Successful 7M-GTE swap into NA Supra

Dejvid1785 · 07-27-2006, 04:58 PM

Has anyone in here swapped a 7M-GTE into a NA body successfully? I would like to get in contact with anyone that has and ask some questions.

gomezmk · 07-27-2006, 07:43 PM

I did a jdm swap 7mgte into a na body on my 87 supra.There's a good site on doing a swap at mkiiitech.com.

Dejvid1785 · 07-28-2006, 04:29 AM

I know about that site i just thought it would be better if i could hear from someone that has actually done it themselves. What was the hardest part? If you don't mind kinda recap what all you had to do.

CzA · 07-28-2006, 06:51 PM

I am actually in the middle of doing the swap. I just took both engines out, and put the gte in the n/a car. Now its all about hooking all the things back up. What’s your question, ill try to answer it.

gomezmk · 07-30-2006, 04:51 AM

the hardest part of the whole swap was find all the sensors need to complete the swap such as a air flow meter, hac sensor, ecu, wiring harness, ignitor and intercooler piping which is cheapest to custom make, other than that, it was pretty much simple. I bought most of my stuff on ebay but you just have to take the time to wait for the best price. Also for the oil cooler, I just bought a b and m tranny cooler from summit.

Dejvid1785 · 07-31-2006, 02:29 AM

How did the re-wiring go to make the tach work? What else was really hard? Did you have to use the turbo drive-shaft? Will the NA LSD be alright cuz apparently there is a difference.

gomezmk · 07-31-2006, 03:29 AM

to make the tach work, you have to pull out the cluster and take out the tach gauge, behind the tach is a small little box with resistors on them. On mkiiitech they explain which resistors have to be cut out and the ohm value to replace them with, I soldered my on. And for the driveshaft, I stuck with the na 5-speed so I left the drive terrain alone and so far it's worked fine. My na came with lsd when i got it.

Supra2NR · 07-31-2006, 03:35 AM

one question

how much did all this run you?

gomezmk · 07-31-2006, 04:49 AM

including a jdm engine it was about 2,500 dollars.

Supra2NR · 07-31-2006, 06:08 AM

not bad,

how much was the engine itself,
and when you got the engine, what else did you get
what else should i ask to come with the engine

all i can think of right now is the intercooler , and the ecu
u said u used the same tranny right?
what did you have to do to make it work
did you customize anything to make it fit ?

and how long did it take to get it done?

07-27-2006, 04:58 PM	#1
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 193	Successful 7M-GTE swap into NA Supra Has anyone in here swapped a 7M-GTE into a NA body successfully? I would like to get in contact with anyone that has and ask some questions. __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

07-28-2006, 04:29 AM	#3
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 193	I know about that site i just thought it would be better if i could hear from someone that has actually done it themselves. What was the hardest part? If you don't mind kinda recap what all you had to do. __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

07-31-2006, 02:29 AM	#6
Dejvid1785 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 193	How did the re-wiring go to make the tach work? What else was really hard? Did you have to use the turbo drive-shaft? Will the NA LSD be alright cuz apparently there is a difference. __________________ 88 Targa: Exhaust, Headers, Intake

07-31-2006, 03:35 AM	#8
Supra2NR 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 1,643	one question how much did all this run you? __________________ http://www.myspace.com/supra_2nr Into Bikes now,, apparently the supra couldnt kill me, so my zx6 might lol

07-31-2006, 06:08 AM	#10
Supra2NR 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 1,643	not bad, how much was the engine itself, and when you got the engine, what else did you get what else should i ask to come with the engine all i can think of right now is the intercooler , and the ecu u said u used the same tranny right? what did you have to do to make it work did you customize anything to make it fit ? and how long did it take to get it done? __________________ http://www.myspace.com/supra_2nr Into Bikes now,, apparently the supra couldnt kill me, so my zx6 might lol

07-27-2006, 07:43 PM	#2
gomezmk 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 70	I did a jdm swap 7mgte into a na body on my 87 supra.There's a good site on doing a swap at mkiiitech.com.

07-28-2006, 06:51 PM	#4
CzA Stock Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 17	I am actually in the middle of doing the swap. I just took both engines out, and put the gte in the n/a car. Now its all about hooking all the things back up. What’s your question, ill try to answer it.

07-30-2006, 04:51 AM	#5
gomezmk 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 70	the hardest part of the whole swap was find all the sensors need to complete the swap such as a air flow meter, hac sensor, ecu, wiring harness, ignitor and intercooler piping which is cheapest to custom make, other than that, it was pretty much simple. I bought most of my stuff on ebay but you just have to take the time to wait for the best price. Also for the oil cooler, I just bought a b and m tranny cooler from summit.

07-31-2006, 03:29 AM	#7
gomezmk 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 70	to make the tach work, you have to pull out the cluster and take out the tach gauge, behind the tach is a small little box with resistors on them. On mkiiitech they explain which resistors have to be cut out and the ohm value to replace them with, I soldered my on. And for the driveshaft, I stuck with the na 5-speed so I left the drive terrain alone and so far it's worked fine. My na came with lsd when i got it.

07-31-2006, 04:49 AM	#9
gomezmk 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 70	including a jdm engine it was about 2,500 dollars.

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