

Yeah Ill be at the Pod, already got a challenge in place so why not

What rad are you after? Adrian has one for sale I was originally gonna put in one of my Soarers, a fluidyne style big ally job.

You have a good point and the 154 is a bad ass box i've never seen any problems with them (Apart from your scrapper one it seems haha) What happened with the other box? just mashed up inside?

Awesome should be a good weekend. I love Aristo's so be good to see yours in the flesh (Metal?)

Looks like an interesting project. I've been doing a fair bit of research on these VVTi 1JZs recently, there's a thread here:

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?236389-1JZ-GTE-VVTI-install-into-JZA80-Supra-thread

I take it you fabricated your own manifold, due to lack of aftermarket ones? I can't beleive how poorly catered for this engine is, there must be loads of these engines in various cars in Japan!

It had been opened in the past, then left dry and open for god knows how long, all the bolts were wrong and badly home manufactured, it was sealed with what looks like bathroom sealant, gear selector rods were corroded and seized, bearings were dodgy etc etc etc.

Its my own fault for trying to cut corners as I had a perfectly good box which I sold to get that one, but it came with all the important bits, bell housing, clutch fork, slave cylinder.

Anyway this is your thread not mine! Whats your power plans?

Cool i've defo not seen any supra's with a 1j vvti conversion thats awesome. Your right with the manifold, i spent a good ammount of time looking for a good aftermarket one but there just not available in my price range from japan i think you can get them for 1k etc haha. I like the fact that this one is custom made means i know what has gone into it and that its not been rushed with crap welds etc. Although you can't tell now due to only spot welds to test haha.

Shame about the box though. but at least you have a good one now thats the main thing. I tried to cut a corner when i bought that turbo. Then ended up spending £500 getting it rebuilt. Although better bearings and new wheels don't come cheap.

As for power i'm not to sure yet. i'll be bringing it in slow but hoping for around 450 - 480 ish.

First things are to see what the engine can do reliable if we fail and the bottom goes i'll be tempted to put a 2jz bottom end on and make a 1.5jz

I take it you fabricated your own manifold, due to lack of aftermarket ones? I can't beleive how poorly catered for this engine is, there must be loads of these engines in various cars in Japan!

GReddy do a TD06S turbo kit for the JZZ30 1JZ-GTE non-VVTi, not sure what the differences are with the VVTi and whether it'd be possible to modify the manifold to fit.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9519/picture1vwb.png

Unfortunatly the exhaust is completely different different head design. That was one of my options until i realised it couldnt be done. Although in total my manifold has only cost me £160 bargain.

Found a Japanese company that do a T3 manifold for a 1JZ-GTE VVTi, it is designed to fit a JZX100/JZX110, not too expensive either.

http://www.garageminiz.com/PICT05481.jpg

Unfortunatly the exhaust is completely different different head design. That was one of my options until i realised it couldnt be done. Although in total my manifold has only cost me £160 bargain.

Yeah just been comparing the 2 and the bolt pattern and exhaust ports are completely different.

GReddy do a TD06S turbo kit for the JZZ30 1JZ-GTE non-VVTi, not sure what the differences are with the VVTi and whether it'd be possible to modify the manifold to fit.

 

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9519/picture1vwb.png

Apparently the differences are significant. There's a few specialists in Japan and Australia who make them to order, but nothing 'off the shelf'

Here's a comparison:

Non VVTi 1JZ head

VVTi 1JZ head

Found a Japanese company that do a T3 manifold for a 1JZ-GTE VVTi, it is designed to fit a JZX100/JZX110, not too expensive either.

 

http://www.garageminiz.com/PICT05481.jpg

Brilliant could you post a link in the '1JZ VVTi JZA80' thread I linked to earlier please?

Ahh yea i've been on that site good find though. I was scared of importing a manifold at the time hah. I'm happy enough now but that will be good info if someone wants to do more looks like a good mani to.

So who's going to be the first on here to do a vvti swap thread of there own?

small update

So not much updates happening lately

Got the fuel rail out ready to fit the new injectors (What a bugger that thing was)

Here is the fuel rail ready to be modified to fit the new injectors

And last but not least the wastegate starting to be plumbed in haha.

soon that should all be done and we can start putting it all together.

Sorry for the slow progress, although its killing me not having the car in this lovely weather.

Cheers

Nice work!