The 2JZ NASCAR: A Crazy Engine Swap that's Got Everyone Talking
Because, why not. The 2J's reliable. It sounds freaking awesome and makes about the same amount of power as the previous NASCAR engine that came in it. It's also gonna turn more than a few heads and make some of them purest mad. And you know what we love to do, we love making those purest mad.
What started off as an off-the-cuff joke at the race track quickly turned into a full-scale, custom fab, crazy engine swap. Once it was out, you'd think that virtually anything could fit where the big V8 used to be, this huge tube frame race car and when the guys dropped the 2J in for a test fit, everything looked pretty good.
But the frame rails running through the engine bay were a problem. You see, the guys wanted to use this beautiful four thousand dollar Hypertune intake manifold and she just wouldn't fit. In fact, almost everything around the engine had to be touched, but Dylan's beautiful welding and custom fabrication skills made all the mounts for the engine. He also fabbed the lines to all those parts. That's a ton of work.
On top of that, Dylan had to cut up the crazy expensive intake manifold and re-weld it. You can buy entire running cars for less than this single Hypertune manifold. A drive-by wire throttle body was added, so they can run anti-lag and shoot huge flames out of the exhausts. The engine itself was fitted with a Brian Crower three-point-four liter stroker kit and cams. JE Pistons, a Garrett GTX4088R turbo, and Turbosmart 45 millimeter waste gate were all used.
Dylan also made custom waste gate tubes, aluminum charge pipes, and a three and a half inch exhaust. He cut up the original V8 boom tube exhaust and adapted it to the straight six. So, the 2JZ NASCAR sounds like nothing else in the entire freaking universe.
It sounds pretty good. Weird. The guys got this 2JZ NASCAR running literally just a few freakin' days ago. Jesse was here, he sent me a video. Now, it just needs a proper tune to maximize the new JDM buff horses. Then, Dylan, Chris, and Ryan are gonna do a huge big old burnie and take it straight back to the drag strip for redemption. Tuerck will probably be driving last.
The guys have plans to hit an oval track and a road course at some point soon. And eventually, get this bad boy super sideways and blow some drift fans minds. Personally, I'm hoping for the ultimate, in sick engine swap match-ups. The 2JZ NASCAR verse the GT-4586. Tandem, Irwindale.
The guys covered this build from start to finish in way more detail on their Blackout series, if you wanna check it out and follow along for all the 2JZ NASCAR updates and shenanigans, I'll put a link in the description below. I really wanna give big thanks to the guys, Dylan Hughes, Chris Forsberg, and Ryan Tuerck, for making this crazy idea a reality, as well as a ton of other crazy ideas.
They're really fun guys and very cool. You should welcome them into your life. Through the mystery of social media, I love you. Hey, guys, huge announcement. We're launching a podcast, finally. It's called Past Gas, of the cars you love, the people behind them, and we'll be telling the best stories in automotive history.
And, because it's longer, you get to go deeper into the juicy details, the fun stuff that we sometimes have to skip in our shorter shows. So, you can watch it here, on our YouTube, or Facebook page every Sunday and then you can listen to the next episode Monday, wherever you get your podcasts. iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, where ever fine podcasts are delivered.
