play123boi

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I just bought a 1996 SC300 for my swap, Ill prob go with a 1 , 1.5 or 2 jz swap but the best part is I got this one owner baby for only 3k! She runs smooth as silk with 250k but I dont really care about the mileage because It is my project car! I already have a 92 SC400 but this one is my pride and joy!! BTW I have to thank everyone for all of the knowledge that you guys put out on this forum I would never have known what I do know about the SC without this forum. Thanx.









Sc300 Stock for now.

Slinger

Sick foundation for 3K man! Keep us posted as you start working on it

SUPRMSC

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Wow that paint is looking good. No way in hell I would think that's a 10 year old car with 250k miles. We'll be waiting to see how your project turns out.

eHIGH

guages aren't burned out. . . big comeuppin

DriftNsc3

Ok first of all, Nice car man, looks really clean! Second, you said you were gonna swap a 1, 1.5 or 2jz in it. What exactly is a '1' and '1.5'? The 1JZ-GTE is a 2.5L and the 2JZ-GTE is a 3.0L. Also the stock 2JZ-GE is a 3.0L aswell. Just tring to help you understand a little more

TheMole

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Nice Diamond White Pearl
Wish my paint was in that condition when I bought it.

plex

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Congrats on the car play123boi

A 1.5JZ is a 1JZ head with a 3.0 GE or GTE Bottom end. Most people do this to get the extra .5L.

DriftNsc3

ooooo, IC. I learn new stuff all the time.

iasc300

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looks good man- good luck with your project

Turbocoop

And I thought I got a good deal on my 95 with 156K for $5000... Good steal dude, I wish mine was that color too.

play123boi

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Thanks for the love! Yea, I feel I really came up on this one, but what would some of you more senior guys think the best way to go about bringing this baby to life? I am going to go all out and I pretty much am going to start with a Optima Red or Yellow Top Battery, Carputer/ Custom Audio with Plexi and Just a bit of light, with Navi and then re-do the interior with soft leather / carpet (color suggestions?) put either a 1 stage IS or RX steering wheel , lextech gauges, body kit , paint (metallic black with extra flakes) airbags or coil overs, exhaust, then start on the swap. I would love to go 2jz all the way but with some of the threads I have read it can really be a horror story (harness problems) and you may loose some functionality (air/ PS) thats why I thought a 1.5 would give me the best of both worlds (spool rpm/overall HP)(thanks to CL and supra forums) I have pretty much spent all of these months (over a year) researching this forum on swaps and etc..... Like I said I have a 92 SC 400 and after reading about supercharging and how time consuming and hard it is to upgrade I decided that I needed a SC300 for a swap and was really obsessed with finding the right one. So to make a long story short a year later here I am selling my SC400 and treating my new ride like a newborn baby.. I have read through as many threads as I can to not sound like a newb and I have posted a few times but now that I am in the game I will be posting a lot more. So any advice/Help would be greatly appreciated.

SUPRMSC

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Whoa calm down. Make mods one at a time or you'll find yourself in $$$ troubles. First fully restore the car and make sure all suspension/motor maintenance has been addressed.

Specifics include:
- Motor mounts
- LCA Bushings
- Blown shocks
- Steering rack

Then start modding in different areas in this order:
- Handling (coilovers, wheels, tires, et)
- Power (swaps, turbo, etc)
- Exterior/interior (bodykits, etc)

Because power is useless wtihout handling and traction. And its better to be fast and look slow, then the other way around.

Good luck.

play123boi

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Yea I don't want to get myself bogged down so yea I will take it one step at a time, BTW what do you think about air bag suspension though? I definitely want to get that custom / car show look like you have going. As far as full restoration goes should I really be trying to restore the things that I will eventually am changing out? I know this process takes a long time but would I be wasting my $? I threw a lot of money into my 92 for just maintaining it and it was just wasted.

SCSJ

sweeet sc!!

cliffud

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congrats on the purchase - that's a killer deal.