Very excited to have this forum here for everyone to be able to communicate, research and take inspiration from eachother! I figured this would be the perfect oppertunity to post the build of my 1JZ-GTE VVTi swapped IS300. I will start from the day I bought the car to current day, where the car is going through a full overhaul once again after an engine failure. Working in the automotive performance industry for 7 years now ( Touge Factory - 3 years, AMS Performance - 1 year, Sound Performance 3 years and Car Shop D-Style Co-Founder - 2 Years) I've been able to apply some high level knowledge into the building of the car due to having some amazing people around me over the years. I hope that this thread can shine some light into some of the things that are possible to acheive in a grassroots drift car utilizing some moden technology, a little attention to detail and ton of inspiration!
Here is the list of all the modifications on the car done up to Sept - 2023
Powertrain
Car made 535WHP and 545WTQ @22psi (drove mainly at around 18psi ~450whp)
Xcessive x panic wire Link g4+ standalone ecu
Ati crank pulley
Engine is stock besides ARP headstuds
Precision 1200cc injectors
Garrett G30-660 turbo with .63 a/r V-band inlet
Custom Bottom mount tubular header built by me
Turbosmart 50mm wastegate
Custom intercooler using Garrett core
Custom exhaust
Custom intercooler piping
Power steering cooler
Trust Oil cooler
Grex sandwich plate
Flex fuel
Koyorad radiator
Hellcat 525 fuel pump
Powerhouse racing billet fuel hanger
-6 feed and return fuel lines
Inline fuel magnafuel fuel filter
Modified OEM is300 harness
Custom aluminum fan shroud
2 spal 12” fans
Custom coolant overflow
Chassis
Stance custom aluminum body coilovers
Serial9 toe arms
Serial9 FUCA
Serial9 differential bushings
Serial9 subframe bushings
Figs solid steering rack bushings
Serial9 AK49 angle kit with RCA
30mm Shortened spindles by Elvin
Kaaz 2-way clutch type LSD
Battery relocated to trunk
Chase bays ABS delete w/ adjustable bias valve
Transmission
Marlin Crawler r154 rebuilt by me
- chromoly Thrust washer
- chromoly bearing retainer plate
- billet shift forks (all gears)
Fresh rebuild with all new bearing and synchros
Custom 1 piece driveshaft
Clutchmasters fx400 hybrid disc clutch
Exterior
Version select front bumper and side skirts
OEM altezza tail light covers
Trd style rear lip
Kaminari style trunk spoiler (maybe it's real, idk)
Altezza mesh grille
Aero23 Power Aero mirros
Sticker tune
Volk Racing TE37 17x9j +22 front and 18x9.5j +22 rear
Interior
Bride Zieg iii drivers seat
Bride Brix passenger seat
Custom upholstered arm rest
Custom red suede door panels
Carpet and rear seats converted from tan to black
2001 non sticky dash
Grex shift knob
checkered floor matts (gray)
Big sub in trunk (not sure on size, it came installed when I bought the car)
Here is a photo of the car at Final Bout 5
An engine bay photo from this past year
And this is the car in current form, engine out and car in the middle of a rebuild!
This thread will take a little bit to write up so bear with me!