Go check it out, Past Gas, it's about cars, it's not about farts. It's a podcast.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(car engine revving)(upbeat electronic music)- When you build a totallycrazy, straight outta left fieldfront engine Ferrari powered Toyota,(car engine revving)how do you follow it up?How do you piss off even more people?Well, you take a car fromthe most sacred American formof racing, you stick the most sacredJapanese engine in it,2JZ.(mellow electronic music)Why?How?Well, we're about to find out.We're going tube frame toboom tube, bumper to bumperon this 2JZpowered NASCAR.(upbeat music)Thanks to Keeps forsponsoring this episodeof Bumper to Bumper.Did you knowthat two out of three men will experiencemale pattern boldness in someform by the time they're 35?That means between me,Jesse and Philepe, I'm gonnabe the only one with a full head of hair.The good news is, with today'sadvancements in science,Keeps offers proven treatmentsthat combat the symptomsof hair loss.You don't even have togo to a doctor's office.Just visit an online doctor,who will prescribe 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base music)Now, when the boys firstpicked it up, it had a NASCARTruck Series V8 inside of it.After they changed the oil,the guys took it straightto the drag strip.Forsberg took to first passand put down a respectableseven point four, sixseconds in the eight mileand 94 miles per.When it was Tuerck's turnto drive, he noticed therewas no oil preassure.A look at the in-carfootage from the first runshowed that there hadn'tbeen any the entire time.So, he got behind the wheel,just to see what would happenwhat happened was, he Tuercked it.(car engine revving)- Oh, she--(engine revving drowns out speaker)- She's dead.- Yeah.(mellow bass music)- Thank you, boys.Now, here's the motor that came in the carand this is the oil pan.I think I found the problem.I think that's part of a connecting rod.Should probably run a magnet over thisbefore we use it again.In his defense though, theengine was probably tiredand ready to explode anyway.Just like me on a Friday.So, the guys, they were standingaround in front of the carlooking at dead motor and someonesaid, we should just like,2J this thing, everyone laughedand then they stopped laughingand they looked at each other seriously,with deep desire in theireyes and that was that.I know why you're watchingthis video, you wanna seethe heart of this beast,but before we check out the transplant,let's take a look at the patient, clear.(lightening strikes)It's big, it's red, it's black.♪ It's been one week ♪- It's a Camry?Well, it's a Camry in asmuch as any NASCAR, cup carlooks like it's name say,which is also to say,it doesn't really looklike a Camry at all.What it does look, is sick.This car is from 2010 andthat was a very exiting timein NASCAR.The front end is superaggressive and check this out,(knocking on bonnet)It's mostly made out of metal.The series rules inNASCAR are super strict,so the cars aren't allowedto look very differentfrom each other and they can'tlook like street cars either.Literally, they take a jig andthey put it on top of a car.Now, the steal tube framechassis is covered by hand moldedsheet metal, which iscovered by sponsor stickersand Camry headlightsand tail light stickers.Like, why do they even bother?You know?And everyone knows it'smade out of Lexan, because,you know, race car.(mellow music)Now, these big boy NASCARV8s run hot, just like me.It's Summer in Los Angelesand it's 150 degrees in this building,I need to get somecooling vents installed.Speaking of cooling vents,there's some serious ones,several of 'em, in thefront bumper of this car,because, race car.You can never have toomany functional vents.That is something I alwayssay, ask any of my friends,they'll back me up.(bells and chimes)- Yes, James says that all the time.To the point where it's almost exhaustingand I wish he would stop.- Beyond the vents, thebody is super streamlined.(mumbles)Does it even have freaking doors?What do you need doorsfor when you're racing?All right.However, doors are veryconvenient for workingon the inside of your project car.Let me show you why.(mellow electronic music)(grunting loudly)(laughing)GoPro taste like laundry.(laughing)Okay,so, I'm in.When they were working onthe car, the lack of doorswas a huge pain in the ass.Every time Chris, or Dylanclimbed in and realized,I need another tool.They had to climb out, getit, and then climb back in.That gets old real quick.Not that having doors would have helped,because this thing hascrazy tall door bars anyway.It was worth it though,because it's very nice in here.