Well, every car has a beginning, and mine is no different. This car I have held onto since 2006 and the car has seen a number of different make overs, but one thing has never changed, and that has been the goal to make a lot of power. I've always loved the 2JZ and new the potential of the car when I bought it. Originally, I bought the car to be a daily driver while I built my 240sx for Formula D. Needless to say, that car got parted out and the IS took the spotlight and hasn't left it for a number of years.
So, let's start from day one, April 11th, 2006, the day I brought my IS300 home. 03, Absolute Red, auto, 38k on the clock, stock save for tint and JDM tails. Tint was removed later by dealer.
Back then, I was working at a shop. Later that day, I had installed Tein suspension, 17" ADR wheels, and fabricated an intake and exhaust for it
that was as far as the car was supposed to go...then, I had all these turbo parts in the garage, and well...
a little over a month later, I had the car torn apart for a turbo install. The first kit I did wasn't that great. I enlisted the help of Chuck back when he had Boost Factory to redo it, but more on that in a bit. The car ran alright, and I decided to get a body kit for the car. I bought a very rare, 11-piece wide-body kit from WALD Japan
Turbo kit 1:
Now, here's where things started to get interesting. Dropped the car at Boost Factory for a few weeks while welding-master Chuck did his thing. I was very happy with the end result. This kit performed great!
polished up
back then, I ran a Greddy e-manage blue with a Boost Logic fuel system which consisted of a Walbro 255 pump and 550cc injectors
Results of turbo v 1.5: 405hp/375tq @ 12psi
-stock 2JZ-GE
-Garrett 60-1 turbo
-BF manifold and i/c piping
-Greddy FMIC
-3" dp/exhaust
-Boost Logic fuel system
-Greddy E-manage blue
car ran great, so I focused on some other areas:
C-West bumper to replace cut up stock one. At this point, I took off the WALD wide-body and sold it
audio install:
let's go racing
This puts us around summer of 2007. I took the car to the Chicago2k7 Supra meet following the TX2k7 Supra meet. I decided to turn up the boost and fried my stock rings on the dyno.
I got the car back to MN and started the tear down to plan the new build. I started gathering parts right away:
4" straight through muffler for new 4" exhaust
tubular manifold
catch-can
tear down, old motor out
new turbo from Boost Logic:
You want parts? I GOT PARTS!
polished
assembly
bottom end:
-bored and honed 2JZ-GE
-polished/balanced crank
-Eagle HD rods
-Clevite 77 race bearings
-ARP rod bolts and mains
-Wiseco pistons
-ARP head studs
-OE 2JZ-GTE head-gasket
-OE 2JZ-GTE oil pump and water pump
head:
-port & polished GE head
-Brian Crower springs and retainers
-BC 272 VVT-i cams
this was just after the new year of 08. I was looking for a new fab shop to help with installing my new turbo. This was when I met LJ and the crew over at Full Blown. I booked the car in not knowing what would happen over the years as we took the car from street cruiser to all-out drag car.
fitting the T88
abs and tb where not having it, so we moved the abs and chopped the tb
abs where battery was
starting the I/C piping
down-pipe
finished up
time for some dress-up stuff. Got some candy-coated covers from a friend in Cali and an HKS intake
also ordered some 17" Work Emotion CR Kais in bronze. They took a few months, but worth it
also, upgraded the fuel system to a return style setup with a Fuel Lab FPR and Fuel Lab filter with a -8an return
and it was time to tune. Waste-gate, 7psi
picked up a new drag setup. 16x8 FD wheels with 26" MT ET Streets
Time for HIN '08 so I stickered up the car, lol
and finalized the tune. 18psi on 92oct pump
Now for the '09 build:
PFS race-built auto
upgraded drive-shaft
back at Full Blown
new trans in
I decided to up it again and tuned for VP110 race gas. Keep in mind, we were still on one 255 fuel pump and 550cc injectors. 23psi with a little timing in it
single pump wouldn't push much more, so what do you do...
have Full Blown make a dual pump using their fancy billet hangers. Plus, we added some bracing to the I/C piping to help keep it from blowing off when we cranked the boost
another new 4" exhaust using a Burns race muffler
time to tune again...low boost and the car didn't want to stay on the dyno....
snapped a strap on this pull
we finished street tuning the car and it pulled great. I took the car to TX again and threw down against 700hp Supras and a few liter bikes and came out on top. The car was running amazing and did work on the street.
End of '09 and it was time to ditch my trusty E-manage to get a full standalone. I was one of the first to get Haltech's new Platinum ECU
5-bar map sensor...we're gonna go big
yay for wiring
all done
this was just a funny pic
okay, for 2010, things were pretty mild to start. I sold my Works and picked up some 19" Enkei Phalenx
and some TRD shit...=P
and some 1000cc injectors....
and started my hood project
car went to Full Blown to get the new injectors put in along with a new catch can so we can tune for e85
got some ish powder-coated too
e85, the car put down 733hp at only 28psi. Maxed out my waste-gate spring at 34-ish on the street and the car pulled like a freight train.
Now, the car is sitting on jack-stands, torn apart waiting for the new setup to be ready to go. I've sold the old turbo and fuel system in preparation for a new one. I was building a crazy 1200+hp turbo setup but have now decided for a more street-able setup. New fuel system is the current twin walbro 255s with a single Bosch 044 added inline, custom Full Blown fuel rail with twin-feeds, and FIC 2150cc injectors. New turbo is a Precision billet 7175 and I'm ditching my TH400 setup for a v160 6spd from the Supra. New setup should be good for around 850-900hp on e85 with good response and fast spool.
