1jz progress, pics and radiator questions
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mount but unfinished piping
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercooler2.jpg)
Fabricating piping
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercoolerpiping.jpg)
front shot
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercooler.jpg)
overhead shot
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/engingeshot.jpg)
Intercooler all set and the engine sounds great! Swap is almost done, we've been chipping away at it for quite a while now.
My question is about the radiator. The car was a 400. I bought a 1jz fan shroud which obviously does not bolt up to the stock radiator.
What are 1jz swappers using for a radiator? At this point I am not sure if I should buy an sc300 radiator and fan shroud or get a 1jz radiator. If I go 1jz rad, then I will get OEM since I already have the shroud.
Any recommendations? Also, if someone has a rad for sale which works in the swap, I am looking to buy one TODAY!
The end is near!
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercooler2.jpg)
Fabricating piping
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercoolerpiping.jpg)
front shot
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/intercooler.jpg)
overhead shot
![](http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s78/AJamesP/engingeshot.jpg)
Intercooler all set and the engine sounds great! Swap is almost done, we've been chipping away at it for quite a while now.
My question is about the radiator. The car was a 400. I bought a 1jz fan shroud which obviously does not bolt up to the stock radiator.
What are 1jz swappers using for a radiator? At this point I am not sure if I should buy an sc300 radiator and fan shroud or get a 1jz radiator. If I go 1jz rad, then I will get OEM since I already have the shroud.
Any recommendations? Also, if someone has a rad for sale which works in the swap, I am looking to buy one TODAY!
The end is near!
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thanks for the responses, I have heard conflicting reports about the sc400 radiator. I guess my problem is the mix and matching parts not mixing or matching.
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Man, I have hit just about every snag imaginable during this swap. At times, I have been desperate for help. I am all about getting as much of this process documented so others can swap as smoothly as possible.
Where in WI are you? I am in Madison and my car is at a friends shop off I-43 outside of Mukwonago.
Where in WI are you? I am in Madison and my car is at a friends shop off I-43 outside of Mukwonago.
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