(mellow electronic music)NASCAR drivers sit veryclose to the steering wheel,so a lot of work needed to be doneto the transmission tunnel,seat mounts and dash,to make it more drifter friendly.First, they had to cut out the petty bar,which is a big old barthat comes straight throughthe middle of the interiorto the right front corner.Then, the guys put in a newpair of Takata race seatswith Trof harnesses.Making it one of the rarerNASCARs, with two seats.The steering wheel wasrepositioned and then the shifterhad to be moved back tobe reachable from the newdriving position.That shifter is attachedto the original four speed,H patter dog box transmission,for fast A-F gear changes.(mellow electronic music)A Link ECU is installed torun the new engine and a Linkdigital dashboard displays allthe necessary informansion.It's pretty much all race car things,for race car business in here.You guys know what's under here.The moment you've all been waiting for.(upbeat electronic music)Here it is, Toyota 2JZ GTE,powering this 100 percentAmerican built micro alteredracing NASCAR Xfinitycup car.Why?Because, why not.The 2J's reliable.It sounds freaking awesomeand makes about the sameamount of power as the previousNASCAR engine that came in it.It's also gonna turn more than a few headsand make some of them purest madand you know what we love to do,we love making those purest mad.What started off as an off thecuff joke at the race track,quickly turned into afull scale, custom fab,crazy engine--(upbeat electronic music)Once it was out, you'd thinkthat virtually anythingcould fit where the bigV8 used to be, this hugetube frame race car andwhen the guys dropped the2J in for a test fit,everything looked pretty good,but the frame rails runningthrough the egine bay,were a problem.You see, the guys wanted to use thisbeautiful four thousand dollarHypertune intake manifoldand she just wouldn't fit.In fact, almost everythingaround the engine had to betouched, but Dylan'sbeautiful welding and customfabrication skills.He made all the mounts for the engine.Radiator, oil cooler, innercooler, fuel pressure regulator,crank case breathers, andpower steering reservoir.He also fabbed the linesto all those parts.That's a ton of work.On top of that, Dylan had tocut up the crazy expensiveintake manifold and re-weld it.You can buy entire runningcars for less than thissingle Hypertune manifold.A drive by wire throttle bodywas added, so they can runanti-lag and shoot hugeflames outta the exhausts.(car engine revving)the engine itself wasfitted with a Brian Crowerthree point four literStroker kit and cams.JE Pistons, a Garrett GTX4088R turboand Turbosmart 45 millimeter waste gate.Dylan also made custom waste gate tubes.Aluminum charge pipes and athree and a half inch exhaust.He cut up the originalV8 boom tube exhaustand adapted it to the straight six.So, the 2JZ NASCAR, soundslike nothing else in theentire freaking universe.(engine revving loudly)It sounds pretty good.(engine revving loudly)Weird.(turbo whistling)(laughing)(clapping hands)Well, that was somethingentirely different.(upbeat electronic music)The guys got this 2JZ NASCARrunning literally a fewfreaking days ago.Jesse was here, he sent me a video.Now, it just needs a propertune to maximize the newJDM buff horses.Then, Dylan, Chris andRyan are gonna do a hugebig old burnie and take itstraight back to the drag stripfor redemption.Tuerck will probably be driving last.(mellow electronic music)the guys have plans to hit anoval track and a road courseat some point soon.And eventually, get thisbad boy super side waysand blow some drift fans minds.Personally, I'm hoping forthe ultimate, in sick engineswap match ups.The 2JZ NASCAR verse the GT-4586.Tandem, Irwindale.The guys covered thisbuild from start to finishin way more detail ontheir Blackout series,if you wanna check it outand follow along for all the2JZ NASCAR updates andshenanigans, I'll put a linkin the description below.I really wanna givebig thanks to the guys.Dylan Hughes,Chris Forsberg, and Ryan Tuerch,for making thiscrazy idea a reality, as well as a tonof other crazy ideas.They're really fun guys and very cool.You should welcome them into your life.Through the mystery ofsocial media, I love you.- Hey, guys, huge announcement.We're launching a podcast, finally.It's called, Past Gas,of the cars you love,the people behind them and we'llbe telling the best storiesin automotive history.And, because it's longer,you get to go deeperinto the juicy details,the fun stuff that wesometimes have to skipin our shorter shows.So, you can watch it here, onour YouTube, or Facebook pageevery Sunday and then you canlisten to the next episodeMonday, wherever you get your podcasts.So, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher,wherever fine podcastsare delivered.Go check it out, PastGas, it's about cars,it's not about farts.It's a podcast.In Enzo's first race withAlpha, he finished second,a result so devastating toEnzo, that he apparentlysat in his car after the race(laughing)and cried.Vowing to never race again.- I didn't even get the first place.(laughing)- A vow he would immediately for--- Just kidding.(laughing)
