I'd also like to add some info for those who are on a BUDGET but would like to wake up your 2jz. You can boost it and not touch the ECU. This is achieved by getting a turbo kit and intercooler kit. Drill and tap the oil feed return line on the oil pan. And running a LOW 5 psi spring in your wastegate. It will run perfectly no issues just make sure you DO NOT go over 6 psi or else you will lean out and fuck up your engine! The ECU does not know what to do with boost past 6PSI so please keep this in mind when doing this! Remember this is for people who want to boost and wake up the 2jz and also do it on a budget! It will serve you well for a long time until you are ready to Upgrade the ECU and headgasket and rods once you get your money up. If you have any questions comment and I'll answer as best I can. Happy boosting!
Watch the ENTIRE video before you ask a question, i get lots of questions I literally answer in the video. Edit Edit: I'm now a dealer for Pulsar Turbo Systems. Edit: I recommend pulsar turbos as a budget friendly turbo now. I upgraded to a g42, so make sure you subscribe and click the bell to be ready for my complete new setup on a stock bottom ge
Very helpful video. But one thing to mention, there is another option for those non-vvti guys like myself. You can do a budget build with the TT ecu mod and keep the distributor for the crank sensor and convert to vvti coils as well. Good for 400-500 hp depending what injector size on the stock 2JZ GTE non vvti TT ecu.
My version of budget build rids you of the limitations of the stock ecu, i feel. It's a complete waste of time and money to purchase a limiter. But to each their own
i have a non vvti 2jzge from japan that i installed in to a mk3 supra im running a greddy emanage ultimate to control timing and fuel haven't taken the motor apart running 10 psi of boost for a year now been great this winter gte head gasket arp studs and then more boost lol
for my 94 rhd w58 trans supra i went with the xspower kit. and also went with the xspower fmic kit that was about 1,600 for both im running stock maf hg and fuel with an SAFC as a mean of management. i also have a stage 3 clutch in my w58. id say honestly the best way to go to first start an na-t build for supras is definitely xspower. cheap reliable and will help you get to the next step of the build. my car makes 400rwhp but soon ill be swapping the W58 for a cd009. hope some of this helped anyone looking for answers in the comments and also if you have any questions ill be more than happy to answer them :)
super confusing but I'm at the end of learning and up to buying a block to keep in the garage till I can buy more parts. thanks bro. 2jz Ge bottom 2jz gte head.
@@RabidJz I'm going to go look. I'm hoping it's a Ge with a Gte head and stock internals. would be a hayday for me. so the non vvti 2jz ge block NOT the vvti 2jz ge block. I want the equivalent crankshaft so you are correct. yeah I'm new to 2jz but I'm learning quickly
@@RabidJz is there a way to disassemble the engine block from valve cover down? So that I can take it from the junkyard, its $80, I only ask because I am planning to do this in a day or two. can never start too soon for an engine swap.
Nice video. btw Is there any info out there about whether you can convert a 1JZ GE vvti into turbo build? For example does the 1JZ GE vvti block have oil jets for the pistons? There seems to be very little information about converting 1JZ GE into NAT (of course using lower compression pistons and beefy rods etc that should be common knowledge but other details are hard to find)
Great video! I'm currently in the process of doing this exact build and the insight on the vvti gear oil supply is what I needed to hear. I'm looking at a borg warner s200 or s300 to keep the install simple with just an oil feed and return line but will check out the turbo you suggested. Do you happen to have an email or Facebook page to follow with questions in the future?
I recently imported a 93 na non vvti auto supra, and I was shopping around for a gte engine but now that I know that I have a great engine and all I need to do is get a GE head my build will require less money 😁
I appreciate the video man.! I'm curious about the intake manifold/TB setup though. Can you sent me a link to the sheet metal intake manifold that you were talking about? What head/Intake manifold/TB setup are you running. It doesn't look like a sheet metal intake. I want to do this on my VVTi setup thanks
I am running a 1.5jz. So my head is a 1jz head that's the stock intake manifold and the tb is a stock 1jz non vvti throttle body. For the intake, go on ebay and type in 2jzge vvti intake manifold or non vvti
Ecu master black the ones I'd like to ask about are get in 1&2 analogs 1to6 clt in wbo vs switch 1.2 &3 rs232 txd &rxd h bridge winding 1&2 a and 1&2 b wbo rcal vss in wbo ip iat? Primary trigger cam in 1 & 2 is calm and crank I think 1 being calm right leaving ac too so I could use channels to do things like trigger compressor relay step up idle trigger fans temperature wise which wire to trigger fan for engine Temps that sort of stuff thanks pall
Hey man can you send me your write up if you dont mind? Picking up a gs300 this week would love to get some research started. Thanks in advance and great video
I did this on an n/a 2J. It's in my 74 260Z. I bolted a trigger wheel to my balancer. I used a 1jz balancer. Made a bracket and have a crank sensor mounted to it. Mega squirt 2 ECU. I removed a threaded block on the left side of the block and threaded a fitting in it for my oil feed line. Used the stock JZ fuel rail. Cut off the pressure regulator and mounted an aftermarket one on the fender. Ford ranger ignitor. Dodge caravan coil pack.
