Menu
Cancel

Browse over 9,000 car reviews

    guides

    adventureguide

    evguide

    familyguide

    tradieguide

    urbanguide

    0 Logout

    Browse over 9,000 car reviews

    12 March 2019

    New Supra gets 2JZ heart transplant

    By Mitchell TulkMitchell Tulk
    The project only took 42 days to complete! (image credit: Daigo Saito)

    There’s been a handful of photoshopped pictures floating around the internet of a 2JZ sitting in the engine bay of the Mark V Supra.

    So, it was only a matter of time until someone actually performed this engine swap and Daigo Saito of Fat Five Racing is the first person in the world to make this dream a reality. And it only took him six weeks.

    The Japanese drifter is ditching the BMW in-line six for Toyota’s infamous 3.0-litre unit that made a generation of youngsters fall in love with the sports car.

    • That didn't take long... (image credit: Daigo Saito) That didn't take long... (image credit: Daigo Saito)
    • Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round. (image credit: Daigo Saito) Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round. (image credit: Daigo Saito)
    • The final product looks mint. (image credit: Daigo Saito) The final product looks mint. (image credit: Daigo Saito)

    Bolted to the 2JZ is a HKS turbo, which is expected to boost power to 597kW and unlike the new Supra, this beast will be a manual.

    Saito will debut his drift-spec Supra GR at the D1 Grand Prix held on March 23-24 in Odaiba, Tokyo.

    Should Toyota bring back the 2JZ? Let us know in the comments.

    Comments