Bought this car about a month or so ago from someone on a local Houston club website. Car has 272k on the clock and runs great, but the auto trans slips terribly. After finishing parting out my LS1 FC RX7(never finished), getting through the holidays, and working some overtime I'm finally ready to start work on this car. Hoping it will be my LAST build and will spend more time making it to every event I can.

Key points for buying this car:
-I've always wanted an SC
-It's already V8
-Possibility to go 4.3 or 4.7
-It's black, so it matches all the other shop cars
-Brad Burnett is my hero(1UZ swapped AE86)
-It's already V8
-The Supra stand-alone EMS are easily adapted
-It's already V8
-I work at Toyota, so parts are easy to come by

I've already ordered my W58 transmission swap kit from Brandon @ www.1uzfeswapkit.com and plan on ordering other specific 1UZ parts from Lextreme.

Here are some pictures from H240 when I first went to purchase...







The black interior must be in high demand, cause it is going fast! haha



Also pretty cool is the gas tank location from the factory...



Goals for this month:
1. Gutting and prepping interior
2. Fabricate an exhaust and intake system.
3. Pull and overhaul engine(bearings, studs, gaskets, etc.)

I will trying to be updating as fast as possible!

Thanks,

Andrew

 

Nice dude. Keep pictures coming on the build.

 

welcome to the 400 family, your going to love it

 

any pics of the engine? looks good for those kinda miles

 

I posted a thread about that website a while back. Can't wait to see the progress!

 

Good luck! Would be cool to see a SC400 drift car! More pics!

 

Awesome plan. Can't wait to see how this turns out

 

Keep it up

 

what tranny are you using?

 

W58 from a MKIV NA Supra

 

Will the W58 hold up to the drifting abuse? I have been considering swapping the 1uz, cant wait to see where this build goes.

 

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!! R154 sir please save yourself the trouble and headache.

 

so how much did you spend seeing as these are really high miles??

 

So far into the build i've spent....

Car - $1000
W58 - $300
W58 Kit - $800

$2,100 Total

This does not include any money I have received selling parts off the car I won't need!

 

To that I say, NAY! There are 2-3 other V8 and JZ cars in my series running W58s. I got mine for $300 and IF it gives out, I'll just buy another one for $300. Instead of buying one R154 for $800?!