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Originally Posted by turtle m3th
Good luck dealing with that clown Brett Collins. He always has some bullshit excuse why he hasn't sent you your shit months after the projected date. It's always "i'm sorry, i'm really busy." Maybe don't try to run a fucking company then! Anyways, the 97 up security system is tide into the ecu. You need to have the key, ignition, and some other crap IIRC. There's a reason it isn't done often (yet).
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Originally Posted by turtle m3th
I'd go with a flywheel from sitemap toyotav8 toyota lexus manual transmission adaptors toyotav8 dude is super cool and doesn't bullshit you like Brett Collins. You can run whatever sr or ka clutch disk you want, and whatever 3sgte pressure plate you want with their flywheel. Brett just wants to sell you as much crap as possible, but not give you info on how to replace it in the future. He acts like it's custom, but it's not... oh yeah, and mounts are the same between the 13 and 14 chassis. I can sell you legit mounts that aren't out of square if you're interested. |
^ THIS.
Hey guys. If I may just post my 2 cents in this thread, I don't want to start any kind of e-battle, but since its on topic I'd like to share my experiences and offer any kind of 1UZ knowledge that I can.
My name is Rod, and I recently completed an S14 5spd swapped LS400 (UCF10). I used the Collins Adapter Technologies kit.
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Said car.
Let me start out by saying first and foremost that Brett is a really nice guy. There were 2 occurances where we chatted on the phone for some time just bullshitting and he is a cool nice guy, but he is as about a good business man as Obama is a president.
I ordered my swap kit in December '12 when I started this project. I ended up getting a new job and lost motivation and free time to work on the car. I left that job this past May and furiously began working on the car. It wasn't around until mid May that I got around to the stage where I was ready to mate the trans to motor and put it in the car. I encountered a few problems at this point;
- The adapter plate hit the flanges of the exhaust manifolds -> Cats.
- The adapter plate hit the starter bolts.
- The throw out bearing did not fit.
Now I called him and after maybe 3 or 4 attempts I got through to him via text. He sent me the "swap notes".
Being that I don't have the luxury of using other manifolds like you guys with S chassis can, I had to cut my adapter plate. Not his fault, it wasn't intended to be used on any specific chassis, though the S13 was the car it was made to fit into. Maybe he just isn't using 1uz manifolds. Excusable.
His solution? Cut and reweld flanges.
Next, the starter bolts hit the adapter plate. Okay, can't really say that is his fault either, but his solution is retarded. I replaced my bolts with thinner ones and ran a nut on the inside of the head valley this way should my starter ever go, I could just pull the intake manifold off and replace them....
His solution? Shave the bolts down. <- = pull the trans, and adapter plate, AND THEN the manifold to replace the starter....this kid is an engineering major and my stupid ass figured out a better system? lol.
Finally, the crooked TOB. It was legit crooked. The way it's made is one release sleeve is cut in half and welded to the bottom of a complete TOB. When I contacted Brett afterwards he was extremely courteous about if there was any kind of issue with a manufactured part that it was no question it would be replaced. Okay, awesome. Glad to see that even though I bought this kit 6 months ago he has no problem covering that...though he never offered to pay the cost of shipping the defective product to him..whatever. Brett told me he makes them on a jig so I probably didn't install it right or something to that effect. Well, it scratched my TOB guide tube on 2 different KA transmissions.
I have all the text's screen capped in case I ever needed them. Long story short, I shipped out the tob around June 8th, I received a new one either the 24th or 25th. This guy straight up ignored my text messages. You'd call and it would just ring. Like m3th said, always had some bullshit excuse. My favorite "sorry man, been studying I have 2 major exam's tomorrow". I didn't ask, nor do I care. You run a business, and I exchanged my currency for your goods. EITHER RUN YOUR BUSINESS, OR DON'T HAVE ONE AT ALL. So thanks to him dragging his feat I missed my first drift event because Driveshaft Shop went on vacation for a week 4 days later on Friday and this motor is somewhat of a cunt to install with the trans through the engine bay.
So fast forward to 2 weeks ago. I put the car on the ground and go for a drive, between all the noise I couldn't really hear it, but once the exhaust was finished I could tell the TOB was making a very very slight noise. I didn't think anything of it. Today it sounds like chewbacca and it feels like its going to explode any second. Best part is my Mini is in about 1,000 pieces because It needed a major service as well as a clutch and was practically undriveable. My guess is this genius welded the release sleeves together with the bearing still on the one. Great, can't wait to pull the trans
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Moving on, I know some of you guys are a bit upset that the early 1UZ's don't make that much power. I can tell you that it makes enough to make my 3,400lb yacht feel pretty quick. I haven't had the chance to run any of my friends to get an idea of how quick it is, or to dyno it but I can tell you this. At WOT the car runs at the highest point 11.4-6 AFR's. Most of the time its in the high 10's, low 11's. Bare in mind that I have a 2.5" y pipe -> 3" single and a short ram intake. Stock the car has 2 cats, 5 mufflers, and all 1 3/4" piping and a massive intake system. That being said, I'm shocked it hasn't leaned out more. Now, this is all I have been able to find as a tuning solution with decent results on the UZ's.
Now this dyno is for a VVTi 1UZ. Yes, it will make more power, however since the valve timing was not touched the gains shouldn't be too far off what the non-VVTi engines can make. That was tuned with an SAFC and has nothing more than a catback. I will hopefully be getting one and having my buddy tune it soon. I will try and do a before/after and post results. Yes its archaic technology, yes its not the best option, and yes its not the most powerful engine in the world, but rest assured that if my car slides effortlessly on 205's, you guys with almost 1,000lbs less won't have an issue lol.
I'm sure there are people here with more UZ knowledge, but if I can help in anyway please feel free to ask. I've spent months and months researching these stupid motors and aside from the fact that you can't really make big power N/A without LOOOOOOTS of money, I've grown to really love them. Tempted to pay the g-note for an M112 custom manifold/water neck
. Love them roots blowers.