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Just for those interested. After many years, my project is finally kicking off. A few months ago, I managed to find the mythical 1GZ-FE (V12 Toyota Engine), after four long years of searching.
It's going in the Supra with two turbo's attached to either side. So I'm pretty excited.
hehe you really will crash land on Mars with that thing =)
Quite possibly. ^O^
mate that's crazy....ever been done before?
Never been done. It's completely new, and out there. Just finding the engine was a walk through hell and back. Now it's rebuild time, and stripping down should be started within the next week or so. There's one other fellow who's in Darwin for work at the moment who's also got his hands on one, but lives in NSW. I'm going to a straight TT setup.
geeebus
i hope your planning on upgrading your brakes lol with that much power your gonna need an extremely good breaking system hehe.
here i was thinking my mate who turbo'd his xr8 was mad. :P
you take the cake dude :D hehe thats a good thing ;)
Well that's out there for sure.
I look forward to updates and pics of your conversion process.
My car needs snails but I'd get divorced.
You still got those brembo brakes eh? they should be sufficient, just need good rubber to complete the package :)
I'm sure you have it sorted, hope all goes well steve.
** oh yeah i'm back chrissy time might see you around then **
Cheers
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grats Steven i heard you where looking for one of those
finally found one eh
Did it set you back much and did you ge tthe half cut or just the motor?
what size turbos you looking at running and engine managment
soo many fkn questions man this thing will be awsome when you get it done man cant wait to see it.
i think there is one other guy down south doing the same conversion (mybe no into supra) on toymod.org might be worth talking to. it's really hard to find much info on the 1gz-fe let alone parts.
good luck
Yeah, that'd be me and Tan. Both of us are putting it into Supra's. We've got similar idea's but we're doing it differently.
That said, we're sharing a few things. I'm going to develop the dry sump for both of us.
1GZ-FE is the penultimate road engine from Japan. It's the only road going engine produced in Japan that's greater then 8 cylinders. As it stands, nobody there has produced a V10 for road vehicles there either... So we're very excited.
This is incidentally the thread in question at Toymods. Pictures and laydown is all there.
http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11022
Here is the project Enigma one:
http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12437
You may need to sign up to read them, and it does take a while, as it's a propper car club too (ie, can cost money, but there's a free one available).
Otherwise check out Supraforums.com.au for the run down. (just search Project Enigma).
Thats awesome, pics of the rebuild are required :D
sooo why didn't you get the ultimate road engine from japan? near enough is good enough?
just curious, after all is said and done, will this beast be street leagal?
Yes it will pending certification. TAC has already approved all modifications.
Because I still believe Toyota will eventually bring out something better. For now it's the ultimate, in the future, they'll make something better. :p