1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[B C]

Awesome work Jason!

[YoungCR]

Those parts all cleaned up well! Great work man.

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

Awesome work Jason!

Thanks Snap but Chubs has been working on this equally, if not harder than me!! 

YoungCR said:

Those parts all cleaned up well! Great work man.

Thanks man, you should stop out again soon!!

[ClassE]

Needs more zinc.

Nice series of updates - I can't wait to see this in person.  Awesome work so far!

[Jdesign]

ClassE said:

Needs more zinc.

Nice series of updates - I can't wait to see this in person.  Awesome work so far!

Thanks man, and I agree. I wanted to get all new hardware but getting laid off and still performing the swap has made my life, well, creative. I intend on just getting it driving and then going back and slowing making everything MUCH much better.

[B C]

This is the only Chubbs I know

(RIP)

[patsbimmer1]

Is that the engine from his e46?

[Jdesign]

90% of the brakes are complete. I ran all the hard lines minus the Bias valve that I am picking up tomorrow. I also managed to run the reservoir for the clutch slave cylinder. See my sneakiness? I plan on doing the same with the brake reservoir later too. Funds and time are playing a big part here for me now. Its crunch time.

[Jdesign]

patsbimmer1 said:

Is that the engine from his e46?

No. He sold the car to Jake. I managed to find a motor and trans for the mega cheap.

[Jdesign]

I knew working at Allis Bike part time would come in handy besides my biking addiction. I picked up a bike brake cable, housing, and misc knarps, ferrels, and barrel ends for making the throttle cable linkage. I used a dirty finger (hehe) and a nice piece of bond paper and created an outline of the mounting holes on the intake manifold for the cable bracket. I then created a quick sketch of what I will probably weld together tomorrow to make it all work together.

[Jdesign]

Idk why there are two of the same pics there but every time I delete them they reappear....

[wasnt m3]

Jdesign said:

Idk why there are two of the same pics there but every time I delete them they reappear....

Fixed.

[Jdesign]

Bam! you duh man.

[patsbimmer1]

This is awesome!  The work looks great!

[B C]

Love seeing updates here. But I have to balance the love with some hate so I hate that style of fuel injector connector

[Jdesign]

patsbimmer1 said:

This is awesome!  The work looks great!  

Thanks Man!!!

[Jdesign]

Time for some more updates. As some of you know, the car is running and driving now! There are a few things I still need to address, but I will certainly get to them.

Here is the throttle bracket I made. I needed to modify the cable on the firewall side but managed to not take any pictures. 

The next big step was wiring. Since the harness I had was cut up, it was decided that we strip out all the things that weren't needed and start fresh. Chubs did all the wiring as I worked on the cooling system. He's wired this swap in Jakes e46 so I had faith in his knowledge. 

[YoungCR]

I should probably stop by sometime soon and see this beast in person. Nice work!

[Jdesign]

YoungCR said:

I should probably stop by sometime soon and see this beast in person. Nice work!

Uhhhhh, yeah, or I can stop by you. Lmk

[Jdesign]

Using -16 AN fittings I sized, and then resized the coolant hoses for the radiator. The upper outlet needed one sensor for the 1jz coolant temp (this sensor controls idle and tune) and one BMW sensor for the factory temp gauge on the dash. 

The space needed for the sensors, and the distance for the hoses was extremely close and it made for a really tricky install.