My Little Sedan Build
12-16-2009, 09:39 AM
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The Money Shot!!!!
Dont pay attention to the cam gears and the missing upper intake and spark plug cover. The cover is out for chroming, the intake is out for polishing and I have HKS cam gears on the way!! Also the compressor housing outlet will be relocated. That is one issue we have.
Stay tuned more pics coming soon!!!!!!!!
Once again big thanks to Chris, Avery and Zac at TDC for all the hard work and patience on this project. You guys are doing a great job!!!
Dont pay attention to the cam gears and the missing upper intake and spark plug cover. The cover is out for chroming, the intake is out for polishing and I have HKS cam gears on the way!! Also the compressor housing outlet will be relocated. That is one issue we have.
Stay tuned more pics coming soon!!!!!!!!
Once again big thanks to Chris, Avery and Zac at TDC for all the hard work and patience on this project. You guys are doing a great job!!!
12-17-2009, 05:28 AM
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. We will have to beat a small section in but you will not be able to tell after the intake is on.
12-17-2009, 12:10 PM
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You are on crack if you think you'll end up spending less money in the long run vs. building the VQ. Not to mention all the little bugs and issues that you will no doubt run into.
12-17-2009, 12:35 PM
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Never said that I would spend less. At this point I am at about the same as a VQ build and Greedy Twins. I am doing the swap to be different from everyone else. You know lead dont follow! I am sure that there will be a few bugs to work out but that will be with any build. This is not something 100% new. The 2J swap has been installed in numerous 350's.
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12-17-2009, 02:08 PM
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Never said that I would spend less. At this point I am at about the same as a VQ build and Greedy Twins. I am doing the swap to be different from everyone else. You know lead dont follow! I am sure that there will be a few bugs to work out but that will be with any build. This is not something 100% new. The 2J swap has been installed in numerous 350's.
Originally Posted by SouthernG35
After selling off 100% of the drive train, engine, ecu, wiring harness, and turbo set up I will be out less money than I would have been doing a built block TT setup (all labor is being performed at no cost to me on this setup).
Furthermore, how many daily driven Zs are running 2JZs? I'm pretty sure the ones that have them don't drive around much.
The whole point is that a swap should be done when the factory powerplant in a car is insufficient/not cost effective for the performance desired. This is definitely not the case with the VQ.
You are just asking for problems and issues....mark my words.
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12-17-2009, 02:57 PM
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I apologize you are correct in what I said as less. I should have stated that this swap in total is costing me less or about the same. I am paying nothing for the labor which is saving me a good deal of cash. I am not debating the VQ's ability. I like the 2JZ and think it is a cool swap. You are correct there are a few in the 350's but there is no sedans with this setup. I respect your opinion as far as the swap goes and knew going in that here would be poeple that would think it was a waste. I think its cool and apparently so do alot of othes.
By the way this is not a daily driver. My car has less than 50K and was bought new. It will be lucky to see 5K a year.
By the way this is not a daily driver. My car has less than 50K and was bought new. It will be lucky to see 5K a year.
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12-17-2009, 03:24 PM
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BriGuyMax, thanks for sharing.
I'm the one performing Tims swap, and Its great to see all the varying opinions on this setup. I agree that the VQ is a great engine, having owned 3 turbo charged 350z's myself. But good can always be better, and great can become awesome.
Much like the LSX RX7's that we do, some guys love it, and some despise it. But to say that this car will become problematic is just flat out wrong. We've shoved 2JZ engines in every conceivable RWD platform with absolutely no issues, and there's no reason that a G35 can't be as reliable as those. But since you have some info that I'm not aware of, could you offer some advise?
Thanks.
I'm the one performing Tims swap, and Its great to see all the varying opinions on this setup. I agree that the VQ is a great engine, having owned 3 turbo charged 350z's myself. But good can always be better, and great can become awesome.
Much like the LSX RX7's that we do, some guys love it, and some despise it. But to say that this car will become problematic is just flat out wrong. We've shoved 2JZ engines in every conceivable RWD platform with absolutely no issues, and there's no reason that a G35 can't be as reliable as those. But since you have some info that I'm not aware of, could you offer some advise?
Thanks.
12-17-2009, 06:41 PM
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BriGuyMax, thanks for sharing.
I'm the one performing Tims swap, and Its great to see all the varying opinions on this setup. I agree that the VQ is a great engine, having owned 3 turbo charged 350z's myself. But good can always be better, and great can become awesome.
Much like the LSX RX7's that we do, some guys love it, and some despise it. But to say that this car will become problematic is just flat out wrong. We've shoved 2JZ engines in every conceivable RWD platform with absolutely no issues, and there's no reason that a G35 can't be as reliable as those. But since you have some info that I'm not aware of, could you offer some advise?
Thanks.
I'm the one performing Tims swap, and Its great to see all the varying opinions on this setup. I agree that the VQ is a great engine, having owned 3 turbo charged 350z's myself. But good can always be better, and great can become awesome.
Much like the LSX RX7's that we do, some guys love it, and some despise it. But to say that this car will become problematic is just flat out wrong. We've shoved 2JZ engines in every conceivable RWD platform with absolutely no issues, and there's no reason that a G35 can't be as reliable as those. But since you have some info that I'm not aware of, could you offer some advise?
Thanks.
You can talk all day about how successful all these swaps you've done have been, but it's the same rhetoric I hear from every shop about all the builds they do being so fantastic. I know for all the success stories, there are plenty of problems too.
With that I will end my contributions to this thread. Good luck with the swap, I hope that everything works perfectly and the car has no issues.
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12-17-2009, 08:51 PM
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I apologize you are correct in what I said as less. I should have stated that this swap in total is costing me less or about the same. I am paying nothing for the labor which is saving me a good deal of cash. I am not debating the VQ's ability. I like the 2JZ and think it is a cool swap. You are correct there are a few in the 350's but there is no sedans with this setup. I respect your opinion as far as the swap goes and knew going in that here would be poeple that would think it was a waste. I think its cool and apparently so do alot of othes.
By the way this is not a daily driver. My car has less than 50K and was bought new. It will be lucky to see 5K a year.
By the way this is not a daily driver. My car has less than 50K and was bought new. It will be lucky to see 5K a year.
12-18-2009, 06:52 PM
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Throwing cost aside this bulid is going to be awesome. The 2JZ is one of the best if not the best platform ever. I can understand where VQ purist might be offended but when this is done I don't see anyone having anything negative to say.