2JZ mounted to a Chevy auto trans

[Bill Hincher]

here is a perfectly good 2 jz taking 'one' for the team, I cut the bellhousing end off to pick up the numbers I needed, this is a beautiful engine, well built



The problem was the starter, I have seen some real wild designs on the flexplates for the 2jz, some guys building $650. dollar flexplates and some guys hanging a chevy starter under the side of the adapter plate , but in reality the problem was not the flexplate, the problem was in the starter, it needed to be located in the exact same spot as original and the gear needed to be extended into the mounting plate so a coupler could be built for the crankshaft to extend out the flex plate


so I built a shaft for the starter that extended the pinion gear out on the original starter and then placed a bearing into the chevy/toyota adapter plate for location, I needed a 1/2 inch plate to feel secure in mounting the trans to the engine, after tah I adjusted the higth of the flexplate to the starter pinion, next I will adjust the distance of the trans/engine relationship

I took an old adapter plate from some earlier work and cut it up to fit the 2jz, then I mounted the bearing for the starter pinion and put the original flex plate back in place, then I mounted a 10 converter on the original flex plate and completed the swap

[jeffball610]

I assume this will be mo better than existing adaptor plates. I thought someone already created something to adapt a GM Torqueflite to a 2JZ. If not, then this will be a big hit. I know Supra guys love to go drag racing with their 1000+hp motors and GM transmissions have a history with drag racing and high HP motors. The trick will be to create a torque converter that is loose (i think that's the right direction) to build boost off the line.

[greenghost]

I can't wait til this is done! Keep me updated!