Yes, you read that right, I have an Altezza. I currently live in Okinawa, Japan, and work for the US military. I come from a family of tuned cars. Mainly American muscle. This Altezza is a sweet car. came stock with the ability to run the fog lights separate from the headlights. It has black cloth interior. I don't hear very good things about the interior all the rest of you have. That leather mixed with whatever else. The key thing is, i have a 6-speed manual transmission. Ya, 5 speeds are uncommon, so what do I have? the bad part about my car is, I don't have a 3L V6. So when I come back to the states, i'm sure doing any sort of maintenance on my car will be a real hassle. I've already contacted Lexus and Toyota about even getting an oil filter, and they have no record of my car. Oh, and my car is right hand driver, so me being left handed, shifting is always awesome.
My question is, does anyone know where I can get a 2JZ engine swap done? I can probably get a hold of a twin turbo supra engine, but I need to know everything else. Im sure i can't just throw it in. will the 6 speed tranny bolt up to it? if not, what do i need to do? the huge horsepower gain with the fact that I'll have an engine that people have heard of is worth it to go through the work. I understand I'll have to do something to the ECU and what not. My brother is my mechanic and he's coming over in a few months. That's will probably mark the start time to getting my car back to the states.
After I get the engine in, i'm not really looking to do any serious modifications. I'm all about a ton of power, but i'm really not much of a racer. I'd rather fill the car up with girls and go out to chill with my friends.
I'll post pix soon. Our camera phones take pictures in a different format from my computer, so its hard to post anything.