question about swap Toyota Soarer

[solara86]

i was wondering if i get a Motor out of a Toyota Soarer..

Comes with turbos and uncut wiring harness

no ecu, no tranny..

motor has excellent compression with no problems..

it is a 1JZGTE Motor will it fit on my toyota solara..my solara is a 4 cylinder auto..thanks

[woa_its_j3ff]

willing to go rwd?

[solara86]

yes i am..

[facevedo17]

willing to spend lots of money ??? for that RWD conversion go for it you will def be an Pioneerr on this forum

[trdkamuri51o]

^^ he would be the first to ever convert a solara

(lol tube chassis cars dont count!!)

lol budget 40-50k if u dont do the work yourself and you have no experience..

from the sound of things you dont..

if u can afford it id love to welcome you to the more money than brains club..

[ASG14]

^ AHHAHAHAHAH!

Yeah, Say $20k IF you do ALL the work yourself. Image if you don't. I've actually looked into this for the Gen 3 Camry. You need to remold 3" or so of the firewall. The 1JZ block is better as everything is about 1/2 inch shorter, making it a bit easier.

[DatSRBoi]

Sorry....

It will not fit.

You have to cut into your firewall to get it in. After that you will have to cut the center console for the transmission to slide in and the shifter assembly to fit correctly. Chances are you will land on an automatic one so you will need a bell housing which alone is 300 bucks and a r154 tranny which is another 2 to 300 bucks along with a 3-900 dollar clutch setup. Then you will have to re modify the rear end to fit on a LSD differential because if you just run a non LSD, your just plain crazy and you will never get anywhere. Back to the engine you will have to create a solid mount setup since the 1JZ are forge iron cast block which means they are not light.

From there custom custom and again custom work.... Another thing you have to understand the 1JZ is a old OBD1 motor and the wiring is done differently where the ECU is a standalone from the cars power supply... So that means you have to wire the car to where it will work separably.

From there you will have to get a custom forge driveshaft since the solara length will not work with a R154 driveshaft... Forget the getrag 6spd since the solara is too short for that transmission unless your willing to shift from behind your back (exaggerated).

Then you will most likely have to send your ECU in to get it recapped since most 1JZ ecu craps out and thats another 100 bucks..

Custom exhaust piping, and IC piping...Custom drive by wire needs to be made.

You will loose cruise control and you will loose your dash because the 1JZ tranny is a speed by wire not sensor electronic speed sensor...

ummmmm

need more? Can be done but no one does it because in the end..... we aren't rich enough to justify the bill.

How do I know this....... I laid one next to a solara and measured it already.

[M_ABILLONES]

If you are prepared to tackle a big of a job like this and you have the resources then I say GO FOR IT!!!!

[(K)]

Dat probably looked at it next to his Solara and just said "hmmmm.......aww fack no."

[DatSRBoi]

Dat probably looked at it next to his Solara and just said "hmmmm.......aww fack no."

exactly what I said almost. Wide wise the motor has plenty of room to sit in. But length wise you will have to cut into the frame or else the hydro fan will slam right into the motor on start up. And if you want to run electric fans it will cost you 200 bucks to convert the water pump over to a 2JZ manual pump alone.

It surely will take a lot of work. I would love to see a rwd solara, but I am not kidding... its not fun. And you can't just weld mounts to the car, it has to be measured and balance or the driveshaft will vibrate so badly at high speed.

[bigbirdSCed]

wow you guys are patient here. on TN we would have 2 pages of flaming for asking this question...then again...its asked once a month.

OP...no buy another car if your willing to do that much work and spend that much money.

[---CAMRAZY---]

Just get a freakin' soarer....