I'll keep the thread updated with progress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJYNIPGEqc
So, let's start from day one, April 11th, 2006, the day I brought my IS300 home. 03, Absolute Red, auto, 38k on the clock, stock save for tint and JDM tails. Tint was removed later by dealer.
Back then, I was working at a shop. Later that day, I had installed Tein suspension, 17" ADR wheels, and fabricated an intake and exhaust for it
that was as far as the car was supposed to go...then, I had all these turbo parts in the garage, and well...
a little over a month later, I had the car torn apart for a turbo install. The first kit I did wasn't that great. I enlisted the help of Chuck back when he had Boost Factory to redo it, but more on that in a bit. The car ran alright, and I decided to get a body kit for the car. I bought a very rare, 11-piece wide-body kit from WALD Japan
Turbo kit 1:
Now, here's where things started to get interesting. Dropped the car at Boost Factory for a few weeks while welding-master Chuck did his thing. I was very happy with the end result. This kit performed great!
polished up
back then, I ran a Greddy e-manage blue with a Boost Logic fuel system which consisted of a Walbro 255 pump and 550cc injectors
Results of turbo v 1.5: 405hp/375tq @ 12psi
-stock 2JZ-GE
-Garrett 60-1 turbo
-BF manifold and i/c piping
-Greddy FMIC
-3" dp/exhaust
-Boost Logic fuel system
-Greddy E-manage blue
car ran great, so I focused on some other areas:
C-West bumper to replace cut up stock one. At this point, I took off the WALD wide-body and sold it
audio install:
let's go racing
This puts us around summer of 2007. I took the car to the Chicago2k7 Supra meet following the TX2k7 Supra meet. I decided to turn up the boost and fried my stock rings on the dyno.
I got the car back to MN and started the tear down to plan the new build. I started gathering parts right away:4" straight through muffler for new 4" exhaust
tubular manifold
catch-can
tear down, old motor out
new turbo from Boost Logic:
You want parts? I GOT PARTS!
polished
assembly
bottom end:
-bored and honed 2JZ-GE
-polished/balanced crank
-Eagle HD rods
-Clevite 77 race bearings
-ARP rod bolts and mains
-Wiseco pistons
-ARP head studs
-OE 2JZ-GTE head-gasket
-OE 2JZ-GTE oil pump and water pump
head:
-port & polished GE head
-Brian Crower springs and retainers
-BC 272 VVT-i cams
this was just after the new year of 08. I was looking for a new fab shop to help with installing my new turbo. This was when I met LJ and the crew over at Full Blown. I booked the car in not knowing what would happen over the years as we took the car from street cruiser to all-out drag car.
fitting the T88
abs and tb where not having it, so we moved the abs and chopped the tb
abs where battery was
starting the I/C piping
down-pipe
finished up
time for some dress-up stuff. Got some candy-coated covers from a friend in Cali and an HKS intake
also ordered some 17" Work Emotion CR Kais in bronze. They took a few months, but worth it
also, upgraded the fuel system to a return style setup with a Fuel Lab FPR and Fuel Lab filter with a -8an return
and it was time to tune. Waste-gate, 7psi
picked up a new drag setup. 16x8 FD wheels with 26" MT ET Streets
Time for HIN '08 so I stickered up the car, lol
and finalized the tune. 18psi on 92oct pump
Now for the '09 build:
PFS race-built auto
upgraded drive-shaft
back at Full Blown
new trans in
I decided to up it again and tuned for VP110 race gas. Keep in mind, we were still on one 255 fuel pump and 550cc injectors. 23psi with a little timing in it
single pump wouldn't push much more, so what do you do...
have Full Blown make a dual pump using their fancy billet hangers. Plus, we added some bracing to the I/C piping to help keep it from blowing off when we cranked the boost
another new 4" exhaust using a Burns race muffler
time to tune again...low boost and the car didn't want to stay on the dyno....
snapped a strap on this pull
we finished street tuning the car and it pulled great. I took the car to TX again and threw down against 700hp Supras and a few liter bikes and came out on top. The car was running amazing and did work on the street.
End of '09 and it was time to ditch my trusty E-manage to get a full standalone. I was one of the first to get Haltech's new Platinum ECU
5-bar map sensor...we're gonna go big
yay for wiring
all done
this was just a funny pic
okay, for 2010, things were pretty mild to start. I sold my Works and picked up some 19" Enkei Phalenx
and some TRD shit...=P
and some 1000cc injectors....
and started my hood project
car went to Full Blown to get the new injectors put in along with a new catch can so we can tune for e85
got some ish powder-coated too
e85, the car put down 733hp at only 28psi. Maxed out my waste-gate spring at 34-ish on the street and the car pulled like a freight train.
Now, the car is sitting on jack-stands, torn apart waiting for the new setup to be ready to go. I've sold the old turbo and fuel system in preparation for a new one. I was building a crazy 1200+hp turbo setup but have now decided for a more street-able setup. New fuel system is the current twin walbro 255s with a single Bosch 044 added inline, custom Full Blown fuel rail with twin-feeds, and FIC 2150cc injectors. New turbo is a Precision billet 7175 and I'm ditching my TH400 setup for a v160 6spd from the Supra. New setup should be good for around 850-900hp on e85 with good response and fast spool.
I'll keep the thread updated with progress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJYNIPGEqc
