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 1jzgte into corona
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Sun, 04 September 2005 11:31
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A mate of mine has a 1jzgte which he wants to off load and he said he would sell it to me for $600 including gbox but it has no ecu of loom.
1) at this price will it be cheaper that buying a 1ggte front cut or will buying the wiring loom and ecu end up costing me more.
2) will it make the corona to front heavy. it's for track use
3) What are the legalities of it. ie will i be able to engineer it cause i will still be using it as a daily driver. Oh and also, will RA65 and MA61 brakes be good enough or will they fail me.
4) does the 1jz use a W58
5) any warnings i should be given before undertaking such a swap Ie am i complete noob for even trying it.
sorry so many question
cheers for your help
MIKE,
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Re: 1jzgte into corona
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Sun, 04 September 2005 12:27
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yeah thanks a heap pete. good to see the toymods hospitality.
i asked about the w58 cause i already have a spare one. and the engine comes wif a gbox and i assumed it would be a w58. ok i'll look into it a lil more.
cheers mate
oh yeah the reason for no 4cyl is that there are like 2 or 3 i can choose from. Everyone seems to love the 1ggtes into coronas and so i then started researching the 6's n it seems the way to go. but point taken about the weight. the 4cyl in it at the moment aint exactly the lightest donk around though (22RE)
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Re: 1jzgte into corona
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Sun, 04 September 2005 12:46
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if the engine you are speaking of is a 1j its likely to come withan R154,1G w58.cheers.Pete. 
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Re: 1jzgte into corona
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Sun, 04 September 2005 14:29
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| petespipes wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 22:11 |
If you must have a w58 use a 2j non turbo [2jzge] item at 1000 to $1200 complete.its the best of the w58.s with double synchros and revised shifter [improved]
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Second Gear on a JZA80 W58...
Second Gear on a a W57...
Where are the double syncros? I'm not a gearbox expert...? (if they are there I don't see them)...I don't know where that knowledge came from (I used to believe it myself!). For the time being until someone shows me a picture of a w58 with double syncros I'm not going to believe it! (I will write up an article one day showing the differences I know of between early w57/w58 and late w58...).
| chubbylover53 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 21:31 |
1) at this price will it be cheaper that buying a 1ggte front cut or will buying the wiring loom and ecu end up costing me more.
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It maybe cheaper, it may not! It depends on what exactly it comes with, collecting little bits and pieces can be hard and costly...if it comes with a manual gearbox (regardless of type it is a bargain in my opinion )
| chubbylover53 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 21:31 |
2) will it make the corona to front heavy. it's for track use
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Maybe, it would be better suited to a drag car in my opinion , but there isn't any reason you can't improve the handling. It won't have the handling of a light 4cly tho...
| chubbylover53 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 21:31 |
3) What are the legalities of it. ie will i be able to engineer it cause i will still be using it as a daily driver. Oh and also, will RA65 and MA61 brakes be good enough or will they fail me.
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Depends where you are in Aus.
| chubbylover53 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 21:31 |
4) does the 1jz use a W58
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1jz-ge's came with w58's. 1jz-gte's came with r154's. w58's can be made to fit with 1/2jz-ge w58 parts. There are also aftermarket bellhousings available, but be aware they are quite expensive as well...
| chubbylover53 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 21:31 |
5) any warnings i should be given before undertaking such a swap Ie am i complete noob for even trying it.
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Have a look and work out how hard you think it will be to get a complete loom...
Also have a look around the site, there is a gent that has a yellow rona with a 1jz in it (and a big single turbo) 
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: 1jzgte into corona
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Sun, 04 September 2005 15:50
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I have posted asking for more info on the 2J w58.I sincerely believe it to be true [double synchros on second and third plus improved shifter design] but hey.i have been wrong before.It is not first hand info but I believe the source to be 100% reliable or wouldnt post it [of course].
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Re: 1jzgte into corona
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Mon, 05 September 2005 00:36
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Most of the questions have already been answered so I will just give my opinion. Coronas are NOT made for track use. I suppose it could be possible to make it handle ok but it will take a lot of fiddling. I have konis, kings, swaybar and new bushes in mine and it is pretty crappy IMO. But I don’t really care as it is for drag racing anyway.
It isn’t an easy conversion into an xt130. I don’t know of anyone who has done it in an st141 either. I have a jzx90 chaser x –member that has been modded to fit to the xt130 suspension. You will need a diff upgrade, tailshaft, brakes, cooling. Basically everything. It isn’t cheap and no conversion will be.
If you really want a track car, I would use a 4 cyl. Not sure which one except Nissan engines as they are cheaper than rwd 3s-gte’s.
My 2.2c
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