Echo 2zz conversion

[ralyrt]

come on guys its not my car, its are 2zz , i no wat are 2zz look like, hell i got 1 in my car

hey i didnt believe this guy when said he was going to do it, but until i seen it , things change.

cheers

Edited May 12, 2006 by ralyrt

[DANZZT231]

Yeah, I can see 2zz-ge behind that radiator. The intake manifold can be seen.

Unless my eyes are playing dirty trick on me again...

BUT HEY, THIS IS A COOL PROJECT!

[ralyrt]

well i went yesterday,got some good pics, they have done the wiring,they were doing the exh yesterday

enjoy

[MR22ZZ]

nice... those pics are more like it :) :D

[ZEEROLLA]

Hell that's a tight fit!! and they sure that intake tubing is gonna work?? when LIFT kicks in it sucks pretty hard!!

[DANZZT231]

Maybe for temporary fitment. That piping looks cool tho, now make proper alluminium CAI that way!

[iffster]

very nice!!!!

should be a great car to drive :D :D :D

[sportiv]

and we were worried about a 3inch inlet on the cold air ??? :P

[Azza]

Has this project advanced yet..... I'm still interested to see it finished.

Maybe it might make it to Brisbane for the Drag Day against the Mazda's....

[Woody]

Do you think it will void the warranty?

[traumatized]

man thats a tight fit, i'd hate to be working on that car if something goes wrong. not saying something will go wrong but if something does go wrong it will be very difficult to work with.

that said i'm also interested to see how it turns out and wouldn't mind seeing it in action either.

best of luck to the bloke though.

[Northy]

Do you think it will void the warranty?

nah, once you look at your car the wrong way you dont get warranty from toyota mate.....

[CHA54]

I'm interested to see how the oil will be checked when the radiator support panel etc is in place...

[CAP]

With the 2zz and the six speed box, that would be alot of additional weight over the front in comparison to the stock engine, not only because the engine/gearbox is heavier but also because it sits further forward.

So whilst straight line speed and traction should be good, it looks to me like it would be an understeering pig in corners.

[xoom]

apparently this is on the road and there was talk of bench marking with a skyline or a s15 200sx i think it was and they were neck and neck .....

However as expected all this power relying on stock bits and pieces is going to break things unless they are re-enforced/re-built ....

I heard from Voy that he had done a CV joint in and maybe an engine mount not sure ......

That being said i still want 2 see this thing at the monthly sydney meets :D :D :D :D

["RuNx"]

the guy that i know that did the same convo CONSTANTLY kept breaking mounts even though they were strengthened it is the worst part of this type of convo!!

Edited June 6, 2006 by "RuNx"

[Les]

man you guys are an optimistic bunch ..

good conversion your mate is doing dude .. await more pics :)

[specialized32]

ok someone supercharge there stivo and make this echo be a a fart in the wind

[CHA54]

I dont see any reason why a 2zz echo should break engine mounts and CV's anymore than any other 2ZZ powered car would.

If the conversion was done properly it should be just as reliable as a car factory fitted with a 2ZZ.

[Grey-Rolla]

The project was a complete failure, even though it went hard and kept up with a Skyline GTST r33, but the conversion was a failure. Everything went in, but did not go in properly, the car is driveable but not reliable. Do not trust NG wreckers. The End

Xoom aka bill please close this thread.

Good bye to echo 2zz conversion

Cheers all. :(

[CHA54]

so what was charged for the abortion?

[iffster]

you couldnt say it was a failure.

i think you said it cost 5k drive away

in anyones terms thats nothing for what was done, so you cant expect it to be perfect

i honestly didnt think it could be done for less than like 10k

from what it sounds like its not really the place's fault where you got it done

its that more money was needed to be invested into the project.

[MR22ZZ]

Hopefully it doesnnot take much to get it running reliably. Are they taking it to someone else to finish it off, or are they scrapping the idea? I still think is a brilliant little car if they can get it to work reliably...

[Dead]

Engineering. There are always ways. If going to the extreme's is the only way to accomplish a project then so be it. Is it about money? Or getting the little beast to be a happy chappy? Methinks doing something like this requires the ability to say, 'screw it...here's more money to fix this and that'.

[DANZZT231]

So sad to see this project is called a failure. Didn't someone said there was 2zz-ge in new zealand that keep facing the same problems of breaking engine mounts or axle?