1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

Jdesign

Earl said:

It's just that everyone likes them more than the HRE's=P

Yeah, I hear that. I like the way 5 spoke/ more open style wheels look but im not sold on the way the HRE's look on my car either. Mesh wheels always look bland to me unless they are fully polished or white.

Earl

Get the 5 spoke Nine1Forged wheels=)

Jdesign

these?

Earl

Yes=)

Jdesign

So I am way long overdue for an update. I started the Swap and will post pics and such in the next few days. In the meantime I am curious if anyone has some good input on booster-less brake setup or converting their E30 to run a smaller brake booster.

Jdesign

for an update, here is the motor I picked up. I already started gathering goodies but I need to control myself. As I have learned in the past, if you go a little to far, it gets expensive and motivation starts to lack.

The last day of it running. it was only a matter of a few hours before everything was out and the fun of wiring and cleaning began.

Out She goes!!

Out with the Old....SOON to be in with the new. LOL

The dirty wiring nightmare begins. I am deleting my A/C and my ABS. Its completely insane how many wires are used for just these two items. I also am removing the SRS system since I have an aftermarket wheel anyways. I am taking the time to trace all the wires back to the dash and ECU's to make sure I don't have any extras floating around. Lees mess+ less confusion if I ever need to trace any issues.

After a quick rinse. most of the wires are labeled and removed here. I am starting to figure out how to run them all through the frame/fender for the headlights, horns, and other gadgetry at the front of the car. I hope to have only my fuse box and coolant reservoir left in the engine bay.

.....And done.

Jdesign

All the A/C components removed, I mean it is a convertible right??. Everything worked when removed, but the bearing or clutch in the A/C condensor was starting to go bad. I am putting everything I remove in a box as I am curious to how much all this stuff weighs when I am done.

ABS and some SRS extras

The underside of that dash has got to be the most annoying place to work and I cant seem to find myself to get away whether its my own car or one at work.

SPAHHHGETTII

Step stool powered at the moment.

Popped the oil pan off of the new motor to happily find that its in amazing shape.

This part sucks really bad.

All for A/C.

Prepped for paint, just need to decide on a color............GOLD.....ALUMINUM......OR......

DrLeadFoot

Gold!!!

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Jdesign

DrLeadFoot said:

Gold!!! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I decided against that. I am going to use DEI heat wrap on a bunch of stuff so I don't want the golds clashing. I did add a little metallic flake in the paint so its kinda gold.

B C

Jdesign said:

LOL! I love this

KaiserRolls

MySpace angles dude

Jdesign

KaiserRolls said:

MySpace angles dude

Damn, is that a stab at my age? LOL I remember the MySpace days.

Jdesign

I have been really really lacking on updates, So I am going to take the shotgun approach and share some of the progress I have been making. Here are a bunch of pics of the motor in the car. I used a level and a plumb bob to get the motor where it needs to be and Chris made some brackets out of the stock M20 mounts because we agreed they look awesome.

On a side note, look how perfect the shifter fits in the stock shifter location!! It was meant to be!

wasnt m3

Looking good! Any idea when this might hit the road?

Jdesign

Im hoping its done in the next few weeks...

Jdesign

I wanted to use this manifold because it looks awesome but its too big and functionally a pile of shit on the inside.

As you can see, theres no way I could run this without alot of messing around.

Jdesign

So I ended up buying a stock manifold because the motor didn't have one. It's an ugly SOB so I shaved all the tabs, vacuum lines and other garbage off of it and Chris welded it all shut.

you can see even with the stock manifold the heater core lines are extremely tight.

i was also able to mount the stock oil cooler above the fmic using the stock mounts

Jdesign

I started painting all the new parts with VHT wrinkle paint for that OEM look and baked them in my oven for a few minutes. I was really happy with the results.

Once mounts were all made, we focused on the driveshaft. Since I had the yoke for the R154 it was super easy to just chop the stock e30 shaft and weld the new steel tube between the two.