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December 2002
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ma61 conversions
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Sun, 01 December 2002 13:17
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guys after a little assistance hear.
Looking to get a mA61 supra then do an engine conversion.
will probably have a dig at the conversion myself provided can get my hands on a garage (damn apartments) will have about 10k all up to spend would like to know what would go in easilly and put out good power ie. over 170 from the engine.
Or would I just be better off buying a 7mgte powered supra or Soarer like the two on currenly in the for sale section?
Any help would be most useful as my company commondore is most boring.
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Location:
cronulla
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September 2002
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Re: ma61 conversions
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Sun, 01 December 2002 13:35
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if you have 10k do a 7m conversion and get a reasonable supra you will be very impressed with the power and performance you will get from it, if you want something a little spicier go with a j series engine much similar initial performane but much more potential for power only problem is this is not a cheap one like the 7m (although i can sell you the engine mounts to do it real cheap  . i just spent 16k doing mine and am selling it on tuesday for 12k DO NOT do a 1G this was my initial idea but it will not cope with the extra weight of the car , the 1 g sprinter i was in was fast but it weighed less andhad som e work done.a 2j or 1/2 UZ is the ultimate prize but again, mmore costly.
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I supported Toymods
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Brisbane, QLD
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: ma61 conversions
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Sun, 01 December 2002 20:35
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Hiya mate,
10k sounds like a reasonable budget to do a fair bit. You could probably score a reasonably good MA61 for around the 2500 mark if you look around/haggle a bit. I know of a few friends who have found reasonably good MA61s for around that price. That leaves you 7500. 7M-GTEs are lovely engines, but they are getting a bit old now and the ones you come across would have a fair bit of Ks behind them. What I would recommend is going 1JZ-GTE or 2JZ-GE (if you fancy a naturally aspirated). You can get a good late model 1JZ-GTE with VVT-i (Well, apart from the low down torque performance, VVT-i motors are new and hence would have done less km's) around the 2500 mark. With the rest of the money, see to the driveline and the exhaust. If you want to do the work yourself, their won't be any extra costs in terms of labour except for the exhaust, intercooler and piping, engine mounts (don't know how handy you are with a welder) and maybe paying someone to help you out a bit with the wiring (after all, you don't won't your motor running in limp-home mode with 15psi boost, so that the performance of your 1JZ-GTE is worse than a fairly stock 7M-GTE now would ya?). As for the engine mounts, CAD drawings of engine mounts that will fit the JZ series motors into an MA61 will be available through ed_ma61's site once I get off my lazy ass and make'em since I am fabricating my own for my project. Once you have the CAD drawings, you can get someone to make em up for 20 bucks (or around there)! All in all, over the period of your project (say 6 - 12 months?) expect to spend about 5000 extra because you'd want to modify the brakes/suspension etc. too... Good luck and hope this helped!
Cheers
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May 2002
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Re: ma61 conversions
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Mon, 02 December 2002 00:38
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An MA61 with a JZ series engine is definitely the way to go. I'm in the middle of putting a 2JZ-GTE in mine, but even the 1JZ-GTE's go damn hard. I have lots of info on my web site if you're interested.
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