Hey guys I'm new here to be nice to me!!

I recently got my 95 SC and the 2JZ-GE engine with roughly around 174k on it. The engine itself lost a lot of horsepower with consistent driving from the previous owner. So my question is whether I should rebuild the engine or swap it out entirely. If i do swap it out, I was planning on going either a 1JZ or maybe a 2JZ-GTE (if i can find one) let me know!

Thanks

 

what are you goals?

 

...and what is your budget?

 

money isn't an issue right now. I was planning to strip out the car to make it drift spec. Additionally, I would have to do a transmission swap as well since the car is an Automatic.

 

I don't understand this statement. did the engine loose compression? blown head gasket? misfiring? I don't see how an engine looses horsepower from consistent driving... thats the ideal type of driving for an engine.
174k is nothing for a properly maintained 2jz-ge. I run a 140k completely stock ge motor (stock compression) @ 10psi every day. It never skips a beat. do a compression test, mileage is like judging a book by its cover.
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you're gonna have to refresh a gte swap anyways or you are asking for trouble. were talking timing belt, water pump, lots of seals and gaskets from sitting around, etc etc. at least with the older engine you know it hasnt been sitting around for an unknown amount of time.
So your original question should be more like rebuild ge or swap and rebuild gte.

 

^^^agreed... rebuild the ge, the problem with buying a used motor is.. you REALLY have no idea how it was treated...

 

Okay thanks for the information. Well i'm thinking about it and I probably will just rebuild the engine with OEM parts or Aftermarket with stock specs. I slept on it and thought that maybe going VIP would be better. haha

Any thoughts?

 

Yep . . . that you're wasting our time.

 

Id say rebuild the ge and get the front facing intake manifold.

 

no budget... 3.4L stroker rebuild kit from Titan or BC....

 

Yes!

 

No budget... why not buy an IS-F and own the performance and VIP realm..