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s13goseskeet · 02-20-2009, 01:58 PM

god i want to sell my 240 so bad and get and another sc300 here is the one that i had a few months ago thanks to the stupid drunk bitch that killed it.

b16_704 · 02-20-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gspec

Na-t, tt swap...doesnt really matter....I've been running across 800rwhp sc's using the ge block. (block is the same as the tt motor, crank isn't forged like the tt engine though, and of course the compression is higher....) Most na-t guys just swap in a thicker HG to drop the compression a tad, add ARP headstuds, and boost the snot out of them. Myself, i'm at least going rods/pistons for the bottom end. maybe a gte head/intake swap. or maybe just an aftermarket intake.

are you sure? i remember reading somewhere saying that the ge and gte cranks are exactly identical...

Gspec · 02-20-2009, 10:24 PM

Forged vs Not Forged is what i've read.......but you know how the internets can be.

Ignore this ^^^ bad info'z

Gspec · 03-02-2009, 11:23 PM

Actually, the more I've looked into it, it seems the 2JZ-GE and the Bad-Boy 2JZ-GTE share the EXACT same block, crank, and rods...the GTE has lower compression pistons compared to the GE, but not drasticlly lower....the majority of the compression drop between the two motors comes from the GTE's much thicker headgasket.

Keep in mind that this engine was designed to be turbocharged from the start.....the non-turbo GE motor came after the fact.

Gspec · 03-03-2009, 12:24 AM

Anyone know what wheels these are?

yotatoysupra89 · 03-03-2009, 12:27 AM

yo s13goskeet....you still have those wheels by chance?

Gspec · 04-02-2009, 12:11 AM

Just stumbled across this vid...Toyota/Lexus cruise from Colombia, SC to Rock Hill, SC ... Anyone know of a Carolina Toyota/Lexus forum I'm missing out on?

Toyota/Lexus cruise- Video

yotatoysupra89 · 04-02-2009, 12:16 AM

I was part of a cruise like that a few years back. Cruised from soth of NC on H77 to lake norman snapped some shots then went out to eat. It was a supra meet though.

**jrb3** · 04-02-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gspec

Just stumbled across this vid...Toyota/Lexus cruise from Colombia, SC to Rock Hill, SC ... Anyone know of a Carolina Toyota/Lexus forum I'm missing out on?

That was a toyota meet at the rock hill mall, like a year or so ago (I thought the meet up was posted on here and CL, but don't really remember). Aka Paco is on clublexus, now has a red 97+ with 5 speed and black interior. His roomate had the black mk3, now a rsp sc300. I bought Erik's (aka paco) old car.
GSPEC - you need to run into Lee from around Rock Hill. He posted on cl with his car - something about reppin the carolina's or something. same color as mine, but with a 2jzgte. currently going single - i think sonny in columbia is doing the work. there's a lot of us around here, i just think we all know someone who knows someone. since it's almost summer, we all just need to get together somewhere, sometime.

Gspec · 04-11-2009, 10:54 PM

Gorgeous 97 SC300 on craigslist:
1997 LEXUS SC300 RARE BLK ON BLK SPORT COUPE SERVICED ALL THE WAY LOOK

*-Ryan-* · 04-11-2009, 11:33 PM

Damn, buy that one!!!!

Gspec · 04-11-2009, 11:36 PM

^lol, would have, had it been listed when I had the cash.

*-Ryan-* · 04-12-2009, 12:03 AM

If I wasn't moving next month, I'd scoop it up!

Gspec · 04-12-2009, 12:07 AM

^Movings overrated. Maybe he'll take the mtn. bike on trade!

Gspec · 04-14-2009, 11:52 PM

Found a cool production number chart for the SC's....explains why you rarely see one on the roads.

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z0rs · 01-20-2010, 01:38 AM

Hey GSpec, do you know much about swapping a 1j into a SC400?

Gspec · 01-20-2010, 01:48 AM

I haven't read into it.....but I imagine with the 1jz harness and tranny, it would be fairly simple. Supercharging the 1UZ would prob be cheaper though.