68 mustang coupe /2JZ turbo swap

I would rather see that under the hood than an LSX powerplant....

wicked93gs said:

p.s. a lot of 302 aftermarket parts are made in china...I'll be willing to bet finding parts would be easy

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Low-quality parts maybe. Also, the XR6 turbo engine only has a 20hp advantage over the 2JZ, not 60. It is about the only modern I-6 I would consider putting in an old Mustang, though. And that 1000bhp one with the glowing header on YouTube.....

Supras were 280HP(like just about everything in Japan) the XR6 was rated at(double checks) 328HP....my bad, only 48 HP more

Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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p.s. my bad, the 2jz engine was 320HP for the US and europe...the japaneese engines were 280 though,falcon is 354 ft/lbs, supra is 335 ft/lbs(us and europe)

a lot of aftermarket parts you buy at autozone or advance auto are made in china...sure they are low quality, but they do work for the most part....besides, if you wan quality stuff, order it from Australia

not a bad swap, but if i ever build a turboed six, it will be a ford 250 with a classicinlines aluminum head. we have a guy on the fordsix website that has a falcon with a turboed 250 that runs in the 10's, and is still a street driven car.

I know the junk in BlottoZone is often Chinese. I was talking about parts needed to make the same kind of power a stock 2JZ can handle like blocks, heads, pistons, rods, cranks, cams, etc. The high-end parts available here are either made here or in Australia. With Chinese manufacturers' reputation for cheating on metallurgy, I wouldn't use any of the above parts in a performance engine if that's where they were made or if that's all I could get. I would use a 2JZ-GTE or RB26DETT instead.

wicked93gs said:

p.s. my bad, the 2jz engine was 320HP for the US and europe...the japaneese engines were 280 though,

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The Japanese market engines have the same power, they were just rated lower on paper per the "280hp agreement." Another example is the Skyline Nismo 400R; it was also officially rated at 280hp while the actual output was 400hp.

The export version of the 2JZ-GTE achieved its higher power output with the use of newer stainless steel turbochargers (ceramic for Japanese models), revised camshafts, and larger injectors (550 cc/min for export, 440 cc/min for Japanese). The mechanical similarities between the Japanese-specification CT20 turbine and export-specification CT12B turbine allow interchangeability of the exhaust-side propeller shaft. Additionally, the export-exclusive CT12B turbine received more durable turbine housings and stainless steel turbine and impeller fins. Multiple variants of the Japanese CT20 turbine exist discretely, which are identified with the B, R, and A part number suffixes (eg.: CT20A).

if you can believe anything on wikipedia anyway, not claiming to be an supra expert, but those do seem to be enough to account for the difference


p.s. I dont believe the output of a lot of these engines is higher than claimed without dyno proof to back it up, sorry, I just have not been brainwashed by the "japaneese engines are better than everyone else" hype that seems to have gripped the world

that's not what he's saying. he said he would rather see ford in there, just that the 280 is low, they say everything is 280 just like ford wasn't allowed to have Speedo markers past whatever MPH but they put notches without speeds just for us.

Oh I know...but what about the aussie stuff? it should be almost as readily available as the japaneese stuff I would think...what IRS is that by the way? Supra as well?