Im using a GE block from my sc300 i know i can use the rods but can i use the piston heads???? N Im going to use a ge vvti head from n IS300 can i use the stock cams and stock valves????
I wanted to turbo my gs300. I’ve found out that it’s going to cost a lot more than I have and require a lot more skill than I have. Guess I’ll just have a boring gas hog as my daily. Rip the dreams for now. I also have realized that well built cars are even cooler than I thought
The bottom line is, can you have good success with a simple Turbo kit at waste gate running 7 psi. Stock everything, including computer. I understand some people have actually had great success running a simple 300 horsepower from this and the only reason they set up blew up was because they kept upping the waste gate without proper management. Do you yourself think this is feasible though?
Hi I'm from trinidad and I'm into the wiring ecu master? I would like to know which wires go to what and what I could do with auxiliarys and channels like what to use for calm signal crank signal knock e throttle boost control and maybe if you could how to atleast tune to be able to reach the tunner
Hi. I'm St. Lucian who lives in the UK. There's a company called Phoenix engine Management who makes a plug and play harness for whatever set up you desire with ecu master, Link, or Motec No headaches. Will probably cost £500-£700. I got an is300 and will be going Na-t manual soon. Drop them a message.
I have a gs300 with a 2JZ GE VVTI. I want to upgrade my rods with maxspeeding h beam rods, but I'm thinking about reusing the GE pistons. I'm planning on running mainly pump E85 and 93 if I'm not near a e85 pump. I know that will help with detonation issues that come with turboing a high compression engine. How do yall feel about that? I was even thinking about doing stock replacement GTE pistons from DNJ with the maxspeeding rods but still at the drawing board would love your opinion @RabidJz
For vvti, should I spend the extra 3 to 4 grand on upgrading the pistons, piston rods etc, all Brian Crower ofc, because I read some forums that it's to high of compression (roughly 11:1) and the sweet spot is abt 8.6:1
@@RabidJz oh i was watching some of your videos last night and went to follow on IG, the link in your description is misspelled and doesnt lead to your IG. I figured it out, but i felt i should mention!
I have a 2000 lexus sc300 w vvti, I would like to get around 100 horsepower. So around 320hp. What's the fastest way to get a 100 horsepower gain? I want to make the car last forever and get a little bit more power
So how hard was it to swap a vvti head on a nonvvti ge because I have a 1999 Lexus sc300 and I want to get a nonvvti motor but swap my vvti head on it.?
No hate at all super cool build wish I knew what you did thus why I’m watching the video. I was figuring it would be a cheaper option for me to boost my 98 gs300 but after what you have said why not just buy a gte? Mine being a 98 it is practically plug and play wiring etc. but for cost it seems I could get everything I needed for around 4K. I know a stock gte isn’t running 35lbs of boost but I was just wondering thank you.
Mine is a 240, not a gs300. So in that case, you're saving even more money. The difference is, you're paying 3k for the engine just to pay 1k-2k swapping the manifold and adding a big turbo. A stock gte will have no issues making the power I make, but neither would a stock non vvti ge. This video was the cheapest way to get to the goal. When you swap the block, you keep the head, INCLUDING, your harness. It remains pnp. All that extra money you'd spend on the gte you can spend on mods. 500 for a junkyard bottom 1-2k for turbo/mani setup 600 for injectors Right there's is the cost of just a gte.
The Rabid Rb did you just run a braided hose from your sandwich plate to the vvti ocv. I read that the vvti block banjo bolt has a check valve in it and now I’m thinking there’s more strategy to it than that. Any help would be awesome thanks bud!
The Rabid Rb hell yeah that’s easy enough. Everyone on the forums were fabbing up lines to work with the oem banjo like it was super important. I just rebuilt a non vvti block and was going over everything today to make sure I’m not forgetting things and it freaked me out reading that lol. You happen to remember what pitch you got on the hose fittings. Hoping it’s not 2 different thread pitches I need on one hose.
