OldIHC

Can hardly wait to see it on the road.

So when I hacked out the old fire wall to fit that big ass ford engine, I at least kept most of the pieces. Other than needing a bump out on the drivers side for the intake manifold, most of it will be stock again. A lot of unnecessary work I made for myself by having to piece it back together but it'll look better than what I had.




The 2JZ runs 3 coils in a wasted spark configuration from the factory. The coils are pretty weak output wise and folks have issues with them when adding a turbo. The aftermarket computer I will be running has outputs to run individual coils and the most popular option is factory GM "LQ9" coils as the are very powerful, easily available, and cheap. I bought 8 used ones for $50. Next is making brackets to hold them to the engine. Companies make these but they are way too expensive IMO for what you get. Enter a new toy of mine, Mr 3D printer. I measured what I needed, drew them up in a CAD program and printed them out. The plastic I printed these in is low temp so they won't survive in this location. I may try a different plastic type or just use these brackets as templates for aluminum plates.

That's some cool stuff you got going on. Will be watching.

Got the firewall pieced back together and I am much happier with it now than it was with the ford v8. Other than a bump out on the drivers side for the intake manifold, the firewall/floor with be mostly stock again.




At some point in the last 65 years someone else had hacked out a hole in the firewall. I do not own a bead roller so this piece took quite a while to make by hand.

Great workmanship, Joe. You're going to have a very unique, practical, and reliable Truck. Thanks for the update. Very cool.

Nice work! I'm enjoying following your progress on this. I vote using the 3d printed parts as templates to make aluminum brackets.

Probably someone want to replace the core plug on the back of the engine without pulling it.

Dean

Stuck the green craigslist fenders and the grill back on so I could get a better feel for how the engine bay was working out. Also wanted to see how the radiator, condenser, and intercooler were going to sit.



Lots of room for a fan/shroud (I can move the rad another inch or two forward yet, this is just resting on the edge of the factory crossmember)



Hmm, could have gone a little wider on the intercooler to fill out the opening better. Oh well.

Joe, that fit looks excellent.

Ya, i think that power train looks real nice sitting in there