My 1UZFE/R154 Supra

[CheesePhantom]

I wasn't ready to show anyone this car yet, 'cause it isn't done and my progress is slow. But someone asked, so I don't mind showing you guys what I've done so far...


I bought an '89 Supra. Blown headgasket, of course. It was automatic, so I was planning on converting it to manual.


I traded this German piece of shit (1995 VW GTI VR6)...


For this full R-154 swap. Pedals and everything (was supposed to come with a decent CT-26 as well, but the guy "forgot," to bring it). -__-


At the time I had an EG Civic hatch I was daily driving while I was working on the Supra. But some dumbass wanted to trade his '91 white package Turbo five-speed for it. I liked the Civic and all... It was five-speed with a D16, and cold A/C. But, how the hell could I say no? I've always wanted a clean Supra; ever since the beginning. Even though I had one I was working on, and the Civic was much more reliable than this white Supra, I had to make the trade. So, I traded my perfectly running, smooth, reliable EG hatch for the '91 White Package Turbo Supra I drive today.


Here's the Supra I'm currently driving today. This was not too long after I made the trade. Stock height, stock turbo, stock exhaust, stock EVERYTHING. About 260k on the odometer. It had a blown turbo, a bunch of boost leaks, no A/C, blah blah blah. A bunch of problems that I fixed(minus the A/C). Anyway, this thread isn't about my white Supra.


I had a dilemma now, because I just traded my daily driver for a better version of what I was basically trying to build with the blue Supra. I didn't want to build two of the same car, and I didn't want to sell one of them.


I had to take action, so I pulled the 7M and sold it to some dude who has a long ass build thread on Supramania (he just got his car running with my motor at the beginning of this month, by the way).


I met the guys at Quantum Auto. The owner, Jake Breyck, lives like two minutes from me. I got super familiar with his 1UZ/W58 Supra, and he let me drive it a few times. I was sold as soon as I touched the pedal. The instant torque felt awesome. He was in the middle of making his design for the 1UZ-R154 adapter kit, and we decided that my car would be perfect to test it.


So, I got lucky with first dibs at a '96 SC400 at my local junk yard. Paid next to nothing for the FULL MOTOR; ecu, wiring harness, igniters, MAF sensor, auto bellhousing, etc. (less than I sold my 7M for).


Loaded it up into a friend's truck and left.


Illegally pressure washed the shit out of it at one of the self-car wash places.


Dropped the motor off at the shop and called it a night.


I used Jake's dummy motor to fabricate my own motor mount brackets.


I'm still learning fabrication, so... After FOUR failed sets of motor mounts, I finally made a design that worked.



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[CheesePhantom]

So...


Unfortunately, no pictures of the motor mounts all welded up, but here they are, right before that. The motor mounts are now fully welded, complete, tested, and functional.


After I made the motor mounts, I loaded everything in the Supra(Bare 1UZ Block, Bare R154 with the Quantum-Auto Adapter plate, and my R-154), and headed to the shop.


I removed the tired, old automatic 1UZ Flywheel.


Pulled out some fresh Toyota Flywheel bolts...


And installed the Quantum-Auto Flywheel.


Here's the Quantum-Auto Adapter plate.


The same 1UZ-R154 Adapter plate with the very pretty Tilton hydraulic slave cylinder installed.


I then unwrapped my fresh Quantum-Auto clutch. Dual-friction--Sprung.


I cleaned up the flywheel, and installed the clutch immediately.



Boom. I mated the two, and this is where I run out of recent pictures. Since then I have pulled the motor apart, welded the oil pan hole shut (junk yard cars get their oil pans punctured and drained, instead of just removing the drain plug), and drilled the bellhousing to fit my hydraulic lines to the slave cylinder. The motor is now ready to be installed, and it HAS been for a while. Unfortunately, I'm busy with school, and I can't really find the time to get her running these days. I was HOPING to get the car running before November 12th, to make it to Sibling Rivalry, and it's still possible. But it seems unlikely at this point, the way my classes are going. One of these days, I'll drop that motor in and begin wiring. =]

[Twin2Turbo]

awesome stuff. subscribed

[57trimMKIII]

I'm glad I asked, looking forward to the updates!

[mattsplat72]

Nice build I had a 400 for a daily and loved it, sold it to get my wife a 06 altima and me a 06 tacoma. One day I want a 1uz cressida.