My local pick a part has a VVti IS300, a non VVTI SC300 and non VVTI GS300. Trying to figure out the best way to go. You have a non-VVTI bottom end but the intake side cam gear looks like you have a VVTI head. What head are you using? From the SC300 too? Early SC300's/GS300's I didn't think had the solenoid protruding out over the intake cam gear? I'm confused man. Sorry!
The only thing you need in order to make the harness work in any car, is power for coils, injectors, ecu and grounds. You just need to find those and you can build a connector to attach the engine harness to the chassis. Or you can use switches
Do you think its worth building the vvti and putting a ar5 trans or just swapping it for a 1jz GTE with the r154 transmission (4k) . cost wise because I just want like 600hp to the crank
I am working on a nat build I have a non vvti bottom end out of a older gs300 and I have a vvti head cause I’ve head they flow a little better and to have coil on plug ignition my pistons look good but with normal skirt wear for a engine with about 150k to 175k miles is there any tips or anything that you didn’t mention that you could think of that I might need to know building this ? I mainly wanna get arp studs for the rods (factory non vvti rods) and head studs thought about upgrading pistons but I don’t know if it’s necessary I’m mainly after reliability and about 400 whp I have a really low mile w58 out of a 98 Suprafor the transmission and the swap is going into a 1966 mustang so I don’t need a shit ton of power I just wanna make this car special cause it’s been in my family for a long time so it’s not Going to be a race car just a really fun street car
1.5jz build with 1jzgte vvti bottom end and 2j ge vvti head worth the work or just 1j swap for an is300? And have you had any experience with Link ECU? Thank you so much for your insight!
@@RabidJz I plan to stay street friendly only going for around 5-8psi max with stock internals. I’ve hear that the stock ecu can be kept for low boost? how true is that? I’ll gladly keep my stock ecu as long as i can until i get a 5 spd and stand-alone ecu
@@RabidJz yah you’re right i would hate to blow this motor. 95 sc3 120k miles bone stock auto trans. only owner was a business lady. since i plan to use stock internals i’m going 8psi at most. Not sure how much power it’ll make but the kit i’m getting comes with a t4 turbo probably a bit overkill since i won’t be running it at full power since it says it can do up to 25psi
2jz noobie here I have a toyota S-Runner and I'd like to do a 2jz swap. My local pull a part has about 5 ge engines in stock at $300 a piece... I'd like about 5-600 Hp it's a weekender. I was planning on a ge with pistons rings rods bearings head gasket arp head studs but at that point I'll probably be 3k into it... should I just get a gte and not worry about it?
Just make sure the GE engines are non vvti The older models are non vvti If they’re non vvti, you don’t have to swap out rods or pistons, they’re plenty strong for what you’re aiming for. That make sense?
Ok so the only thing I can tell he was wrong about. You do not need a return style fuel system to boost a car, you will create so much more work for yourself, I've seen guys running 600 hp off of the stock fuel rails what you will need is larger injectors to accommodate additional pressure. Now if you're aiming for 1000 hp yes you'll need a return fuel system setup. Also his swap is based around a standalone keep that in mind
I suggest a return line for a proper fuel system. Fuel is the bloodline of your engine. Just because there's ways to do it with the stock rail doesn't mean you should. There's a reason gtes have return lines.
@@RabidJz I was curious about one thing, those don't look like the normal ge valve covers and it looks like you have an LS coil pack set up I'm currently on stock coils, and was looking for a way to switch to the gm coils but the only info I found is for the gte engines
Jean Rodriguez Negative you will not pass emissions been there done that. Ended up Moving to jersey and got 24 year old project car to avoid emissions, antique cars don’t need emissions testing.
@@RabidJz well inspection will have to read the ECU....does any cell light comes on with your setup ...someone told me that running a GE ECU with a standalone on a GTE swap can pass....just curious this is a big hassle for guys wanting to go boost living in NY with year to year inspection. Was wondering with your skill and knowledge maybe u know something that can be done to pass
Because no one wants to spend 7k on a used unopened engine then needs to be opened and then all the extra crap on top of that to have a single turbo setup. Gte is overpriced and i can make more power out of my stock ge bottom
@@RabidJz ya the unknown engine condition is a scary thing. What do you think the price diff would be I’d say you got lucky and got a mint gte engine and swapped it vs going NA(T)?
@@jonathonwilliams93 dude thank you so much! I am buying a second GE here for my IS300 soon that has non vvti bottom end parts and hoping to work on that to make 400-500
