1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[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. 

[Jdesign]

I made some plates quick to cover up the openings in the bell housing. I just used sheet metal and some edging material for a seal. 

Took the wheels off of my civic so that I could drive it once it started. (please dont ban me)

[Jdesign]

My posts are random and Kind of all over the place but I am just kind of adding from pictures I have in my phone. I found these cans online for a killer deal. $35 each. Coolant overflow, PD reservoir, and a nice catch can(which I need badly due to the valve covers that came on this motor have no baffles in them). I need to make or buy some. 

This is a hilarious, yet not so hilarious spoiler. I bought this wing a few years back and was always to much of a wuss to drill into my trunk too mount it. Well...... when we had my car on the lift in Chubs shop, you can only lift a car when the garage door is closed(obvious interference issues) Well, Chubs hearing isnt the best, and I wasnt paying attention but we manged to lift the car into the garage door completely twisting the door and bending the frame. My car on the other hand only suffered minor injuries..a small scratch no bigger than a nickel. I had just the solution to cover up our mishap......

Wide band and digital boost gauges installed. The third hole will have a Oil pressure gauge to match once I order one. For now its ghetto access to my phone charger.

IAT sensor!!!! This is kind of an important part. Right now I have been driving the car and it has no idea what the intake temp is. Idle is all over and its prolly affecting my fuel ratio as well. I had to order one of these because I lost mine. Oddly enough, this little bugger is nearly impossible to find. Its very uncommon for them to fail, and its not compatible with any other motor or car. I was lucky that there was one on ebay. 

My downstar! Intake manifold mod. I needed to plug the hole in the intake manifold for my missing IAT, so until now, this is what I had in its place. sadly I have an IAT now so this crusty addition will be removed.

YASSSSSS!!! I was waiting to get this over a month before I even started my car. I have been having a misfire and really bad breakup problems and I have reason to believe this will be the solution. I have a large Walbro fuel pump (255) and a stock regulator. The car is running extremely rich to the point I was starting to worry I might be washing the cylinders. Although I dont have a gauge on the stock rail and regulator, I am certain the pressure is through the roof. I came to this consensus one day when I had the pump running but the car was off. When I went to start the car, tons of unburnt fuel came through the exhaust. This leads me to believe the the pressure is being built up so high that fuel is pushing past the injectors. I read online where there was another guy with a 1jz in a supra and he had the exact same issues as me and was running a larger than stock fuel pump on a stock regulator. 

I happened across one of these in a local salvage yard. The drivers side is the one I found as you can tell its not for a projector headlight assembly. I had to cut a hole in it, but it looks alot better than the back of the ellipsoids. 

On the passenger side you can see there is a bulge for the back of the projector headlight.

I really need to put this ugly battery in the trunk. I have since painted it black because its a giant eyesore, but its a brand new Northstar battery and I got it for a great price. If anyone needs a battery, I know a guy.

Ha! more randomness, but I had some extra time after work so I started sketching my car. I will upload a better revision of it later once I get further along. I am thinking of having prints made if anyone is interested. 

I picked these up last week. I got a tip from a fellow member on here. I wont give away his name but it rhymes with pearl. I hope to have tires on them this week so I can take the cheap Varostones or whatever they are off of my car and put them back on my civic. 

[Earl]

Billet squad=)

[wasnt m3]

And to think that I once thought that you had good taste...gross.

[Jdesign]

wasnt m3 said:

And to think that I once thought that you had good taste...gross.

You must be referring to the blue and grey battery. Don't worry, I painted it! 

[ClassE]

Looks like the exact same FPR I'm running.... Which was leaking internally (out the vacuum port) and back filled the entire vacuum manifold and all the lines... Which then started filling the intake runners.

I thought it was a leaking injector.

[Jdesign]

ClassE said:

Looks like the exact same FPR I'm running.... Which was leaking internally (out the vacuum port) and back filled the entire vacuum manifold and all the lines... Which then started filling the intake runners.

I thought it was a leaking injector.

Great, just great.  This is my biggest issue right now from making this thing rip, and then you tell me this. Were you able to fix it or did you have to get a new one? Any advice would be great....