Ian Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) As you may have seen, I am making a return to the Z fold. I honestly had no intention of returning but after breaking up with my Mrs last week & my brother deciding to sell his Z - I thought the best way to get over this disappointment was to build the Z that my first one should have ended up. I've sold the majority of the Supra parts so will hopefully get the Z into my mates garage in a few weeks once I get back from Dubai. As you've probably guessed by the project title, its gonna be Supra powered. Forged 2JZ with a Borg Warner S366 turbo & will be controlled by a Syvecs ECU & should hopefully have a few trick features like my original Z did. At the moment, theres no solid ETA for the project to be completed. Ideally I want it done for Japfest but its not a straight forward project & I don't do simple. It will be done when its done So, onto the donor car(s) the 350Z Its done 90Kish miles, has 18" Enkei RPF1s, new brakes all round, Alezan interior, APS decats, Invidia gemini exhaust - all of which will be for sale soon. onto the Engine Forged 2JZ Eagle rods Wiseco pistons OEM waterpump Titan Oil Pump ARP bolts ACL bearings New OEM gaskets Titan cam gears BC Cams BC valves BC retainers Borg Warner S366 turbo SRD intake manifold (depending on how much room we have) PHR pulleys Still working out the fuel system Edited March 3, 2015 by Ian 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Are you going for an off the shelf conversion kit? Good choice on the 366 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Will probably get the 2JZswap.com kit but my mate is a fabricator so will see how much he can do himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Sorry to read about the break up Ian ~ never nice, .....anyway sounds like your Zed will be an awesome build. Watching this with interest mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Now this is something that I am interested in! Good luck with a great sounding project! What gearbox you going to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllyB Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Sounds awesome..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Now this is something that I am interested in! Good luck with a great sounding project! What gearbox you going to use? Decided to use the 350z box & running gear. The Z has a carbon propshaft & has more diff options than the Supra. The supra box is also worth more so was a chance to make up some funds that I can use in other areas. None of the conversion kits that I've seen allow the V160 to be used so it makes more sense I think to go for the Z box with adaptor plate and a decent clutch. Sorry to read about the break up Ian ~ never nice, .....anyway sounds like your Zed will be an awesome build. Watching this with interest mate. What better way to get over a woman? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Have you not finished this yet? Nice project though Ian, l looking forward to see it progress I guess you will also be going single exit Zorst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Single exit is a given Using the HKS CF/Titanium off the supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Oh my goodness!!! Really looking forward to seeing this progress Ian. Sorry to hear about your problems though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Now this is something that I am interested in! Good luck with a great sounding project! What gearbox you going to use? Decided to use the 350z box & running gear. The Z has a carbon propshaft & has more diff options than the Supra. The supra box is also worth more so was a chance to make up some funds that I can use in other areas. None of the conversion kits that I've seen allow the V160 to be used so it makes more sense I think to go for the Z box with adaptor plate and a decent clutch. Sorry to read about the break up Ian ~ never nice, .....anyway sounds like your Zed will be an awesome build. Watching this with interest mate. What better way to get over a woman? Gearbox choice makes a lot of sense then... Have you not finished this yet? Nice project though Ian, l looking forward to see it progress I guess you will also be going single exit Zorst Get back to work Ian.... we need this to be done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Subscribed! This should be epic. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry to hear about the split mate, these things are never easy. Will the Zed gearbox be able to handle that much torque? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Yeah I'm pretty gutted about It tbh on the plus side I am no longer having to drive from Bristol to Cardiff & back on a daily basis Gearbox should take the power/torque fine Edited October 1, 2014 by Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saihaynes Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry to hear about the breakup dude but onwards and upwards! Look forward to the build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Awesome work, forged JZ's are the one If you can make the adaptor plate work then I can think of a LOT of people who would be very interested in it as well, W58 and V160's are silly money these days. Good luck, will be keeping a close eye on this I think BTW, who you going to use for mapping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yeah I just sold my v160 for £3k which paid for the car near enough! Not sure who's mapping it yet. Had Ryan map the Supra but was never happy with it. I think it's probably gonna be greg at pro tuner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Ahhh, the lovely Mr Gush, I cant recommend him highly enough but I also know Charlie @ SRR has worked with Syvecs a lot, either way this is going to be one fast car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyboy11 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry to hear about the split dude, I'm in the same boat! Except I won't be building an awesome car, as much as I want to haha! I will be watching this closely, good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yeah I just sold my v160 for £3k which paid for the car near enough! Not sure who's mapping it yet. Had Ryan map the Supra but was never happy with it. I think it's probably gonna be greg at pro tuner I find that odd.... Ryan mapped my old supra on a LINK ecu and it was rather good! He has since mapped my GTR and its a beast! Ahhh, the lovely Mr Gush, I cant recommend him highly enough but I also know Charlie @ SRR has worked with Syvecs a lot, either way this is going to be one fast car Charlie and Ryan work together on Syvecs, dont they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbuddy Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 make sure you say how to do everything in detail . good luck on the build mate! 2jz are way forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Any update on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chubby Ninja Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 This builds gonna be awesome. I was thinking about doing a 1jz swap in mine but not in a position to do it yet. Sorry about the breakup but onward and upwards. Every cloud and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Work started yesterday on the 350. Engine is due back any day now & 2jz mount kit & gearbox kit are on order and should be here before Christmas. Breakup was for the best. I'm with someone who's much nicer & I'm better suited to now 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Gimme gimme gimme This is going to be epic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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