[muchoboosto]

Awesome! I think this should be in the builds threads. Good luck!

[CheesePhantom]

Nice build I had a 400 for a daily and loved it, sold it to get my wife a 06 altima and me a 06 tacoma. One day I want a 1uz cressida.

Haha. Back when I worked at a shop (I quit so that I could start school), I'd get stoked every time an LS400 came in. I love those cars, and I love Cressidas too. If I ever had to get a four-door car it'd be a tough choice between the two, though I'd probably lean more toward a Cressida. The idea, however, is to basically have a comfortable daily driver. In the future, I'm going to install A/C and power steering. I'm going to invest in a nice sound system, and keep the car clean and reliable. In the end, I'll end up with the equivalent to a better-looking SC400, except manual.

[turboking97]

nice build man subscribe

[raysupra]

amazing swap platform :-) glad to see people doing it Gl on the Swap. Subscribed

[antigram]

nice build

[BrownMK3Kid]

I traded this German piece of shit...

lol carefull matt's on hear hahaha do work alvin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GL

[DegreE_v.2.0]

A+ thread.

[CheesePhantom]

A+ thread.

Why thank you.

lol careful matt's on here hahaha do work alvin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GL

Hahaha. Matt knows plenty how I felt about that GTI. I doubt he would get offended. Besides... It was a VR6. Not nearly the same as Matt's 60MPG TDI.

[87supramario]

Yes! A nice build thread finally. Bout fuckin' time we get something interesting to watch!

This one going to be a stock swap? Or mild upgrades?

[CheesePhantom]

Yes! A nice build thread finally. Bout fuckin' time we get something interesting to watch!

This one going to be a stock swap? Or mild upgrades?

I'm planning on a stock swap, but you never know... I might get the urge to do something more interesting in the future. =]

[Jostar]

AWESOME!!!! 2 Thumbs UP!!!! Question? What bellhousing are you using? Elaborate on the adapter as I am amazed by the quality of craftmanship..

[CheesePhantom]

AWESOME!!!! 2 Thumbs UP!!!! Question? What bellhousing are you using? Elaborate on the adapter as I am amazed by the quality of craftmanship..

Check out Quantum-Auto.com


This is a picture (from the Quantum-Auto website) of my exact conversion kit.


Here is the picture of the Adapter plate being used on a hollowed out R154. The Very same R154 that I mated with the bare 1UZ block to design my motor mounts.

For this to work, you have to use the stock 1UZ bell housing. The one that mates to the A-341E Automatic transmission. Basically, the Adapter plate comes between the automatic bell housing, and the R154 transmission. It starts out as a big aluminum block, and then it gets carefully machined down to the shape you see below.


It's actually pretty simple.

First, you bolt the Tilton Slave Cylinder to the Adapter plate, then you bolt the adapter plate to the R154, and finally you bolt the bell housing to the adapter plate. It's all measured out and specified to compensate for the automatic bell housing. Once it's all bolted together, it works brilliantly. As if it was supposed to be that way from the factory.

[heathds]

Awesome build...keep us updated

[DegreE_v.2.0]

Yes! A nice build thread finally. Bout fuckin' time we get something interesting to watch!

This one going to be a stock swap? Or mild upgrades?

My build thread isn't nice?

[raysupra]

hard to follow slow builds.. works better when their updated atleast every three days. I haven't posted my build on here for the exact reason.

[Jostar]

AGAIN!!!! great craftmanship!!! awesome build!!

[CheesePhantom]

hard to follow slow builds.. works better when their updated atleast every three days. I haven't posted my build on here for the exact reason.

I was reluctant to post my build thread for the same reason. This won't be very fast either. =\

[jt2ma71]

Nice!

Subscribed...because of that Tilton Release Bearing!!

[ChargedMK3]

Nice build I had a 400 for a daily and loved it, sold it to get my wife a 06 altima and me a 06 tacoma. One day I want a 1uz cressida.

I have a 91 Cressy, Dark Blue on Blue and I def feel yah! I'd love to throw a 1uz in it... not enough time

[raysupra]

I was reluctant to post my build thread for the same reason. This won't be very fast either. =\

Just make it a Detailed build :-) add pictures anytime you work on it.. just do some before afters every couple steps you do :-) this is a great swap and It would be nice for some others to know how everything mounts up.. and what you do with the wiring and yadda yadda yadda