Kagetsu Buic's 1997 Supra SZ-R hardtop
 

Kagetsu comes to us by way of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia...and is a man on a mission.  He's attempting something that has clearly not been done before...and has skipped completely over the "V8 swap" fad and right into the ultimate engine swap...the V12 swap!

Biography/Mission

It's a 1997 model SZ-R Supra, purchased in 2001. It's the standard red colour, with generally minor work done to it. A basic set of lip and skirts has been put on giving it a nice squat look.

Anyway, the concept was to convert this car to the V12. This was something I decided before I bought the car. I was almost ready to buy a TT when I discovered the SZ-R 96.5+ model. Back then nobody knew the SZ-R 6 speed existed, and I doubt anybody really cared. I was pretty lucky to find it in any case, and after picking it up, knew I made the right choice.  Sadly, it's taken from then until now to actually get my hands on the V12 (1GZ-FE). Which I'm pleased to say, I did, only a month or so ago. It was a bit of a fluke, I was at the stage of giving it all up, and buying a new Evo, for the simplicity of having something to drive around with others in the back.  But I'm hardly sorry, at last I get to build my car to what I wanted.

I don't know exactly how everything will go at this stage... It's all a matter of waiting for it to come and decide from there. The container holding my engine departed last week, so it's about 5 weeks away realistically. I'm pretty patient though, I can wait for a bit, because it'll be chewing my wallet when it finally does arrive (not that I can complain).  I'm missing the set of throttle bodies, so I've also purchased myself two sets of GTR ITB's, and will see if they can be mated to the head with injectors, but in any case, we'll see how it goes afterwards.

The mysterious V12 swap candidate:

Current Modifications

GReddy/Grex 6 Pot & 355mm brakes on the front (fours for the back soon)
Tein fully adjustable coilovers all around.
TT 6 Speed Differential (US ratio) painted red.
Red plush pile throughout.
Honda S2000 Seats (leather with fabric insert)
Crap exhaust (made up of too many parts to be worth mentioning).
Short shifter and a few other basics