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Hi, everyone. I am prepping my car for a 2jz/1jz engine swap. I have read from a couple of threads that for a manual transmission, you would just need to use a bottle jack and the transmission will fit. Currently, because of where I live and pricing, I am leaning towards the automatic 2jz gte (non vvti) engine. I have a few questions regarding this swap: Does anyone know if the 2jz auto transmission will fit as nicely as the manual transmission on this car? (I will go with a manual 1jz instead if it doesn't) Is anyone on this website selling pre-made engine and transmission mounts for the 1jz or 2jz to our car? (i thought i saw it once but i cant find it now) Since I will be paying for a "friend of a friend" to do the swap for me, he said I could prep the engine bay myself and it will be cheaper for me. I want to take this opportunity to do work on the car's body and respray the engine bay. I am not planning on keeping the old engine or transmission and would like to remove as much things as possible. So my concern is that what would I have to keep for the engine swap to work? Essentially what can I remove and throw out of the engine bay, and what I should keep for the swap. My car is a 1986 flat-body black starion technica, it is an automatic trans. I know this is a lot of questions but you don't have to answer all of it, I'd be really grateful if anyone could just answer one or two of them. Any other suggestions and input is also welcome! I follow many swap post on here and the community is very helpful and supportive. Thank you!

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Not really a newbie to the starion just new to the forums looking for help with what to save up and what components will be needed obviously 2jz r154 trans fuel pump motor mounts but what else would be needed my goal and plan is to get everything needed so this could be maybe done in a week keep in mind I just want a stock 2jz running in my car and will do upgrades later

Hello all. Its been a while since I've started working on my car, been at it for two years now, bringing it to bare metal, rust treatment, epoxy primer, patching a LOT of rust, fixing a lot of things. It may take a while for me to upload pics since I have two years worth of em lol. Anyways they are pretty big, should I make them smaller or post them as they are? Thanks. Ok so this is what i started with. http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/Jocxellier/Resto%202012/054201011_zpsd708a496.jpg http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/Jocxellier/Resto%202012/05420104_zps7a1cb1cd.jpg I loved my car, It was my DD for some time, didn't really ran it hard even tho it was a multiport. Had some electrical issues but overall it was fine. Then one day, just idling at a red light, it started working on three cylinders, meh nothing major, just buy new sparkplugs and good as new(or so I tought). Removed it and found this. http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/Jocxellier/Resto%202012/20140105_221804_zpse4dd5b92.jpg Put in a new one, did exactly the same thing, At this point, the car was really acting up, I was fixing something only to find some other things and so on. I really got frustated. Being a SQC lurker and sawing all those 2jz swaps I went ahead and bought one. Might as well remove the head and see whats up at this point. Found this on cylinder #4. http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/Jocxellier/Resto%202012/20140105_221945_zpsc43c8916.jpg And so began my project (That ended up being a restoration lol)

One is $250 the other $330. The $250 one has some damage to a cam. Theses prices are the 50% off sale prices that end soon. Odds are you could offer this same amount if they are off sale when you click on them. This is a popular engine for the SQ swap. I saw there was another one there for $420 from a manual trans Lexus. They all look to be 50% off right now.

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From Dallasimports.net "Dallasimports.net, NOS Energy Drinks, and North Star Dragway are proud to announce the 3rd annual DI Palooza 2011. This year we are going to make it even bigger and more fun. We have teamed up with NOS Energy for the car show portion and as some of you know last year they had their first NOS Energy Nights show which will now be apart of DI Palooza. During the day we'll race and drift and then at night we'll start the party with a car show, graffiti exhibition with the work being given away after it's finished. We're working on a number of other attractions as well that will be announced in this thread in the coming weeks. So set the date and get your cars ready because this is going to be our biggest event yet. DI Palooza Drag and Drift When Sunday October 30th, 2011 Gates open at 10AM Racing will be finished at 6pm Where North Star Dragway 3236 Memory Lane Denton TX Who Anyone and everyone all makes, models, and types there will be something for everyone. Drag Racing Rules The track will adhere to all NHRA safety regulations for your ET/MPH so please familiarize yourself with the rules if you're unsure if you can compete. Class Specific Rules Sport Fwd - Factory appearing tire only no ET Street allowed. Tires like Nitto 555s are allowed they must have a diagonal tread pattern. No limit on power adders. Any FWD 4 or 6cyl car allowed. Pro FWD - 26" slick maximum size, no limit on power adders. Any FWD 4 or 6cyl car allowed. Street N/A - Stock appearing tire only absolutely no power adders 4 and 6cyl cars only RWD/AWD allowed. FWD N/A - Stock appearing tire only absolutely no power adders 4 and 6cyl cars only, FWD only. 4G vs. EJ Sponsored by Mudpit Performance- Any car with a 4GXX or EJXX motor FWD/AWD/RWD allowed and no limit on power adders. Factory appearing tire only no ET Street allowed. Tires like Nitto 555s are allowed they must have a diagonal tread pattern. FWD 4G/EJ cars can run slick tires. RWD/AWD Sponsored by AWD Tuning - Any 4/6cyl or rotary allowed, no limit on power adders. 4CYL's may use slicks, 6cyl and Rotaries may not use slicks factory appearing tire only, must have diagonal tread. Import/Domestic V8s run street tires no MT/Hoosiers must be factory appearing, no power adders allowed, and pump gas only. Unlimited Class - Factory chassis only no back halves or tubular chassis'. Open to all makes and models including domestics no limit on power adders or tires. Bracket Class - Any make or model no limitations. Girls Bracket - Girls only all makes or models. Test and Tune - Open to everyone all makes and models. Payouts - 10 Car minimum for full payouts otherwise payouts are halved. As night falls the party begins with NOS Energy Nights kicking off after the drag racing. We will have multiple car show classes with trophies for each as well as a NOS Energy Choice award and cash money for best of show. Classes will be announced soon so stay tuned we hope to change things up a bit and not rely on traditional car show classes."