anyway i loved the look of the jzx100 sedan, especially the facelift version. but there was stuff all to choose from at the time - so the decision was, do i buy a turbo auto model and the rip up the interior/footbrake/other nonsense and manual convert, or do i get a manual car and motor swap later. i decided that a motor swap would be easier, and more fun to drive whilst i waited for a motor to crop up.
so i finally found a manual one. here she is at the car yard when i got it
standard to the days. i couldnt believe how high it was - it had some random 17's on it, but 235/55 tyres on, so as you can see it had some horrendous donut tyre look, as well as the stock suspension, placing the bootlid almost at elbow level, roof almost necklevel, it was retarded as fuck
anyway the garage slipway boys had recently taken stock of a jzx90 that came with 1jzgte, full tein suspension, cusco 2way and a bunch of other stuff. they used the motor but the rest was sitting around so it was time for some mods - suspension, wheel blackout, amber corners, front lip
it was now starting to look semi-passable with a bit of character of its own
on jan 5th of 2010, some monkey at osaka autos in chch listed a 2jzgte for $2200. no one bid on it because everyone was out for new years. cept the one monkey who bid on it and won. WOF ran out in april so i thought, ok, why not get it all done for next wof. heh.
and most importantly, new shoes
a shitload of work happened after that to jam the damn thing in and plumb it up properly. but it happened.
we got it running. but not without problems. main thing was turbo secondary collector was hitting the steering column. so a new one was made.
then intercooler and whatnot
finally it was all done. park up on viaduct harbour
parkup at matakana
since then, a bunch of tweaks: Walbro 500hp pump, Apexi SAFC, cooling mods, ICE install, and more low on front suspension. this allowed the car to carry us 1500km over new years from aucks to rhythmNvines in gizzy, coro gold in coromandel, and the mount. the thing is an overtaking monster. also learned the benefit of not having an unusable kit made of crackable fibreglass.
when budget allows, new wheels, some color matching of the bottom 'aero' trim, ICE part 2, proper dyno tune, and then some 1/4mile drag runs for fun, and then a drift day.
watch this space
i like the lip too i must say. i got a replacement front lip off a mitsi that i culd put on but i still like this one better. if anyone wants a lip let me know - its almost perfect sized. 
